Whereas all eyes have been on Brussels and its Fit for 55 climate package’s carbon border measure, the UK has quietly but steadily been working on its own trade policy….
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Airbus-Boeing : Washington and London replicate Brussels settlement
The United States and the United Kingdom replicated the terms of a preliminary settlement agreed between Washington and Brussels this week in relation to subsidies to their civil aircraft companies.
UK to adapt list of products slated for on Section 232 retaliatory tariffs
The United Kingdom is planning a change in the mix of products on which it will apply countermeasures on imports from the United States.
Week in London: EU UK SPS deal(ings), Trade Remedies Authority, national security, United States
An intense week in UK trade….
EU, UK play hardball on Section 232 tariffs
The countdown for a second round of European retaliatory tariffs in response to United Sates tariffs on steel and aluminium from the European Union and the ex-EU member United Kingdom is now clearly on.
US suspends punitive ‘Airbus’ tariffs on UK exports
The United States has agreed to temporarily suspend its 25% tariffs on exports of premium UK goods, in the interests of “de-escalating” the Airbus/Boeing subsidy issue. The move will be seen as a significant commercial and political victory for London, even though the punitive tariffs have been lifted only for …
Week in London: USTR nominee signals US-UK FTA review, Trade Bill
Incoming USTR Katherine Tai signals review of UK-US FTA negotiations The chances of an early deal on a free trade agreement between the UK and the United States – which were never high – have receded further following the promise of a review of the dossier by incoming US Trade …
Biden and the UK-US trade relationship: a return to complicated normality
The arrival of the new incumbent in the White House marks a reversion to ‘business as usual’ in a complicated trade relationship with multiple pressure points, but one which remains economically important to the US, and even more so to the UK.
Week in London: Internal Market Bill, US-UK mini-deal, UK Australia, Singapore says ‘cheese’
This is an exceptional second edition of our Week in London column – focused on domestic trade issues and UK talks with everyone else except the EU….
UK suspends ‘Boeing’ tariffs – keeps retaliatory measures on US Section 232 tariffs
The United Kingdom is to suspend the imposition of punitive import tariffs on a wide range of imports from the US – in the hope that Washington will be persuaded to reciprocate by lifting its own punitive tariffs on British exports. The tariffs, which only entered into force last month, …
