News and analysis on trade policy in Europe
Saturday, April 26, 2025
The Department for International Trade released its first formal trade policy strategy for a Britain leaving the European Union. With this document, entitled Preparing for our future UK trade policy, for the first time in its one-year existence the department formally sets out the direction in which it intends to …
The UK and the EU have been quietly agreeing on the terms under which they would go together to the World Trade Organization in Geneva to present similar but separate commitment schedules as Britain prepares to leave the EU. The UK is trying to make this process as smooth and …
On Tuesday (3 October 2017) the European Parliament adopted by an overwhelming majority a resolution on the current state of play of Britain’s Article 50 withdrawal process from the European Union. The report is a reaction to Prime Minister Theresa May’s September 22 Florence speech. The European Parliament will have …
Analysts and media will be commenting various aspects of the speech UK Prime Minister Theresa May gave in Florence on Friday (22 September 2017) in an attempt to give a new impetus – or to salvage – the ongoing Article 50 negotiations towards Britain’s exit from the EU. On …
Not every day is scoop bonanza in trade policy. One of these days seems to be today. But there are a few files sizzling in the background that will lead to further stories down the road. CETA day coming Of course, tomorrow, 21 September, CETA is coming into …
Britain is heading straight into the ‘cliff edge’ scenario. It’s time for both Britain and the EU to significantly change tack before it’s too late and Armageddon sets in, argues Iana Dreyer. Both the United Kingdom and the European Union are aiming for a “smooth” and “orderly” withdrawal …
The British government will seek to obtain an adequacy decision from Brussels over its data protection rules as it leaves the EU. Whitehall is also signalling interest in continuing to be involved in setting EU rules, a widely anticipated “future partnership” paper from the Department for Exiting the European Union …
The British government has started setting out its negotiating positions in a series of new papers released last week. More papers are to be released this week, ahead of a new round of Article 50 talks towards its withdrawal from the European Union to be held in the week of …
A short comment by Iana Dreyer. EU member state guidelines on trade relations between the EU and Britain on the date of withdrawal from the EU released on Thuresday (29 June 2017) are still rudimentary. They explicitly focus on elementary issues: market surveillance of agriculture products, and the very basics …
The biggest European textile business organisation Euratex released a position paper on the industry’s future trading relationship Britain as leaves the European Union. Euratex key demands are: a transitional arrangement that avoids any abrupt change in the trading relationship after March 2019, when the UK is set to depart, duty-free trade …
