Post-Brexit trade agreements will not come along so quickly for Britain. But the country is slowly getting prepared for its post-Brexit trading relationships. A round-up of recent trade and Brexit related developments. The touting of future ‘trade deals’ made ahead of Prime Minister Theresa May’s state visit to the United States …
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Blog: A look back at the first trade week in Trump-world
This week has been dense with at times dramatic trade policy events in the EU but also globally. It’s worth having a look back. A blog by Iana Dreyer. “America first” This week has begun under the sign of Donald Trump initiating a trade war with Mexico and …
UK Prime Minister May seeks free trade pact with EU outside Single Market
Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May has set out the key negotiating objectives of her government in a strongly anticipated speech in London today (17 January 2017), as it finalises preparations to take the country out of the EU. It is now official: Britain is heading out of the Single …
Wolf in sheep’s clothing: Britain wakes up to Brexit farming conundrum
From farm subsidies to New Zealand lamb imports to livestock trade at the Irish border: the process of untangling Britain’s agriculture sector from the EU’s trade policy regime will start early in the Brexit process and face daunting challenges, writes Iana Dreyer. Trade policy cognoscenti were aware farming issues would be among …
Analysis : The EU’s 2017 trade challenges
In 2017, trade policy in the EU will most likely be about salvaging what can be salvaged and preparing the ground for better political times in future, writes Iana Dreyer.
Brexit – what do we actually know about UK and EU plans?
Being a trade journalist working on Brexit has so far has meant having a frustrating time . Since 23 June 2016, there hasn’t actually been anything substantial to properly report on. That could soon change.
Data, labour mobility and innovation at heart of TABC concerns over Brexit
The Trans-Atlantic Business Council has released its member’s views on what they want to see preserved once the United Kingdom leaves the EU, a process which is expected to start in the spring 2017. The business group highlights issues related to the knowledge economy: labour mobility, data, and research and innovation. …
UK trade secretary Liam Fox vows continuity in WTO
The United Kingdom’s International Trade Secretary has vowed to secure a smooth transition for his country as it becomes a potentially separate trading entity from the EU when it exists the bloc. Should the UK leave the EU’s customs union and start developing its own trade policy after leaving …
EU and Mexico hold second round of free trade negotiations – in shadow of Trump and Brexit
This week, the EU and Mexico have been holding a second round of negotiations to upgrade their fifteen year old free trade agreement. The two sides have so far talked mainly about the scope and format of talks, little about actual substance. The UK’s exit from the EU and the election of …
Comment: EU trade policy must use the trade deal pause in 2017 to sort itself out
With TTIP off the table for now, 2017 will be a good year for the EU common commercial policy to sort itself out, Iana Dreyer muses. There is no doubt : the EU’s trade policy has taken quite a few beatings lately. The blows have come from outside and from …
