Fisheries is clearly the very last sticking point in the negotiations towards a post-Brexit agreement between the EU and the United Kingdom, chief negotiator Michel Barnier told the European Parliament on Friday (18 December) morning.
UK trade policy
EU-UK deal ratification in the EU – what to expect?
Updated at 18.15 CET/17.15 GMT. With only 17 days to go until the United Kingdom formally leaves the European Union’s single market, the issue of how the ratification process will proceed in the EU while respecting the treaties and the rights of the European and national parliaments has come into …
Britain tables legal text in WTO e-commerce plurilateral talks
The United Kingdom is slowly gearing up its activities as a non-European Union member of the World Trade Organization and revealing its own ‘colours’ in various trade files.
Week in Brussels: EU-UK roundup, Angola, pigmeat and wheat
After an extended summer break, our Week in Brussels column is back in action to wrap up busy weeks in European Union trade. This week : EU-UK, Angola joining the EU SADC EPA and the good COVID-19 crisis for some EU agrifood exports.
London trade week round-up
Chris Horseman contributed to this article. Fight over parliamentary scrutiny of trade policies The UK’s new draft Trade Bill completed its passage through the House of Commons this week, with the government’s proposed text being adopted without any significant changes. Proposed amendments to give members of parliament greater powers to …
Week in Brussels: trade dive, DG Trade reorganisation, Belgium, Irish protocol
This has been a heavy-duty week in EU trade, with the transatlantic relationship thrown in disarray by the new Court of Justice of the EU’s ruling on the EU-US Privacy Shield. Also the EU and India genuinely want to move on and established a High Level Dialogue. The European Commission …
CPTPP + US: the emergence of a British trade policy strategy
The United Kingdom left the European Union with the explicit aim of having its own trade policy and agreements. Britain is in business now. The biggest challenge will be handling the domestic politics of farming, procurement, environment and devolution to make London’s emerging trade policy strategy bear fruit. London aims …
Comment: On Britain’s negotiating objectives with New Zealand
London has released its negotiating objectives towards a free trade agreement with New Zealand. Talks with ‘the Kiwis’ announced in June, formally started this week.
Week in Brussels: border carbon adjustment, Brexit preparedness, ESA, Georgia
Carbon border adjustment – Lange prefers ETS extension The German chemical industry association VCI held a webinar this week on trade policy and climate change. International trade committee chair Bernd Lange was a speaker. Whether this is an indication of what is to come as the EU prepares to prepare …
Elizabeth Truss: WTO should not over-reach
Britain’s international trade secretary told participants in a webinar hosted by the Peterson Institute for International Economics that the UK would pursuing first and foremost its regulatory sovereignty. That might not come as a surprise. But Elizabeth’s Truss’ statements made today offer a rare full articulation of the latest government …
