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 trade legislation
Comment: The UK freeports programme’s big unanswered questions
The British government has proudly unveiled its blueprint for a chain of ‘freeports’ as a feature of the country’s post-Brexit trade landscape. But translating the “big idea” to reality on the ground will be a lot more complicated, writes Edward Farmer.
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 …
UK Lords vote for customs union with EU, parliamentary approval of FTA mandates
Britain’s upper house has approved motions calling for the United Kingdom to remain within a customs union with the European Union, and for enhanced parliamentary scrutiny of future UK free trade agreement negotiations.
Brexit Notes: Trade, customs, agriculture least prepared areas for ‘no deal’
The Institute for Government released a new edition of its Brexit ‘readiness’ reports today. The 12-pager offers a glimpse of the the thickness of the fog in key areas of policy as Britain faces the serious prospect of leaving the EU in less than two months without an agreement that …
UK food and farming sector faces severe trade disruption in ‘no deal’ Brexit
The UK government has released a third batch of technical ‘notices’ in which it sets out to businesses trading across the Irish Sea or English Channel the type and extent of paperwork it will face should Britain leave the European Union next March without an agreement that includes a transitional …
No-deal Brexit: UK to temporarily recognise EU technical standard approvals after March
The British government will continue to recognise most manufactured goods released by European Union-based conformity assessment bodies and release them for circulation in the UK market after Brexit date. More restrictions will apply to autos and some other products. “This is intended to be for a time-limited period,” the Department …
Brexit Notes: UK tax and trade bills – state of play
The United Kingdom is expected to finalise legislation in the coming months that would give the government a legal basis for its coming independent trade policy. While practically all areas of legislation will affect trade and trade policy in some way, we concentrate on two crucial texts: the ‘Taxation (Cross-border …
Commons committee calls on government to take over existing EU trade defence measures
The United Kingdom is preparing to establish an independent trade remedy regime as it leaves the European Union. But time to get this right is running out. Regardless of whether there is a status-quo transition period after Brexit date in late March 2019 or not, or whether the UK …
Customs and trade bills sail through Commons amidst national custom union and trade-remedy debate
British MPs voted down two attempts by Labour frontbenchers to stop legislation on a new customs regime and trade policy powers to wind their way through Parliament in London. This comes despite a vigorous debate on both the content and constitutional arrangements around trade policy in Britain post-Brexit. On …
