The Japanese government very unhappy the United Kingdom for its decision to leave the European Union after last June’s referendum to that end. Tokyo has asked both parties to keep the UK’s economy as highly integrated as possible with the Single Market in their forthcoming Brexit negotiations. A frank and stern document released during the G20 summit in Hangzhou, China, …
UK WTO & 3rd countries
Who wants a trade deal with the UK
Twelve deals. That’s what Liam Fox, the UK’s new man in charge of international trade wants to secure before the end of coming two-year negotiations between the country and the EU. So far, what do we know about who really wants a deal with the UK once it is out of the EU? …
Post Brexit: UK’s Hammond courting China
The UK’s new Chancellor of the Exchequer Philipp Hammond is in Beijing to pitch the UK as an attractive investment destination post Brexit. Ahead of his trip Philip Hammond stated: “We have built a strong economic relationship with China and as Chinese investments into the UK continue to diversify and …
UK will need “statecraft at its best” on trade
London is slowly recovering from the shock and confusion created by the UK’s Brexit vote on 23 June. The UK wants to make good on newly appointed Prime Minister Theresa May’s promise to voters that “Brexit is Brexit”. The question now is: yes, but how? The process of thinking about what …
UK kicks off series of international trade deal meetings – in India
The UK’s business secretary Sajid Javid is meeting Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to discuss how a future trade relationship between the UK and India might look like once Britain is outside the EU. The trip is a first in an upcoming …
Brexit – Would the UK fetch better trade agreements if it left the EU?
Trade policy plays a big role in the British debate on whether or not to remain in the EU. Today is a big day in Brussels: Prime Minister David Cameron will be in town ‘negotiating’ a new ‘deal’ for the United Kingdom in the European bloc. His aim is to use this deal …
