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This article examines the possibilities for maintaining some of the benefits of the EU Customs Union and Single Market for key sectors.
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Consumers face many challenges post-Brexit. This briefing paper addresses issues of trade policy and consumer interests.
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The UK’s forthcoming exit from the European Union will create challenges and opportunities – both for Britain and its trade partners.
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Michael Gasoirek and Peter Holmes from UKTPO discuss the complications around getting agreement on grandfathering with FTA partner countries, and the role of key issues such as Rules of Origin, Most Favoured Nation clauses, mutual recognition, and tariff-rate quotas.
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The UK has stated its intention to prioritise “friction-free” trade in goods with the EU, whilst also planning to implement its own trade policy with the rest of the world meaning withdrawal from the EU’s Common Commercial Policy and the Customs Union on goods. Meanwhile, the EU has said that there can be no cherry-picking […]
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Michael Johnson, former UK Government trade negotiator and Advisor on International Trade Policy, discusses the impacts of Brexit on the UK’s voice in the global forum. 22 November 2017 Historical background The UK has always been ambivalent about the EU and its three predecessor Communities[1]. Soon after the end of World War 2 Winston Churchill, who […]
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As the UK and EU27 prepare to define the terms of their future trade relationship, Alan Swinbank, associate of TKE partner ICTSD, raises some critical questions regarding post-Brexit agricultural trade.
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20 July
London, UK
After the publication of the long-awaited White Paper and Parliament debating the Customs and Trade BIll, Prof. L. Alan Winters and Amar Breckenridge hosted a webinar to discuss what this means for UK trade policy. The session focused on the economic issues raised by the government’s current position and was chaired by Gus O’Donnell.
A recording of the session is available here.
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Saana Consulting’s interview series for the TKE offers readers unique, insider-perspectives from top trade negotiators from around the world and sheds light on some of the most pressing questions relating to the UK’s future trade and investment strategy. In this series, our experts share insights and lessons for the UK as it seeks to build the capability to navigate […]
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Saana Consulting’s interview series for the TKE offers readers unique, insider-perspectives from top trade negotiators from around the world and sheds light on some of the most pressing questions relating to the UK’s future trade and investment strategy. In this series, our experts share insights and lessons for the UK as it seeks to build the capability to navigate […]
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