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Sunday, April 5, 2020
The Confederation of British Industry has spelt out a series of priorities for European Union – United Kingdom trade agreement negotiations which are set to commence next month. It it has conspicuously put a deal on services at the top of its list of desired outcomes. The 44-page report was …
The European Union’s largest business umbrella group released its position paper on the coming negotiations with the United Kingdom on their future economic relationship this week. The move comes only days after the European Commission released a draft mandate for member states to sign off ahead of formal negotiations due …
The European Commission released the draft negotiating mandate it is seeking from EU member states today for talks with the United Kindom. The move was an opening shot to a high-stakes and high-risk negotiation towards a new relationship with Great Britain, which left the EU last Friday. The actual negotiating …
Any new United Kingdom free trade agreements which offers zero tariffs on trade will be “worthless” in the absence of adequate rules of origin which take account of sector-specific needs, the UK government has been warned. In a policy paper published this week, the UK Food and Drink Federation – …
Businesses in the services sector have written to both the UK government and the European Commission urging them not to neglect the sector in the forthcoming free trade agreement negotiations, amid growing signs that neither party is currently prioritising a sector which accounts for around three-quarters of the European economy. …
The future partnership agreement between the UK and the EU could continue to evolve over many years, with “supplementing agreements” being added progressively to the initial treaty, the European Commission has suggested. And in a move which has already raised eyebrows in the UK, it has indicated that either party …
Chris Horseman and Iana Dreyer on the proposed EU-UK trade agreement and the ‘level playing field’ wishlist of the European Commission.
The United Kingdom can play a big part in creating “a new gold standard in digital trade” after it leaves the EU, according to techUK, the industry body for the UK technology sector. Outside of the European Union, the UK can identify and reinforce best practice in opening up markets …
The United Kingdom and the European Union are finally getting down to work on what will probably prove to be the hardest part of Britain’s divorce from the European Union – the establishment of a new free trade agreement between the two parties. The countdown has started. A meeting this …
The international trade committee of the European Parliament has so far had a minor role in setting the European Union’s priorities in the Brexit process. This is set to change as Brussels and London prepare to start trade negotiations after 31 January 2020 and the relationship is heading towards one …
