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Thursday, June 20, 2019
The United Kingdom has agreed a deal to roll over the provisions of the existing EU agreement on trade in goods with the European Economic Area countries Norway and Iceland. But talks with the Southern African Customs Union and Mozambique on a similar rollover agreement are reported to have broken …
Britain has guaranteed the continuation of duty-free imports of sugar from Fiji – a major supplier to the British market – with the rollover of the European Union’s European Partnership Agreement with the Pacific Island group. The Department of International Trade in London today confirmed that a ‘continuity agreement’ had …
The United Kingdom is to apply zero tariffs on the majority of imported goods if it leaves the European Union at the end of this month with no deal in place. But tariffs will persist for sensitive agricultural products, cars and textiles. No tariffs or any other import checks will …
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.
British businesses will not know what tariffs will apply to United Kingdom imports in the event of a ‘no deal’ Brexit until the latter part of next week. But international trade secretary Liam Fox says there will be a flurry of new EU FTA rollovers in the coming weeks. Business …
The United States is poised for a head-on challenge to British policies on food quality and safety when it opens discussions with the UK on a new bilateral free trade agreement after Brexit.
Geneva officials are busy with meetings at the World Trade Organization. Ahead of Friday’s General Council meeting where we can expect a big showdown on all things Appellate Body and WTO ‘reform’, here a short update on some other committee meetings held so far this week. The focus was Brexit …
With the UK’s exit from the EU barely a month away, up to 97% of Britain’s trade by value may have to be traded on MFN terms immediately after Brexit, according to a government statement released today. Bowing to pressure from the House of Commons International Trade Committee and others, …
The United Kingdom will be temporarily excluded from the provisions of the WTO Government Procurement Agreement for a one-month period if it leaves the European Union without a deal next month, the British government has admitted. In a note on the UK’s accession to GPA released on Monday, the UK …
Tired of gloomy trade news? Let’s have some fun today. Here four numbers worth playing around with this week. 750 000 000 That’s the number of US $ worth of economic output Italy alone could lose should the United States close off its market to German autos and parts. The …
