Trade Agreement Issues – Brexit Information

The Change; Single Market to Trade Agreement

What is the EU single market in services? The four fundamental EU freedoms are free movement of goods, free movement of persons free movement of capital and free movement of services. Generally, businesses ...

New Trading Relationship Declaration (22 Nov 2018)

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Subject Political declaration setting out the framework for the future relationship between the European Union and the United Kingdom Delegations1 will find in the Annex the Political declaration setting out the ...

Proposed Trade Policy (UK White Paper)

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Independent trade policy The UK’s proposal for its future economic partnership with the EU would provide a strong foundation for the UK to establish a broad and ambitious independent trade policy with the rest of the ...

Context and General Issues

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New Free Trade Agreement The UK’s declared intention is to leave the EU single market and EU customs union. The UK government White Paper of 2nd February 2017 confirms that the UK will not be seeking membership of ...

Goods and Services

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Customs Union Goods and Regulation The general level of customs tariff is relatively low on average; approximately four per cent. Quotas are restricted in trade between WTO parties. Agricultural goods are subject to ...

Various Other FTA Matters

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Areas Covered As well as covering trade in goods and services, free trade agreements commonly cover a range of other issues as technical and non-tariff barriers to trade health and welfare provisions, custom and ...

Investment Protection

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TRIMs The Trade-Related Investment Measures Agreement provides that the Member States shall not apply trade-related investment measures which are inconsistent with the national treatment requirement or the ...

EU’s Existing Trade Agreements

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UK’s Trade Status Post Brexit Existing EU free trade agreements cover 53 markets and one-third of the world’s economy. A specific issue is the possible loss of preferential access to those markets through trade ...

Preferential Trade Agreements

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Preferential Trade Agreements. Preferential Trade Agreements are treaties between states giving preferential access to each other’s domestic market. They may be multilateral or bilateral. They are commonly regional ...

World Trade and Intellectual Property

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Older Conventions and TRIPS The Paris Convention 1883 provides for a national treatment principle. It does not set any minimum standard for patents. State party states are obliged to accept trademarks properly ...

Environmental Issues

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World Environmental Issues Many environmental issues are cross border in nature. Low environmental standards in one state may have an adverse effect on other states. Some environmental concerns are of a worldwide ...

Third Country Trade Agreements UK Post-Deal Guidan

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Guidance UK trade agreements with non-EU countries Find out about the trade agreements the UK has concluded that are in effect and the progress of our discussions with other countries. Published 29 January 2020 Last ...