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’We want an Aussie-style agreement’
3-Aug-2021 Dairy News
What happens in the next six weeks will be critical for New Zealand to secure a free trade agreement with the UK, according to the executive director of the Dairy Companies Association.
UK ’closing in’ on free trade agreement with New Zealand
2-Aug-2021 Reuters
Britain is nearing an agreement in principle on a free trade deal with New Zealand, its trade ministry said, as London looks to bolster its post-Brexit trade ties with non-EU partners.
Brexit: Australia trade deal may lead to deal with South America, where intensive farming destroys rainforests
2-Aug-2021 The Independent
‘Any policy allowing imports that do not match UK animal welfare policies simply props up an industry the public has firmly rejected,’ says critic.
Kenya, UK to digitise trade after signing the EPA agreement
28-Jul-2021 The East African
Kenyan-based TradeMark East Africa and the UK-based Institute of Export and International Trade signed a memorandum of understanding providing a framework for collaboration in the implementation of a digital trade corridor between the UK and Kenya.
Outrage as Italy faces multimillion pound damages to UK oil firm
26-Jul-2021 The Guardian
Secretive tribunals allow fossil fuel companies to sue governments for passing laws to protect environment.
EU says it will not renegotiate Brexit NI deal
22-Jul-2021 RTE
Britain has demanded that the European Union agrees to rewrite a deal overseeing the post-Brexit trade involving Northern Ireland just a year after it was agreed with the bloc.
Farmers’ union to renew row as UK trade deal to see tariffs slashed on New Zealand meat
21-Jul-2021 City AM
The UK’s farmers’ union and Labour are ready to renew a row with the government over British farming as the UK prepares to cut all tariffs on New Zealand meat in an upcoming trade deal.
Farm antibiotics use and new trade deals
12-Jul-2021 Poultry World
Concerns about excessive use of antibiotics in the Australian poultry and livestock sectors has prompted an alliance of UK medical, environmental and animal welfare organisations.
UK signs trade deal with Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein
9-Jul-2021 Euractiv
Britain’s government said it signed a free trade deal with Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein, its latest post-Brexit trade agreement.
Australia trade deal to be drafted by year end, Truss says
8-Jul-2021 Yahoo
The final trade deal with Australia will be fully drafted by the end of the year, International Trade Secretary Liz Truss has said.
NZ gunning for dairy access in UK FTA
7-Jul-2021 Yahoo
New Zealand is expected to follow Australia’s lead and ink an in-principle trade deal with the UK next month as it negotiates its post-Brexit economic future.
Animal welfare standards still an issue despite UK FTA
5-Jul-2021 Sheep Central
Australia’s ongoing use of animal welfare practices banned in other countries will continue to cause difficulties in trading relationships.
Kenya-UK economic partnership agreement betrays the East African Community
3-Jul-2021 Citizen Digital
While the Kenya-UK EPA consistently makes reference to the EAC and even purports that its is signed on behalf of Kenya and the EAC, it fails terribly when examined against the above requirements of mutual cooperation.
UK and Israel on brink of signing trade agreement
2-Jul-2021 The Jewish Chronicle
International Trade Secretary Liz Truss met with her Israeli counterpart ahead of an expected advanced free trade agreement being signed by Britain and the Jewish state.
UK to face judical review of Morocco trade deal, after high court allows challenge over Western Sahara
1-Jul-2021 Forbes
A group campaigning for the rights of Western Sahara’s Saharawi people has been granted permission by the High Court in London to bring a judicial review against the UK government’s trade deal with Morocco.
UK begins talks to join Asia-Pacific CPTPP trade treaty
28-Jun-2021 The Guardian
The UK is beginning negotiations to join a free trade alliance with Asia-Pacific countries, a key part of its attempts to pivot trade away from Europe after Brexit.
Publication of Australia-UK FTA Agreement in Principle and exclusion of ISDS welcome, but still much we don’t know
28-Jun-2021 AFTINET
The agreement in-principle does not give detailed information about the up to 30 chapters which are still being negotiated behind closed doors, and the full text will not be released until after it is signed.
Singapore and UK start negotiation talks on a digital economy
28-Jun-2021 Marketing Interactive
Singapore and the United Kingdom have negotiation talks on a digital economy agreement, UK-Singapore Digital Economy Agreement (UKSDEA).
Industry alarmed at details of Australia/UK trade deal
17-Jun-2021 County Times
The farming industry has raised serious concerns over a new trade deal between the UK and Australia, fearing it could harm British farmers’ livelihoods.
Australia and UK finalise free trade deal
16-Jun-2021 Canberra Times
Australia Prime Minister has hailed a free trade deal with the United Kingdom as the most comprehensive and ambitious in Australia’s history announced the deal on Tuesday after sealing an in-principle agreement over dinner overnight.