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UK-Mexico deal: Safeguards needed for agri sectors, NFU says
31-May-2022 FarmingUK
The government must install safeguards for sensitive sectors such as horticulture, beef and sugar as the UK opens trade talks with Mexico, the NFU has said.
India-UK FTA could be ready by Diwali: Piyush Goyal
30-May-2022 Eastern Eye
The way things are progressing between the two negotiating teams, a free trade agreement (FTA) between India and the UK could be ready by Diwali without the need for an interim early harvest agreement
Cheese not on the table in Canada-UK trade talks as Britain seeks market access
27-May-2022 CBC
’We will not provide access to our supply-managed sector,’ says Canadian Trade Minister Mary Ng.
With US trade deal stalled, UK pairs up with Indiana
27-May-2022 Reuters
Britain will sign its first state-level trade agreement with the US corn belt state of Indiana, as London eyes ways to expand commercial ties despite Washington’s decision to halt talks on a national-level free trade deal.
UK-wide protests over £11bn legal threat to climate goals
23-May-2022 Global Justice Now
UK government urged to exit controversial Energy Charter Treaty, dubbed ‘the fossil fuel industry’s secret weapon’.
Britain launches free trade deal talks with Mexico
23-May-2022 Reuters
Britain is launching talks over a free trade deal with Mexico, looking to add services to its current agreement as well as aiming to increase trade in the financial and digital sectors.
A protest is taking place in Salisbury city centre today
19-May-2022 Salisbury Journal
Protestors will be gathering to march to the Rockhopper Exploration headquarters. The company is suing the Italian government for £236 million due to its refusal to allow oil drilling off the Adriatic Coast.
The danger of corporate courts to green transition
19-May-2022 Brig Newspaper
Global Justice Stirling is holding a rally against corporate courts in front of Buchanan Galleries in Glasgow.
Colombia has formalized its free trade agreement with the United Kingdom
19-May-2022 SmallCapNews
High-level sources revealed that Colombia has completed all its internal constitutional and legal procedures for the entry into force of the free trade agreement with the United Kingdom.
In risky move, UK signals it may scrap Northern Ireland trade rules
17-May-2022 The New York Times
The decision sets Britain on a collision course with the European Union, 18 months after a trade deal that was meant to have completed Brexit.
UK rejects EU proposals to resolve N.Irish trade dispute
12-May-2022 Euronews
The EU will launch legal action and possibly impose countermeasures if London takes unilateral action.
India-UK FTA on fast track as third round of talks covers most policy areas
12-May-2022 CNBC TV18
The free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations between India and the UK have resulted in the draft treaty text advancing across the majority of chapters at the end of the third round of talks.
Key human rights tests for UK free trade agreements
9-May-2022 Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
Without adequate rules and the right business incentives to protect workers and communities, trade deals can contribute to a ‘race to the bottom’.
Meat from cows kept in cruel conditions to be imported from Australia under UK trade deal
9-May-2022 The Independent
Cattle transported for up to 48 hours without eating and drinking included in post-Brexit deal hailed by Boris Johnson.
India-UK conclude third round of FTA talks
9-May-2022 Live Mint
India and the UK concluded the third round of talks for the proposed free trade agreement in New Delhi covering ground on key areas. The two sides hope to sign the interim deal by October.
Ukraine, UK sign preferential trade deal; abolish import duty, tariff quota
5-May-2022 Business Standard
Ukraine and the UK have legally enshrined the abolition of import duties and tariff quotas in bilateral trade by signing an agreement.
Serving of notice of dispute
5-May-2022 Ascent Resources
Amendments to the mining law in Slovenia which prohibit the use of any hydraulic stimulation in mining exploitation constitute further breaches of the protections established by the BIT and the ECT.
UK starts new post-Brexit trade talks with Switzerland
29-Apr-2022 Evening Standard
The UK wants tariff-free trade - now less than half the £35 billion in bilateral trade with Switzerland - to cover its ‘superpower’ services sector.
US, UK trade officials to meet for 3rd round of talks in Boston
27-Apr-2022 Reuters
US and British trade officials will meet again in Boston in June to continue their dialogue on strengthening trade ties.
UK trade deal with Israel sends a clear message: Apartheid is rewarded
26-Apr-2022 Middle East Eye
Without conditionality on human rights or a mechanism for accountability, how can an enhanced trading relationship be understood by Israel as anything other than support for its violations and war crimes?