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The shape of a Japan-UK free trade agreement
2-Apr-2020 The Diplomat
Japan and UK reaffirmed their commitment to build the “new partnership as ambitious, high standard and mutually beneficial as the Japan-EU EPA (Economic Partnership Agreement).
Boris Johnson told to forget trade deal with EU unless he imposes Irish Sea customs checks
31-Mar-2020 Express
Boris Johnson was warned he risks scuppering a trade deal with Brussels if he refuses to implement customs checks in the Irish Sea.
Brexit: EU-UK meeting to go ahead via video link
30-Mar-2020 BBC
A post-Brexit meeting between the EU and UK will go ahead as planned next week, despite the coronavirus crisis.
Hungary held liable for expropriating the investment of a British investor and ordered to pay EUR 7 million in compensation for damages
27-Mar-2020 IISD
Magyar and Inicia filed for arbitration against Hungary claiming expropriation of their leasehold rights to the land, following an agricultural sector reform to promote family farms over farming companies.
UK keen on joint committee to boost bilateral trade post-Brexit
27-Mar-2020 The Malaysian Reserve
The British government remains hopeful of setting up a joint committee to boost bilateral trade and investment with Malaysia amid changes to the federal government.
Chile will maintain current export conditions with the UK after Brexit
26-Mar-2020 Fresh Plaza
The association agreement with the United Kingdom approved by the Chilean Senate in 2019 contemplates the conditions of the existing association agreement between Chile and the European Union.
US trade deal ‘could flood Britain with toxic cosmetics’
23-Mar-2020 The Guardian
Campaigners fear that EU rules banning dangerous chemicals will be relaxed to allow American companies into UK market.
Brexit: UK ’will not seek trade talks extension’ despite Barnier having COVID-19
20-Mar-2020 Euronews
London insists it won’t request an extension to EU-UK trade talks despite the EU’s lead negotiator Michel Barnier announcing he has contracted COVID-19.
Britain and EU exchange Brexit agreement drafts
19-Mar-2020 Euractiv
Britain and the European Union have exchanged draft legal texts containing their proposals for how relations between the two sides should work after the end of a Brexit transition period.
EU-UK FTA: EU draft text (18 Mar 2020)
19-Mar-2020 European Commission
Poultry state congressmen pressure trade talks to get American chicken into UK
19-Mar-2020 Food Safety News
The mostly poultry state congressmen outlined the trade barriers U.S. producers currently face and called for the inclusion of US poultry products in any new US-UK trade agreement.
Brexit talks cancelled due to COVID crisis, UK confirms
18-Mar-2020 Euractiv
UK and EU officials cancelled the second round of post-Brexit trade talks planned for this week because of the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
Any UK/US trade deal must put jobs and rights first
16-Mar-2020 Left Foot Forward
The UK Trade Union Congress and its US counterpart, the AFL-CIO, have warned the White House and Downing Street that any trade deal between the UK and USA must put workers’ jobs and rights first.
Warning for EU trade talks as coronavirus rules out face-to-face negotiations
16-Mar-2020 Express
Brexit trade talks are set to continue this week but will be conducted online because of the coronavirus crisis - potentially risking a breakdown in negotiations, with one expert warning "it’s not practical".
Brexit: EU drafts trade deal ahead of talks with UK
16-Mar-2020 BBC
The British negotiating team will take a red pen to large sections of this EU draft treaty.
EU-UK FTA: EU draft text (12 Mar 2020)
16-Mar-2020 European Commission
Brexit talks cancelled: UK-EU Trade talks scrapped as coronavirus outbreak erupts
13-Mar-2020 Express
Trade talks with the European Union have been called off amid a global health scare over the coronavirus outbreak.
Coronavirus set to derail Brexit talks, UK minister admits
12-Mar-2020 Euractiv
The spread of the coronavirus epidemic is set to derail post-Brexit trade talks between London and the EU, UK Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove admitted.
’Corporate courts’ and post-Brexit trade deals
11-Mar-2020 The Ecologist
An alliance of civil society groups has delivered nearly 70,000 signatures calling on the UK government to commit to keeping controversial ‘corporate courts’ out of post-Brexit trade deals.
Chlorinated chicken and hormone-grown beef? What a UK-US trade deal could mean for your diet
11-Mar-2020 CNBC
Some of the most controversial issues include chlorinated chicken, potassium bromate and hormones.