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Leaked: Liz Truss’ department will push to weaken food standards for US trade deal
11-Oct-2019 Unearthed
Internal ministerial briefing for Environment Secretary Theresa Villiers warns post-Brexit trade agreements could ‘irreparably damage’ environment and public health.
Can an ‘open relationship’ work after a UK/EU divorce?
8-Oct-2019 Open Democracy
Three problems - excessive free trade focus, the specific risky features of FTAs, and a serious lack of trade democracy - would be a poor basis for a new open relationship with the EU.
City of London representatives head to US to promote post-Brexit finance ties
8-Oct-2019 BT
Representatives from the City of London are to travel to the US in a bid to boost transatlantic ties for the finance sector post-Brexit.
UK and Tunisia sign continuity agreement
7-Oct-2019 Government of the United Kingdom
Agreement will ensure British businesses and consumers benefit from continued access to the Tunisian market after we leave the EU.
UK preparing for post-Brexit FTA with Japan
23-Sep-2019 NHK
Britain’s international trade secretary Liz Truss says the UK has started preparations to conclude a free trade agreement with Japan after leaving the European Union.
UK and Lebanon sign trade continuity agreement
20-Sep-2019 Government of the United Kingdom
The new UK-Lebanon Association Agreement provides, among other trade benefits, tariff-free trade of industrial products together with liberalisation of trade in agricultural, agri-food and fisheries products.
UK envoy tips trade deal with Australia months after Brexit
18-Sep-2019 Washington Post
Britain’s top trade envoy said that she expects to strike a free trade deal with Australia within months of leaving the European Union.
Science on safety of chlorinated chicken ’misunderstood’
13-Sep-2019 The Guardian
Government’s assurances that there are no health problems are misleading, say food policy experts.
UK, Sacu strike post Brexit trade deal
12-Sep-2019 The Namibian
The UK has initiated an economic partnership agreement with the Southern African Customs Union and Mozambique (Sacu+M) that will allow business to keep trading freely after Brexit.
UK health service not on the table in US trade talks: Johnson
6-Sep-2019 Reuters
Prime Minister Boris Johnson told visiting US Vice President that Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) would not be included in negotiations with the United States for a trade deal.
Here’s how we need to protect our NHS from any future US/UK trade deal
3-Sep-2019 Open Democracy
Boris Johnson is promising new legislation to ’help the NHS’. But the danger is it will just gift wrap it for US corporations. Campaigners are uniting to say #HandsOffOurNHS and to call on MPs to really protect it.
FTA with Britain is being pushed by ministry
2-Sep-2019 Korea Joongang Daily
The free trade agreement with Britain should be completed before the country’s scheduled exit from the European Union, said Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.
Trump-backed US-British free-trade deal faces hurdles
27-Aug-2019 Wall Street Journal
Resistance rises on both sides of the Atlantic to a pact, and no deal can be made if the UK remains in the EU customs zone.
UK’s Boris Johnson expected to press Trudeau on trade pact at G7
22-Aug-2019 CBC
As it hurtles toward what could be a messy exit from the European Union, Britain is hoping to hear some fresh trade reassurances from Canada at the upcoming G7 Summit.
Post-Brexit US trade deal: Chlorinated chicken could be the tip of the iceberg, warns UK union
21-Aug-2019 Food Ingredients First
Chlorinated chicken, as part of a post-Brexit free trade deal with the US, is “the thin end of the wedge” that could impact public health and threaten thousands of jobs in the UK food processing industry.
British trade secretary to visit Japan by Oct. for FTA, TPP talks
21-Aug-2019 The Mainichi
British trade secretary hopes to visit Japan by the end of October for talks on a possible bilateral trade agreement and her country’s potential participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade framework.
Britain should break with Europe on palm oil
19-Aug-2019 Bloomberg
Malaysia’s prime minister says the UK can expect better trade terms with Southeast Asia if it asserts its independence post-Brexit.
UK ’first in line’ for US trade deal, says John Bolton
14-Aug-2019 BBC
Mr Bolton claimed deals could be done on a "sector-by-sector" basis, with an agreement on manufacturing made first.
Capitol Hill could imperil any new US-UK trade deal
12-Aug-2019 Foreign Policy
What might become the biggest obstacle of all has to do with Ireland, not with Britain per se.
Boris Johnson talks to Chilean president Piñera about trade and bilateral close links
9-Aug-2019 MercoPress
British prime minister and Chilean president discussed negotiations to modernize the free trade agreement between the UK and Chile.