The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)
This note provides background on the CPTPP - the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
Trade: Key Economic Indicators
Latest statistics on UK's trade performance and balance of payments
How Parliament treats treaties
This paper looks at how Parliament scrutinises and ratifies international treaties.
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Research Briefing
UK-EU TCA: professional qualifications
This briefing explains what has changed for UK qualified professionals who seek to practice in the EU market and vice versa. It summarises the provisions in the Agreement under which the UK and EU can come to sector-by-sector mutual recognition arrangements in the future.
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Data Dashboard
The UK economy: a dashboard
This interactive dashboard shows data on economic growth, inflation, trade, employment, government borrowing and debt across the UK.
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Research Briefing
The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement: Level playing field
This briefing covers the outcome of the UK and EU negotiations on commitments to have a level playing field for open and fair competition – an important part of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA).
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Constituency Casework
New customs rules for trade with the EU
An overview of the changes in trade rules between the UK and EU. It includes information and sources of advice regarding customs, imports and exports.
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Research Briefing
UK Government policy on freeports
This briefing looks at the background to the UK Government's freeports policy, including the 2021 Budget's announcement of freeport locations.
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Research Briefing
Integrated Review 2021: Summary
The Government published its Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy: Global Britain in a Competitive Age, on 16 March 2021. Billed as the biggest review of the UK's defence and security since the end of the Cold War, it sets out the UK's approach to the expected challenges of the next decade.
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Insight
Governing the new UK-EU relationship and resolving disputes
What dispute settlement mechanisms are in place for the Withdrawal Agreement and the Trade and Cooperation Agreement?
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Research Briefing
The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement: governance and dispute settlement
This paper provides an overview of the governance and dispute settlement provisions of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement. The Agreement establishes a network of committees to oversee its implementation. There is also an arbitration mechanism for disputes between the UK and EU, but with exemptions and variations for different policy areas.
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Research Briefing
The movement of goods between Great Britain and Northern Ireland
A 90-minute online e-petition session on 'The movement of goods between Great Britain and Northern Ireland' is scheduled for Monday 22 February 2021 from 4:30-6:00pm. This petition was started by Arlene Foster, the First Minister of Northern Ireland, and the session will be led by Elliot Colburn MP.
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Research Briefing
The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement: Temporary Business Travel
This briefing explains what has changed for UK and EU businesses and individuals who travel to sell services in each other’s market.
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Insight
Northern Ireland Protocol: Article 16 and EU vaccine export controls
What is Article 16? How is it triggered? How does it relate to EU’s new plans for vaccine controls?
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Research Briefing
UK arms exports to Saudi Arabia: Q&A
This short Commons Library briefing paper examines UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia.
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