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International trade

  • Research Briefing

    Trade in services and Brexit

    Friday, 20 December, 2019

    While the UK prepares to leave the EU, the future of services trade has received less attention in the public debate than trade in goods. The UK’s exposure to services trade means however that businesses in many sectors across the economy will be affected. This paper looks at the complexity of international trade in services and discusses what could change under the different future scenarios.

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  • Insight

    Trade in services: Parting with the EU?

    Friday, 20 December, 2019

    Whatever choice the UK makes, departing from Single Market rules will inevitably mean more barriers to trade

    • Insight
    • International trade
    • Insights for the new Parliament
  • Research Briefing

    Motor industry: statistics and policy

    Monday, 16 December, 2019

    Automotive manufacturing, trade, employment and policy.

    • Research Briefing
    • Industry
    • International trade
  • Research Briefing

    UK progress in rolling over EU trade agreements

    Friday, 13 December, 2019

    This short note provides a list of EU trade agreements in force.

    • Research Briefing
    • International trade
    • The EU
  • Research Briefing

    Brexit: Trade issues for food and agriculture

    Tuesday, 05 November, 2019

    This briefing discusses how future UK trade policy after Brexit could affect the availability, price and quality of food, as well as the prospects for farmers, food producers and processors. It sets out key statistics on the UK’s international food and drink trade and considers the potential opportunities and challenges of new trading relationships after the UK leaves the EU, including under a Withdrawal Agreement or a no deal scenario.

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    • Environment
    • Farming and fishing
    • International trade
    • Brexit
  • Research Briefing

    Planning for a no-deal Brexit

    Tuesday, 05 November, 2019

    After Boris Johnson became Prime Minister in July 2019 the Government intensified planning for a no-deal Brexit and stressed its intention to take the UK out of the EU on 31 October with or without a deal. But the UK remained in the EU after 31 October after a further extension of the Article 50 period was agreed with the EU. A no-deal Brexit however remains the default outcome if an agreement is not ratified. This briefing paper provides an overview of Government and EU preparations for a no-deal Brexit, and of recent reports analysing the possible impact of this outcome

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  • Research Briefing

    Withdrawal Agreement Bill: The Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland

    Wednesday, 23 October, 2019

    What does the Withdrawal Agreement Bill say about what will happen to Northern Ireland post-Brexit? How will it translate into UK law the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in the Withdrawal Agreement that replaced the 'backstop'?

    • Research Briefing
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  • Research Briefing

    Revisions to the Political Declaration on the framework for future EU-UK relations

    Friday, 18 October, 2019

    The UK and EU agreed a revised Political Declaration on the framework for the future UK-EU relationship on 17 October. This Briefing provides an outline of the contents of the Declaration and the key changes in the revised text

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  • Research Briefing

    The October 2019 EU UK Withdrawal Agreement

    Friday, 18 October, 2019

    Boris Johnson's Government have negotiated a new 'deal' with the European Union. It is formed of a Political Declaration and a Withdrawal Agreement. This paper focuses on the Withdrawal Agreement and how it compares to the one negotiated by Theresa May's Government in November 2018. The main differences are in the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland or the 'backstop' as it is commonly known. It contains very different arrangements, the UK will no longer be in a single customs territory or union with the EU. The UK will no longer be legally bound to continue with level playing field commitments at the end of the transition period. Northern Ireland will still be in the UK's customs territory and VAT area, however, the region will align with the EU's rules in these areas. Northern Ireland will remain mostly aligned to the EU's regulations for goods. Four years after the end of the transition period Northern Ireland's democratic institutions will vote on whether they wish to continue the arrangements in the Protocol.

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  • Research Briefing

    No-deal Brexit: A guide to Commons Library research

    Friday, 11 October, 2019

    The No-deal Brexit: A guide to Commons Library research is an annotated bibliography of sources published by the House of Commons Library on a potential no-deal Brexit. It will be updated regularly. Links to the papers included in the resource are available on this page, the downloadable version includes additional comment on some of the selected papers.

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  • Research Briefing

    Brexit: trade tariffs if there is no deal

    Wednesday, 09 October, 2019

    This note on tariffs was prepared in 2019 and is now out of date.

    • Research Briefing
    • International trade
    • Brexit
  • Insight

    Brexit and trade in services

    Tuesday, 08 October, 2019

    Trade in services is hugely important to the UK economy. This Insight looks at what might change if the UK leaves without a deal. It also shows how Office for National Statistics (ONS) experimental statistics helps unravel the complexity of services trade with the EU and other countries

    • Insight
    • EU law and treaties
    • International trade
    • Brexit
  • Research Briefing

    Trophy Hunting

    Thursday, 26 September, 2019

    There is ongoing debate about trophy hunting, its contribution to wildlife conservation and links to wildlife trafficking. Those opposed to trophy hunting are calling for a ban on imports of hunting trophies into the UK.

    • Research Briefing
    • Animals
    • Environment
    • International trade
  • Research Briefing

    UK replacement of the EU’s external agreements after Brexit

    Thursday, 19 September, 2019

    The EU has over a thousand international agreements with non-EU countries, covering trade, aviation, nuclear co-operation and other issues. These will cease to apply to the UK when it leaves the EU. The Government has identified 157 agreements with non-EU countries that it is seeking in order to replace these arrangements in the event of a no deal Brexit. Some agreements have already been concluded, but engagement is ongoing for most of these and some will not be in place by the scheduled Brexit day of 31 October.

    • Research Briefing
    • Asia Pacific
    • Aviation
    • Economy
    • EU law and treaties
    • Europe
    • Institutions
    • International development
    • International organisations
    • International trade
    • Parliament
    • The EU
    • Brexit
  • Research Briefing

    No deal Brexit: trade

    Thursday, 12 September, 2019

    This briefing paper sets out the implications for UK trade with EU and non-EU countries of a no deal Brexit.

    • Research Briefing
    • International trade
    • Brexit

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