Research Briefing
UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
This briefing paper provides details of the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement - a free trade agreement.
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Insight
End of the Brexit transition period: What will change?
This Insight explains some of the key changes after the transition period and how the UK and EU are preparing for them.
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Debate Pack
Trade deals and the NHS
The House of Commons Petitions Committee has scheduled a debate in Westminster Hall on the motion "That this House has considered e-petition 307339 relating to trade deals and the NHS" on Monday 16 November. Martyn Day MP will open the debate.
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Research Briefing
Trade agreements: a reading list
A reading list of resources on the UK's negotiations for trade agreements with the US, Australia, New Zealand and Japan, and on the approach to join the CPTPP.
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Research Briefing
UK subsidy policy: first steps
Having left the EU, the government is setting up for an independent UK state aid or ‘subsidy control’ regime, based on WTO rules and its international commitments. This briefing sets out the background of the new approach and the negotiations on state aid with the EU.
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Research Briefing
United Kingdom Internal Market Bill 2019-21
This briefing paper sets out the background to the UK Internal Market Bill, introduced in the House of Commons on 9 September 2020.
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Research Briefing
UK-EU future relationship negotiations update: is an agreement possible?
This paper provides an update on the UK-EU future relationship negotiations following intensified negotiations in June and July 2020. It explores the prospects for an agreement in time for the end of the post-Brexit transition period on 31 December
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Research Briefing
Trade Bill 2019-21: Committee Stage Report
This briefing paper summarises proceedings on the Trade Bill 2019-21 at Committee Stage in the House of Commons.
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Research Briefing
Statistics on UK trade with China
China is one of the UK's largest trading partners. This note gives some key statistics on UK-China trade.
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Insight
UK’s first post-Brexit sanctions
As well as being the first new sanctions since Brexit, they are the first to be seen as ‘Magnitsky sanctions’.
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Research Briefing
The UK-EU future relationship negotiations: Level playing field
The so-called level playing field - rules on competition, state aid, taxation, labour and environmental standards, and climate change - are one of the main causes of disagreement between the UK and EU in the negotiations on their future partnership. This paper explains the commitments that both parties are proposing in these areas in order to come to a deal.
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Research Briefing
The UK-EU future relationship negotiations: summary of positions
The tables in this paper provide a summary of the UK and EU positions in the future relationship negotiations, based on their proposed draft treaty texts and other publicly available statements
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Research Briefing
The UK-EU future relationship: the March 2020 EU draft treaty and negotiations update
This paper provides an update on the first three rounds of negotiations on the future UK-EU relationship and analysis of the draft new partnership treaty tabled by the EU in March 2020
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Research Briefing
Trade Bill 2019-21
This briefing paper sets out the background to the Trade Bill 2019-21. This Bill has its Second Reading in the House of Commons on 20 May 2020.
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Research Briefing
UK aid: frequently asked questions
What is aid? What is the UN 0.7% aid target and why has the UK adopted it? Which government departments spend UK aid? What impact does UK aid have? What will be the impact of Brexit on UK aid? These and other questions are answered in an accessible way in this briefing paper.
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