International trade Archives

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.
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
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

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
Research Briefing

The October 2019 EU UK Withdrawal Agreement

Friday, 18 October, 2019

Boris Johnson's Government negotiated a new 'deal' with the European Union, 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.
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.
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.
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
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

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

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

UK-EU relations after Brexit: an Association Agreement?

Tuesday, 13 August, 2019

We don't know what the future relationship between the UK and the EU will be. It has been suggested that an Association Agreement might be appropriate because it is a fairly flexible kind of agreement and can include a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area. But an Association Agreement also requires a degree of legislative approximation of the third country with the laws of the EU, and it isn't clear whether the UK Government would find this acceptable. This paper looks at the scope and contents of some existing Association Agreements.
Research Briefing

EU preparations for a no-deal Brexit

Tuesday, 30 July, 2019

The EU and the other 27 Member States have been preparing for a possible no-deal, or 'disorderly', Brexit. The European Commission has had a no-deal preparedness plan which is now complete, and the EU27 have also been implementing their own preparations which will take effect if the UK leaves the EU without a withdrawal agreement at the end of October 2019. This paper looks at the EU preparedness programme and at some of the EU27 measures, particularly in the area of citizens' rights.
Insight

Economic update: Growth slows at home and abroad

Wednesday, 24 July, 2019

Growth has slowed in recent months, while a faltering international economy and Brexit uncertainties pose risks to the outlook.
Research Briefing

UK trade and investment strategy

Friday, 19 July, 2019

This short note has been prepared in advance of the Westminster Hall debate “UK Trade and investment strategy” which will take place on Tuesday 23 July 2019.
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