LONDON, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Monday that Britain will seek a Canada-style trade agreement with the European Union (EU) as part of its future trade relationship with Brussels, rejecting the idea that Britain will have to accept EU rules in future trade...
The UK has embarked on a new post-Brexit trade policy, signing its first wholly new free trade agreements (FTAs) with Australia and New Zealand. It is also in negotiations to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) as part of the UK's aspirations to become ...
Not literally, of course – nobody is contemplating sending auto parts or finished cars from Felixstowe or Sheerness to Vancouver via Asia – but involvement with an Asian trading bloc could make up for the UK government’s failure to sign a free trade deal with Canada. Negotiations began in ...
In relation to the UK’s trade negotiations with mainland China, it has been reported that the UK seeks a “special relationship” so as to offset the losses it incurs from leaving the EU. Some commentators have even speculated that a “Brexit to China” was unfolding following the UK Prime...
The UK has cited the EU-Canada trade agreement as a model that could be emulated, something that Brussels finds acceptable on the issue of tariffs and quotas, but insufficient on provisions of fair trade. Formal talks are expected to start next month, once the green light has been received...
“The deal places the UK in a bloc with the fastest-growing economies in the world and was a key Brexit benefit to add to our EU trade deal. “However, joining a trade bloc is only the start. Labour spent the last parliament mocking our CPTPP negotiations, and they now have a respon...
"The prime minister underlined that the negotiations were now in a serious situation." Johnson said Britain had tried to accommodate the EU's "reasonable" requests on the so-called level playing field, but although the gap had narrowed, fundamental differences remained. He...
International Secretary of State Liz Truss and US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to launch the first round of UK-US Free Trade Agreement negotiations today - 5th May, 2020 via video conference call.
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Once ratified by both sides, the agreement will ensure Britain and the 27-nation bloc can continue to trade in goods without tariffs or quotas after the U.K. breaks fully free of the EU on Jan. 1. Relief was palpable all around that nine months of tense and often testy negotiations had...