after several years of fairly hawkish behaviour towards Beijing. That involved Theresa May, at the time Prime Minister – three PM’s ago in February 2018. UK trade with China in the preceding year had reached £44.99 billion, with UK exports to China being slightly more than a third ...
most effectively protected as trade secrets. Consistent with the above, the UK has seen a significant increase in the need for nuanced and strategic legal advice on protecting these assets as trade secrets. This trend is unsurprising perhaps given that the UK has, from time to time, been ...
Each year the UKIPO publish facts and figures relating to the trade mark, patent and design filings of the previous calendar year. The 2022 figures have recently been released, and there are some intriguing patterns emerging. Overall, new application filings were down from record 2021 numbers but...
Johnson recalled that bilateral trade was worth over 100 billion British pounds (126.47 billion U.S. dollars) in 2022. "China represents huge opportunities for all our businesses based in Manchester or anywhere in the United Kingdom," he added. Hosted by the China Chamber of Commerce in the ...
As a western market, the UK needs to implement a more calibrated approach to understanding this change to avoid being muscled out of global trade, financial markets, and by measure of geopolitical influence. China will be a key part of post-Brexit strategy as will regional trade agreements ...
John Edwards, UK Trade Commissioner for China, said at WNEVC 2022 that China is driving the Global Green transition in the transport sector from any of these and the entire supply chain. Edwards said that China has contributed to climate change and should be thanked and proud of. He also th...
After two tumultuous years in UK-China relations, the UK has expressed its intention to revive and reset the relationships between the two countries. Controversy over allegations of human rights abuses in China's Xinjiang and trade disputes involving Europe and the U.S. have...
This statistic depicts the value of footwear imported into the United Kingdom from China annually from 2012 to 2019.
Depending on the terms of trade you’ve chosen to ship on, these charges can be passed on to the goods recipient. It is best practice to either incorporate these costs into the price paid by consumers, or offer the option to pay customs duties and taxes at checkout, to avoid unwelcom...
Sunak promises ‘careful’ crackdown in wake of China cyber attacks PM is facing pressure from hawks in his party to take tough action, while trying not to hurt trade links Wednesday, 21 February, 2024 Alexei Navalny UK imposes sanctions on managers of Russian prison where Navalny died ...