This paper highlights how Brexit might directly and indirectly affect UK services trade and policy-making in this area.
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Services Trade in the UK: What is at Stake?
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Can a UK-EU free trade area preserve the benefits of the single market and the customs union in some sectors?
This article examines the possibilities for maintaining some of the benefits of the EU Customs Union and Single Market for key sectors.
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Trade and Consumers After Brexit
Consumers face many challenges post-Brexit. This briefing paper addresses issues of trade policy and consumer interests.
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World Trade Rules and the Policy Options for British Agriculture Post-Brexit
The UK does not start with a blank sheet of paper when it comes to exiting the EU. This article explores the issues encompassed by existing and continuing support for farm businesses and the rural environment, as well as the UK’s future agri-food trade relations.
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A Brief Primer on the GATT
This article gives a quick primer about the rules on goods trade found in the General Agreement on Tariff and Trade (GATT).
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GATS: The WTO’s Framework for Services Trade
This article discusses The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS).
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Welcome to the Trade Knowledge Exchange
The UK’s forthcoming exit from the European Union will create challenges and opportunities – both for Britain and its trade partners.
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Grandfathering Free Trade Agreements and Rules of Origin: What might appear bilateral is in fact trilateral!
Michael Gasoirek and Peter Holmes from UKTPO discuss the complications around getting agreement on grandfathering with FTA partner countries, and the role of key issues such as Rules of Origin, Most Favoured Nation clauses, mutual recognition, and tariff-rate quotas.
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Generalised System of Preferences: An Overview
Trade preferences are one of the issues that lie at the nexus between trade and development. This article discusses the Generalised Schedule of Preferences and some related issues for the UK to consider post-Brexit.
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A Road Less Travelled – Brexit and the UK’s trade policy
The UK has stated its intention to prioritise “friction-free” trade in goods with the EU, whilst also planning to implement its own trade policy with the rest of the world meaning withdrawal from the EU’s Common Commercial Policy and the Customs Union on goods. Meanwhile, the EU has said that there can be no cherry-picking […]
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