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UK trade

  • Friday, 2 August, 2024
    Interview
    UK must drop ‘post-imperial delusions’ over trade, warns Douglas Alexander

    New UK trade minister says task is to rebuild post-Brexit links and revive deals with India and Gulf states

    The UK’s new trade minister Douglas Alexander
  • Monday, 29 July, 2024
    UK targets Gulf and India for international trade deals

    Trade secretary Jonathan Reynolds sets out government’s priorities for agreements with talks restarting in autumn

    Trade secretary Jonathan Reynolds
  • Sunday, 28 July, 2024
    UK ports to demand compensation if post-Brexit trade barriers with EU are lowered

    Industry body warns its members risk losing large sums of money if checks on animal and plant products are removed

    Portsmouth International Port
  • Sunday, 28 July, 2024
    EU trade
    Trade links between UK and Germany stage post-Brexit recovery

    Lift comes amid Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s bid to improve relationship with EU

    German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Sir Keir Starmer sit at a conference table with other European politicians
  • Tuesday, 16 July, 2024
    UK says it is not about to impose tough tariffs on Chinese EV imports

    Trade secretary Jonathan Reynolds will remain ‘vigilant’ but is not planning to follow Brussels’ lead

    UK trade secretary Jonathan Reynolds
  • Thursday, 11 July, 2024
    Interview
    India warns UK not to impose deadline on trade talks

    Two sides are ‘on board’ on important details, says commerce minister

    Piyush Goyal speaking into a microphone at an India-UK Joint Economic and Trade Committee in London, England
  • Thursday, 4 July, 2024
    Food from outside EU enters Britain unchecked, customs agents warn

    Inland border facility beset by delays and communication issues as it struggles to implement post-Brexit regime

  • Sunday, 30 June, 2024
    ExplainerUK general election 2024
    What are Labour’s options for boosting trade with Europe?

    An assessment of the economic benefits of the party’s pledge to revisit the Brexit agreement

    Montage of British and EU images
  • Thursday, 27 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Badenoch compares Labour equal pay plans to apartheid South Africa

    Business secretary attacks ‘morally repellent’ proposal by main opposition party

    Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch
  • Thursday, 27 June, 2024
    Brexit
    EU trade ‘not working’ for UK business, warns lobby group

    British Chambers of Commerce urges next prime minister to deepen ties with bloc in order to boost growth

    Shevaun Haviland
  • Monday, 17 June, 2024
    Brexit
    Labour’s EU plan will have ‘minimal’ impact on cost of Brexit, says think-tank

    UK in a Changing Europe says proposal to improve trading relationship with the bloc would have limited benefit

    Trucks at Dover
  • Sunday, 16 June, 2024
    Labour party UK
    Rachel Reeves to seek ‘improved’ UK-EU trade terms if Labour wins election

    Shadow chancellor also wants to secure billions of pounds of investment via an international summit

    Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves
  • Thursday, 6 June, 2024
    Trade SecretsAlan Beattie
    Why British trade policy needs to stand still

    The UK should shun any initiative that makes it harder to realign with the EU

    Texas governor Greg Abbott with Kemi Badenoch, the UK trade secretary, in London
  • Wednesday, 29 May, 2024
    Brexit
    Next UK government must forge better trade relations with EU, says lobby group

    British Chambers of Commerce warns companies face ever higher costs stemming from Brexit

    Shevaun Haviland
  • Monday, 27 May, 2024
    Trade Secrets
    Labour of love between London and Brussels? Premium content

    A new Labour government could move swiftly to improve UK-EU trade but has shut the door to rejoining the single market

    Keir Starmer giving a speech
  • Wednesday, 22 May, 2024
    UK foreign policy
    UK minister made secret trip to UAE after relations soured

    Deputy prime minister Oliver Dowden flew out to Gulf state as Britain seeks fresh investment

    Montage of Oliver Dowden against UAE flag
  • Sunday, 19 May, 2024
    Brexit
    Post-Brexit border system hit by delays and IT glitches, watchdog says

    UK project faces ‘major challenges’ as costs spiral, National Audit Office warns

    A UK border employee stops a lorry in Portsmouth, England
  • Saturday, 18 May, 2024
    Steelmakers warn ministers that UK faces dumping risk

    Plans to bring in carbon tax a year after EU will see shipments ‘diverted’ to Britain, industry says

    British Steel’s Scunthorpe plant
  • Monday, 29 April, 2024
    Brexit
    Northern Irish farmers face supply chain risks over Brexit deal, warn Lords

    Veterinary medicines among issues highlighting problems of having different regulatory regimes in EU and UK

    Holstein Cows on a farm in Warringstown, County Down, Northern Ireland.
  • Friday, 26 April, 2024
    Brexit
    The 22-mile trip for post-Brexit border controls starts next week

    Checks on food arriving at Dover will be carried out on the outskirts of Ashford

  • Thursday, 25 April, 2024
    Brexit
    MPs demand clarity on post-Brexit border checks on food imports from EU

    High error rates risk automatically sending thousands of trucks for physical inspection, officials warn

    A DFDS truck passes a Union Jack flag
  • Wednesday, 24 April, 2024
    Brexit
    UK veterinary deal with EU could boost agrifood exports by 22%, study finds

    Since Brexit, food and drink industry has faced border checks on business with largest trading partner

    French customs officials monitor trucks at the Port of Calais
  • Monday, 22 April, 2024
    UK exports of services have grown 9 times faster than goods since 2010

    Economy’s shift away from manufacturing may have been accelerated by Brexit, some experts argue

    A customer service representative takes a call at First Direct bank in Leeds
  • Monday, 22 April, 2024
    Brexit
    Small businesses face punitive charges from new Brexit border fees

    Trade groups say monthly tariffs that importers of food and plants from the EU will have to pay will add up quickly

    Fulop Illes, the managing director of a speciality importer of Hungarian foods based in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire
  • Thursday, 18 April, 2024
    Brexit
    UK will not ‘turn on’ post-Brexit checks of EU goods for fear of border delays

    Industry groups say lack of clarity leaves businesses unsure how to manage new rules due to start on April 30

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