27 July 2018
Dr Emily Lydgate is a lecturer in Law at the University of Sussex and a fellow of the UK Trade Policy Observatory.
The July UK White Paper on the future relationship with the EU calls for a ‘common rule-book’ for goods. This has sometimes been shorthanded as a proposal for a Single Market for goods (in contrast to services, which departs more dramatically from the status quo).[1]
But the scope of regulation the UK proposes should fall within this ‘common rulebook’ is narrower than what would be covered in a Single Market for goods – as the EEA Agreement demonstrates. It’s narrower even than that covered by the EU-Ukraine DCFTA Agreement.
So what does the common rule-book cover – and how might this match up with the EU’s regulatory ‘ask’ of the UK? (more…)
Charlotte Humma July 27th, 2018
Posted In: UK- EU
Tags: Common rule book, Environment, food safety, labour rules, Northern Ireland, Regulations, taxation, White Paper
Trouble Ahead for post-Brexit Trade with the UK?24 May 2018
Professor Erika Szyszczak is a Professor of Law at the University of Sussex and is a member of the UK Trade Policy Observatory.
If, and when the UK is able to agree a new trade relationship with the EU it will be negotiating within a new EU approach to conducting trade agreements. This will have consequences for the type of agreement(s) the UK is able to negotiate with the EU, as well as the replication of any trade agreements negotiated by the EU and the rest of the world before the full Brexit process is finalised. (more…)
Charlotte Humma May 24th, 2018
Posted In: UK- EU
Tags: Brexit, Free Trade Agreement, FTA, ISDS, Negotiations, Trade agreements
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The EEA and EU – Core Differences
Relations with Third Countries
Charlotte Humma March 1st, 2018
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The Nature of Trade Negotiations
The Scale of the Negotiating Challenge for the UK
Prioritizing Targets for Negotiation
Third-Country Negotiations: Setting Priorities
Charlotte Humma March 1st, 2018
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What Agreement Would Respect the UK’s Red Lines?
Reflections on the Political Economy of a UK/EU-27 Agreement
Timing and Transition Arrangements
Can the Red Lines be Relaxed? If So, Which?
Conclusion: is ‘Hard Brexit’ Inevitable?
Charlotte Humma February 14th, 2018
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An Overview of UK Services Trade
Charlotte Humma February 14th, 2018
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How Important are the Existing FTAs?
How Could Grandfathering Happen?
Why Grandfathering has Trilateral Dimensions
Conclusions and Recommendations
Charlotte Humma February 13th, 2018
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7 December 2017
Dr Emily Lydgate is a lecturer in Law at the University of Sussex and a fellow of the UK Trade Policy Observatory.
How can the UK uphold its commitment to leaving the EU Single Market and Customs Union while also preserving the invisible intra-Irish border? Leaving aside crucial questions of political feasibility, this post looks at some of the options and their trade and border implications. Notably, there are limits to ‘flexible and creative’ solutions that involve turning a blind eye to customs and regulatory checks solely on the intra-Irish border: trade rules leave little room for such ad hoc approaches. (more…)
Charlotte Humma December 7th, 2017
Posted In: UK- EU
Tags: border checks, Customs Union, Irish border, MFN, Northern Ireland, regulatory alignement, regulatory divergence, Single Market, tariffs, WTO
Energy Security and Net Zero Committee: Net zero and trade
Written evidence – Emily Lydgate and Sunayana Sasmal (8 May 2024)
Business and Trade Committee: The performance of investment zones and freeports in England
Oral evidence – Peter Holmes (24 October 2023)
European Affairs Committee: The Ukraine Effect: The impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on the UK–EU relationship
Written evidence – Erika Szyszczak (2 October 2023)
International Trade Committee: The future of the global rules-based trading system
Oral evidence – Peter Holmes (1 February 2023)
International Trade Committee: UK trade negotiations (CPTPP accession)
Written evidence – Minako Morita-Jaeger (19 October 2022)
Public Bill Committee: Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill
Oral evidence – Michael Gasiorek (14 October 2022)
International Agreements Committee: UK-India free trade agreement
Written evidence – Mattia di Ubaldo, Ingo Borchert and Amrita Saha (15 July 2022)
European Scrutiny Committee: Inquiry on retaining EU law
Written evidence – Chloe Anthony and Emily Lydgate (28 April 2022)
International Agreements Committee: UK-Australia trade negotiations
Written evidence – Minako Morita-Jaeger (1 April 2022)
International Agreements Committee: UK-New Zealand trade negotiations
Oral evidence – Michael Gasiorek (17 March 2022)
International Trade Committee: Trade and Foreign Policy
Written evidence – L. Alan Winters (2 March 2022)
International Trade Committee: UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement
Oral Evidence – Minako Morita-Jaeger (9 February 2022)
International Trade Committee Inquiry for the UK-Australia FTA
Written evidence from the UK Trade Policy Observatory (UKTPO) (January 2022)
International Agreements Committee: UK-Australia and UK-NZ trade negotiations
Oral Evidence – Emily Lydgate (8 December 2021)
Environmental Audit Committee: Carbon border adjustment mechanism
Written Evidence – Michael Gasiorek and Camilla Jensen (25 November 2021)
House of Lords International Agreement Committee: UK-New Zealand Trade Negotiations
Oral Evidence – Michael Gasiorek (24 November 2021)
Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee: The Scrutiny of International Treaties and other international agreements in the 21st century
Written Evidence – L. Alan Winters, Minako Morita-Jaeger and Chloe Anthony (26 October 2021)
International Trade Committee: COP26 and international trade
Oral Evidence – Emily Lydgate (21 September 2021)
Department for International Trade: Designing the UK trade preferences scheme for developing nations consultation
UKTPO response – Mattia Di Ubaldo and L. Alan Winters (10 September 2021)
Northern Ireland Affairs Committee: Brexit and the Northern Ireland Protocol
Written Evidence – UK Trade Policy Observatory (15 July 2021)
International Trade Committee: UK-EU trading relationship
Oral Evidence – Emily Lydgate (22 April 2021)
International Trade Committee: Digital trade and data
Written Evidence – Ingo Borchert and Minako Morita-Jaeger (24 February 2021)
International Trade Committee: UK trade negotiations: UK Accession to CPTPP
Oral Evidence – Minako Morita-Jaeger (3 February 2021)
House of Lords EU International Agreements Sub-Committee: UK-Canada Trade Continuity Agreement
Written Evidence – UKTPO (27 January 2021)
House of Lords EU International Agreements Sub-Committee: Environment and climate in international trade
Oral Evidence – Emily Lydgate (20 January 2021)
Public Accounts Committee: COVID-19: Government procurement and supply of personal protective equipment
Written Evidence – Ian Clarke and Professor Erika Szyszczak (10 December 2020)
International Trade Committee: The UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) inquiry
Written Evidence – Minako Morita-Jaeger (18 November 2020)
Oral Evidence – Minako Morita-Jaeger (11 November 2020)
EU International Agreements Sub-Committee: UK-Japan trade negotiations
Written Evidence – Minako Morita Jaeger (19 November 2020)
Oral Evidence – Minako Morita-Jaeger (23 September 2020)
International Trade Committee: The COVID-19 pandemic and international trade
Written Evidence – UKTPO (27 July 2020)
Written Evidence – Erika Szyszczak and Ian Clarke (7 May 2020)
Oral Evidence – Samuel Roscoe (23 April 2020)
House of Lords EU Goods Sub-Committee: Beyond tariffs: facilitating future UK-EU trade in manufactured goods inquiry
Written Evidence – Peter Holmes and Andrew Hood (22 July 2020)
Written Evidence – Michael Gasiorek, Julia Magntorn Garrett, and Anna Jerzewska (23 July 2020)
House of Lords Committee on the Future Relationship with the EU: Progress of the negotiations on the UK’s Future Relationship with the EU
Written Evidence – Minako Morita-Jaeger (14 July 2020)
House of Lords EU Environment Sub-Committee: Environment and the Level Playing Field
Written Evidence – Emily Lydgate (8 July 2020)
House of Lords EU Services Sub-Committee: The future UK-EU relationship on professional and business services
Written Evidence – Julia Magntorn Garrett (2 July 2020)
Written Evidence – UKTPO, City-REDI, The Managing Partners’ Forum (2 July 2020)
Department for International Trade Freeports Consultation
Written Response – Professor L. Alan Winters and Dr Peter Holmes (30 June 2020)
International Trade Committee: UK trade negotiations: trade strategy and scrutiny
Oral Evidence – Peter Holmes (17 June 2020)
Public Bill Committee: Trade Bill (Second sitting)
Oral Evidence – L. Alan Winters (16 June 2020)
EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee, and EU Environment Sub-Committee: Environment and the Level Playing Field
Oral Evidence – Emily Lydgate (June 2020)
Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union: Progress of the negotiations on the UK’s Future Relationship with the EU
Written Evidence – Emily Lydgate (10 June 2020)
International Trade Committee: UK Freeports inquiry
Written Evidence – Peter Holmes (5 June 2020)
Welsh Affairs Committee: Inquiry into Freeports
Written Evidence – Professor L. Alan Winters (4 April 2020)
Department for International Trade open consultation on the UK Global Tariff
Written Response – Professor Michael Gasiorek, Julia Magntorn Garrett, Nicolo Tamberi and Professor L. Alan Winters (5 March 2020)
Scottish Parliament: Scotland and the UK Internal Market
Written Evidence – Emily Lydgate and Chloe Anthony (February 2020)
Good Law Project: Proceedings in Scotland to establish that the proposed Withdrawal Agreement is unlawful
Written Evidence – Professor L. Alan Winters (14 November 2019)
International Trade Committee: UK trade with China inquiry
Written Evidence – Dr Peter Holmes, Mrs Julia Magntorn Garrett and Professor Jim Rollo (16 October 2019)
EU Internal Market Sub-Committee: Discontinuing seasonal changes of time inquiry
Written Evidence – Dr Mattia Di Ubaldo (12 September 2019)
International Trade Committee: UK trade in services inquiry
Oral Evidence – Dr Kamala Dawar (26 June 2019)
Exiting the European Union Committee: The progress of the UK’s negotiations on EU withdrawal inquiry
Oral Evidence – Dr Emily Lydgate (15 May 2019)
International Trade Committee: UK trade in services inquiry
Written Evidence -Ingo Borchert, Peter Holmes, Prof. Jim Rollo and Prof. L. Alan Winters (13 February 2019)
Welsh Affairs Committee. Brexit, trade and customs: implications for Wales inquiry
Oral Evidence – L. Alan Winters (5 February 2019)
International Trade Committee: UK investment policy inquiry
Oral Evidence – Ilona Serwicka (23 January 2019)
Response to the Department for International Trade Consultation on UK Trade with the United States (25 October 2018)
International Trade Committee: The Impact of UK-EU Arrangements on Wider UK Trade Policy
Oral Evidence – Dr Emily Lydgate, Dr Michael Gasiorek, Dr Peter Holmes (12 September 2018)
House of Lords EU External Affairs Sub-committee. Brexit: customs arrangements inquiry
Written Evidence – Dr Peter Holmes (24 May 2018)
EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee. Brexit: plant and animal biosecurity inquiry
Oral Evidence – Dr Emily Lydgate (25 April 2018)
Written Evidence – Dr Emily Lydgate and Dr Rob Amos (9 May 2018)
International Trade Committee. The economic effects of trade policy inquiry
Oral Evidence – Prof Alasdair Smith (24 April 2018)
Written Evidence – Prof Alasdair Smith (23 May 2018)
EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee. Brexit: food security inquiry
Written evidence – Dr Ilona Serwicka (14 March 2018)
Trade Bill 2017 – 19
Written evidence – Prof L. Alan Winters (25th January 2018)
Written evidence – Dr Kamala Dawar (24th January 2018)
Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee. Leaving the EU: Implications for UK Business
Oral evidence – Emily Lydgate (Published 31 January 2018)
Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee. Inquiry into Brexit and the implications for UK business
Response to Aerospace inquiry – UKTPO (BRS0005, 15 November 2017)
Response to Automotive inquiry – UKTPO (BRA0015, 7 November 2017)
Response to UK Government’s Trade White Paper and Customs Bill (6 November 2017)
House of Lords EU Select Committee. Inquiry into Brexit: deal or no deal
Written evidence – UKTPO (DND0033, 02 November 2017)
Exiting the European Union Committee. The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill inquiry
Oral evidence – Dr Kamala Dawar (17 October 2017)
Trade Sub-Committee of the Australian Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade. Inquiry into ‘Australia’s trade and investment relationship with the United Kingdom’
Written evidence – UKTPO (no. 48, March 2017)
House of Commons Exiting the European Union Committee. Inquiry on the UK’s negotiating objectives for its withdrawal from the EU
Oral evidence – Prof Jim Rollo (21 February 2017) and Written evidence – UKTPO (21 February 2017)
Treasury Committee. Inquiry into UK’s future economic relationship with the EU inquiry
Written evidence – UKTPO (22 February 2017)
Written evidence – UKTPO (17 December 2017)
House of Commons International Trade Committee. Inquiry into the UK’s trade options beyond 2019
Oral evidence – Prof L. Alan Winters (10 Jan 2017) and Written evidence – UKTPO (17 January 2017)
House of Lords EU External Affairs Sub-Committee. Inquiry into Brexit: future trade between the UK and the EU
Oral Evidence – Dr Peter Holmes (15 Sept 2016) and Written Evidence – Dr Peter Holmes (published 25 Oct 2016)
Charlotte Humma October 3rd, 2017
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1st September 2017
Erika Szyszczak is a Professor of Law at the University of Sussex, independent ADR Mediator and a Fellow of the UKTPO.
This week it was reported that the PM, Theresa May intends to “cut and paste” existing EU trade deals when forging a new trade policy for the UK.
Today the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement (AA) officially came into force, although most of the provisions of the AA have been provisionally applied since 1 September 2014, with the trade provisions contained in the novel Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA), provisionally applied since 1 January 2016. The AA is a new model of external relations for the EU and it addresses matters beyond trade (cooperation in foreign and security policy, justice, freedom and security (including migration) taxation, public finance management, science and technology, education and information society). It is an innovative form of external action in offering a new type of economic integration without membership of the EU: an integration-oriented agreement. The new AA may reveal some lessons for the UK as it seeks new models of trade relationships. Indeed, the AA has already entered the consciousness of the wider public as a potential model for UK-EU trade agreements post-Brexit, but, in fact, it is a most unlikely model given that the UK does not want such a deep commitment beyond trade provisions with the EU. (more…)
Charlotte Humma September 1st, 2017
Posted In: UK - Non EU, UK- EU
Tags: Association Agreement, Single Market, Trade agreements
