{"id":2510,"date":"2018-07-12T13:34:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-12T12:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/uktpo\/?p=2510"},"modified":"2018-07-12T13:36:20","modified_gmt":"2018-07-12T12:36:20","slug":"regulatory-barriers-likely-to-be-contentious-and-most-significant-obstacles-to-uk-us-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/uktpo\/2018\/07\/12\/regulatory-barriers-likely-to-be-contentious-and-most-significant-obstacles-to-uk-us-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"Regulatory barriers likely to be contentious and most significant obstacles to UK-US trade"},"content":{"rendered":"Share this article: <\/em> \"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"reddit\"<\/a>\"pinterest\"<\/a>\"linkedin\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>12 July 2018<\/em><\/p>\n

Rorden Wilkinson is Professor of Global Political Economy and Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor at the University of Sussex and a Fellow of the UK Trade Policy Observatory.\u00a0Charlotte Humma is Research Communications Manager at the Business School and Business Manager at the Observatory.<\/em><\/p>\n

Standards and technical regulations are likely to be the most significant\u2014and potentially contentious\u2014obstacles to a UK-US trade deal according\u00a0to leading trade experts.<\/p>\n

Published today our\u00a0latest briefing paper<\/a>\u00a0states that the UK faces a challenge in whether it stays with EU regulation, moves towards the US approach or tries a pick-and-mix approach of its own.<\/p>\n

The research, conducted in conjunction with trade experts from the Georgetown University\u2019s McDonough School of Business and Walsh School of Foreign Service, shows initial public support is likely to favour signing a trade deal. However, the US and UK trade experts state the UK government should not assume its public will be happy to admit more GMO foods, hormone-treated meat, and other products currently restricted or banned.<\/p>\n

The study, which explores the public support for, the benefits of, and the key obstacles to a transatlantic agreement might be, is entitled,\u00a0\u201cThe Future of US-UK Trade: What case for a bilateral trade agreement?<\/em>\u201d<\/strong><\/a>. <\/strong>It comes ahead of the meeting between US President Donald Trump and UK Prime Minister Theresa May this Friday. Other key findings include:<\/p>\n