Andrew Lewin MP has stepped down as Chair of the UK Trade and Business Commission (UKTBC) after leading its work for the past 18 months, following his appointment as Parliamentary Private Secretary at the Department for Business and Trade. 

Rachel Blake MP has also stepped down from her role as a member of the UKTBC, following her appointment as Economic Secretary to the Treasury.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has published updated guidance for British businesses to help them understand upcoming regulatory changes and prepare for a new UK-EU SPS deal.

The UK and the EU should harmonise regulations on precision-bred plants and animals, as part of an agri-food deal to deliver “meaningful economic benefits” to Britain, a multi-party report has recommended.

The United States has become “erratic” and "unreliable", and could even “be a threat to Europe”, experts including a former advisor to the then-Foreign Secretary have warned.

An annual cap of some 45,000 participants and the concept of visa ‘headroom’ - proposals at the heart of the UK Trade and Business Commission (UKTBC)’s report on a Youth Experience Scheme (YES) - are driving the UK government’s negotiations with the EU on agreeing a youth mobility deal, the i paper has reported.

Energy cooperation with the EU is “absolutely vital” to protect the UK from price spikes following geopolitical shocks, such as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, an expert has warned.

Following the release of the UK Trade and Business Commission’s (UKTBC) pioneering report into a Youth Experience Scheme, outlining 17 recommendations for the government's negotiations with the EU, there’s a lot of detail to get across.

International students gaining a "lifelong fondness for the UK" is a "vital component of Britain's soft power", after the government announced it would scrap target numbers for international students in the UK.

The United Kingdom and South Korea have concluded negotiations on an upgraded free trade agreement, aimed at boosting exports of British goods including Bentley cars, Scottish salmon and Guinness brewed in the UK.

The government is set to announce tomorrow that the UK will rejoin the Erasmus+ scheme from January 2027 according to reports.

A new cross-party report recommends the UK and EU should launch the UK’s largest and most generous scheme to restore opportunities for young people who have been denied them by Brexit.

The UK Trade and Business Commission session brought together leading experts to assess the current state of UK-EU relations. Witnesses provided valuable insights into the ongoing negotiations of a ‘Youth Experience Scheme’ between the UK and the EU.

The prime ministers of the UK and India have signed a free trade agreement between the two countries. The deal will cut tariffs on a wide range of goods traded between the UK and India. Businesses have welcomed the agreement, although a number of key issues remain to be negotiated.

The latest trade figures from the ONS reaffirm that the European Union remains by far the UK’s largest and most important trading partner.

The UK Government has announced its intention to align with EU specifications on high risk in vitro diagnostic devices - tests on human samples for a wide range conditions, infections and diseases.

The Law Society of England and Wales has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Italian National Bar committing  the two organisations to work together to support lawyers from each country working in the other.

Lord Kim Darroch warned that the US President’s repeated delays in introducing tariffs may have created an ‘optimism bias’ in people’s view of US trade policy.

The national accreditation bodies of the UK and Australia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to “deepen collaboration and support trade and regulatory alignment” between the two countries.

The UK Trade and Business Commission has welcomed the full publication of the government's trade strategy today which highlighted the unparalleled importance of EU trade for British businesses.

This morning the government published the UK’s new Trade Strategy, the first one since the UK left the EU. The report outlines the targeted approach the government will take over the coming years to provide ‘practical deals that deliver faster benefits to UK businesses’. The Trade Strategy makes clear that the EU is “our closest neighbour and trading partner”, with Prime Minister Keir Starmer saying that he wanted the UK-EU relationship “to move on in iterations” at the yearly summits the UK and EU have now agreed to.