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Joshua Edwicker Joshua Edwicker

What is the UK's new Trade Strategy?

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.

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Niall McGourty Niall McGourty

Government to publish trade strategy

Commission Chair Andrew Lewin has welcomed the imminent publication of the government’s trade strategy and called for a renewed drive to secure mutual recognition agreements with the EU

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EU David Henig EU David Henig

Entering a new phase

Times have changed in UK-EU relations. Negotiators from London and Brussels appear to have been in a negotiating “tunnel” in early April, and the outside world didn’t notice. In amidst the closer cooperation may even be a certain amount of joint briefing designed to suggest how both sides are fighting for their interests on difficult topics, such as fish, to be triumphantly announced as being solved at the May 19 Summit.


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What was in the Labour spending review?

When Rachel Reeves stood at the despatch box for Wednesday’s spending review her message was clear. The era of austerity was over. Fifteen years after George Osborne entered the Treasury, Reeves branded austerity as “a destructive choice for our economy…creating a lost decade for growth, wages, and living standards”

Reeves' first year in office has so far been largely defined by cuts to Winter Fuel Payments and looming cuts to PIP, but what was included in the Chancellor’s plans for the rest of the Parliament? And how could a closer relationship with Europe help her mission?

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EU, USA Joshua Edwicker EU, USA Joshua Edwicker

The UK avoids Trump's steel tariffs hike - for now. Here's what you need to know.

Donald Trump has temporarily exempted the UK from his executive order doubling the base rate of tariffs on steel and aluminium from 25% to 50%. The UK’s rate will remain at 25% until at least 9 July 2025, due to the recently agreed UK-US Economic Prosperity Deal (EPD) - but with a warning that the exemption relies on the EPD being implemented. So what is in the EPD? And what do these latest tariffs mean for the UK?

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EU Julia Meadon EU Julia Meadon

What's in the deal agreed at the UK-EU Summit?

The UK and EU have struck a new deal aimed at fixing post-Brexit friction. From smoother travel and youth mobility to cheaper food, defence cooperation and reduced barriers for businesses, some changes will kick in quickly, while others require further negotiation. The deal marks the first step towards a more practical partnership - here's what's in it.

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EU David Henig EU David Henig

Progress made ahead of UK-EU Summit

Times have changed in UK-EU relations. Negotiators from London and Brussels appear to have been in a negotiating “tunnel” in early April, and the outside world didn’t notice. In amidst the closer cooperation may even be a certain amount of joint briefing designed to suggest how both sides are fighting for their interests on difficult topics, such as fish, to be triumphantly announced as being solved at the May 19 Summit.


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USA Best for Britain USA Best for Britain

What do tariffs mean for the UK?

On 2 April, standing in the Rose Garden of the White House, Donald Trump announced new tariffs on UK exports to the US. Trump has since delayed the implementation of the higher rates of tariffs for 90 days. But what are tariffs? How will these new tariffs affect the UK? And how should the UK government respond to this change to the world economic order?

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EU Niall McGourty EU Niall McGourty

Twenty ways to fix Brexit’s growth hit

The House of Common’s Business and Trade Committee has published an important report on ways the Government can improve trade with the EU to achieve growth based on evidence from the UK trade and Business Commission.

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US Tariffs: Best response is increasing trade with Europe

On 2 April, President Trump announced a new set of global tariffs, including a 10% tariff on all UK imports to the US and a 25% tariff on all foreign manufactured automobile imports to the US.

Responding to the introduction of new tariffs on UK imports to the US, Andrew Lewin MP, Chair of the cross-party UK Trade and Business Commission argues the UK should respond by increasing trade with the EU.


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