September 2016

Brexit: the lawyer’s first 100 days

30 September 2016 Erika Szyszczak is Professor of Law in the School of Law, Politics and Sociology at the University of Sussex, and a member of UKTPO. The “first 100 days” has become a standard by which to evaluate important political times. Undoubtedly, the momentous decision on 23 June 2016 to break up the current geopolitical space of Europe will be examined by historians as a decisive period of modern European history. From a lawyer’s perspective the most striking feature of the last 100 days has been the legal uncertainty of how to implement the referendum result. This represents the challenge we love. So this blog examines some of these uncertainties. […]

By Nick Phipps|2016-09-30T13:19:12+01:0030 September 2016|UK- EU|0 Comments

UK-Australia trade deal useful as a warm-up for tougher negotiations

12 September 2016 Michael Gasiorek is a Senior Lecturer in Economics, in the School of Business, Management and Economics and a member of UKTPO. He is also Managing Director of InterAnalysis, a University spin-out company focusing on trade policy. There has been talk in the past week about a future free trade agreement (FTA) between the UK and Australia – and indeed Australia expressed interest in such an FTA soon after the Brexit referendum. For the UK government this seems to be an affirmation of the future possibilities for the UK, as and when it assumes full responsibility for trade policy post Brexit. In reality, our trade with Australia is relatively small and so the real value may be in the opportunity for the UK’s fledgling trade negotiators to get round the table with friendly faces and hammer out a low-stakes trade deal. […]

By Nick Phipps|2016-09-12T13:15:24+01:0012 September 2016|UK - Non EU|0 Comments

What does an inclusive UK trade policy look like?

5 September 2016 In the face of severe and competing pressures, a UK trade policy that ‘works for everyone’ – to use Prime Minister Theresa May’s phrase – is going to be immensely difficult to achieve, writes Steve McGuire. The legal and political obstacles to the UK’s construction of an independent international trade policy have been well documented. The legal complexities are eye-watering; as my UKTPO colleague Emily Lydgate points out, the relationship between Article 50 and UK trade policy is unclear. Nor does the UK government have enough expertise in the negotiation and implementation of trade rules. […]

By Nick Phipps|2016-09-05T13:14:33+01:005 September 2016|UK - Non EU, UK- EU|0 Comments

Briefing Paper 2 – THE UK TRADE LANDSCAPE AFTER BREXIT

This paper discusses the challenges for the UK as it attempts to redefine and renegotiate its post-Brexit foreign trading relationships. This briefing makes the assumption that the UK will not, after leaving the EU, remain part of the customs union. On this basis, the paper examines the nature of such trade negotiations; the scale of the negotiating tasks confronting the UK; and potential approaches that may reduce the immediate negotiating load. It also identifies the countries that should be prioritized for trading negotiations, and examines the likely resources that will be required to undertake these. Read Briefing Paper 2 – THE UK TRADE LANDSCAPE AFTER BREXIT

By Emily Lydgate, Jim Rollo, Rorden Wilkinson|2024-11-20T13:37:06+00:001 September 2016|Briefing Papers|0 Comments

Brexit: the lawyer’s first 100 days

UK-Australia trade deal useful as a warm-up for tougher negotiations

What does an inclusive UK trade policy look like?

Briefing Paper 2 – THE UK TRADE LANDSCAPE AFTER BREXIT

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