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The dispute over the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland The Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland to the UK Withdrawal Agreement is proving hard to implement. The European Parliament Research Service has produced a useful summary. The UK government has even suggested reneging on it but pulled back following howls of objections, not least from within the UK itself. … Read more
We now have an agreement on the future partnership between the UK and the EU. It is given the name Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) but is, in EU parlance, an Association Agreement – a type of agreement which, in accordance with its legal basis – Article 217 TFEU, involves “reciprocal rights and obligations, common … Read more
As an EU Member State, the UK was automatically part of a number of free trade agreements with third countries, which will no longer apply to the UK once the transition period ends on 31 December 2020. To preserve the existing trade relationships with those countries and to mitigate the expected disruption of trade if … Read more
The European Commission has today released a series of proposed contingency measures to help mitigate the expected disruption in certain sectors in a no-deal scenario at the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020. Read more
The negotiations on the future partnership between the UK and the EU started with each side publishing their own views of what the future relationship might contain. As we discussed in May, these competing drafts and the fanfare surrounding them highlighted the “fundamental differences” between the parties more than their common purpose. There have been … Read more
As businesses and governments around the world continue to grapple with the implications of COVID-19, Brexit is fast approaching. This time for real. Last year, as businesses awaited a potential Brexit without a deal, the difference was stark. ‘Deal’ meant entering a status quo transition period in which essentially nothing changed for business; whereas ‘no-deal’ … Read more
Update 28 October 2020: On 23 October 2020, the Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Japan for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership was signed. The full text of the agreement is available here. Please click here to see further supporting documents. On 11 September 2020, the UK signed its first … Read more
The post below was first published on our FSR and Corporate Crime blog On 6 July 2020, the United Kingdom introduced unilateral sanctions against 49 individuals and entities from Saudi Arabia, Russia, Myanmar and North Korea accused of involvement in several high profile human rights violations and abuses.The Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020 (the … Read more
On 9 July 2020, the European Commission has published a Communication which provides a sector-by-sector overview of the key areas where there will be changes at the end of the transition period, regardless of whether there is an agreement on the future trade relationship or not, and sets out measures that national authorities, businesses and … Read more
