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Businesses will discover details of customs regime after Brexit on Monday.
George Freeman tells HuffPost UK Boris Johnson must not "sell out" manifesto pledge as MPs prepare for fresh potential rebellions.
Ministers accused of building 'pointless lorry park in Kent' after announcing £700m for trade checks [1 min]
12/07/2020
'This is all so pointless. We are creating a vast customs bureaucracy, with costs passed on to the consumer'
Britain will spend 705 million pounds on border infrastructure to help keep trade flowing after its transition deal with the European Union expires at the end of the year, Cabinet Secretary Michael Gove said on Sunday.
Cabinet Minister Michael Gove has defended his plans for new post-Brexit border infrastructure after Labour said the government was unprepared.
British companies trading with Europe will have to absorb a post-Brexit bureaucracy burden and fill in an extra 215m customs declarations at a cost of about £7bn a year, according to government officials.
Fed-up farmers broke off from the busy harvest schedule to travel to Westminster today (Wednesday 8 July) and tell Boris Johnson’s government “don’t destroy Britain’s world-class farming industry by striking cheap food trade deals”.
Trade Secretary urged to exclude US cars.
Old "Project Fear" scare stories from the 2016 Remain campaign about masses of customs paperwork and increased costs for traders, as well as restrictions on immigration for vital sectors, are becoming reality.
LONDON — Britain and Japan were unable to announce a new trade deal Friday after two days of intense high-level political negotiations in London.
Negotiations hit snag as trade secretary Liz Truss insists on preferential treatment for Britain’s blue cheese makers.
Consensus crumbles after Liz Truss reportedly sought to make the cheese a part of negotiations.
Post-Brexit trade deal: Why Stilton cheese is causing a stink in negotiations between the UK and Japan
11/08/2020
Trade Secretary Liz Truss is hoping a win for Stilton would leave Britain in better stead after leaving the EU.
Trade secretary held talks with Institute for Economic Affairs that were on transparency register until being reclassified as personal.
The government has promised to push for an end to tariffs on UK-made ice cream vans during trade negotiations with the US, Australia and Japan.
Full Fact however points out that the analysis was relative to 2018 when the UK was a member of the EU, and neither had a free trade agreement with Japan.
Britain must abandon EU rules in post-Brexit trade deal with Brussels, Liz Truss claims as she dismisses chlorinated chicken fears
28/09/2020
The final round of trade negotiations between the UK and the EU begins on Tuesday and runs for the rest of the week.
What happens if we have no deal?
15/10/2020
Mr Johnson told his cabinet this week that leaving the EU without a deal should hold “no fear” for Britain, but was he right?
Ivan Rogers, former UK ambassador to the EU, says prime minister will think ‘history was going his way’ if Donald Trump is re-elected
Campaigners say claims by Liz Truss' Department for International Trade about UK-Japan trade deal benefits should be taken with "pinch of salt".
Campaigners hail dramatic government climbdown in battle to protect post-Brexit food standards
01/11/2020
Watchdog to finally get teeth to block chlorinated chicken and hormone-fed beef imports
Liz Truss urged to sign off deals quickly to spare African states high tariffs once Brexit transition period ends.
Labour expresses concern as government defeats efforts to enshrine food safety and animal welfare standards in UK law
Taxes cut on birds’ eggs, raw hides, fur skins and ultra-strong spirits – but UK does not export them anyway.