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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.
Is it a vindication of the economic merits of Brexit and a symbol of the clout of ‘global Britain’? The short answer is no.
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.
£1.5bn GDP boost from UK-Japan trade deal is not on top of existing EU-Japan deal benefits
15/09/2020
These estimated benefits are relative to 2018 when the UK (as part of the EU) had no FTA with Japan.
Expert perfectly demonstrates Brexiteer hypocrisy over trade talks in just 90 seconds [2 mins]
14/09/2020
An expert has perfectly demonstrated the hypocrisy surrounding Brexiteer outrage over trade talks between the UK and the EU in just 90 seconds.
Tokyo will need to know what EU-UK relationship will be, experts warn.
Paper on guarantees for struggling companies still leaves major gap with EU position.
DR ROB DAVIDSON, director of Trade Deal Watch, says the UK's government new trade deal with Japan is far from a cause for celebration. It is the first sign of our poorer future following Brexit.
Japan said UK-EU deal was still crucial for Japanese business, especially its carmakers.
Department for International Trade accused of ‘exaggerations and mistruths’.
Campaigners say claims by Liz Truss' Department for International Trade about UK-Japan trade deal benefits should be taken with "pinch of salt".
Soy sauce won’t be cheaper in UK after Brexit, just the same price, Government clarifies after Bake Off tweet
28/10/2020
The Department for International Trade has wrongly described the condiment as ‘soya sauce’ throughout
Taxes cut on birds’ eggs, raw hides, fur skins and ultra-strong spirits – but UK does not export them anyway.
‘Current restrictions on European data to stop lightly regulated transfers to the USA, would disappear’
Britain's decision to leave the EU has seriously undermined the peace efforts in Europe, a former Tory politician has claimed.
UK’s recent narrow understanding of sovereignty belongs to a receding Trumpian world.
A CROSS-party group of MPs has condemned the Government for refusing to spell out the privacy risks in the proposed UK-Japan trade agreement.
Sam Bright summarises the key issues with the UK’s attempts to forge new economic alliances after leaving the world’s largest trading bloc.
Measuring the Cost Brexit Six Months On
09/06/2021
The end of the transition period was merely a staging post within a process that will be long with us, says Chris Grey.
A survey found that 67% felt the public receives too little information from ministers about trade deals. / More than two-thirds of the UK public feel “left in the dark” about the impact that post-Brexit trade deals struck by the Government will have.
The one that was so much better than the EU-Japan deal because the names of 70 British products would now be protected?
‘Asia is taking us to the cleaners’: Emily Thornberry destroys new trade deals in the Commons
21/10/2021
"This is now the third Asia-Pacific agreement in a row where more than 80 per cent of the projected growth in trade has gone to exporters in those other countries," she said.
All trade deals combined worth less than 50p per person a year, analysis of government figures shows.