'It is hard to predict how full Brexit would play out, because this scale of multiple simultaneous renegotiations of global trade agreements is unprecedented – and no country has ever left the EU. It certainly can’t be assumed that Britain is bound to get quick and good deals because it is a large economy.'

It may soon be open season on the NHS for private US healthcare companies, writes Professor Harry Burns.

WTO members are responsible for 98% of world trade, but it’s misleading to say all of this trade is done “through” the WTO.

Either Boris Johnson is trying to bamboozle the public with jargon or he just doesn’t get the basics of how global trade works. Both are bad omens for the man who is likely to be our next prime minister and tasked with navigating a way through the Brexit mess.

The former prime minister accused hardline leave campaigners of ‘shouting down anyone with an opposing view’.

Standup4Brexit has teamed up with Esther McVey MP to launch a video series explaining the WTO to the British Public and make No-Deal Brexit sound less scary. I spent years as a negotiator for Australia at the WTO, so I was keen to see what nuggets of wisdom were coming out of the StandUp4Brexit oven. I should have perhaps gone to McDonalds instead.

Trade minister rejected Boris Johnson’s claim exporters would be spared tariffs after no deal

It is highly uncertain what the UK’s future would look like outside the European Union (EU), which makes ‘Brexit’ a leap into the unknown. This report reviews the advantages and drawbacks of the most likely options.

International trade secretary tells PM and chancellor plans risk smuggling and damage to UK reputation.

The so-called Most Favoured Nation (MFN) clause contained in several of the EU’s existing trade agreements, could also limit the extent of concessions granted by Brussels to the UK. / This Briefing Paper explains what the MFN clause is and why it could be problematic for the UK. It maps out which EU agreements contain MFN clauses, their scope and the various exceptions they contain.

Leaving the EU confronts my former colleagues with a greater challenge than Whitehall has faced for generations.

No deal Brexit is not the end. It’s only the beginning. To the no-deal Brexiters who say, ‘I just want to leave” or “leave means leave”: you do realise that we will be trying to get a new deals the minute we leave, don’t you?

Pascal Lamy likens customs union to second division and WTO terms to fourth division.

Dmitry Grozoubinski joins Adrian Chiles and his guests to talk through the implications of No-Deal Brexit.

Pascal Lamy, who was director general of the WTO, between 2005 and 2013, said there was a stark choice for the UK between 'minor' and 'great' trade relations with the country’s largest trading partner.

Leo Varadkar says UK 'won't have any trade deals with anyone', citing WTO rules and Good Friday commitments.

New Zealand meat exporters are losing patience over their inability to get product into Northern Ireland after Brexit.

New Zealand now stands between the United Kingdom and its hopes of entering the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement (CPTPP).

After Trump security adviser John Bolton’s visit it’s clear the price of US backing will be paid both in trade and foreign policy.

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