Trade Secretary urged to exclude US cars.
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.
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.
Deals to ensure UK can go on trading with non-EU countries after Brexit transition must be laid before parliament by Wednesday.
15 EU trade agreements with third countries, including Canada and Turkey, still not rolled over by Britain with just 50 days until UK leaves post-Brexit transition.
‘Current restrictions on European data to stop lightly regulated transfers to the USA, would disappear’
Canadian PM suggests London lacks ‘bandwidth’ to get agreement finalised by end of year.
Government has not left enough time for promised scrutiny, ministers admit.
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.
Final bid to prevent huge new tariffs ruining African farmers amid allegations of UK ‘bullying’
05/12/2020
‘People in Ghana are very angry. They do not understand why Britain is acting like a bully’