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There remain "substantial barriers" for UK trade with Europe, with small businesses bearing the brunt of the post-Brexit strain, according to peers.
The EU Goods Sub-Committee publishes its report on what the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) means for trade in goods.
Wales' automotive industry faces more challenges over future Brexit trade changes, according to experts. / The Welsh Automotive Forum said new checks on imports and rules over where car parts can come from could add to customs disruption when they are introduced.
The tariffs on over half of products have changed, but the weighted average tariff on goods imported from ‘MFN’ countries has fallen only from 2.1% to 1.5% (excluding non ad-valorem tariffs). Given that any difference between the UK and EU tariffs may create administrative problems ... there is room to ask whether this has been a net gain.
The timetable for the major new controls that have already been imposed and those that have been delayed
The cost of Brexit becomes apparent
13/01/2021
Filling the GDP gap it has created will be hard.
Two weeks into Brexit, problems are mounting and recriminations are flying in all directions. The reality of Brexit is proving every bit as toxic as the four-and-a-half-year slog that got us to this point.
Brexit reality 3: Rules of origin
10/03/2021
Jason Croke tackles some technical aspects that are continuing to confuse businesses who are importing goods from the EU, in this case import duty and the rules of origin.
Brexit threatens to leave a £5.25 billion “black hole” in ecommerce sales as tensions between Brussels and London escalate dramatically.
Gocycle, the award-winning e-bike brand founded by ex-Formula 1 engineer Richard Thorpe, is setting up a subsidiary in the Netherlands after the Brexit deal signed on Christmas Eve provided “certainty” about the future trading relationship between the UK and EU.
More than a month after the UK's post-Brexit trade deal with the EU came into force, complaints from British importers and exporters continue to mount.
“Will he (Gove) make clear that the Protocol is causing societal and economic damage to the union, and will he press on with the alternative arrangements that he previously supported and signed up to?”
Brexit has led to a “worrying” decline in international exports by Tayside firms, it has been claimed.
Brexit, One Month After
10/02/2021
The UK’s official departure from the EU took place on January 1, 2021. The Brexit roll-out, not unexpectedly, has been awash with problems.
Government messaging in the build-up to Brexit failed traders over the extent of changes brought about by rules of origin requirements for trading with the EU.
“Mountains” of second-hand clothing are piling up in the north-east of England after new Brexit complications have forced one of the UK’s biggest exporters of second-hand clothing to halt exports after falling foul of the new ‘rules of origin’ requirements, it is being reported.
Ease of trading is key measure of success, say cross-channel businesses, not lack of lorry traffic.
Businesses are reporting increased disruption and additional costs as they attempt to trade with the EU – and it could mean the price of a bottle of wine goes up.
Those expecting the deal meant trade could carry on in the same friction-free, tariff-free manner as before were in for something of a shock on 1 January 2021 when shipments were stuck at borders due to incorrect paperwork.
Richard Barfield explains the deluge of restrictions and regulations that have been saddled on firms after the UK’s departure from the EU
UK firms face ‘significant barriers’ to doing business with EU and have less access than Canadian companies, in some cases.
Brexit troubles aren’t all teething problems
20/01/2021
For anyone who thought Brexit was done in 2020, the early signs are that it will, once virus woes settle, become Boris Johnson’s biggest headache. Again.
Some UK carmakers and drivers face higher costs under the Brexit trade agreement, with an expert warning little-noticed parts of the deal are a “big loss” for Britain.