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THE UK Government’s trade minister admitted she doesn’t know the impact of the New Zealand deal on GDP compared to the cost of Brexit during questioning from MPs.
Unions from both sides of the Atlantic accuse Boris Johnson’s government of failing to grasp importance of labour rights.
Farmers have warned of "huge downsides" to Boris Johnson's new trade deal with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
Canada has pledged to fill British supermarket shelves with hormone-pumped beef as the two countries opened post-Brexit trade talks.
Don’t pretend Australia Brexit trade deal will have ‘noticeable’ benefits, MPs tell government
06/07/2022
Cross-party international trade committee says agreement unlikely to be detectable at supermarket tills.
Focus on substance rather than Diwali deadline, trade secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan told.
Downing Street said late last night the UK government is prepared to consider tearing up elements of Northern Ireland’s Brexit deal, despite a Cabinet minister insisting the option would not be used before Christmas.
Former minister George Eustice admits Australia post-Brexit trade deal ‘not actually good for the UK’
14/11/2022
Tory former Environment Secretary says UK ‘gave away far too much for far too little in return’.
Trade committee chair Angus Brendan MacNeil said MPs had been ‘consistently hindered’ in attempts to examine the deal.
Government scraps plan to enforce human rights with Brexit trade deals, leaked letter reveals
28/08/2022
Human rights to be kept ‘separate’ from trade talks despite earlier promises.
‘I want to awaken you to an opportunity’, Penny Mordaunt tells US audience – after Joe Biden slammed the brakes on talks.
Ministers warned against trade deal with Gulf states over ‘appalling’ human rights record
22/06/2022
Trade secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan kicking off talks in Saudi Arabia.
Government condemned for trying ‘to rush it through’ – in echoes of Northern Ireland Protocol now being torn up. / MPs should block the Australia trade deal because the government has broken a promise to allow it to be scrutinised properly, a damning report says.
Lord Debden says agreement ‘completely at odds with everything the government has promised’.
Construction Products Association moots extension to transition period on CE markings.
Government criticised over ‘indefensible’ proposal that could undermine climate efforts while yielding benefit of only £1.38m.
Ministers are desperate to sign new trade deals after damaging the UK economy with Brexit.
Select committee says ministers want to rush through deal allowing food imports that fall below UK environmental standards.
UK’s Liz Truss was warned of blow to food sector under Australia and New Zealand trade deals
12/07/2022
Data obtained by POLITICO shows economic toll on farmers known before key post-Brexit trade talks began.
Vote Leave’s dark ads shame: UK steel set to suffer from EU’s tariff-free agreement with US
04/01/2022
Unite's national officer for steel said the government needed to explain why the EU had a deal but the UK did not.