‘I was lied to by Boris Johnson’: Why much of UK fishing is still waiting for a Brexit boost
21/01/2023
Almost four years after Johnson promised the fishing merchant the French would be desperate to buy his fish, the business has seen sales plummet 30% and export costs rise by as much as £3,000 a week.
They produce half the country’s sugar needs, but expect new trade deals to make their tough situation worse.
Most of the fishing that takes place close to the west coast of Scotland is for shellfish, and most of the catch is exported to Europe.
We could end up with tonnes of fish that Brits don't even like and no way of selling them to the EU before they rot.
Who really owns UK fishing quotas?
07/12/2020
Fishing has been one of the key sticking points in talks over a future UK/EU trade deal.
Brussels firms up position and bloc’s unity before tough talks on future relationship with UK.
With negotiations between the UK and the European Union (EU) - over a trade agreement - going down to the wire, the possibility of there being no deal is being talked about.
Industry leaders fear trading will be harder and more costly without comprehensive deal.
UK will lose market access if it ditches Brussels regulations, says EU chief Von der Leyen
22/01/2020
The UK’s access to the single market will be weakened if it does not continue to sign up to EU rules after Brexit, Ursula von der Leyen has said.
Cabinet office minister drops 'no compromise' stance, saying: 'If that is the price that we have to pay, then there we go'
Non-alignment with EU will mean ‘extra processes’ and not frictionless trade.
EU rules will still affect UK but Britain will have no say in setting them.
Trading the orchard for an apple
03/03/2021
So far, in the first two months of Brexit, the following industries have indicated that they have been harmed: Aerospace; Airlines; Architecture; Art and Antiques; Beer; Bees; Cattle and horse breeding; Charities; Cheese; Chemicals; Cars; Classic Cars; Construction; Cosmetics and Perfume; e-Commerce; Fabrics; Fashion; Ferry services; Film and TV production; Financial Services; ...
Trade, migration and Brexit
25/10/2022
Jonathan Portes assesses the extent to which predictions about trade and migration before the Brexit vote have materialised, highlighting that trade has been reduced by additional barriers but the extent to which liberalisation would increase migration flows in the short term was underestimated.
Three years after Brexit, Scotland’s fishing and seafood industries are still snarled in costly red tape, worker shortages and disappointing catch quotas, leaders warn.
Thailand and the European Union (EU) have signed a new tariff rate quota deal, under which a predetermined number of the kingdom's goods can be exported to the bloc at pre-Brexit tax rates.
Tariffs axed immediately on Australian beef and lamb, triggering fears that farmers will be sent ‘to the wall’
15/06/2021
Small print – revealed by Canberra, but suppressed in London – reveals pledge to protect farmers for 15 years has been dropped.
Scottish fishermen eviscerate Boris Johnson’s ‘desperately poor’ Brexit deal in angry letter as losses mount
15/01/2021
Scottish Fishermen’s Federation accuses prime minister of misleading public about EU trade agreement.