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UK trade

  • Kemi Badenoch urged to ‘walk away’ from Gulf trade deal over human rights concerns

    UK POLITICS

    Kemi Badenoch has been urged to “walk away” from “worrying” trade negotiations with Gulf states due to concerns about human and labour rights abuses. The UK has “absolutely no reason” to discuss trade with states where “human, women’s and LGBT rights and workers’ rights abuses are so widespread”, union boss Paul Nowak said. Amnesty International [...]

  • Kemi Badenoch backs the City as she travels to Bern for UK-Swiss trade deal talks

    EXCLUSIVE

    Trade secretary Kemi Badenoch has pledged her government “gets the City” as she launches trade deal talks with Switzerland. Speaking exclusively to City A.M., the business and trade secretary said the free trade deal’s (FTA) “potential is limitless” as she hopes to unlock investment in tech, digital and data. The former Tory leadership contender will [...]

  • Cleverly talks down hopes of US trade deal on Washington trip

    TRADE

    Foreign secretary James Cleverly has talked down hopes of a UK-US trade deal during a visit to Washington DC. Speaking in the US on Tuesday, Cleverly said the government was not “prioritising” a free trade agreement (FTA) but aiming for “real economic coordination” with the superpower. His comments came at a press conference with US [...]

  • Sunak to meet Oz and NZ leaders as trade deal – which promises cheaper manuka honey and Jacob’s Creek – takes effect

    May 5, 2023

    Rishi Sunak is set to welcome the leaders of Australia and New Zealand to No10 ahead of the UK’s landmark post-Brexit trade deals coming into force. The prime minister will meet Australian PM Anthony Albanese and Chris Hipkins, prime minister of New Zealand, in Downing Street today. It comes as the UK’s trade deals with [...]

  • Post Brexit UK-US trade deal talks still on ice as Biden visits Northern Ireland

    April 12, 2023

    Talks between the US and the UK on a post-Brexit free trade deal are not expected to resume until 2025, according to reports. Prime minister Rishi Sunak and US president Joe Biden are not said to have discussed the matter during a visit to Northern Ireland to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday [...]

  • Sunak says ‘fantastic progress’ made in talks to join Indo-Pacific trade bloc

    March 30, 2023

    Rishi Sunak said “fantastic progress” has been made in talks on joining an Indo-Pacific free trade bloc, amid expectations that the UK could be welcomed into the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) imminently. The prime minister said it was “a great benefit of Brexit” for the UK to be able to sign [...]

  • Is the UK about to tick one of its ‘Asia tilt’ boxes by joining CPTPP Indo-Pacific trade bloc this week?

    March 29, 2023

    The UK is set to join the key CPTPP Indo-Pacific trade bloc later this week, according to reports. Negotiations have been ongoing to secure Britain’s entry into the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) since early 2021. And sources have now said the UK’s entry into the pact is “agreed” and “confirmed”, according [...]

  • UK-India trade agreement ‘about deal and not dates’, minister says

    March 23, 2023

    The UK’s talks with India are “about the deal and not the dates”, a minister has insisted as a Conservative backbencher queried government progress towards a free trade agreement. Trade minister Nigel Huddleston told the Commons “we will not tie our hands in terms of setting an arbitrary deadline”. He spoke in response to Conservative [...]

  • British Steel confirms 260 jobs at risk amid coke oven closures

    February 22, 2023

    British Steel announced 260 jobs are at risk amid proposals to close its coke ovens at its plant in Scunthorpe. The firm said the UK remains “uncompetitive” compared to rival markets with energy and carbon costs “some of the highest” globally. It said it had seen a £190m rise last year and the facilities were [...]

  • US-China tensions, tariff hikes and Russia sanctions force firms to look at ‘onshore’ supply chains

    January 16, 2023

    Logistics executives increasingly believe top companies should look to bring their supply chains closer to home to avoid being impacted by trade wars, sanctions and other global shocks, a new survey has found. Supply chain managers increasingly see ‘onshoring’ and ‘near-shoring’ as a means of hedging against disruption to global trade caused by the Covid-19 [...]

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