The UK Government is preparing for the upcoming UK-EU summit on 19 May, with a renewed focus on strengthening its trade relationship with the EU. However, while the UK’s core ambitions remain to enhance close business and trade ties, the mounting geopolitical tensions and  growing emphasis on security and defence cooperation, adds a new layer of urgency to these discussions.

The UKTBC hosted a panel of the establishment of a new, independent Board of Trade.

This site visit will take place on 27th November 2023, and will see the UKTBC team visit FreshLinc in Spalding, Lincolnshire.

This site visit will take place on 21st November 2023, and will see the UKTBC team visit the Cemex cement plant in Rugby.

This session will cover the EU’s CBAM and domestic Net Zero policy goals

This session covered beneficial regulatory alignment with the EU and a reciprocal youth mobility visa scheme.

In this session, the UK Trade and Business Commission met to take a holistic look at current global trading environments.

In this session, the UK Trade and Business Commission met to hear from experts what role future UK trade deals can have in skills development and inward investment.

In this session, the UK Trade and Business Commission met to hear from experts what role healthcare might have in future UK trade deals.

In this session, the UK Trade and Business Commission met to hear from experts what role devolution and levelling up have in future UK trade deals.

In this session, the UK Trade and Business Commission met to hear from experts who can outline what the UK Government need to do in order to embed environmental and standards protections in future UK trade deals.

In this session, the UK Trade and Business Commission met to hear from experts who can outline what the UK Government can do to support the agriculture and fishing industries post-Brexit.

In this session, the UK Trade and Business Commission met to hear from experts who can outline what the UK Government can do to support the growth of Financial Services and FinTech industries.

The UK Trade and Business Commission took evidence on the best approaches with which to conduct future international trading relationships. Ensuring that trade maximises domestic priorities while also strengthening international partnerships is an important balance to achieve, and it is critical going forward that the UK does not sacrifice its overall aims and goals by rushing insufficient trade deals which do not feed into overall UK objectives.

Arts and culture is a cornerstone in the UK’s global influence and soft power but creative industries have been badly impacted in the aftermath of Brexit. As the government pursues new international trade deals, the UK Trade and Business Commission took evidence on the current economic challenges facing the creative sectors and what is required in future trade deals to ensure the UK's cultural sector thrives.

This session of the UK Trade and Business Commission analysed the UK’s manufacturing and construction sectors, with one hour-long panel on manufacturing immediately followed by an hour-long panel on construction.

This session of the UK Trade and Business Commission analysed the EU Retained Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill. As part of the session, the Commission interrogated the legislation and its implications - both in terms of business and trade and in terms of the UK’s constitution.

This session of the UK Trade and Business Commission took evidence on the fashion and textile industry and the potential UK-India Free Trade Agreement.

This session of the UK Trade and Business Commission took evidence on the cost of living crisis, querying if the recent UK Government action had worsened the crisis.

This session of the UK Trade and Business Commission took evidence on prospective UK free trade agreements with Canada and the USA.