Evidence
The Commission conducts evidence-gathering sessions, site visits and other events to allow Commissioners to take evidence from small businesses and large, from trade experts and economists, from trade bodies and trade unions, to propose practical recommendations to the UK Government as they enter the TCA review, as well as making recommendations about existing and proposed trade deals with the rest of the world. We publish transcripts and videos of our full sessions here.
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Agriculture and fishing
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.
UK-Australia Trade Deal: Extraordinary meeting
The ability for the UK to reach its own trade agreements has been seen by many as a key benefit of Brexit. After replicating trade agreements with countries with whom the UK had trade deals by virtue of our EU membership, an ‘Agreement in Principle’ had at the time of this meeting been announced with Australia.
Food and Drink
Globally the food and drink sector is typically most affected by trade barriers, with both the highest levels of tariffs and the most onerous non-tariff barriers (typically sanitary and phytosanitary or SPS measures). It was therefore unsurprising that this sector has been at the centre of stories about the impact of the changes to UK trade from January 1 2021. The change was particularly abrupt for movements from Great Britain to the EU and Northern Ireland, the latter due to the provisions of the Northern Ireland protocol.