Category: International trade

New Brexit checks to cost UK business £2bn and fuel inflation, report finds

Additional measures from 30 April for imported animal and plant products could hike costs by 10% in first year, says Allianz TradeNew post-Brexit UK border controls coming into force later this month will cost British businesses...

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Dover Port health body fears gangs of meat smugglers looking to bypass new post-Brexit checks

Authority weighs up legal action against government over new checks on imported meat taking place 22 miles inlandThe Port of Dover could become a target for criminals smuggling illegal and diseased meat into the country under...

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Port of Dover fears gangs of meat smugglers looking to bypass new post-Brexit checks

Authority weighs up legal action against government over new checks on imported meat taking place 22 miles inlandThe Port of Dover could become a target for criminals smuggling illegal and diseased meat into the country under...

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How UK’s new border controls will affect plants and animal imports

Today is first stage in a series of changes likely to raise costs for businesses and consumersToday will bring the first stage in new, wide-ranging Brexit border controls on the import of plants, animals and food to the UK from...

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UK ditches post-Brexit Canada trade talks; Vodafone and Three UK merger under investigation – business live

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as Canada says UK was unwilling to give access to agricultural productsFull story: UK suspends trade talks with CanadaThe UK’s competition regulator has...

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UK walks away from post-Brexit Canada trade talks ‘over hormones in beef’ – business live

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as Canada says UK was unwilling to give access to agricultural productsFull story: UK suspends trade talks with CanadaThe UK has walked away from post-Brexit...

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New Brexit checks ‘pose existential threat’ to UK fruit and flower growers

Exclusive: NFU warns blanket import checks from April could fuel long delays and damage future cropsThe UK’s fruit and flower growers face an “existential threat” from new post-Brexit border checks that could...

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British exporters call on government to ease post-Brexit trade frictions with EU

Though Johnson promised ‘no non-tariff barriers’, firms say they are struggling under ‘compliance burden’ of customs and safety checksAlmost two-thirds of British exporters have said selling to the EU has...

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Joe Biden signals he has no interest in signing US-UK trade agreement

UK ministers had hoped to agree ‘foundational trade partnership’ before both countries head to pollsMinisters have given up on signing a trade agreement with the US before the next election, after the Biden...

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