Panel 307: Trade Policy Trajectories: Frenemies, Rivalries and Races in the EU and beyond

Date: 4 September 2023
Time: 3:30pm - 5:00pm

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Panel 407: Roundtable  |  Trade-Sustainability-Security: the New Impossible Trinity?

Date: 5 September 2023
Time: 9:30am - 11:00am

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Date: 14 March 2023
Time: 8:00am - 9:30am
Location: British Embassy Tokyo, Japan

This breakfast roundtable was organised by the British Embassy in Tokyo and the Trade Policy Hub. The roundtable is part of TPH’s work for the Embassy to review the business utilisation of the UK-Japan trade agreement (CEPA). The project aims to identify problems, including duties or customs administrative issues, and provide input towards future engagement with the Japanese regulators.

The roundtable aimed to encourage engagement with the UK government on UK-Japan relations, engagement with other companies operating in Japan, as well contribute to strengthening UK-Japan bilateral ties. The government will strongly consider the outcomes of the roundtable as they plan how best to support companies.

The facilitators provided a brief overview of findings on:

• Comparison of CEPA utilisation with those under the EU EconomicPartnership Agreement and the Comprehensive and ProgressiveAgreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
• Assessment of UK’s overall competitiveness in Japan
• Observations around trade in services

The roundtable has sought participants’ input around the following questions:

• 1) What trade and investment-related issues need to be addressed by bothsides to improve UK’s competitiveness in Japan?
• 2) Why are some trade benefits and preferences not used? What are thebarriers and opportunities in sectors with different levels of use of tariffpreferences?
• 3) How do these issues compare to engagement with comparator markets?
• 4) What future barriers and opportunities do you see in UK-Japanengagement?

This virtual roundtable on 8 June 2022 was organised to discuss new trends in implementation and enforcement in trade and sustainable development provisions in the European Union and beyond.

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This exceptional discussion with leading experts María C. Latorre, Elitsa Garnizova, and Vanika Sharma aimed to dive into the potential impact of the EU-Mercosur Association Agreement and how the EU and Mercosur can use the agreement to strengthen their relationship.

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International digital trade is a significant driver of productivityand business growth in the UK. To keep digital markets open andminimise barriers to digital trade, the UK is already building anetwork of international agreements alongside partners acrossthe region.

As the global architecture that governs digital trade continuesto develop, the FCDO has asked the Asia Trade Centre and LSEConsulting’s Trade Policy Hub to develop the evidence base toengage partners in the region in discussions about how the UKcan further strengthen its digital trade relationship with countriesacross the Indo-Pacific. This is an important element of UK’s Indo-Pacific tilt and UK’s ambition to be the European partner with thebroadest and most integrated presence in the region.

This exclusive roundtable aimed to validate the team’s findingson what the UK’s priorities in the Indo-Pacific ought to be.

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This fall, the TradeExperettes released Ten “Quick Wins” for More Equitable Trade, a report that highlights a pragmatic set of deliverables that could help take the discussion on trade and gender to the next level. In contributing to this dialogue, the TradeExperettes invited everyone to explore how we can encourage the WTO and other international organizations to move from being gender aware to gender-responsive. 

The panel was focused on how trade facilitation can improve women’s participation in the global trading system, how we can promote inclusivity when drafting trade policies, the role of professional development in empowering women, and the importance of data in driving the conversation forward.

The conversation featured Ambassador Stephen de Boer, Nicole Bivens Collinson, Elitsa Garnizova, Hanna Norberg, and was moderated by Johanna Hill. 

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Minister for International Trade joins British Poultry Council’s online event on UK-EU trade disruptions and their impact on food flow and business viability.

The British Poultry Council and leading thinkthank ResPublica hosted an online event on 4 February to discuss the new trade deal with Europe and what this really means for food producers and consumers in the UK. The event highlighted the trade barriers faced by UK as a third country and ways in which Government can support producers to minimise impact on flow of foods and ensure businesses remain viable.

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With the UK leaving the EU on January 1st, what will be the impact of Brexit on the UK food supply chain long-term? And what impact will Brexit have on food security? Will new regulations impede deliveries and create new hurdles for producers and manufacturers importing and exporting into the country from Europe? This expert panel aims to find out in the run-up to Brexit.

Recorded on December 16th, 2020, with the Brexit trade deal hanging in the balance, the panel looks at the impact of Brexit on food security in the UK and how traders, importers and exporters will fare outside of the EU. Joining host Stefan Gates are David Wells, Chief Executive, Logistics UK, Dr Elitsa Garnizova, Director of LSE Consulting’s Trade Policy Hub, Ian Wright, Chief Executive, Food & Drink Federation, and Tony Heron, Professor of International Political Economy, University of York & Co-Investigator, IKnowFood Project.

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