United Kingdom UK signs trade deal with Canada to prepare for Brexit The deal signed with Canada means the two countries will continue to trade under the same rules as when the UK was an EU member state while they negotiate a "bespoke" agreement. 21/11/2020
World Asia-Pacific countries including China sign world's biggest trade pact The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) signed by 15 countries encompasses around a third of world trading activity. 15/11/2020
United Kingdom UK signs 'historic' trade agreement with Japan Japan is the UK's 11th largest export market with the value of trade between the two countries reaching £29 billion (€32 billion) in 2018. 23/10/2020
United Kingdom Brexit trade talks: How badly do Europe's exporters need a deal? Many major European exporters to Britain have sounded cries of alarm on the urgent need for a new post-Brexit free trade agreement. 28/09/2020
World Brexit talks back on between EU and UK ahead of June summit The UK and the EU need to strike a deal on trade and future relations this year. 11/05/2020
United Kingdom UK blasts EU's Barnier for rejecting post-Brexit Canada trade deal The EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier says the UK cannot have a Canada-style trade deal with the bloc, prompting an angry response from Downing Street. 19/02/2020
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