Keir Starmer under pressure to block Fujitsu from £370m Brexit border contract
The Japanese IT giant continues to face intense public scrutiny over its role in the Post Office scandal.
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Britain considers joining European customs pact
Joining the Pan-Euro-Mediterranean convention would give companies with international supply chains more flexibility.
UK to focus new trade strategy on boosting services exports
Trade minister Douglas Alexander says policy will also involve strengthening anti-dumping defences amid Trump’s tariff war
What we do (and don’t) know about the UK-India trade deal
From tariffs to visas and services, we talk through the key concessions in the long-awaited agreement, as well as the big unanswered questions.
Donald Trump doesn’t do special relationships. Britain will keep trying anyway.
POLITICO delves into the frenetic tactics Britain was — and still is — employing to win a carve-out from Donald Trump’s tariffs. No one yet knows if the president will listen.
UK ‘not seeking’ to join Europe trade pact, minister insists
U.K. cools talk of joining Pan-Euro-Mediterranean Convention after comments by EU point-man — while leaving some wiggle room.
Britain’s bold new world … as a Pacific trading nation
With global free-traders on the back foot amid Donald Trump’s return, the U.K. is placing its bets on the tongue-twisting CPTPP.
Britain seeking EU trade reset: minister
Trade minister Douglas Alexander said Britain’s 2016 vote to leave the EU caused “significant disruption” to its trade policy and the country needed to recalibrate its global trade outlook.