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UK international trade weekly update: TCA/WAJC statement, Northern Ireland TRQ access, live animal export ban, TRA anti-dumping reviews, HMRC customs guidance—23 May 2024

Published on: 23 May 2024

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Free trade agreements

FCDO publishes joint statement on WAJC and TCA Partnership Council meetings

On 16 May 2024, the FCDO issued a joint statement from European Commission Executive Vice‑President Maroš Šefčovič and the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, David Cameron, outlining outcomes from the WAJC and TCA Partnership Council meetings. They reviewed the state of play on implementing the Withdrawal Agreement since the last session, considered citizens’ rights, and examined the Windsor Framework and its roll‑out. Both stressed that intensive work should continue to deliver the Framework and agreed that Northern Ireland businesses ought to benefit from UK tariff rate quotas for certain agri‑food products. The statement also highlighted the UK’s association to Horizon Europe and Copernicus, and the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on financial services regulatory co‑operation in implementing the TCA. Further discussion covered collaboration on new technologies to drive the green transition, alongside arrangements to secure efficient energy trading under the TCA...

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