Dominic Webb Archives

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The UK-EU future relationship negotiations: process and issues

Monday, 02 March, 2020

The UK and EU begin negotiations over their future relationship this week. This paper outlines the UK and EU's objectives, the main issues of contention and the process being followed in the negotiations
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The UK’s independent trade policy: Global Britain?

Friday, 10 January, 2020

Brexit gives the UK the chance to pursue an independent trade policy for the first time in over 40 years…
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- International trade
Insight

The UK’s independent trade policy: Global Britain?

Friday, 10 January, 2020

Brexit gives the UK the chance to pursue an independent trade policy for the first time in over 40 years...
Research Briefing

Queen’s Speech: Trade Bill 2019-21

Monday, 06 January, 2020

The Trade Bill 2019-21 was announced in the Queen’s Speech on 19 December 2019. Second reading is on 20 May 2020..
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- International trade
Research Briefing

Brexit Glossary

Tuesday, 17 December, 2019

This Commons Library research briefing contains a list of commonly-used terms and acronyms that have needed clarification since the United Kingdom voted in the June 2016 EU referendum.
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UK progress in rolling over EU trade agreements

Friday, 13 December, 2019

This short note provides a list of EU trade agreements in force.
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Revisions to the Political Declaration on the framework for future EU-UK relations

Friday, 18 October, 2019

The UK and EU agreed a revised Political Declaration on the framework for the future UK-EU relationship on 17 October. This Briefing provides an outline of the contents of the Declaration and the key changes in the revised text
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The October 2019 EU UK Withdrawal Agreement

Friday, 18 October, 2019

Boris Johnson's Government negotiated a new 'deal' with the European Union, formed of a Political Declaration and a Withdrawal Agreement. This paper focuses on the Withdrawal Agreement and how it compares to the one negotiated by Theresa May's Government.
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Brexit: trade tariffs if there is no deal

Wednesday, 09 October, 2019

This note on tariffs was prepared in 2019 and is now out of date.
Debate Pack

Deforestation in the Amazon

Thursday, 03 October, 2019

MPs will debate e-petition 266638 relating to deforestation in the Amazon on 7 October in Westminster Hall. This House of Commons Library debate pack provides some background information and press and parliamentary coverage of the issue.
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No deal Brexit: trade

Thursday, 12 September, 2019

This briefing paper sets out the implications for UK trade with EU and non-EU countries of a no deal Brexit.
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UK-EU relations after Brexit: an Association Agreement?

Tuesday, 13 August, 2019

We don't know what the future relationship between the UK and the EU will be. It has been suggested that an Association Agreement might be appropriate because it is a fairly flexible kind of agreement and can include a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area. But an Association Agreement also requires a degree of legislative approximation of the third country with the laws of the EU, and it isn't clear whether the UK Government would find this acceptable. This paper looks at the scope and contents of some existing Association Agreements.
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UK trade and investment strategy

Friday, 19 July, 2019

This short note has been prepared in advance of the Westminster Hall debate “UK Trade and investment strategy” which will take place on Tuesday 23 July 2019.
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- International trade
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Brexit: parliamentary scrutiny of UK replacement treaties

Wednesday, 17 July, 2019

The UK is party to hundreds of international treaties with third states or organisations, many of them on trade, by virtue of its EU membership. To continue to benefit from the advantages of these agreements, the Government has been seeking to replace them in a UK bilateral context. The Government has prioritised trade agreements, but has also agreed replacement agreements covering aviation services and safety, and road transport, for example. But Parliament is not happy about the way the Government is carrying out this 'treaty continuity programme' and Committees in both Houses have called for a greater scrutiny role for Parliament in treaty-making processes. This paper looks at what has been going on and what Parliamentary Committees in both Houses have asked for. It includes a table showing where we are with scrutiny of these treaties and what sort of scrutiny they have undergone, both in their precursor form as EU treaties and currently as replacement treaties.
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The UK’s EU Withdrawal Agreement

Monday, 08 July, 2019

This briefing looks in detail at the Withdrawal Agreement negotiated between the EU and UK and finalised on 14 November 2018. It was endorsed by EU Member State leaders at a special European Council summit on 25 November and the UK Prime Minister promoted it in the UK Parliament and around the country. The Agreement was debated at length in Parliament on several occasions and has been voted on three times. But the House of Commons has not endorsed it. A second extension of Article 50 took exit day to 31 October 2019, but once again the UK is faced with the possibility of leaving the EU without an agreement if this agreement or another one is not ratified by the UK and the EU.

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