Tag Archives: Trade & Cooperation Agreement

Updating graphics on the WA/TCA, Windsor and border controls

Posted on 9th February 2024 by admin

Last week’s announcement of a package of measures to support the return of the Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive might not have produced much substantial change in UK-EU relations, but it has prompted me to update a number of key … Continue reading →

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Pausing, stalling or stuck? Thinking about the next steps of the EU-UK relationship

Posted on 24th September 2023 by admin

We’re at a bit of a junction in EU-UK relations right now. Having bumped back from the questions of good faith with February’s Windsor Framework, the two sides got to work on the next obvious target: Horizon membership. Seven months … Continue reading →

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What could the review of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement actually be like?

Posted on 6th July 2023 by admin

This is an extended version of a blog originally posted with UK in a Changing Europe by Simon Usherwood and David Moloney. The conclusion of the Windsor Framework has rightly been taken as a moment for UK-EU relations to reset. … Continue reading →

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Tracking the TCA implementation and enforcement

Posted on 9th February 2023 by admin

Last week’s third anniversary of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU also means it’s the third anniversary of the Trade & Cooperation Agreement (TCA). The TCA is the oddly overlooked counterpart of the Withdrawal Agreement (with its troublesome Protocol), oddly … Continue reading →

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EU-UK monthly tracking: November

Posted on 1st December 2022 by admin

One good reason for doing this regular tracking report is that is means we (i.e. I) can abreast of what is an ever-changing landscape of interactions between the EU and the UK. As a case in point, I’d rather missed … Continue reading →

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WA/TCA Tracker: September 2022

Posted on 30th September 2022 by admin

After a summer hiatus for the Conservative leadership campaign, there was much expectation of Liz Truss following through on her stated plans for the Northern Ireland Protocol. Recall that she had been the lead minister for the Northern Ireland Protocol … Continue reading →

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WA/TCA meeting tracker: April 2022

Posted on 28th April 2022 by admin

A short post this week, to update the trackers for meetings of the assorted committees of the EU-UK’s Withdrawal Agreement and Trade & Cooperation Agreement. As you can see, things have been quiet so far this year. WA activity has … Continue reading →

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Building a Parliamentary post-Brexit relationship

Posted on 10th February 2022 by admin

After much delay, the membership of the Trade & Cooperation Agreement’s (TCA) Parliamentary Partnership Assembly (PPA) was finally settled in late January. The Assembly is an advisory body to the TCA’s main Partnership Committee, “a forum to exchange view on … Continue reading →

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A new year of Brexiting

Posted on 13th January 2022 by admin

The arrival of 2022 has brought both continuity and change to the UK’s relationship with the EU. The resignation of Lord Frost in December has precipitated a major reorganisation (possibly still on-going) of the government’s management of EU and Brexit … Continue reading →

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More Brexit, part. 648

Posted on 9th December 2021 by admin

As we’ve noted previously in this blog, Brexit is a process, not an event. With the drawing in of the year, we might usefully revisit this notion, since there’s more of the process heading our way. You’ll recall that one … Continue reading →

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