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Tag Archives: Trade & Cooperation Agreement
High- and low-stress holding models
A while back I wrote about the UK’s approach to the Withdrawal Agreement (WA) and Trade & Cooperation Agreement (TCA), arguing that this was driven by a lack of strategic intent, resulting in constant efforts to keep things up in … Continue reading
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WA/TCA Committee Tracker, November 2021
As part of this blog’s ongoing monitoring of the two treaties, we regularly produce a tracker of meetings of the various bodies that they have set up. These trackers are useful at a number of levels. Firstly, the level of … Continue reading
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Crisis measures
As we reach the end of the COP26 hiatus on Brexit the signs are not good. Reports from the talks on the Protocol are that progress isn’t occurring, even with the Commission’s striking opening offer. This is all less than … Continue reading
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Tagged Brexit, Suspension, Termination, Trade & Cooperation Agreement, UK
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What the Jersey fish tale tells us about the TCA
Today sees a meeting between British and French ministers to discuss the vexed question of fishing licences for Jersey waters. This event is important for a number of reasons. Firstly, it’s the pathway that got opened up earlier in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Brexit, fisheries, France, Jersey, Trade & Cooperation Agreement, UK
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Tracking EU-UK meetings
At various points in the Brexit process I’ve produced trackers, primarily to capture interactions between the EU and the UK. that included ones for the negotiations on the Withdrawal Agreement and the Trade & Cooperation Agreement (and this), as well … Continue reading
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Meetings and the TCA/WA
One aspect of the WA/TCA pairing that will generally never get much attention is the meeting roster. Both treaties provide not only for a coordinating body – the Joint Committee (WA) and the Partnership Council (TCA) – but also a … Continue reading
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Tagged Brexit, committees, EU, Trade & Cooperation Agreement, UK, Withdrawal Agreement
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Further grace periods
The past week has seen two important grace periods extended. These periods have been used in both the TCA and WA to allow the UK and EU enough time to make necessary preparations for full implementation, or that is at … Continue reading
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Tagged Brexit, chilled meat, EU, grace periods, Trade & Cooperation Agreement, UK, Withdrawal Agreement
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Pathways for the Northern Ireland Protocol
With the first meeting of the TCA’s Partnership Council finally done, alongside the WA’s Joint Committee, it’s perhaps a good time to reflect a bit on the Northern Ireland Protocol. While this sits within the Withdrawal Agreement, it’s worth noting … Continue reading
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Tagged Brexit, Northern Ireland, Protocol, Trade & Cooperation Agreement, UK, Withdrawal Agreement
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A bit of trade and not much cooperation: The hard Brexit deal
This is a draft version of a piece published in Political Insight. Please refer to that version for any citations. Even before Covid, it was evident that 2020 was going to be a difficult one for British politics. The December 2019 … Continue reading
Making the WA/TCA work, institutionally
As I noted in an earlier post, if the first priority in establishing the Withdrawal Agreement and the Trade & Cooperation Agreement was the legal text, then the second has been their implementation. Part – a very visible part – … Continue reading
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