JANUARY 4, 2021

The first day back at work at the WTO.

What’s happened to the UK’s commitments (“schedules”) on goods (tariffs, tariff quotas, farm support) and services in the WTO now that the Brexit transition is over, and the UK no longer applies the EU’s commitments?

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NEW UK DOCUMENT

The UK has circulated a new document outlining the latest situation with the commitments on goods and services, various agreements, applied tariffs and preferences (GSP, UK-EU deal), WTO dispute settlement, trade remedies, laws

https://t.co/DtiObLumJd

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GOODS
Tariffs, tariff quotas, farm support

The UK is now applying the commitments it proposed in 2018 with amendments in May and Dec 2020 (correcting errors) even though they have not been agreed.

5 rounds of talks. Some agreement, or “close” to

https://t.co/DtiObLumJd

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SERVICES

The UK is now also applying its proposed commitments on services. These have not been agreed either, but only one other country (understood to be Russia) is in negotiations with the UK. The rest have not raised objections.

https://t.co/DtiObLumJd

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AGREEMENTS

The UK confirms accession/ratification in its own right

● Government Procurement
● intellectual property (amendment)
● Trade Facilitation
● Civil Aircraft
● information technology products (duty-free)
● pharma products (duty-free)

https://t.co/DtiObLumJd

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