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United Kingdom–United States Free Trade Agreement

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The United Kingdom–United States free trade agreement is a proposed agreement between the United Kingdom and the United States.[1][2]

United Kingdom - United States Free Trade Agreement
  United Kingdom
  United States
Type Trade Agreement
Context Trade Relations between the United Kingdom and the United States
Negotiators Liz Truss 🇬🇧

Robert Lighthizer 🇺🇸

Parties United Kingdom 🇬🇧

United States 🇺🇸

History

The United Kingdom and the United States began negotiations on the 5th May 2020 and have currently had one round of negotiations.[3]

Draft Legal & Treaty Text

In February 2019 the United States released its negotiating objectives.[4] The UK released its objectives on 1 March 2020.[5]

Areas Covered in the FTA and Contention Points

Trade in Goods:

Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS):

Customs and Trade Facilitation

Rules of Origin

Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT)

Good Regulatory Practices

Transparency, Publication, and Administrative Measures

Trade in Services, Including Telecommunications and Financial Services

Digital Trade in Goods and Services and Cross-Border Data Flows

Investment

Intellectual Property

Procedural Fairness for Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices

State-Owned and Controlled Enterprises (SOEs)

Subsidies

Competition Policy

Labor

Environment

Anti-corruption

Trade Remedies

Settlement

General Provisions

Currency

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Documents

United Kingdom

Trade Negotiations Objectives

United States

Trade Negotiation Objectives

See Also

List of Bilateral Agreements

List of Multilateral Agreements

UK Free Trade Agreements

Sources

  1. ^ "UK and US start trade negotiations". May 5, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ Pickard, Jim (May 3, 2020). "UK-US trade talks to begin on Tuesday".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ (1) Lawder (2) Shalal, (1) David (2) Andrea (May 5, 2020). "U.S., UK launch trade talks, pledge quick deal as virus ravages global economy". Reuters.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "UK publishes negotiating objectives for post-Brexit US trade deal". ITV News. March 2, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "U.S. Trade Representative Releases Summary of U.S.-UK Trade Agreement Negotiations". Thompson Hine. March 1, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ Powney, Mark (May 20, 2020). "UK-US Free Trade Agreement Negotiations Progress". Business News Wales.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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