The UK left the EU on 31 January 2020, and the subsequent 11 month transition period ended on 31 December 2020. The UK’s ongoing relationship with the EU is now governed by the EU Withdrawal Agreement and a Trade and Cooperation Agreement (“TCA”), agreed on 24 December 2020, and its trading relationships outside the EU are increasingly the focus of specific negotiated trade agreements.
How can Burges Salmon help?
The legal and commercial implications of the UK’s new trading relationship with the EU, and of the ongoing negotiations with other countries and trading blocs, are very far-reaching. We are issuing sector specific EU guidance in areas as diverse as employment law, intellectual property, food and farming and transport which should help inform the decisions you’re making for your business as the impact of the TCA, and the development of the UK’s approach to EU and wider international trade becomes clearer.
If you would like further information on how the TCA, and other changes to UK international trade policy, may affect you or your organisation then please get in touch.