Archive: December 2020

On Christmas eve, the UK Government and the European Commission (Commission) announced that they had reached agreement on a free trade agreement.

Members of the UK Parliament have voted to approve the European Union (Future Relationship) Bill (The Bill) on Wednesday December 30, 2020.

The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) does not address jurisdiction and enforcement of judgments in civil proceedings.

Under the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (the TCA), the EU and the UK have reached an agreement on their future relationship.

On December 24, 2020, the UK and EU finally announced that an agreement had been reached regarding their future trading relationship.

The UK has agreed a free trade deal with the EU ahead of the end to the Brexit transition period at 11pm on December 31, 2020.

Free movement of people from the EU to the UK and vice versa is scheduled to end at 11pm on December 31, 2020.

On September 11, 2020, the UK concluded a free trade agreement (FTA) with Japan: the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement.

Aviation is one of the sectors most vulnerable to the impact of the UK leaving the EU as air transport services (including air traffic rights) are excluded from the WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services, meaning that there is no fallback arrangement in the absence of agreement between the parties.

On 15 December 2020, HM Treasury issued a Call for Evidence on the UK’s Overseas Framework.