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UK trade

  • Wednesday, 9 July, 2025
    Chris Giles
    Don’t believe the myth: Britain’s services have been hit hard by Brexit

    Export growth has been strong but not lived up to its potential

    Anti-Brexit campaigners protest at Westminster
  • Monday, 7 July, 2025
    UK manufacturing
    UK officials hopeful steel industry will avoid 50% US tariff

    Deadline for countries to sign deals with Trump expires on Wednesday

    Worker at a construction site in Acton, UK
  • Monday, 7 July, 2025
    Post-Brexit export drive hampered by UK trade finance rules, ICC warns

    International Chamber of Commerce says overhaul of regulations could help plug £22bn funding gap

    The MSC Diana container ship at the Port of Felixstowe, UK
  • Thursday, 3 July, 2025
    EU trade
    Full EU-US trade deal ‘impossible’ before deadline, says von der Leyen

    European Commission president aims for less detailed ‘agreement in principle’

    European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen
  • Wednesday, 2 July, 2025
    EU trade
    EU blocks Britain’s attempts to join pan-European trading bloc

    The PEM convention would reduce exporters’ post-Brexit difficulties with supply chains

    Freight lorries queue at the Port of Dover
  • Thursday, 26 June, 2025
    News in-depth
    UK to focus new trade strategy on boosting services exports

    Trade minister Douglas Alexander says policy will also involve strengthening anti-dumping defences amid Trump’s tariff war

    Douglas Alexander
  • Tuesday, 17 June, 2025
    US-UK relations
    UK hopes for steel and pharma deal with US by July

    Starmer’s top business adviser to travel to Washington for next round of trade talks

    Varun Chandra
  • Monday, 16 June, 2025
    US-UK relations
    Trump signs executive order to implement US-UK trade deal

    British carmakers and aerospace manufacturers poised to secure quick benefits, but steel producers await further details

    US President Donald Trump (left) holding a US-UK trade deal with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer while speaking to the media at the G7 summit in Canada on Monday
  • Sunday, 15 June, 2025
    US no longer a top growth region for UK manufacturers, survey finds

    Research highlights impact of Trump’s tariffs on transatlantic trade

    Nissan cars produced in Sunderland, north-east England
  • Saturday, 14 June, 2025
    News in-depthUK agriculture
    Bioethanol plant owner says US-UK trade deal will force closure without government help

    ABF Sugar, which owns the Vivergo plant in Saltend, Hull has given ministers two weeks to come up with a rescue package

    The Vivergo Chemical Plant in Hull
  • Thursday, 12 June, 2025
    US-UK relations
    Trump ready to enact key parts of US-UK trade deal within days

    Elements of agreement covering British cars and US beef and ethanol could be signed off by end of the week

    Keir Starmer and Donald Trump talk with a US flag in the background
  • Thursday, 12 June, 2025
    Gibraltar
    Goods for Gibraltar must pass through Spain under post-Brexit deal

    The Rock will also raise sales tax to avoid unfair competition

    Workers cross the border from Spain to Gibraltar
  • Friday, 6 June, 2025
    Tata Steel warns its exports are at risk under UK-US trade pact

    Britain’s largest steel producer urges government to secure full deal with Trump as soon as possible

    The Port Talbot steel plant
  • Wednesday, 4 June, 2025
    British steelmakers race to secure US orders at lower tariff rate after UK carve-out

    Industry warns about impact of uncertainty after Donald Trump sets deadline for trade deal

    A worker at a blast furnace at Tata Steel’s works in Port Talbot
  • Tuesday, 3 June, 2025
    US-UK relations
    British industry exempted from Trump’s doubling of steel tariffs

    UK bosses press Sir Keir Starmer for rapid implementation of trade deal agreed with president

    The British Steel site in Scunthorpe, UK
  • Sunday, 1 June, 2025
    UK to urge Trump administration to implement zero-tariff steel accord

    Meeting between Jonathan Reynolds and Jamieson Greer follows vow by US president to double tariff to 50%

    An employee walks behind a steel ingot at Sheffield Forgemasters in Sheffield
  • Thursday, 29 May, 2025
    BoE governor urges UK government to seek closer trade ties with EU

    Andrew Bailey makes case for minimising negative effects of Brexit

    Andrew Bailey
  • Thursday, 29 May, 2025
    Trump tariff ruling risks slowing down delivery of UK trade deal

    Experts fear more ‘chaos and confusion’ surrounding implementation of pact

    A Jaguar Land Rover factory in Solihull
  • Thursday, 29 May, 2025
    UK seeks to speed up rollout of US trade deal

    Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds set to hold talks with US counterpart

    Aerial view of a large parking lot filled with numerous new cars from Jaguar Land Rover in Staffordshire
  • Tuesday, 27 May, 2025
    UK foreign policy
    UK defends trade envoy’s trip to Israel even after suspending talks

    Ian Austin was pictured on a trip to Haifa a week after foreign secretary criticised the ‘abominable’ situation in Gaza

    Lord Ian Austin visits Israel
  • Tuesday, 27 May, 2025
    UK bioethanol factories face closure after Trump trade deal

    British state support needed to prevent loss of production facilities after tariff changes, industry warns

    Vivergo Fuels’ bioethanol plant in Saltend, near Hull
  • Monday, 26 May, 2025
    Martin Wolf
    The UK’s trade performance remains dire

    Deals struck recently with the US, EU and India will not make a significant difference to Britain’s parlous position

    Britain’s Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
  • Saturday, 24 May, 2025
    The Weekend Essay
    Britain and Europe are moving beyond Brexit. Now for the real trade-offs

    This week’s ‘reset’ deal is a welcome return to pragmatism. But both sides must go further in facing up to the new world order

    A man wearing jeans, blue top and cap sits on the grass looking out to sea
  • Thursday, 22 May, 2025
    UK economy
    UK consumer confidence improves due to better economic sentiment

    Survey suggests British households may be regaining some willingness to spend

    People carrying shopping bags in Oxford Street, London
  • Tuesday, 20 May, 2025
    Israel-Hamas war
    UK and EU ratchet up pressure on Israel over Gaza offensive

    International criticism of the military campaign in the Palestinian enclave increases

    An Israeli tank moves near the Gaza border
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