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Trade Committee to hold Brexit and Ireland session

The House of Parliament International Trade Committee will hold a one-off session on the implications of possible arrangements for the Northern Ireland-Ireland border for wider UK trade policy on Wednesday 13 December. Giving evidence will be international trade and European law specialists Dr Lorand Bartels and Dr Sylvia de Mars and the session will consider how suggested solutions for the border interact with the UK’s obligations under World Trade Organization (WTO) rules and to what extent such solutions must be ... [+]

Brexit – learn all about it

Multi temperature supply chain specialist Oakland International will host the first of a series of Brexit Seminars at the Crowne Plaza, NEC, Birmingham on Wednesday 28 February 2018. Heading Oakland's Brexit team will be director of Oakland Invicta, Robert Hardy, a former director of P&O Ferries and EurotunnelPlus, who spent five ... [+]

No borders for Ireland or Ulster as UK signs Brexit deal

There will be no ‘hard border’ between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic, nor will there be any border in the Irish Sea between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK, pledged Prime Minister Theresa May at the end of a negotiating session in Brussels. The deal reached on the ... [+]

Peer warns of Customs crisis, quoting FBJ

Labour peer Lord Campbell-Savours warned that the UK could face a shortage of customs officers after Brexit, quoting FBJ, in a Lords debate on the future of UK trade and customs policy on 5 December. Describing Freight Business Journal as “an excellent publication if you want to keep abreast of Brexit ... [+]

Updated: UK wants to ‘cut and paste’ EU trade deals

The Department for International Trade (DIT) is planning to seek “transitional adoption” of the EU’s free trade agreements (FTAs) — in other words, translate existing FTAs from EU into UK law or by adopting them into UK law on an interim basis, pending renegotiation at a later stage, says the ... [+]

Major threat to logistics as EU workers head for home

Official government figures published on 30 November, which showed a sharp fall in net migration into the UK since the Brexit vote last year, have confirmed that EU logistics workers are packing up and heading home, said the Freight Transport Association. The departure of EU workers is a 'major threat' to ... [+]

Dover chief calls for Common Transit convention

Port of Dover chief executive Tim Waggott has called for the UK to become a member of the Common Transit Convention to ensure that freight continues to move through the UK’s ferry ports after Brexit. In a letter to the Exiting the European Union Committee – hosted by the port ... [+]

Brexit is everybody’s problem, says FTA chief

All EU member states, not just the UK, face a “massive challenge” from Brexit, Freight Transport Association deputy chief executive James Hookham told the European Parliament Committee on Transport and Tourism on 22 November. All member states ran the risk of long delays and disruption at ferry ports, he said. He ... [+]

Ferry port operators raise Brexit concerns

British Ports Association ferry port operators met with the junior Department for Exiting the EU Minister Robin Walker MP on 14 November to outline the implications and challenges which may arise when the UK leaves the EU, including customs and other bureaucratic documentation BPA chief executive Richard Ballantyne said: “We were ... [+]

Customs Brexit fears are justified, says BIFA

The British International Freight Association (BIFA) says that the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee is right to have concerns over the government and HMRC’s plans for Customs procedures post-Brexit. BIFA says that it agrees with a report by the Committee which said that more needs to be done to manage ... [+]

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