{"id":5450,"date":"2020-12-28T09:57:02","date_gmt":"2020-12-28T09:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/?p=5450"},"modified":"2024-08-15T09:25:57","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T09:25:57","slug":"eu-uk-trade-co-operation-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/eu-uk-trade-co-operation-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"EU-UK trade &#038; co-operation agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The UK Govt. and EU Commission have agreed a treaty to govern the UK&#8217;s 3rd party relationship with the EU covering trade, some programmes, security and governance. I put <a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/at-long-last-we-have-a-brexit-deal-and-its-as-bad-as-you-thought\/\">my first thoughts on my blog<\/a>, inspired by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2020\/dec\/24\/at-long-last-we-have-a-brexit-deal-and-its-as-bad-as-you-thought\">Tom Kiblasi&#8217;s instant reaction,<\/a> but I needed to go further. Here are some links and notes. &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Links<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/en\/ip_20_2531\">EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement: protecting European interests, ensuring fair competition, and continued cooperation in areas of mutual interest<\/a>, a press release from the Commission<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/commission-publishes-full-text-of-uk-eu-brexit-trade-agreement\/\">Commission publishes full text of UK-EU Brexit trade agreement <\/a>, by Politico, has pointers to the text<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210502172103\/https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/transparency\/regdoc\/rep\/1\/2020\/EN\/COM-2020-857-F1-EN-ANNEX-1-PART-1.PDF\">The full text of the agreement<\/a>, published, of course, by the EU<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A<a href=\"https:\/\/threadreaderapp.com\/thread\/1343519072416362498.html\"> tweet thread<\/a> by Anton Spisak from the Tony Blair Institute, he argues its too defensive, that the Tories have been outplayed and that because of NI, and the EU&#8217;s regulatory vector, that the UK will need to remain engaged with these negotiations, he concludes, &#8220;With this agreement, the immediate challenge of Brexit might disappear from the public eye. But its consequences are here to stay: for businesses and the practical realities of new relationship. Europe, as a political issue, will have a new face but will not go away.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/davelevy?query=%23postbrexitdeal\">bunch of links, tagged <em>postbrexitdeal<\/em><\/a> on my diigo feed, with several emphasising that the PLP should not vote with the government in favour of the deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was provoked by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/9c2df35f-555a-4c34-84e6-93e125d6c410\">an article in the FT<\/a>, and had cause to look up some further reading,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/commission.europa.eu\/strategy-and-policy\/relations-non-eu-countries\/relations-united-kingdom\/eu-uk-trade-and-cooperation-agreement_en\">Protecting the European Union&#8217;s interests, ensuring fair competition, and continued cooperation in areas of mutual interest <\/a>, a press release and landing page at the European Commission <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20231010131047\/https:\/\/ukandeu.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UKICE-Reviewing-the-TCA.pdf\">REVIEWING THE TRADE AND COOPERATION AGREEMENT: POTENTIAL PATHS<\/a> by UKCIE Sep 23<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/commonslibrary.parliament.uk\/research-briefings\/cbp-9139\/\">The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement: governance and dispute settlement<\/a> from the HoC Library dated 2021<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sunset<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>30 June 2026<\/strong>: The UK and EU must jointly agree on whether to renew and\/or update the provisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/sunset-rachel-cook-unsplash-w1080-squashed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"711\" src=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/sunset-rachel-cook-unsplash-w1080-squashed-1024x711.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/sunset-rachel-cook-unsplash-w1080-squashed-1024x711.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/sunset-rachel-cook-unsplash-w1080-squashed-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/sunset-rachel-cook-unsplash-w1080-squashed-768x533.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/sunset-rachel-cook-unsplash-w1080-squashed.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">by Rachel Cook, from unsplash, squashed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For laughs, here is <a href=\"https:\/\/challenge-magazine.org\/2020\/12\/27\/cp-calls-for-a-united-struggle-for-popular-sovereignty-in-face-of-tory-eu-deal\/\">what the CP thinks<\/a>, a victory for British Capital, la lutte continua<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See also <a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/eu-reform\/\">EU Reform<\/a> on this wiki, made in 2023 as the EU considers its own needs for the second half of the decade. Also <a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/how-much-has-the-eu-changed-since-jan-20\/\">How much has the EU changed since Jan 20<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK Govt. and EU Commission have agreed a treaty to govern the UK&#8217;s 3rd party relationship with the EU covering trade, some programmes, security and governance. I put my first thoughts on my blog, inspired by Tom Kiblasi&#8217;s instant reaction, but I needed to go further. 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