Category Archives: Free Trade Agreements

Sweet failure: British Sugar fails to persuade the High Court that the sugar advance tariff quota breaches Article 10 of the Protocol or the subsidy control provisions of the TCA

The judgment of Foxton J in R(British Sugar) v Secretary of State for International Trade[2022] EWHC 393 (Admin) is the first judicial consideration of the impact of Article 10 of the Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol, which (as discussed here) applies EU … Continue reading

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State aid and subsidies post-transition: where are we now?

Competition Law Insight recently published a piece in which I tried to take stock of where we are now on the question of a possible subsidy control regime in the UK after the end of transition. You can find it … Continue reading

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Subsidy provisions in the UK/Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement: what are they, and what do they mean for the UK/EU negotiations?

The text of the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between the UK and Japan was published on 23 October.  Somewhat disturbingly for those who believe in effective Parliamentary scrutiny of such agreements, that was the same day on which the Agreement … Continue reading

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