What trade deals has the UK done since Brexit?
The UK has also applied to join an existing trade agreement between
. The government hopes to become a member of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership by the end of 2022.Before Brexit, the UK was automatically part of any trade deal the EU had negotiated with another country. At the time the UK left, the EU had about 40 trade deals covering more than 70 countries.After Brexit happened on 31 January 2020, the UK and EU needed to decide the rules for their future trading relationship.
The deal prevented any tariffs and quotas being introduced - which would have made it more expensive to trade between the two partners.The UK-EU trade deal went down to the wire, with fishing proving to be one of the major sticking pointsAs the UK no longer has to follow EU rules on product standards, new checks have been introduced.
The deal also does not completely eliminate the possibility of tariffs in future. Both sides will need to stay close to shared rules in areas like workers' rights and environmental protection. If either the UK or the EU shift their rules too far, the other side could introduce tariffs.
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