UK-Canada Trade Barriers to Increase Amid Failure to Reach Deal

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : But so far the UK has only signed new bilateral free-trade agreements with Australia and New Zealand, and those deals have been criticized by MPs and farmers alike.
61% : While the EU is still the UK's largest trading partner, and Labour has vowed to deepen that relationship in an effort to boost the economy if it wins a general election, negotiators are finding out first-hand that the UK's closeness to the EU may alienate it from other trading partners.
55% : Activate your Online Access NowForming closer trade ties with countries outside the EU was touted by Brexiteers, including Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, as a key benefit of leaving the bloc.
51% : The failure to secure an extension on so-called rules of origin provisions with Canada, even after last-ditch talks between UK Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch and her Canadian counterpart Mary Ng on the sidelines of the World Trade Organization conference in Abu Dhabi at the end of February, underlines just how difficult it will be for the UK to boost its tariff-free trade with non-EU markets.

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