Towards a Reset in EU-UK Relations?
The outlook for trade
This podcast episode was recorded on 26 September 2024.
Panellists: Georgina Wright, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director for International Studies, Institut Montaigne
Dr Nicolai von Ondarza, Head of Research Division, EU/Europe, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, SWP)
David Henig, Director, UK Trade Policy Project, European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE)
Moderator: Rem Korteweg, Senior Research Fellow, Clingendael Institute
Four years on from Britain’s departure from the EU, politicians on both sides of the Channel continue to grapple with its consequences. In recent months, the election of the Labour government in the UK and the reelection of Ursula Von der Leyen as President of the European Commission have opened a new more constructive chapter in the complex process of negotiation over the UK's relationship with its neighbours.
For the UK, mitigating Brexit's negative effects on trade and business remains a central goal in the reset of relations. For the Commission, trade issues are increasingly wrapped up in a broad concern, vividly captured in the recent Draghi report, about the EU's competitiveness and its long-term economic growth.
What are the political and economic parameters within which the UK and EU are working on a reset? Where are the red lines and where the areas of Win-Win? And can a new deal help address the growth challenge on both sides of the Channel?
Related content from GTS Contributors:
Paper | Extraterritoriality: a Blind Spot in the EU's Economic Security Strategy | Institut Montaigne
Paper | The UK and the EU: New Opportunities, Old Obstacles | SWP
Report | Negotiating Uncertainty in UK-EU Relations: Past, Present, and Future | ECIPE
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