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As part of our work with the UK Trade and Business Commission, we produced a list of 114 recommendations to help solve some of the major problems with the Brexit deal first signed in 2020. Since publishing, 47 of those recommendations have been adopted – here’s the full list.<\/p>\n

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  1. Create a council for the UK and EU to work together on regulations, making trading easier.<\/li>\n
  2. Agree to meet with the EU every year to discuss regulations and protect the Windsor Framework.<\/li>\n
  3. If the UK decides not to follow EU regulations, assess the cost and timeframe of doing so, and consult with the EU.\u00a0<\/li>\n
  4. Commit to high food standards matching those in the EU, making it easier for UK producers to sell into Europe.<\/li>\n
  5. Strengthen UK controls over chemicals in food, matching EU standards.<\/li>\n
  6. Match EU rules on pesticide safety to protect consumers.\u00a0<\/li>\n
  7. Closely monitor residues of substances like pesticides and veterinary medicines in food, matching EU standards.<\/li>\n
  8. Make sure all food imported into the UK meets the same high standards as food produced here.<\/li>\n
  9. Commit to not lowering standards on food safety, animal welfare or the environment in order to strike new trade deals.<\/li>\n
  10. Negotiate an SPS agreement with the EU, boosting trade for farmers, producers and fishers, and choice for consumers.<\/li>\n
  11. Keep the same organic food standards and rules as the EU to make trading easier.<\/li>\n
  12. Work with the EU to monitor and enforce high organic food standards across the board.<\/li>\n
  13. Take a leading role in the setting of international standards, especially where it’s in the UK’s interests to do so.<\/li>\n
  14. Agree to regular communication with the EU on chemical safety to protect public health.<\/li>\n
  15. Make sure the UK’s national standards body (BSI) keeps its place in the European system for setting standards.<\/li>\n
  16. Agree a deal with the EU to link our emissions trading systems, helping drive down costs.<\/li>\n
  17. Secure mutual exemptions from respective Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) schemes, reducing costs and red tape for UK and EU businesses.\u00a0<\/li>\n
  18. Set up clear reporting for the UK CBAM and regularly update it to stay in line with the EU system.<\/li>\n
  19. Work together with the EU on future carbon tax decision making process\u2019.<\/li>\n
  20. Continue the ban on market manipulation and insider trading in the UK and EU energy markets, keeping prices lower and fairer.<\/li>\n
  21. Work alongside the EU to develop greater energy security and to tackle climate change.<\/li>\n
  22. Develop new renewable energy sources in the North Sea.<\/li>\n
  23. Collaborate with the EU on net zero targets and the research and investment needed to achieve them.<\/li>\n
  24. Share ideas and best practices for tackling climate change with the EU.<\/li>\n
  25. Match the EU’s health and safety protections and environmental standards.<\/li>\n
  26. Rejoin the Horizon research programme.<\/li>\n
  27. Work towards rejoining the Erasmus+ programme, allowing UK students and academics to work, train and study in the EU and vice versa.<\/li>\n
  28. Maintain high data protection standards so that data flows between the UK and EU can continue.<\/li>\n
  29. Recognise each other’s professional qualifications, making it easier for British professionals to work in the EU and vice versa.<\/li>\n
  30. Work with regulatory bodies to make sure the UK and EU can easily recognise each other’s professional qualifications.<\/li>\n
  31. Create a visa scheme so young Brits can live, work and study more easily in the EU, and young Europeans can do the same in the UK.\u00a0<\/li>\n
  32. Agree to regularly review the number of young people involved in the Youth Experience Scheme.<\/li>\n
  33. Agree to regularly review the fiscal requirements for the Youth Experience Scheme.<\/li>\n
  34. Work together with the EU to support the travel of artists across Europe.<\/li>\n
  35. Work together with the EU to make it easier for workers travelling on business to stay where they are required for a short period of time.<\/li>\n
  36. Work together with the EU to make it easier for workers to be involved in longer-term projects in each others’ countries.<\/li>\n
  37. Begin conversations with the EU to make it easier for short-term and freelance workers to get visas for each others’ countries.\u00a0<\/li>\n
  38. Set out a roadmap for the future of the UK-EU relationship and agree to meet regularly.<\/li>\n
  39. Explore how the UK and EU can work together across different policy areas and agencies, such as cross-border crime and terrorism.<\/li>\n
  40. Extend the EU’s rule of origin grace period for electric cars, cutting costs and cutting red tape.<\/li>\n
  41. Reduce non-tariff barriers for fishers, making it easier for them to sell their produce into the EU.<\/li>\n
  42. Deepen existing trading relationships with key partners and strike new ones to boost the economy.<\/li>\n
  43. Give MPs the opportunity to vote on the UK-EU deal in Parliament.<\/li>\n
  44. Develop a UK trade strategy which recognises the importance of negotiation and trade-offs in reaching agreements.<\/li>\n
  45. Carry out regional level breakdowns of the impact of the new UK-EU deal across the UK.<\/li>\n
  46. Deliver stable funding schemes for small UK businesses so that they can improve their trade with the EU and drive economic growth.<\/li>\n
  47. Help smaller UK companies overcome trading barriers with the EU, particularly those who lack the resources to deal with extra red tape.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As part of our work with the UK Trade and Business Commission, we produced a list of 114…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144809,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5226],"tags":[802,748,2000,299,5187,1699,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-144808","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brexit","8":"tag-brexit","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-eu","11":"tag-europe","12":"tag-european","13":"tag-european-union","14":"tag-great-britain","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114598273799258746","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}