UK Trade in Goods After Brexit - International and Regulatory Developments
Speaker: Professor Filippo Fontanelli
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UK Trade in Goods After Brexit - International and Regulatory Developments Event Poster
The law regulating UK trade in goods with the rest of the world - and within its borders - has evolved greatly with Brexit and thereafter. There is no single legal framework: the Trade and Cooperation Agreement with the EU is the most visible new instrument, but the UK has also concluded a series of Free Trade Agreements and plans to finalise more of them.
Additionally, two 'dimensions' of trade are governed by other sui generis regimes, which have emerged from a remarkable period of regulatory experimenting: trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and in general, trade across the four nations within the so-called 'UK Internal Market'. This presentation takes stock of five years of frantic regulation, de-regulation and re-regulation in matters of trade. The UK has walked a fine line between competing objectives (most visibly: distancing from the EU or trying to realign with it), and the regulatory solutions, some of which are aborted or reversed, some of which are groundbreaking, convey the landscape of a rich laboratory of laws and policies on trade.
Professor Filippo Fontanelli
Speaker's bio:
Filippo Fontanelli is Professor in International Law and Practice at the Law School of the University of Edinburgh and adjunct professor at LUISS (Rome) and Universidad de la Sabana (Bogotå). He has worked with governmental and international institutions (including the Council of Europe and the Venice Commission) as a consultant and counsel and has participated in various capacities in proceedings before the InterAmerican Court on Human Rights, the International Court of Justice and investor-State arbitration tribunals. Between 2016 and 2021, he was co-rapporteur of the International Law Association's Committee on the Procedure of International Courts and Tribunals. He served as visiting or adjunct professor at the Universitå di Bologna, IJniversity of Stockholm, Universitå Cattolica (Milan), and University of Vienna.
CHAIR: Professor Ming Du (Durham Law School)