Policy paper

Continuing the UK's trade relationship with the Andean countries: parliamentary report

The government’s approach to maintaining continuity in the trade relationship between the UK and the Andean countries of Colombia, Ecuador and Peru from 1 January 2021.

• From: Department for Business and Trade and Department for International Trade
• Published: 14 June 2019

Documents

Continuing the UK's trade relationship with the Andean Countries

PDF, 911 KB, 44 pages

Details

This agreement is in short-form. It must be read alongside the:

• Trade agreement between the European Union and its member states and Colombia and Peru

• Protocol of Accession of Ecuador to the EU-Colombia/Peru Trade Agreement

This report contains:

• an overview of the agreement
• economic analysis of trade between the UK and the Andean countries (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru)
• an explanation of any changes or significant differences between the UK-Andean countries agreement and the EU-Andean countries agreement

It includes information on:

• goods
• tariff-rate quotas
• agricultural safeguard measures
• rules of origin
• origin quotas
• banana review mechanism
• intellectual property and geographical indications
• sustainability
• government procurement
• technical barriers to trade
• competition
• subsidies, state aid and state-owned enterprises
• services

Published 14 June 2019