Policy paper

Agenda: third meeting of the UK-EU Trade Partnership Committee, 7 December 2023

Published 6 December 2023

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

Date: 7 December 2023

Time: 9am to 5pm

Venue: London and hybrid

Agenda

1. Greeting and opening remarks

2. Review of this year’s Trade Specialised Committees

3. Stocktake on actions since the previous meeting of the Trade Partnership Committee

4. Discussion of key topics from the Trade Specialised Committees, and other matters relevant to the scope of the Trade Partnership Committee:

  • small and medium sized enterprises
  • EU and UK approaches to supply chain resilience

  • Green Transition:
    • introduction to UK and EU approaches to green transition
    • non-subsidy related aspects of EU Green Deal Industrial Plan (GDIP)
    • UK Net Zero policy announcements
    • carbon pricing and carbon leakage policies
  • subsidy rules and spending under EU GDIP
  • enforcement of the UK Subsidy Control System

  • other matters relating to UK-EU trade:

    • professional mobility (mode 4): UK Sponsorship Scheme and provision of designated legal services by UK lawyers in one EU Member State
    • EU and UK approach to cybersecurity of cloud services
    • trade in seed potatoes and live bivalve-molluscs
    • UK Border Target Operating model
    • UK REACH
    • Electric Vehicle Rules of Origin

5. Look ahead to 2024

6. AOB

7. Closing remarks