Source · Select Committees · Welsh Affairs Committee
Recommendation 9
9
Accepted
Paragraph: 43
However, even if there is a deal, there will be important differences in the future...
Conclusion
However, even if there is a deal, there will be important differences in the future trading arrangements between the UK and EU as the UK will no longer be in the Single Market or Customs Union. These differences include new customs processes and procedures and will require businesses to adapt swiftly.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government details existing measures, including the launch of a multi-language haulier handbook developed with stakeholders and the establishment of information and advice sites, to help businesses adapt to new customs processes and procedures.
Summary of the government's response below — read the verbatim text to verify.
Paragraph Reference:
43
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government · verbatim extract
Accepted
On the 24 December the Prime Minister agreed a free trade agreement with the EU. The UK-EU Trade and Co-operation Agreement (TCA) honours the instruction of the British people—expressed in the 2016 referendum and the 2019 General Election—to take back control of our laws, borders, money, trade and fisheries. The Agreement ensures tariff free and quota free access to the EU market for Welsh businesses. Since the TCA was signed, the Secretary of State for Wales has continued engagement with Welsh businesses to get feedback from them on their first hand experiences of the new trading arrangements with the EU. Furthermore, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster met Welsh business people on 4 February—as part of the Brexit Business Taskforce series of meetings—to identify challenges facing traders in Wales and find solutions to outstanding issues. The Government believes the TCA is generally working well. The majority of Welsh firms are trading with the EU much as they have always done. There are however a number of teething problems in specific import/export sectors which the Government is committed to resolving, both by engaging with business to help familiarisation with the new trading arrangements and engaging with the EU to iron out difficulties in specific areas.
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