Trade agreements: a reading list
A reading list of resources on the UK's negotiations for trade agreements with the US, Australia, New Zealand and Japan, and on the approach to join the CPTPP.
This briefing paper is no longer being updated. It has been replaced by another Library briefing paper: Progress on UK free trade agreement negotiations (CBP-9314).
The UK Government has started negotiations for trade agreements with the US, Australia and New Zealand. It also intends to pursue accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).
On 11 September 2020 the Government reached ‘an agreement in principle’ with Japan – an important step towards the conclusion of the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement.[1]
On 23 October 2020 the Government and Japan signed the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA).[2]
This reading list brings together a selection of statements from the UK Government and the other parties to these negotiations. It also includes material from Select Committees, press articles and other commentary.
[1] An agreement in principle is subject to the final transcription into texts, translation and legal review, before it can be officially signed.
[2] UK/Japan: Agreement for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership [CS Japan No.1/2020]