There were 29 sessions held in this round, covering 16
different chapter areas. Significant progress has been
achieved since launching negotiations in May 2020, and most
chapter areas are now in the advanced stages of talks.
In total, 132 sessions have been held over the past four
negotiating rounds, as well as an additional 30
intersessional discussions, involving officials from 20
different UK Government departments and agencies.
In the fourth round, both sides continued to have detailed
textual discussions, and negotiators are now in the process
of consolidating texts in the majority of chapter areas.
Shortly before the fourth negotiating round both sides
exchanged their first tariff offers, allowing a series of
detailed market access discussions to be held during the
round.
The exchange of tariff offers is a notable milestone, and
the speed at which this stage has been reached demonstrates
the momentum behind these negotiations.
Both sides reiterated their commitment to continue
negotiations at pace throughout the Autumn in advance of
the US Presidential elections.
The fifth round of talks will take place in mid to late
October, with additional intersessional discussions taking
place between the fourth and fifth rounds. Further such
talks will be held this week on Telecommunications,
Intellectual Property, Market Access, and Rules of Origin.
Below is a summary list of those workstreams discussed in
the round.
- Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS)
- Customs and Trade Facilitation
- Competition
- Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT)
- Market Access
- Financial Services
- Good Regulatory Practice
- Rules of Origin
- Investment
- Economics
- Cross Border Trade in Services
- Industrial Subsidies
- Sectoral Annexes
- Core Text
- Trade Remedies
- State Owned Enterprises
