UK-Japan trade deal provides continuity for businesses but lacks ambition, Lords Committee report finds

Friday, 20 November 2020 10:18

Today the House of Lords International Agreements Sub-Committee have published a new report, Scrutiny of international agreements: UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, providing a first analysis of the recently agreed UK-Japan trade agreement (CEPA). In its report, the Committee finds that the CEPA “is a respectable continuity-plus agreement” that “provides valuable continuity for businessesconsumers and other stakeholders”, but that the CEPA falls...Request free trial