However, the UK government also intends to conclude a comprehensive agreement on services, which are an important part of the UK economy. “We have made it clear that we are looking for services to register, and I think the political statement also contains that,” Johnson`s spokesman said Friday. Phil Hogan, the EU`s trade chief, has already hinted that access to financial services could be one of the compromises at the end of negotiations, for example on fishing rights. In cetA`s consolidated text, iPR (p. 339-375) deals with copyright, trademarks, patents, drawings, trade secrets and licenses. It refers to the TRIPS agreement (p. 339 f). In addition to the interests of the pharmaceutical industry and software, CETA encourages the continuation of the camera (Article 5.6, p. 343). Negotiations on food exports, in particular, have been very long. Interests in European cheese exports and Canadian beef exports have led to the protection of this type of intellectual property and long lists of “geographic indications for the identification of a product originating in the European Union” (p. 363-347). [39] An EU-Australia partnership framework was adopted in 2008, which reduces barriers to trade but does not constitute a free trade agreement.

In a speech in London on Monday, the Prime Minister is expected to set out his demands for upcoming negotiations with Brussels and confirm that he wants to reflect Canada`s free trade agreement, according to the Times. Canada`s agreement would involve border controls between the UK and the EU and would cover only trade and not the services sector – a large part of the UK economy. Despite Boris Johnson`s enthusiasm, this is not a recipe for good trade. Ceta is not quite zero-rated, but it removes about 98% of tariffs (import taxes) on goods traded: poultry, meat and eggs are the exceptions. However, it does not remove regulatory barriers (and the resulting border controls), since Canada is not a member of an internal market. The access that accompanies the EU agreement with Canada – which is in the same ball park as its agreements with Japan and South Korea – allows for almost duty-free trade in goods. Specifically, CETA eliminates tariffs on 98% of the products the EU negotiates with Canada. Tariffs on almost all products will be abolished within seven years. Although it reduces tariffs, quotas and plant protection controls continue to limit food exports. In addition, this type of free trade agreement would create a whole new set of costs, red tape and border controls for businesses wishing to trade under such an agreement. This is not a “frictionless” trade. “It`s very difficult to negotiate even a Canadian model agreement in less than 10 months,” Henig said.

“It took several years to conclude the trade agreement with Canada. And the beginning of these negotiations is not going very well. The EU and the UK do not speak the same language, which makes it particularly difficult. The above concerns about the lack of detail and the possibility of differing interpretations of cetA aspects are even more evident in light of the recent introduction of the Internal Market Act in the United Kingdom.