7 January 2025
The BCC’s TCA Four Years On report sets out 26 recommendations to improve UK-EU trade.
Its top five proposals for discussions in 2025 are:
- Negotiate a deal with the EU which either eliminates or reduces the complexity of exporting food for SMEs.
- Produce a balanced Youth Mobility scheme between the UK and EU, covering school visits and exchanges, and a time-limited ability to work for young people.
- Develop new arrangements on changes to regulations to minimise disruption to businesses and raise awareness of any fresh impacts.
- Establish a supplementary deal, like Norway’s, that exempts smaller firms from the requirement to have a fiscal representative for VAT in the EU.
- Make a deal to allow UK firms to travel for longer and work in Europe and vice versa, and provide mutual recognition of professional qualifications.
Click here to read the full report
