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A cross-party, cross-industry body established in 2021 to conduct the most comprehensive consultation of UK businesses since leaving the EU and make recommendations to government. Secretariat: @bestforbritain.bsky.social Website: www.tradeandbusiness.uk

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UK Trade & Business Commission @uktradebusiness.bsky.social · Dec 5

Seeing as we're new to BlueSky, here's everything you need to know about the UK Trade and Business Commission!

By our trade adviser @davidheniguk.bsky.social👇
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Frequently Asked Questions — UK Trade and Business Commission

What is the UK Trade and Business Commission, and what is its mission? Your questions answered.

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UK Trade & Business Commission @uktradebusiness.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 Charley Robinson, Head of Global Mobility Policy, Universities UK: "We're really supportive of the UK rejoining Erasmus is going to provide that kind of critical, long term, sustainable funding for students, staff mobility and exchanges."

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UK Trade & Business Commission @uktradebusiness.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 Matthew Percival, Director, CBI: "There is a big soft power dimension to this for us, there is a soft power element to that which does, again, a lot of this, as I say, is based on the conversations that we have with businesses."

UK Trade & Business Commission @uktradebusiness.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 Charley Robinson, Head of Global Mobility Policy, Universities UK: "English universities lost £1.7 billion in teaching domestic students in 2023-2024. There's a real issue there. Expanding home fee status to include European students would greatly exacerbate this problem."

UK Trade & Business Commission @uktradebusiness.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 Professor Brian Bell, Chair of the Migration Advisory Committee: "So if it's a balanced scheme, my guess is the overall effect on that migration is essentially zero, essentially all the time. And so, it's not worth worrying about."

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UK Trade & Business Commission @uktradebusiness.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 Charley Robinson, Head of Global Mobility Policy, Universities UK: "I think critically, the fact that the existing schemes do not create a financial burden for universities or on the public purse in terms of access to student Loans or preferential fee access."

UK Trade & Business Commission @uktradebusiness.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 Professor Brian Bell, Chair of the Migration Advisory Committee: "All the evidence that I've seen suggests that kind of abuse of the route (youth mobility) in terms of overstaying is very small, partly because of the countries that we choose to have these negotiations with."

UK Trade & Business Commission @uktradebusiness.bsky.social · 1d

🚨Matthew Percival, Director, CBI: "The broader economic impact we'd see coming through, what can it unlock?"

"Through being a bit of a political olive branch, brewing some of that trust in the discussions around how a future UK-EU relationship evolves."

UK Trade & Business Commission @uktradebusiness.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 Join us at 10:30am today as the UKTBC discusses the ongoing negotiations regarding the 'Youth Experience Scheme'.

Our panel includes:

Matthew Percival - Confederation of British Industry
Charley Robinson - Universities UK
Brian Bell - Migration Advisory Committee

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Shaping the Future: UK–EU Youth Experience Scheme

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UK Trade & Business Commission @uktradebusiness.bsky.social · 4d

🚨 Join us at 10:30am this Thursday as the UKTBC discusses the ongoing negotiations regarding the 'Youth Experience Scheme'.

⭐ Our panel includes:

Matthew Percival - Confederation of British Industry

Charley Robinson - Universities UK

Brian Bell - Migration Advisory Committee

UK Trade & Business Commission @uktradebusiness.bsky.social · Aug 28

@andrewlewinmp.bsky.social, Labour MP and Chair of the UK Trade and Business Commission:

⬆️"Simplifying those rules, getting into an aligned position on them, dynamic alignment is going to make a material difference, particularly to smaller exporters in the food and drink industry." (2/2)

UK Trade & Business Commission @uktradebusiness.bsky.social · Aug 28

@andrewlewinmp.bsky.social, Labour MP and Chair of the UK Trade and Business Commission:

📈"This is about making practical steps forward that are good for business and are good for the economy and good for young people as well"

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UK Trade & Business Commission @uktradebusiness.bsky.social · Jul 25

Despite welcoming the new India trade deal, bigger gains could be generated by removing barriers to trade with the EU, which accounts for roughly 50% of UK trade.

Independent analysis has found that aligning with the EU could add up to 1.5% to UK GDP.

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Businesses welcome India trade deal, but greater gains to be found closer to home — UK Trade and Business Commission

The prime ministers of the UK and India have signed a free trade agreement between the two countries. The deal will cut tariffs on a wide range of goods traded between the UK and India. Businesses hav...

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UK Trade & Business Commission @uktradebusiness.bsky.social · Jul 11

🚨 🇺🇸 Deborah Elms, Trade Policy Head at Hinrich Foundation:

"I now talk about as long as Trump stays in the White House, because I'm not convinced how long that might be."

"So just as a sort of, you know, thought experiment, it could be longer or
shorter than you imagine."

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UK Trade & Business Commission @uktradebusiness.bsky.social · Jul 11

🚨🇺🇸 Professor Jun Du: "We need to provide the certainty from the market and the policy perspective. to encourage investment, domestically but also foreign"

"We need to allow us to export to large markets to encourage investment by providing certainty."

UK Trade & Business Commission @uktradebusiness.bsky.social · Jul 11

🚨 🇺🇸 Emily Lydgate, Co-Director of UK Trade Policy Observatory:

"On SPS, I think the UK has actually prioritized the EU in what it's agreed so far."

"So it's already said it's going to have a common SPS area with the EU. That is a very clear commitment."

UK Trade & Business Commission @uktradebusiness.bsky.social · Jul 11

🚨 🇺🇸 Professor Jun Du:

"The EU is really important for the integrated supply chain relationship of UK companies."

"So without being close and integrating with the EU, we cannot produce the things we produce."

"The US as a market it is mainly for the finalised products."

UK Trade & Business Commission @uktradebusiness.bsky.social · Jul 10

⚠️ Former UK ambassador to the US, Lord Kim Darroch:

“Nothing is ever fixed in concrete with Donald Trump. We have the potential for future tariffs. Everything that we have negotiated and we think is settled can be reopened."

"There is a permanent risk."

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Trump is 'permanent risk' to UK trade, former ambassador warns — UK Trade and Business Commission

Lord Kim Darroch warned that the US President’s repeated delays in introducing tariffs may have created an ‘optimism bias’ in people’s view of US trade policy.

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UK Trade & Business Commission @uktradebusiness.bsky.social · Jul 10

🚨🇺🇸 @emilylydgate.bsky.social,Co-Director of UK Trade Policy Observatory:

"There also could be trade- offs between accommodating some of the US asks that on conformity assessment bodies and their access to the UK and on SPS in terms of our deep alignment or closer cooperation with the EU."

UK Trade & Business Commission @uktradebusiness.bsky.social · Jul 10

🚨 🇺🇸 Professor Jun Du: "His (Trump's) method seems to be coercion through uncertainty."

"If you think about typical game theory games the players don't know really how to expect the outcomes if they can't really think of whether this person is a rational person or madman."

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UK Trade & Business Commission @uktradebusiness.bsky.social · Jul 10

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Deborah Elms, Trade Policy Head at Hinrich Foundation:

"My first point as you're trying to deal with Donald Trump always is don't bother looking for a strategy."

"There's no grand design. There's no overarching approach. There's no clear path that he's following."

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UK Trade & Business Commission @uktradebusiness.bsky.social · Jul 10

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🇺🇸Former UK ambassador to the US, Kim Darroch on the Trump's tariffs:

"I read estimates that tariffs overall will be 10% to 20% higher, on everyone, over these three and a half years."

"And that's a really significant blow, I think, to the global economy."

"So, bad news."

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UK Trade & Business Commission @uktradebusiness.bsky.social · Jul 10

🚨Our evidence session starts today at 10:30am, where we will provide insights into the US-UK relationship.

Our witnesses;

- @emilylydgate.bsky.social, UK Trade Policy Observatory
- Deborah Elms, Hinrich Foundation
- Jun Du, Aston Business School

Watch below 👇

www.youtube.com/live/YzmC8-6...

The UK-US trade relationship: Navigating uncertainty

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UK Trade & Business Commission @uktradebusiness.bsky.social · Jul 9

🇬🇧🇦🇺UKAS and National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia (NATA), have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding.

Deepening collaboration and support trade and regulatory alignment between the United Kingdom and Australia.

www.ukas.com/resources/la...

UKAS and NATA sign MoU to strengthen international cooperation on accreditation | Media release

UKAS and NATA have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to deepen collaboration and support trade and regulatory alignment between the United Kingdom and Australia.

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UK Trade & Business Commission @uktradebusiness.bsky.social · Jul 9

🚨Our evidence session takes place;

- Tomorrow at 10:30am.
- Providing insights into the US-UK relationship.

Our witnesses;

- @emilylydgate.bsky.social, UK Trade Policy Observatory
- Deborah Elms, Hinrich Foundation
- Jun Du, Aston Business School

Watch below 👇

www.youtube.com/live/YzmC8-6...

The UK-US trade relationship: Navigating uncertainty

YouTube video by UK Trade & Business Commission

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UK Trade & Business Commission @uktradebusiness.bsky.social · Jul 7

🚨Our next evidence session takes place this Thursday at 10:30am, providing insights into the evolving US-UK relationship.

Our witnesses;

- @emilylydgate.bsky.social , UK Trade Policy Observatory
- Deborah Elms, Hinrich Foundation
- Jun Du, Aston Business School

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzmC...

The UK-US trade relationship: Navigating uncertainty

YouTube video by UK Trade & Business Commission