The UK’s free trade agreements are currently being pitched as win-win, but trade-offs are involved. Regulatory principles in any free trade agreement can constrain domestic policy and impact on domestic outcomes, which may impact on what can subsequently be agreed to with other partners in future FTAs.

This event discussed the UK’s strategic choice to accede to CPTPP as part of a larger symbolic move away from the EU and its regulatory model. The speakers examine the implications for domestic regulatory strategy and the UK’s future FTA negotiations, with regards to food standards, and data privacy. There are clear consequences for domestic outcomes and how they align with domestic objectives, which, in turn requires greater clarity and transparency about domestic objectives from the UK government.

This event discussed two UKTPO Briefing Papers:
• CPTPP and agri-food regulation: Crossing the EU-exit rubicon?
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• Accessing CPTPP without a national digital regulatory strategy? – Hard policy challenges for the UK.
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Speakers:
- Emily Lydgate, Senior Lecturer in Law, Deputy Director, UKTPO, University of Sussex
- Minako Morita Jaeger, Policy Research Fellow, UKTPO; Senior Research Fellow in International Trade, University of Sussex

Discussant:
David Henig, Director, the UK Trade Policy Project, European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE)

Chair:
Michael Gasiorek, Professor of Economics, Director, UKTPO, University of Sussex

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UK Trade Policy Observatory webinar: ‘The UK’s strategic choice to accede to CPTPP’, recorded on 16 September 2021, 12:30 - 13:30.

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