FTA Helps Grow the UK-Morocco Trade
FTA, the voice of the logistics sector, has played a defining role in securing a landmark agreement between the UK and Morocco to grow trade between the two nations. The agreement, reached at the recent Joint Transport Committee, will see quotas of road freight permits doubled between the two nations in 2020 to facilitate increased […]
No-Deal Brexit Could Damage Ability of UK Businesses to Trade
An international logistics expert has said the last few days have illustrated a lesser highlighted form of damage a no-deal Brexit could cause UK businesses, including trade with businesses beyond the EU. Adam Johnson, director of Leeds-based Tudor International Freight, said the EU had just announced a massive new free trade agreement with the Mercosur […]
Logistics Expert Warns about Customs Union and Post-Brexit Trade
An international logistics expert has warned that even a permanent post-Brexit customs union with the EU would not alone mean frictionless trade with the bloc for British businesses. Adam Johnson, director of Leeds-based Tudor International Freight, was commenting on what is believed to be the central trade-related demand of Labour party leaders in their current […]
UK’s EU Traders Warned not to “Hold Their Breath”
An international logistics expert has warned the UK’s businesses trading with the EU not to “hold their breath” in anticipation of the so-called Malthouse Compromise ending the current Brexit impasse. Adam Johnson, director of Leeds-based Tudor International Freight, said the proposed blueprint for the period following UK withdrawal from the bloc, which had emerged in […]
Why trading nations need to look to the future
Global trade is in a period of rapid transformation, with the aerospace, automotive, industrial, marine, and natural products sectors each facing uncertainties with regards to international imports and exports. The Castrol Global Trade Barometer is a composite measure of world trade in these sectors, charting their rise and fall in the lead up to 2020. […]
