Sophie Inge

London

UK Trade Reporter at POLITICO Europe

U.K. trade reporter @POLITICOEurope. Ex-deputy news editor @ResFortnight. 🇮🇹 and 🇫🇷 speaker. Owned by Cosimo de’ Medici the cat. [email protected] 🔥

Articles

UK accused of undermining WTO rules with US trade deal

2 weeks ago | politico.eu | Sophie Inge |Caroline Hug |Jakob Weizman

LONDON — The United Kingdom has been accused of undermining World Trade Organization rules through its trade pact with the United States, potentially straining Britain’s “reset” with the European Union. Washington struck an agreement with Britain earlier this month to reduce tariffs on U.K. auto and steel exports and to increase reciprocal market access on beef, while also leaving the door open for further deals in areas like pharmaceuticals.
UK halts trade talks with Israel

2 weeks ago | politico.eu | Sophie Inge

LONDON — Britain has halted free trade agreement negotiations with Israel, in response to Israel’s block on aid to Gaza. The halt to negotiations was announced as part of a package of measures, including sanctions on three individuals, two illegal settler outposts and two organizations supporting violence against Palestinian communities in the West Bank.
L’Union européenne et le Royaume-Uni signent un accord post-Brexit sur la défense, la pêche et l’énergie

2 weeks ago | politico.eu | Jon Stone |Nicholas Vinocur |Camille Gijs |Sophie Inge

LONDRES — La Grande-Bretagne et l’Union européenne ont conclu lundi un nouveau pacte de défense et de sécurité, dans le cadre d’un vaste “reset” (“réinitialisation” en français) des relations entre Londres et Bruxelles après des années tendues durant le Brexit. Dans cet accord global conclu le jour d’un sommet majeur à Londres, les deux capitales ont également convenu de prolonger de douze ans, jusqu’en 2038, les droits de pêche généreux accordés aux flottes de l’UE dans les eaux britanniques.
UK-EU deal unpacked: All the Brexit red tape in line for a chop

2 weeks ago | politico.eu | Sophie Inge |Jon Stone |Charlie Cooper

LONDON — When it comes to rebuilding Britain’s post-Brexit relationship with the EU, the course of true love never did run smooth. But a new pact means it may just get a bit less bumpy. On Monday negotiators unveiled a sweeping agreement on defense and fishing, as well as a pledge to work towards deals in defense, energy, agrifood rules, climate, migration and policing, after years of Brexit bad blood.
What is (and isn’t) included in the UK-US trade deal

4 weeks ago | politico.eu | Sophie Inge |Caroline Hug

LONDON — It’s not exactly the full-fat free trade agreement with the U.S. that the U.K. envisioned after Brexit. But given the circumstances, it will bring some relief to British industry. On Thursday Britain’s Labour government earned itself fresh bragging rights when it secured an economic agreement with the U.S., a mere days after sealing a much-anticipated — if controversial — free trade deal with India.
What we do (and don’t) know about the UK-India trade deal

1 month ago | politico.eu | Jon Stone |Caroline Hug |Graham Lanktree |Sophie Inge

LONDON — The fifteenth time’s a charm, it would seem. After a series of false starts, missed Diwali deadlines and changes of government, the U.K. and India have finally put their differences aside to strike a free trade agreement. But the final pact — with some details set out Tuesday — is far from what negotiators imagined when they launched the talks back in 2022, with compromises made on both sides.
UK and India on cusp of striking trade deal

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Graham Lanktree |Sophie Inge

9 hours agoTreasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that China is in jeopardy of losing millions of jobs amid escalating tension between Beijing and the U.S. stemming from tariffs. "I think that over time we will see that the Chinese tariffs are unsustainable for China," Bessent told reporters at the White House …
UK, India on cusp of striking trade deal

1 month ago | politico.eu | Graham Lanktree |Sophie Inge

LONDON — Britain and India are closing in on a long-coveted trade deal after an intensive two-day negotiating sprint in London. British business leaders have been invited to No. 10 Downing Street on Tuesday afternoon for an announcement on the talks. It comes after India’s trade chief Piyush Goyal told attendees at a business roundtable in London Tuesday morning that “25 of 26 matters have been agreed” in the negotiations, three people familiar with the briefing told POLITICO.
UK seeking carve-outs on cars and pharma in US deal, Reeves confirms

1 month ago | politico.eu | Michael Stratford |Sophie Inge

Britain’s Chancellor Rachel Reeves said the U.K. is working “flat out” on a trade deal with the U.S. — and specifically seeking to lower tariffs on automotives and those looming over pharmaceuticals. “We want to see barriers to trade fall — and we recognize that both sides need to do that,” Reeves told POLITICO in an interview in Washington D.C. on Thursday.
UK won’t rule out lowering car tariffs in US trade deal

1 month ago | politico.eu | Sophie Inge |Dan Bloom |Graham Lanktree

LONDON — The British government on Wednesday refused to rule out lowering tariffs on U.S. automotive imports as part of a trade deal with Donald Trump's administration. The U.S. government is consulting on the terms of a potential trade deal with the U.K., including pushing for British tariffs on U.S. vehicles to be lowered from 10 percent to 2.5 percent, according to a Wall Street Journal report on Tuesday night.