Full Description
The Trade & Cooperation Agreement (TCA) is the treaty which regulates free trade and economic arrangements between the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK) post-Brexit. The treaty entered into force provisionally on 1 January 2021 and officially on 1 May 2021, and has governed trade relations between the parties since.
This book brings together contributions by leading scholars in EU and international trade law, economics and political science to provide a comprehensive, interdisciplinary analysis of the TCA. It contextualizes the treaty and identifies several emerging political, economic, and security challenges, which serve as the background to evolving EU-UK relations. The book also unpacks the treaty's complex provisions on customs and rules of origin, investments, services and procurement, subsidies, fisheries, aviation, cooperation on energy, environment, health, social security, and on UK participation in EU programs. Furthermore, it provides an updated assessment of EU-UK disagreement on the implementation of the Protocol on Ireland/NI, and considers the positive impact of the Windsor Framework in rebuilding trust between the parties, and the possibilities to further expand EU-UK cooperation within the TCA and beyond.
This is an open access title. It is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International licence. It is available to read and download as a PDF version on the Oxford Academic platform.
Contents
David McAllister: Foreword
1: Federico Fabbrini: Introduction
Part I: Context and Challenges
2: Harold James: The new globalization and the economic consequences of Brexit
3: Daniela Schwarzer: The war in Ukraine and its challenges to European security, transatlantic relations and EU-UK cooperation
4: Billy Melo Araujo: The Windsor Framework and its impact for Northern Ireland and EU-UK relations
Part II: Free Trade Agreement
5: Niall Moran: Goods, customs and rules of origin
6: Pinar Artiran: Services, investments & public procurement
7: Mariela de Amstalden: Capital movements and IP
Part III: Other Economic Cooperation Provisions
8: Elaine Fahey: Health, environment, energy and cyber
9: Graham Butler: Fisheries
10: Adam Lazowski: Aviation and road-transport
Part IV: Process and Prospects
11: Christy Ann Petit: Regulatory cooperation, social security coordination, and participation in Union programmes
12: Andrea Biondi: Subsidies control and enforcement
13: Federico Fabbrini: Review and reform options for deepening EU-UK cooperation in a renewed Europe
