Trade policy: response to UK Government consultation on future free trade agreements

The Scottish Government’s initial response to consultations on the UK’s future trade relationships with Australia, New Zealand, and USA.


Footnotes

1. United Nations (2015) Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/RES/70/1&Lang=E

2. Scottish Government (2018) Export Statistics Scotland 2016 https://www.gov.scot/Resource/0053/00530678.pdf

3. Speech to King’s College London, 28 February 2018 https://www.kcl.ac.uk/business/assets/PDF/Sir-Martin-Donnelly-UK-trade-and-exports.pdf

4. Scottish Government (2018) Scotland’s Place in Europe: People, Jobs and Investment http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0053/00530160.pdf

5. Scottish Government (2018) Scotland’s Role in the Development of Future UK Trade Arrangements https://www.gov.scot/publications/scotlands-role-development-future-uk-trade-arrangments

6. Scottish Government (2018) Scotland’s Role in the Development of Future UK Trade Arrangements https://www.gov.scot/publications/scotlands-role-development-future-uk-trade-arrangments

7. Scottish Government (2018) Scotland’s Role in the Development of Future UK Trade Arrangements https://www.gov.scot/publications/scotlands-role-development-future-uk-trade-arrangments

8. Scottish Government (2018) Scotland’s Role in the Development of Future UK Trade Arrangements https://www.gov.scot/publications/scotlands-role-development-future-uk-trade-arrangments

9. This and the following introductory sections use the following data sources. For goods data: HMRC Regional Trade Statistics https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/RTS/Pages/default.aspx. For services data, Scottish data is from: Scottish Government (2018) Export Statistics Scotland 2016 https://www.gov.scot/Resource/0053/00530678.pdf, while ONS Pink Book data https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/datasets/3tradeinservicesthepinkbook2016 is used for the UK as a whole.

10. House of Lords (July 2018) Brexit: farm animal welfare https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201719/ldselect/ldeucom/15/1502.htm

11. HMRC Overseas and Regional Trade Statistics - https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Pages/Home.aspx

12. Ibid.

13. http://capreform.eu/geographical-indications-gis-in-the-us-eu-ttip-negotiations/

14. Scottish Government (2018) Scotland’s Role in the Development of Future UK Trade Arrangements https://www.gov.scot/publications/scotlands-role-development-future-uk-trade-arrangments

15. https://www.gov.scot/Topics/marine/Fish-Shellfish

16. Source: HMRC Overseas Trade Statistics.

Note 1: all salmon exports figures here refer to HS code 03021400 – Fresh/ chilled Atlantic salmon

Note 2: quarterly statistics are subject to change and may vary over the year, and between years, the figures for Q1 and Q2 2018 are therefore included for illustrative and comparative purposes only.

17. The work carried out by Marine Scotland uses trade modelling and is based on hypothetical future scenarios.

18. Department for International Trade (2018) An information pack for the Consultation relating to a bilateral Free Trade Agreement between the United Kingdom and the United States of America https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/752588/Information_pack_UK_US_FTA_consultation.pdf

19. Department for International Trade (2018) An information pack for the Consultation relating to a bilateral Free Trade Agreement between the United Kingdom and New Zealand https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/752619/Information_pack_UK_New_Zealand_FTA_consultation.pdf

20. Department for International Trade (2018) An information pack for the Consultation relating to a bilateral Free Trade Agreement between the United Kingdom and Australia https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/752616/Information_pack_UK_Australia_FTA_consultation.pdf

21. Department for International Trade (2018) An information pack for the Consultation relating to a bilateral Free Trade Agreement between the United Kingdom and New Zealand https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/752619/Information_pack_UK_New_Zealand_FTA_consultation.pdf

22. Scottish data in this and the following services sections use the following data source: Scottish Government (2018) Export Statistics Scotland 2016 https://www.gov.scot/Resource/0053/00530678.pdf, while ONS Pink Book data https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/datasets/3tradeinservicesthepinkbook2016 is used for the UK as a whole.

23. Scotland’s Gross Domestic Product 4th Quarter (2017) https://www.gov.scot/Resource/0053/00533858.pdf

24. UK Trade Policy Observatory (March 2018) Can CETA-Plus Solve the UK’s Services Problem? http://blogs.sussex.ac.uk/uktpo/publications/can-ceta-plus-solve-the-uks-services-problem/

25. Scottish Government (2018) Scotland’s population needs and migration policy https://www.gov.scot/publications/scotlands-population-needs-migration-policy/

26. National Records of Scotland (2017) Projected Population of Scotland (2016-based) https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/population/population-projections/population-projections-scotland/2016-based

27. Financial Times, 24 September 2018, https://www.ft.com/content/195fa088-bd84-11e8-8274-55b72926558f

28. Law Society of Scotland (2018) https://www.lawscot.org.uk/media/361300/tra__consultation-on-trade-negotiations_australia_october-18.pdf

29. https://www2.gov.scot/Resource/0053/00530678.pdf

30. 4-Consulting (November 2016) Economic Impact of Leaving the European Union http://www.parliament.scot/S5_EconomyJobsFairWork/Inquiries/20161101_-_4-consulting.pdf

31. Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (26 Feb 2014) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A32014L0024

32. http://blogs.sussex.ac.uk/uktpo/publications/brexit-and-government-procurement/

33. Scottish Government (2016) Scotland’s Place in Europe https://www.gov.scot/publications/scotlands-place-europe/

34. Scottish Government (2016) Scotland’s Place in Europe https://www.gov.scot/publications/scotlands-place-europe/

35. Scottish Government (2018) Scotland’s Place in Europe: People, Jobs and Investment https://www.gov.scot/publications/scotlands-place-europe-people-jobs-investment/

36. UK Government (2018) The future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/725288/The_future_relationship_between_the_United_Kingdom_and_the_European_Union.pdf

37. World Trade Organization (1995) Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade https://www.wto.org/english/docs_e/legal_e/17-tbt_e.htm

38. UK Government (2018) The future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/725288/The_future_relationship_between_the_United_Kingdom_and_the_European_Union.pdf

39. United Nations (2015) Paris Agreement on Climate Change https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/english_paris_agreement.pdf

40. Scottish Government (2018) Climate Change Plan: third report on proposals and policies 2018-2032 https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-governments-climate-change-plan-third-report-proposals-policies-2018/

41. Department for International Trade Paper “Preparing for our future UK trade policy”, 2017, available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/preparing-for-our-future-uk-trade-policy/preparing-for-our-future-uk-trade-policy accessed 15.10.18

42. Department for International Trade, “An information pack for the Consultation relating to a bilateral Free Trade Agreement between the United Kingdom and New Zealand” https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/745961/FTA_brochure_NZ_FINAL.pdf accessed 15.10.18

43. Department for International Trade (2018) https://consultations.trade.gov.uk/

44. Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership text (2018) https://www.mfat.govt.nz/assets/CPTPP/Comprehensive-and-Progressive-Agreement-for-Trans-Pacific-Partnership-CPTPP-English.pdf

45. Scottish Parliament (2018) Impact of leaving the European Union on health and social care in Scotland http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/CurrentCommittees/107148.aspx

46. Scottish Government (2018) National Performance Framework http://nationalperformance.gov.scot/

47. United Nations (2011) Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights https://www.unglobalcompact.org/library/2

48. Trade Bill 2017-19 https://services.parliament.uk/bills/2017-19/trade.html

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