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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