Trade remedies and climate change are both topical policy issues. But how do they fit together? Do they pull in the same direction? What might the future look like? What are trade remedies? The UK’s Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) investigates …
We are fortunate that as a small and maturing organisation, colleagues across our new UK Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) can work collaboratively to shape the foundations of a culture that we all want to be a part of. This is …
What do mechanical alarm clocks, ladies’ raincoats, butter, rainbow trout and ironing boards have in common? The answer: trade remedies, i.e. duties on imports of these goods into the UK. UK trade remedies after EU exit The UK’s Trade Remedies …
As I reflect on my first full year as a non-executive director of the TRA, it’s fantastic to see the progress that the organisation has made since it became an independent body. While dozens of our colleagues were already working …
The Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) is a year old! The organisation behind the TRA however, has been in place for three plus years, as has the technology stack, which was defined a long time before case investigations started. Whilst our …
The TRA’s work is underpinned by regulations which were made in 2019. However, any lawyer will agree that the passing of legislation is rarely the end of the story – things need tightening up and adjusting as the regulations make …
In a blog back in March, I set out why it is so important to the TRA to get industry data to do our job. This blog will say a bit more about what we do with that data when …
Hear from Janey Merrick, Head of HR, who is celebrating her 1 year work anniversary at the TRA. Find out how she felt when she joined the TRA and how her confidence has grown.
Read our new blog from TRA’s Investigations Delivery Director, John Kirkpatrick, why having industry data means better investigations and achieving fairer outcomes for the UK’s trade remedies
Authorities around the world use different approaches to decide whether to put in place trade remedy measures. This blog post explains each of the 5 considerations in the UK’s approach and compares them with the practices of some other selected countries that conduct similar tests.