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Being there: How we conduct verification visits 

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The Trade Remedies Authority was established as a non-department public body of the Department for Business and Trade in 2021 and therefore well-placed to quickly design processes and procedures that were “pandemic proof”. These included the use of remote verification. …

A first step towards evaluating the impacts of the UK’s trade remedies

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Today we have published a research report prepared by Grant Thornton UK LLP (Grant Thornton) for the Trade Remedies Authority (TRA). This report explores the toolkit of methodology options that we could use in our evaluation to measure the impacts of …

UK steel safeguards: A story of transition, extension, suspension, and amendment

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The Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) is no stranger to complexity. We investigate where UK manufacturers believe they may be suffering from unfair trade practice which result in goods being exported to the UK at prices which are artificially low. This …

Explainer: What are tariff rate quotas and how do we review them?

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The TRA announced the initiation of the steel safeguard extension review, SE0041, earlier this year.  The purpose of this review is to make a recommendation to the UK government on whether the current steel safeguard measure, which is set to expire …

What’s the cost? The economic case for trade remedies

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Trade remedies protect domestic businesses against injury caused by dumped or subsidised imports, or unforeseen surges in imports. They usually take the form of ad valorem tariffs. The Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) conducts investigations to determine whether to apply trade …

Know your tariff: getting to grips with the different forms of trade remedy measures

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At the Trade Remedies Authority, we conduct investigations and recommend trade remedy measures to counter imports which are causing or threatening injury to domestic industry. These measures can take alternative forms, but ultimately have the same effect of making it …

The blurring of boundaries between goods and services: what is the future for trade remedies?

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In today’s age of economic digitisation, we live in a world that is not only more interconnected than ever, but also increasingly dominated by trade in services. Undoubtedly, this poses both challenges and opportunities for trade policy, as it tries …