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. …
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 …
Applications for a Grade 6 senior trade remedies lawyer are now open and we asked one of our Junior lawyers to tell us more about the legal team and what working at the TRA is like. Being a lawyer at …
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 …
It's National Apprenticeship Week! We asked Georgie, who is completing her apprenticeship with the TRA Comms team, to tell us what it has been like so far, the highlights and the impressive list of responsibilities she has taken on since …
An essential part of building our capability and achieving our mission to become an internationally respected trade remedies authority is developing fruitful relationships with our global counterparts. This work on international relations is focused on two specific goals. Improving ways …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …