{"id":6059,"date":"2025-12-22T22:43:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T22:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=6059"},"modified":"2025-12-22T22:43:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T22:43:22","slug":"eu-trade-more-difficult-as-regulations-diverge-daily-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=6059","title":{"rendered":"EU trade &#8216;more difficult&#8217; as regulations diverge \u2013 Daily Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lorries-at-Dover.png\" alt=\"lorries at Dover\" class=\"wp-image-104642 lazyload\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"794\" height=\"463\" src=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lorries-at-Dover.png\" alt=\"lorries at Dover\" class=\"wp-image-104642 lazyload\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lorries-at-Dover.png 794w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lorries-at-Dover-600x350.png 600w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lorries-at-Dover-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lorries-at-Dover-768x448.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 794px) 100vw, 794px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Few firms believe the trade deal with the EU is helpful<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Trade with the European Union is becoming increasingly\u00a0difficult for businesses,\u00a0as?regulations on both sides of the Channel ?continue to?diverge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">A survey by the British Chambers of Commerce of 989 mainly SMEs found shortcomings in the Trade and\u00a0Co-operation Agreement agreed on Christmas Eve in 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">It was designed to allow tariff-free trade with the EU once Brexit took effect.???\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">But services access\u00a0has been\u00a0limited by?rules on business mobility?and?only 16% of?exporters?think the deal is helping them to grow sales?in\u00a0Europe,\u00a0with\u00a054% disagreeing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Emerging issues like de minimis exemptions for low value parcels are also creating waves as the EU and UK work out their reactions to changes pushed by the US.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The EU is now removing its exemption in 2026, but the UK will not follow suit until as late as 2029.\u00a0This risks\u00a0harming\u00a0the competitiveness of British firms exporting to the EU alongside\u00a0trade diversion from Chinese companies into the UK.\u00a0???\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The one bright spot is that awareness of upcoming changes in trade rules and regulations\u00a0has improved significantly compared to last year. In 2024,\u00a0more?than three quarters?of firms knew\u00a0no details of?much of the?legislation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">But as\u00a0the onslaught of changes has\u00a0caused\u00a0firms\u00a0increasing\u00a0cost and bureaucracy,\u00a0more have kept on top of new legislation. Only 11% did not know about planned changes on steel tariffs, while\u00a0just\u00a0a third (36%) were unaware of EU customs and VAT rule changes.??\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The BCC has sent\u00a0its\u00a0EU reset\u00a0report to\u00a0Government, providing?recommended solutions?to many of the problems.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Its top five proposals for?discussions in 2026\u00a0are:<strong>?<\/strong>??\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Negotiate\u00a0a deep SPS\u00a0(animal and plant products)\u00a0agreement to remove export health certificates\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Finalise\u00a0UK and EU\u00a0Emissions\u00a0Trading\u00a0Scheme\u00a0linkage to exempt goods from Carbon\u00a0Border\u00a0Adjustment\u00a0Mechanisms\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Establish a youth mobility scheme\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Secure\u00a0full\u00a0UK participation in SAFE\u00a0\u2013 the EU\u2019s\u00a0Defence Finance\u00a0Initiative\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Enhance\u00a0VAT cooperation and customs simplification to reduce trade costs?\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- Simple Share Buttons Adder (8.5.3) simplesharebuttons.com -->           \t            <\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n fbq('init', '1192059580980274'); \nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script>#trade #difficult #regulations #diverge #Daily #Business<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Few firms believe the trade de&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[5384,266,265,41,5388,5385,5386,5387,220],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6059"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6059\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}