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UK Government: European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF):
The EMFF promotes sustainable fisheries and aquaculture, supporting the implementation of measures to ensure better compliance with the objectives, rules and targets of the EU Common Fisheries Policy (CFP).
The UK's objectives for the programme include fostering environmentally sustainable, resource efficient, innovative, competitive and knowledge based fisheries and aquaculture, increasing employment and territorial cohesion and fostering marketing and processing within the fisheries and aquaculture sectors.

The Economic Partnership Agreement between the CARIFORUM States, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part (the CARIFORUM-UK EPA) is based on the CARIFORUM EPA. The CARIFORUM-UK EPA establishes a free trade area for trade in goods, within the meaning of Article XXIV of the GATT 1994, and for trade in services, within the meaning of Article V of the GATS.

The CARIFORUM-UK EPA covers trade in goods, including rules of origin, preferential tariffs and quotas as well as investment and trade in services. It also contains provisions on current payments and capital movements, competition, innovation and intellectual property, public procurement, environment and social aspects, development cooperation as well as dispute settlement and institutional provisions.

The Free Trade Agreement between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Korea (with Exchange of Notes) ("the Agreement") is based on the EU-Korea Agreement.

The Agreement establishes a free trade area for trade in goods, within the meaning of Article XXIV of the GATT 1994, and for trade in services within the meaning of Article V of the GATS.

The provisions on goods include provisions on rules of origin, preferential tariffs and quotas. As well as preferential trade in services, it also contains commitments on technical barriers to trade, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, customs and trade facilitation, protection of intellectual property rights, government procurement, competition and transparency provisions, trade and sustainable development provisions, dispute settlement and mediation mechanisms, amongst others.

The Free Trade Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam ("the Agreement") is based on the EU-Viet Nam Agreement.

The Agreement establishes a free trade area for trade in goods, within the meaning of Article XXIV of the GATT 1994, and for trade in services, within the meaning of Article V of the GATS. Preferential treatment under the agreement will be provisionally applied by both parties as of 1 January 2021.

Provisions on goods include rules of origin, preferential tariffs and quotas. As well as preferential trade in services, the Agreement also contains provisions on, inter alia, technical barriers to trade, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, government procurement, investment liberalisation, intellectual property, competition policy, trade remedies, state-owned enterprises, customs and trade facilitation, trade and sustainable development, cooperation and capacity building, and a dispute settlement mechanism.

The Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Japan for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership ("the Agreement") therefore creates a free trade area in goods between the United Kingdom and Japan, within the meaning of Article XXIV of the GATT 1994, and for trade in services, within the meaning of Article V of the GATS.



Provisions on trade in goods include rules of origin and preferential tariffs. As well as preferential trade in services, the Agreement also contains provisions such as on government procurement, investment liberalisation, electronic commerce, intellectual property, competition policy, subsidies, state-owned enterprises, regulatory cooperation, trade and sustainable development, cooperation in the field of agriculture, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), women's economic empowerment, and a dispute settlement mechanism.

On 24 December 2020, the EU and the UK agreed the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement ("the Agreement") establishing a free trade area between the European Union and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland which replaces the previous trading arrangement from 1 January 2021.

The Agreement establishes a free trade area in goods between the United Kingdom and the European Union, within the meaning of Article XXIV:8(b) of the GATT 1994, and for trade in services, an agreement within the meaning of Article V of the GATS. Provisions on trade in goods include provisions on rules of origin, preferential tariffs and other restrictive regulations of commerce. It also includes commitments concerning trade in services, and also covers other aspects of the bilateral relationship, such as public procurement, aviation, energy , road transport, social security cooperation and law enforcement cooperation.

The Free Trade Agreement between Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein, and the Kingdom of Norway and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the "Agreement") establishes a free trade area for trade in goods within the meaning of Article XXIV of the GATT 1994 and trade in services within the meaning of Article V of the GATS.

The Agreement includes provisions on trade in goods, services, investment, digital and telecommunications, small and medium sized enterprises, and trade and sustainable development, including women's economic empowerment.

The Agreement establishing an Association between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Kingdom of Morocco ("The Agreement") is based on the provisions of the EU-Morocco Association Agreement and the EU-Morocco Dispute Settlement Mechanism Agreement.

The Agreement establishes a free trade area for trade in goods, within the meaning of Article XXIV of the GATT 1994, including provisions on rules of origin, preferential tariffs and quotas. Preferential treatment under the agreement will be provisionally applied by both parties as of 1 January 2021.

It also contains cooperation commitments in areas often covered by association agreements, including in agriculture, education, energy , environment , tourism, and social and cultural matters.

The Agreement establishing an Association Between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Tunisia ("The Agreement") is based on the EU-Tunisia Association Agreement and the EU-Tunisia Dispute Settlement Mechanism Protocol.

The Agreement establishes a free trade area for trade in goods, within the meaning of Article XXIV of the GATT 1994, including provisions on rules of origin, preferential tariffs and quotas.

It also establishes a political and economic association between the United Kingdom and Tunisia. It contains cooperation commitments in agriculture, education, energy , environment , tourism and social and cultural matters. The Agreement replicates the institutional framework of the EU-Tunisia Association Agreement with minor modifications

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