Guidance and regulation

Find out what trade barriers are and how they may affect you when exporting goods or services.

• From: Department for Business and Trade
• Updated: 21 December 2020

Grant funding available for UK regulators and professional bodies to pursue international arrangements that facilitate the recognition of professional qualifications.

• From: Department for Business and Trade
• Updated: 6 April 2024

• Recognition Arrangements Grant Programme: Round 3 guidance for applicants

  This funding opportunity closed to applications on 5 April 2024. 1.…

Lists of arbitrators agreed with the UK's FTA partners as part of the trade dispute settlement mechanism.

• From: Department for Business and Trade and 1 others
• Updated: 22 March 2022

• Arbitrators for the UK-Republic of Korea free trade agreement (FTA)

  List of arbitrators for the Free Trade Agreement between the United…

• Arbitrators for the UK-Republic of Singapore free trade agreement (FTA)

  List of arbitrators for the Free Trade Agreement between the United…

Guide to the Trade Bill and the trade-related tax measures in the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 that put in place the legal framework for an independent UK trade policy.

• From: Department for Business and Trade and 1 others
• Updated: 3 December 2018

This treaty was presented to Parliament in February 2019.

• From: Closed organisation: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
• Updated: 18 February 2019

Find out whether a trade remedy is right for you and how to get advice on your application.

• From: Department for Business and Trade and 1 others
• Updated: 29 July 2020

This treaty was presented to Parliament in December 2018.

• From: Closed organisation: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
• Updated: 5 December 2018

Grant funding for UK regulators and professional bodies pursuing international recognition arrangements for professional qualifications.

• From: Department for Business and Trade
• Updated: 3 April 2023

This treaty was presented to Parliament in September 2019.

• From: Closed organisation: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
• Updated: 16 September 2019

This treaty was presented to Parliament in February 2019.

• From: Closed organisation: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
• Updated: 18 February 2019

List of WTO trade dispute cases where the UK is neither a complainant nor a respondent, but has joined as a third party because it has a ‘substantial interest’.

• From: Department for Business and Trade and 1 others
• Updated: 18 February 2022

This treaty was presented to Parliament in April 2024.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Updated: 25 April 2024