Brexit Answers: Future Relationship, Transition Period, and Trade
Brexit Answers is a series of online Q&A discussions, hosted by Brexit Civil Society Alliance, to bring policy experts and civil society organisations together.
In these difficult and uncertain times, Brexit is quite rightly taking a back seat but, unless it changes, the UK is still set to leave the transition period at the end of 2020. What comes after is currently unknown as the future relationship between the EU and the UK is being negotiated. During this civil society faces uncertainty about the impacts Brexit will have on their organisations and the communities it works with.
Brexit Answers: Future Relationship, Transition Period, and Trade. This session of Brexit Answers is an opportunity for civil society organisations to learn more about what is happening in the transition period, what is next for the EU and the UK, and what the future of trade might look like.
Leaving the European Union means that there will be significant changes to the UK’s approach to trade deals. This raises questions such as, what do the EU-UK negotiations mean for our rights, environmental protections and public services? What does the level playing field actually mean and why is it such a sticking point in the negotiations? What does a ‘WTO trade deal’ look like? Does Parliament have a say in trade negotiations?
Joining us to answer these questions and more is Laura Bannister, Senior Adviser at the Trade Justice Movement and Marley Morris, Associate Director at the Institute for Public Policy Research.
Our Brexit Answers series is free and available online. This session on the future of trade will be on Thursday 28th May from 10.00 to 11:30. Sign up to attend this session and others with the button below. You can also submit a question to the experts when you sign up.
A bit about our experts:
Laura Bannister is a Senior Adviser at the Trade Justice Movement, covering EU-UK trade and digital trade policy. She convenes a coalition of twenty civil society organisations to develop shared analysis and recommendations for the future EU-UK relationship, including a set of model trade and regulatory deals. Key focus areas include workers' rights, climate and environmental protection and global economic justice.
Marley Morris leads on IPPR’s work on Brexit.His research focuses on migration and trade policy, including the alternative options for Brexit, the role of EU and non-EU citizens in the UK labour market, and government policy on immigration and international students.
Marley is the author of numerous reports, articles and policy briefings on Brexit and migration, and regularly provides expert analysis for the national and international press.
Areas of expertise include migration and the labour market, implications of Brexit for trade and migration, international students and public attitudes to migration. Prior to joining IPPR, Marley worked as a senior researcher at the consultancy Counterpoint, focusing on the populist radical right in Europe. Marley has an integrated master’s degree in maths and philosophy from Oxford University.