Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Authors
- Editor's Introduction
- Part I Constitutional Issues
- Part II Substantive Policies
- Part III External Relations
- Chapter 11 Membership of the World Trade Organization
- Chapter 12 UK Trade Policy
- Chapter 13 UK Foreign Investment Protection Policy Post-Brexit
- Chapter 14 Brexit and International Peace and Security: A Crisis for Crisis Management?
- Chapter 15 Brexit and Relations between the EU and the UK
- About the Editor
Chapter 15 - Brexit and Relations between the EU and the UK
from Part III - External Relations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 October 2018
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Authors
- Editor's Introduction
- Part I Constitutional Issues
- Part II Substantive Policies
- Part III External Relations
- Chapter 11 Membership of the World Trade Organization
- Chapter 12 UK Trade Policy
- Chapter 13 UK Foreign Investment Protection Policy Post-Brexit
- Chapter 14 Brexit and International Peace and Security: A Crisis for Crisis Management?
- Chapter 15 Brexit and Relations between the EU and the UK
- About the Editor
Summary
This chapter considers relations between the UK and EU as a result of Brexit. The topic is far-reaching, since chapter-length studies could be undertaken on any of the particular issues analysed in this chapter, as well as many that could not be covered within the available space. Choices perforce have had to be made. The chapter therefore focuses on three major issues that will shape the nature of relations between the UK and the EU now and hereaft er.
The discussion begins with examination of the topics that will be covered in the withdrawal agreement made pursuant to Article 50 TEU, highlighting the tensions between the negotiating positions of the respective parties.This is followed by analysis of trade relations between the UK and EU in a post- Brexit world.The analysis considers the relationship between negotiation of the withdrawal agreement and the trade agreement; the bargaining parameters of the two sides; political and legal diffi culties concerning a possible transitional agreement; and what it would mean to default to the trading rules of the World Trade Organization.The fi nal section of the chapter addresses relations between the UK and the EU in relation to policing and security, and the diffi cult issues that will have to be resolved to ensure that these are not jeopardised when the UK leaves the EU.
WITHDRAWAL
It is axiomatic that relations between the UK and the EU will be markedly aff ected by the content of the withdrawal agreement, and the tenor of the negotiations that lead to it.The topics that will be addressed in the withdrawal agreement were specifi ed in the European Council guidelines for negotiation, made pursuant to Article 50(2) TEU, and the Council negotiating directives.. The withdrawal agreement will cover the minimum for a divorce: people, money and borders; the treatment of issues pending at the time of withdrawal; and dispute settlement.
The resolution of the position of EU citizens living in the UK, and UK citizens living in the EU, is regarded as central to the withdrawal agreement by both sides.
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- The UK after BrexitLegal and Policy Challenges, pp. 305 - 326Publisher: IntersentiaPrint publication year: 2017