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Highlights - INTA Hearing on "Brexit and future trade relations" - Committee on International Trade 23-03-2018 01:59 PM CET INTA held a public hearing on widely debated topic of Brexit and future EU-UK trade relations. Academics and other experts discussed the economic impact of the UK withdrawal on mutual trade and its wider implications, such as the effects on EU trade agreements with third countries and preferences for the least developed countries, as well as options for transition period after the exit date. The discussion among experts, and representatives of automotive industry, SMEs and workers focused on a possible future trade agreement between the EU and the UK, including the related issues of market access and rules of origin, customs union and special customs arrangement, regulatory cooperation-level playing field, services and implications of WTO most favoured nation principle, and questions of dispute settlement. Further information Draft Programme of the Hearing Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP QUESTIONS? STAY CONNECTED  Contact Us |   This email was sent on behalf of the European Parliament · Bât. Altiero Spinelli · 60 rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60 · B-1047 - Bruxelles/Brussels  · Belgium · Phone: +32(0)2 28 42111