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Until now, there has been no formal position from large, private-sector EU bodies on trade negotiations.
The European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA), of which the UK Chamber is a member, have sent a letter to the EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier, urging the EU for “rapid and positive” progress in trade talks with the UK.
The European Council is currently engaged in a key vote on whether the next stage of negotiations will commence.
ECSA represents shipowners from both sides of the Channel – organisations that facilitate a sizeable chunk of the €639 billion of trade that flows between the UK and EU annually.
Until now, there has been no formal position from large, private-sector EU bodies on trade negotiations between the UK and the EU.
In 2016, 155 million tonnes of trade were carried by ship between the UK and its top five EU trading partners: the Netherlands, France, Belgium, Ireland and Spain. European shipowners make up seven of the top ten nationalities of ship carrying this trade. Read more
Source: UK CHAMBER OF SHIPPING
