US, UK Complete 'Positive' Third Round of FTA Negotiations
The U.S. and the United Kingdom completed a “positive” third round of trade negotiations, carried out over the past two weeks ended Aug. 7, and agreed to begin the fourth round next month, the U.K.’s Department for International Trade said…
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in a notice Aug. 12. The negotiations included discussions on technical barriers to trade, rules of origin and trade remedies. U.K. Trade Secretary Liz Truss, in separate discussions, focused on U.S. retaliatory tariffs on U.K. products, including on Scotch whisky, the notice said. Truss said the tariffs are “unacceptable and continued to push for their immediate removal.” The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative did not immediately comment.