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On his recent visit to the UK, the US president Donald Trump said that “the US is committed to a phenomenal trade deal between the US and UK”. He said that there is “tremendous potential in that trade deal” and that it could increase by 2 or 3 times the trade being done now.

Setting prices for export buyers and customers can seem complicated. It needn’t be confusing though, if we keep in mind the key issues.

One of the fastest growing markets in the world for UK exports, Nigeria is a destination British firms can no longer afford to ignore. Martin Clark reports.

In this article, Caroline Raine describes the segregation of different dangerous goods from one another, specifically explaining the rules when transporting dangerous goods by sea, following the IMDG code.

This headline could well have been used for the first article in this series, after the 2016 referendum result found 52% in favour of leaving the EU and 48% in favour of remaining a member. Three years later, the May 2019 elections to the European Parliament have highlighted a still divided country with the spectacular gains of the new Brexit Party at least partly balanced by strong showings by the committed Remain parties: the Greens, the SNP and, particularly, the Liberal Democrats. Voters seemed determined to punish the two main parties with the Conservatives taking the blame for failing to deliver Brexit while Labour’s prevarication on a second vote also failed to impress (leaving it falling to an unprecedented fifth place in Scotland). Although the pro-Remain Change UK failed to win a single seat, this was offset by the almost compete demise of Mr Farage’s previous party, UKIP. The final result saw at least 33 of the UK’s 73 MEPs being in favour of the end of its membership of the Union.

Choosing an effective distributor for an export market is one of the most important decisions you will make. A poor choice can lock a business or product out of a market permanently.

This regularly updated events calendar notifies importers and exporters of forthcoming conferences, seminars/workshops, trade shows, trade missions and networking opportunities worldwide.

Armenia, a small Christian country in the mountainous Caucasus region, is transitioning to a more open political system, which bodes well for trade, investment and the economy. Martin Clark reports.

Years of sustained growth and investment are opening up new opportunities for exporters in Eastern and Southern Africa. Tim Hiscock reports on four markets that could be rewarding in the longer term.

Or will we? For the last two years, the one fixed point in an often chaotic negotiating process has been that the UK would leave the Union on 29 March 2019 — a promise made by Prime Minister Theresa May on more than 100 occasions. However, as described in the previous article in this series, it became increasingly apparent in the run-up to that date that there was neither a majority in Parliament for the Prime Minister’s proposed deal nor for leaving the EU with no deal in place. After a hasty meeting between Mrs May and the other 27 European leaders, two more dates then came into play: 22 May (the day before elections to the European Parliament) if the Prime Minister could win approval for her deal and 12 April if she failed and the UK was prepared to leave without an agreement in place.