During the transition period until 1 January 2021, EU trade agreements continued to apply to the UK. From 1 January 2021 the rolled over deals between the UK and the trading partners went live.
By the start of 2021, the following agreements had been completed by DiT:
Andean Community countries
Cameroon
Canada
CARIFORUM trade bloc
Central America
Chile
Eastern and Southern Africa trade bloc
Egypt
Faroe Islands
Georgia
Iceland (for goods)
Israel
Ivory Coast
Jordan
Kenya
Kosovo
Liechtenstein (for goods)
Lebanon
Mexico
Moldova
Morocco
North Macedonia
Norway (for goods)
Pacific states
Palestinian Authority
Samoa
Solomon Islands
South Korea
SACUM countries
Switzerland (for goods)
Tunisia
Turkey
Ukraine
Singapore
Vietnam
Trade agreements still under discussion with:
Albania
Algeria
Bosnia & Hercegovina
Ghana (finalising text of agreement, but have agreed main principles)
Montenegro
Serbia
The UK and Japan successfully completed negotiations in September 2020 for a new FTA based on the original EU-Japan EPA, but moving beyond it in certain areas such as digital trade. The text of this agreement was published after its signature in Tokyo in October 2020. There are new FTA negotiations in 2021 for bespoke Canada-UK trade and Mexico-UK deals.
The UK has also signed mutual recognition agreements on conformity assessment with Australia, New Zealand and the US, which entered into force on 1 January 2021.
The BRC has regular dialogue with DiT in which we stress the need for retailers of trade continuity of the remaining deals to be rolled over.
For more information, see: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/uk-trade-agreements-with-non-eu-countries