EU, UK plan closer supply-chain coordination under new trade partnership
By Louis de Briant and Cynthia Kroet ( November 4, 2026, 16:27 GMT | Insight) -- Steel, electric vehicles and critical technologies would be priorities for a new EU-UK “Trusted Partnership” to strengthen supply chains and limit the impact of trade restrictions on each other, according to a draft summit statement seen by MLex. The two sides also envisage announcing the conclusion of negotiations on linking their carbon markets and reducing barriers to agrifood trade at their planned Nov. 20 summit.The EU and UK plan to deepen their cooperation on steel, electric vehicles and critical technologies, under a new partnership aimed at strengthening supply chains and limiting the impact of trade restrictions on each other, according to a draft statement seen by MLex....
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