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When negotiating trade deals with non-EU countries with goods-based economies, acceptance of equivalent but different goods standards will be important. … What is the argument, therefore, for committing to ongoing regulatory alignment for goods between the UK and EU, given the missed opportunities such as: world trade - both in neogotiating cheaper imports …

As a WTO member a country attempts to strike bilateral trade deals to augment the baseline trade schedules agreed at the WTO (IIUC). … I.e. tariff-free trade in one or a few sectors, or for some companies • NO! …

Does the WTO have a concept of “default” or standard tariffs for when a state has not yet agreed schedules? Or does everything default to zero?

A bilateral trade deal. Tariffs on goods are mostly eliminated and mutual recognition agreements are agreed for most goods. Has sovereignty been transferred or pooled? …

I know the WTO mandates that members do not unfairly favour one trading partner over another, the so-called Most-Favoured Nation principle. Does the WTO have a fine-grained and detailed set of rules …

Does the WTO itself have any input into trade agreements, or is it merely a forum for sovereign states to negotiate and settle disputes? …

Can schedules be brokered bilaterally, i.e. without consent of other WTO members, or do all WTO members have to ratify all WTO deals? I am trying to understand if all WTO members will need to ratify …

If the UK left the EU without a trade deal, trade with the EU would continue because it would be illegal to offer the UK worse trade terms than any other third country under WTO most-favoured nation rules …

IIUC WTO trade schedules can be unilaterally set, but are open to dispute and, when disputes are resolved, “certification”. Schedules can exist and take effect while not certified. … So some or all EU trade schedules remain uncertified. Is this correct and if so what are the implications (if any)? …

Does the 1997 FTA between the EU and Mexico reduce tariffs to zero, or simply agree to reciprocity? I ask because a modernised version of the agreement is being finalised that “scrap high Mexican tar …

Are trade agreements treaties? If so, does that mean that trade agreements are agreed by trade envoys and cabinet-level politicians before being presented to the legislature for ratification? …

Is there special legislation in EU law to permit free ports, or are they implicitly permitted on the basis that goods become subject to tariffs as soon as they exit the port into the member state?

The EU and Japan recently negotiated a Free Trade Agreement. Will the EU and Japan therefore share a common rulebook for goods, including agrifood? …

all goods including agri-food, with the UK making an upfront choice to commit by treaty to ongoing harmonisation with EU rules on goods, covering only those necessary to provide for frictionless trade …

Would it be illegal for the UK to negotiate a trade deal with the EU while still a member? Or is it the signing of trade deals that is prohibited, and negotiation is permitted? …