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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jack Simpson

Post-Brexit border scheme to simplify trade put on pause again

Trucks disembark a cross-channel ferry
Trucks disembark a ferry at the Port of Dover in Kent, England, in April 2024 when controls on food imports from the European Union were originally due to begin. Photograph: Neil Hall/EPA

A key part of the UK’s post-Brexit border strategy has been put on pause for more than a year amid government concerns over the cost of implementing the scheme.

The introduction of the Single Trade Window (STW), which is designed to reduce friction for traders moving goods in and out of Britain, had already been delayed from late October to January next year, but will now be halted until at least 2026.

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