Ghana’s Costly Wait for Its Post-Brexit Trade Deal With U.K.
The Calais Seaways passenger and ro-ro cargo ship sails towards the Port of Dover in the U.K.
Photographer: Olivier Matthys/BloombergThe first consignment of Ghanaian shipments to the U.K. to face post-Brexit tariffs docked at Portsmouth last night, including 185 metric tons of bananas, the majority of which were so-called Fairtrade.
Because Britain and the European Union reached a trade deal so close to the divorce transition deadline of Dec. 31, some other “continuity” deals — those intended to roll over the terms of trade the U.K. enjoyed as a member of the EU — still hang in the balance. Agreements with Albania, Algeria and Serbia are also outstanding.