Trade Remedies Authority

Trade Remedies Authority

Agency overview
Formed	1 June 2021 (2021-06-01)
Jurisdiction	Government of the United Kingdom
Agency executive	Nick Baird, Chairman
Parent department	Department for Business and Trade
Website	https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/trade-remedies-authority

The Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) is a non-departmental public body of the Department for Business and Trade in the Government of the United Kingdom. ^[1] The organisation was established on 1 June 2021 after the passing of the Trade Act 2021. ^[2] Formerly part of the Department for International Trade, the trade watchdog was set up post Brexit to police trade disputes. ^{[3] [4]}

The ability of the TRA to bind the government was cut back two years after launch, because new ministers were less committed to the value of a technocratic body shielding ministers from producer lobbying. The Institute for Government drew the lesson that without ministerial sign-off, or even approval of a business case, a public body is vulnerable to a change in priorities, as it does not achieve full-throated support across government, much less the wider stakeholder population. ^{[5] [6]}

References

1. "Trade Remedies Authority". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
2. "The UK's trade remedies regime". Allen Overy. 2021-11-16. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
3. "Meet the Trade Remedies Authority, the UK watchdog in a political storm". POLITICO. 2022-06-09. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
4. Davies, Rob (2021-07-01). "UK steel industry welcomes extension of protectionist tariffs". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2023-02-22.
5. "How to set up a public body" (PDF). Institute for Government. November 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
6. Mason, Rowena (21 November 2024). "Labour's new public bodies are likely to come at a high cost". The Guardian.