United Kingdom, Business, London, BREXIT

1. Introduction to the United Kingdom
2. British Economy
   1. Economic impact of BREXIT
   2. British Manufacturing Industry
   3. British Services sector
3. British International Trade
   1. Strategic importance of the Commonwealth
   2. Relations with the United States
4. Transport and Logistics
5. The new Free Trade and Economic Integration Agreements of the Kingdom after BREXIT
   1. European Union-United Kingdom Free Trade and Economic Integration Agreement
6. Investment in the UK.
   1. British Investments Abroad
7. Doing Business in London
8. Case Study:
   1. Doing Business in Yorkshire and Humber
   2. Mohamed Ibrahim
9. Access to the British Market
10. Business Plan for the UK

The educational aims of the Subject “Foreign Trade, Logistics and Business in the UK” are:

1. To analyze the strengths of the British Economy, Logistics and Global Trade
2. To understand the causes of BREXIT and its economic implications
3. To conduct research on business opportunities in the British Market
4. To research the trade relations of the UK with the student's country
5. To learn about UK's new Free Trade and Economic Integration Agreements of the Kingdom after BREXIT
6. To understand the political and economic importance of the Commonwealth
7. To develop a business plan for the British Market

The Subject “Foreign Trade, Logistics and Business in the UK” is included within the curriculum of the following academic programs at EENI Global Business School:

Doctorate: World Trade.

Masters: International Business, Foreign Trade.

Languages: + Reino Unido Royaume-Uni Reino Unido.

1. Subject Credits “Doing Business in the UK”: 3

1. North Sea-Mediterranean Corridor (Ireland, France)
2. Access to the Atlantic Transport Corridor (Portugal-Spain-France-Germany)

British Preferential Access and Trade Agreements:

1. The UK and the European Economic Area
2. United Kingdom Trade Agreements: Cameroon, Canada, Egypt, Pacific States (Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Samoa), Faroe Islands, Ghana, Israel, Kenya, Kosovo, Lebanon, Morocco, Mauritius-Seychelles-Zimbabwe, Norway-Iceland, Palestine, SACU and Mozambique, Switzerland-Liechtenstein, Tunisia, Turkey
3. United Kingdom Free Trade and Economic Integration Agreements: Central America (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama), CARIFORUM, Chile, Colombia, the EU, South Korea, Ivory Coast, Ecuador-Peru, Georgia, Japan, Macedonia, Moldova, Singapore, Ukraine, Vietnam
4. Regional Cooperation Council

1. World Trade Organization (WTO)
   1. Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
   2. Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)
   3. Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
   4. Agreement on Preshipment Inspection
   5. Agreement on Safeguards
   6. Trade Facilitation Agreement
2. World Customs Organization (WCO)
   1. Kyoto Convention
3. Convention Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods
4. COTIF Convention
5. CMR Convention
6. BIC (Containers)
7. Chicago Convention (ICAO)
8. International Maritime Organization (IMO)
   1. Convention for Safe Containers
   2. Istanbul Convention
9. International Road Transport Union (IRU)
   1. TIR Convention
   2. Guidelines on Safe Load Securing for Road Transport
10. International Chamber of Shipping
11. CIM, CIT Rail Rules
12. Customs Convention on Containers - not a member

European Economic Organizations

1. Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
2. Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

Global Organizations:

1. World Trade Organization (WTO)
2. Inter-American Development Bank (The UK is a non-borrower member of the IDB)
3. Asian Development Bank
4. Asia-Europe Meeting
5. United Nations
   1. Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
   2. International Trade Centre
   3. Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
   4. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
6. Economic Commission for Asia (ESCAP)
7. OECD
   1. OECD anti-corruption measures
8. International Monetary Fund
9. Commonwealth
10. African Development Bank
11. World Bank
12. Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLAC)
13. CPLP (observer country)
14. ...

The UK is an observer member in:

1. Association of Caribbean States (ACS)
2. Council of the Baltic Sea States
3. Indian-Ocean Rim Association (IORA)
4. Central American Integration System (SICA)
5. Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) - Candidate Country

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Europe).

1. The UK of Great Britain is constituted by Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and Northern Ireland
2. The UK was one of the member states of EU - BREXIT
3. Capital of the UK: London
4. Area of the UK: 243,610 km²
5. British Population: 64 million people
6. The UK is a constitutional monarchy being a representative democracy, where Queen Elizabeth II is recognized as the Head of the State
7. The UK is a unitary state comprised of four constituent nations: Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland
8. William Wilberforce

Dependencies of the British Crown: Guernsey, Isle of Man and Jersey.

The British Overseas Territories: Akrotiri, Anguilla, Bermuda, Gibraltar, Cayman Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Falkland Islands, Pitcairn Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, British Virgin Islands, Montserrat, Santa Elena, Ascension and Tristan de Acuña, British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory.

Main religion in the UK: Anglican Church - Justin Welby (Archbishop of Canterbury).

1. Quakerism was founded by George Fox in the UK. The Quaker William Wilberforce was one of the most important figures in the abolition of Slavery (1807)
   1. Abolition of Slavery in the UK: 1807
2. Methodism was founded by the British John Wesley

The UK belongs to the European Economic Area.

UK Economy

1. The United Kingdom represents the fifth world Economy and the second largest in Europe (after Germany and followed by France)
2. GDP by sector:
   1. Agriculture (0.9%)
   2. Industry (22.8%)
   3. Services (76.2%)
3. Currency of the UK: Pound Sterling
4. The United Kingdom economy is one of the most important in Europe, increasingly based on the services sector, although it maintains a significant presence in the high-technology sector
5. The United Kingdom of Great Britain is ranked 13th in the competitiveness ranking of the World Economic Forum

Many leading enterprises and businesspeople from around the world are based in London:

1. The Russian businessman Alexander Lebedev is the owner of four UK newspapers
2. The Sudanese businessman Mohamed Ibrahim
3. The Zimbabwean businessman Strive Masiyiwa
4. The Chaldean Christian businessman of Iraqi origin Nadhmi Shakir Auchi
5. The Saudi businessman Sheik Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber
6. The head office of Hinduja, an Indian business group

1. Top export markets of the UK of Great Britain: The United States, Germany, France, the Republic of Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Italy..
2. Main British Exports: manufactured products, fuels, chemical products, tobacco, beverages, foods
3. Top Trading Partners of the UK of Great Britain: Germany, the United States, the Republic Popular of the China, the Netherlands, France, Belgium, Norway, Italy.
4. Main British Imports: manufactured products, fuels, machines, foods