On 24 December 2020, the UK and EU negotiators reached an “agreement in principle” on the text of a new trade and cooperation agreement to govern their relations now that the UK has left the EU. The provisional application of this agreement went live on 1 January 2021 following the ratification of this agreement by both the EU and UK.
Please see attached summary of the key points from the new UK-EU Trade deal from a business perspective here from the BCC UK.
Available resources:
•UK Government summary of UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement
•EU Commission summary of UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement
•EU Commission UK-EU Trade and Cooperation agreement Q&A