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Earlier this year, the governments of India and the United Kingdom announced trade and investment deals (an enhanced trade partnership, or ETP), seen as paving the way for a free trade agreement between the nations, in the future. This reciprocal relationship between what is possibly the world’s fifth and sixth largest economies, bodes well for the economies of both countries, leaving the nations hopeful for a recovery in these troubled times.

The UK and Australia have reached agreement in principle on a free trade agreement, recognising the strong existing relationship between the two countries. While the details remain to be fleshed out, the move has been heralded as an important next step for the UK. It marks the first trade agreement that the UK has reached separately from the existing EU suite.

This article considers the future for subsidy controls in the UK following departure from the EU. With the EU State Aid regime no longer applicable, the Subsidy Control Bill offers a replacement system.

There are lots of technology ‘buzz words’ circulating, such as: ‘Cloud Computing’, ‘Agile Development’, ‘AI’, ‘Blockchain’ and ‘Crypto’. However, it is important to note, that this does not mean that all such technologies have only just materialised. First printed in Business Weekly, Jagvinder Singh Kang provides insights into FutureTech.