Abstract
The Withdrawal Agreement (WA) and the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) constitute the legal scaffolding of the post-exit EU-UK relationship. The implementation of the WA began as the TCA was being negotiated, thereby creating an implementation-negotiation overlap. This chapter analyses the issues that have confronted the two treaties as living legal documents. More than two years after agreement on the TCA, EU-UK relations have not reached a stable modus vivendi because of continuing controversy about the implementation of the Northern Ireland Protocol (NIP).
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The WA and TCA are complemented by an agreement covering cooperation on the safe and peaceful use of nuclear energy, known as the EU-UK Civil Nuclear Agreement and an EU-UK Security of Information Agreement to enable the exchanged of classified information between the two parties.
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Laffan, B., Telle, S. (2023). Brexit Is Far from Done: Implementation of the Agreements. In: The EU's Response to Brexit. Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26263-0_9
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