Resolved trade barriers

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Title	Sector	Location	Resolved date
Work or training permit was required for UK to Austria visitors for over 5 days	All sectors	Austria	February 2023
British lawyers were not able to practice law in Belgium	Financial and professional services	Belgium	July 2022
Risk retention levels of Brazilian firms affecting UK financial services	Financial and professional services	Brazil	March 2023
Lack of clear regulatory guidelines for overseas investments of pension funds in Brazil	Financial and professional services	Brazil	April 2019
Differentiation between admitted and occasional reinsurers in Brazil now resolved, benefiting UK exporters/investors	Financial and professional services	Brazil	February 2020
Equity caps limit UK ownership of life insurance businesses in China	Financial and professional services	China	January 2020
Equity caps limit UK ownership of health insurance businesses in China	Financial and professional services	China	January 2020
Clear taxonomy needed for the issuance of green bonds, as well as the lack of requirements for institutional investors to invest in ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) compliant bonds or assets	Financial and professional services	Colombia	September 2020
Lack of a Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) between Colombia and UK	All sectors	Colombia	December 2019
UK companies could not establish a commercial presence in Denmark	All sectors	Denmark	July 2022
Restrictions relaxed on foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Indian insurance sector	Financial and professional services	India	February 2021
UK exports to Israel incurring tariffs when goods contain EU inputs	All sectors	Israel	November 2022
Delays in clearance of goods from Nairobi to other Kenyan cities	All sectors	Kenya	April 2022
FinTech secondary legislation now provides greater certainty for UK financial services exporters/investors to do business in Mexico	Financial and professional services	Mexico	March 2019
UK companies granted increased investment opportunities in the Philippines offshore wind market	Financial and professional services	Philippines	December 2022
Saudi Arabia Data Transfer Requirements	All sectors	Saudi Arabia	March 2023

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