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UK and South Korea have agreed to UK goods incorporating EU inputs to continue gaining preferential treatment for 3 years, in return for which talks on a new trade agreement must start within 2 years. Given the scale of the UK's future trade policy challenge is that sensible?
When we leave the EU the current government have committed to trade talks with the US, Australia, and New Zealand. There will obviously be pressure for EU talks. There are EU agreements not rolled over with Japan and Canada. Now add South Korea. That isn't all deliverable.
Underlying problem remains - we don't know what we want from trade agreements. Therefore we can't say why the US or Japan, or South Korea or whoever. Add no proper Parliamentary scrutiny process, and you cannot say UK trade policy is Brexit ready.
