On 23 September, Clifford Chance published a briefing saying that, for the first time in 48 years, importers and exporters must grapple with a UK trade and customs administration entirely independent from the EU, including new domestic regulations, international trade agreements and, in some cases, government agencies. The briefing considers the legal framework and the international one, trade defence investigations, customs duties, trade barriers, export controls, financial and other sanctions measures and trade embargoes; plus what it describes as “current trends”.