Your ultimate guide to the latest breakthroughs, trends, and opportunities shaping EU–UK transport and trade relations.

This edition is packed with fresh insights and pivotal updates as we navigate a transformative era for UK–EU transport and trade. Together, let’s explore the exciting developments driving collaboration and innovation across borders! 🚀

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Driving Connectivity, Competitiveness & Collaboration across Europe

🚀 1. From Reset to Delivery – Turning Momentum into Action

Following the success of the UK–EU Reset Summit, key UKTiE priorities were acknowledged and taken forward. A clear sign of the growing recognition of transport’s pivotal role in the UK–EU relationship, and of the impact of the UK transport sector speaking with one voice.

The focus now shifts from ambition to implementation. UKTiE is committed to turning commitments into concrete progress:
✅ Establishing a Common SPS Area to reduce trade friction and strengthen resilience.
✅ Advancing ETS linkage and cooperation on the Internal Electricity Market.
✅ Embedding transport and trade resilience as pillars of economic security.

🔧 Next Steps

• Advance customs digitalisation and interoperable data systems.
• Enhance rail, environmental, and security coordination.
• Deliver green trade corridors, linking infrastructure, ports and regions.

📢 The reset created momentum — now it’s time to deliver.

© European Union, 2025 — Source: European Commission

💼 2. A Lot Done, A Lot Still To Do

2025 has been one of UKTiE’s most active years yet, strengthening engagement with:

• UK transport and trade stakeholders, bringing everyone together, to successfully shape the Reset Summit.
• EU institutions & the UK Mission, building trust and strengthening influence.
• National, regional, and international partners, driving collaboration.
• Industry and local government leaders, driving connectivity and competitiveness.

“Our meeting with the UK Transport Minister in Whitehall reinforced our shared ambition to turn the UK–EU reset into real-world results.”

Our collaboration with the BritCham European Economic Security & Competitiveness (EES&C) programme has added new energy to work on supply chain resilience, green infrastructure, and digital borders.

Still, major opportunities lie ahead — guided by our four key reset asks:

1️⃣ Smarter Borders, Smoother Flows
Reducing costs and delays through AI-driven customs, digital documentation, and swift implementation of the SPS Agreement to strengthen supply chain resilience.

2️⃣ Reconnecting Cross-Border Rail & Freight
Removing bottlenecks and restoring services — including mutual recognition of driver licences, ERTMS interoperability, and investment in key corridors.

3️⃣ Greener, Cleaner Corridors
Building green shipping routes, including a Dover–Calais–Dunkirk corridor, and advancing a UK–EU EV partnership aligned with shared decarbonisation goals.

4️⃣ Strengthened Innovation & Standards Cooperation
Expanding UK participation in Horizon Europe and shaping the next Framework Programme (FP10), while re-engaging with TEN-T, CEF, and fostering structured dialogue on safety, AI, and emerging mobility technologies.

🌍 These priorities remain at the heart of UKTiE’s mission: ensuring UK–EU transport cooperation drives competitiveness, innovation, and sustainability across Europe.

📅 3. UKTiE Next Steps

14 October – Working Lunch, Brussels
Launch of a new series of UKTiE Transport Dialogues for UK, national, regional, European and international partners.

Looking Ahead:

• Three additional working lunches with European & international partners in Brussels in 2026 to sustain dialogue.
• A meeting in Leeds in 2026, bringing together UK stakeholders, the FCDO, and DfT to shape the next round of reset asks.
• A keynote event at the Brussels Press Club to showcase international best practice.

💬 From discussion to delivery — building partnerships for sustainable transport progress.

🏛️ 4. What’s Going On in Brussels

EU Transport & Tourism Commissioner Tzitzikostas’ “Smart Transport Investment Plan” (STIP), will soon shape Europe’s next infrastructure wave.
📘 Read the EPRS briefing →

Part of the EU’s simplification and competitiveness drive, STIP aims to:

• Streamline investment procedures
• Align funding tools
• Deliver faster, smarter projects

Although the UK is not directly part of STIP, UKTiE will engage with EU partners to follow developments, share expertise, and identify areas for cooperation — ensuring UK nations, regions, and stakeholders remain connected to Europe’s evolving transport agenda.

🌟 5. Looking Ahead

“It’s not just about activity — it’s about impact.”

As we plan for 2026, UKTiE will continue to champion:
🔹 Connectivity 🔹 Competitiveness 🔹 Cooperation

🌟 Be part of the change.
UKTiE’s strength is its network – a coalition of partners driving a more connected, competitive, and sustainable transport future for the UK and Europe.

Be part of this change! Join us and make your voice heard.

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🌐 uktie.eu 📧 markwatts@lpbrussels.com Mark Watts, UKTiE CEO