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Professor Fiona Smith, UKTPO Deputy Director and Professorial Research Fellow at Law School, joins TAC
Posted on behalf of: UK Trade Policy Observatory (UKTPO)
Last updated: Wednesday, 28 May 2025
Professor Fiona Smith, UKTPO Deputy Director and Professorial Research Fellow at Law School, has been appointed as a member of the Trade and Agriculture Commission (TAC).
TAC is an independent expert committee that scrutinises UK trade agreements once they are signed. Its key role is to prepare a report to go before Parliament to identify whether the free trade agreement’s provisions around trade in agrifood goods comply with the UK’s statutory levels of protection relating to: animal and plant health, animal welfare and environmental protection.
For more info about TAC:
And the full membership of the Trade and Agriculture Commission can be found here:
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