Bilateral Trade
“Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.”
Trade isn’t just numbers, it’s relationships.
The partnership between Türkiye and the United Kingdom continues to be one of shared opportunity, mutual investment, and strategic alignment.
Trade is more than economics; it’s about connection, cooperation, and shared value. Hudson supports businesses and institutions navigating cross-border opportunities, especially between emerging markets.
We’ve advised Turkish MSMEs exploring BRICS-aligned markets and supported cross-sector talks between education bodies with other BRICS members and partners. From policy briefs to pitch-ready export proposals, our team helps you move forward with confidence.
Recent work includes helping a retailer and distributer SME in Istanbul align with UK market opportunities and building a dual-language business toolkit for firms looking to scale their sustainability practices for wider investment opportunities abroad.
We make trade more human and more strategic.
At Hudson, we help businesses understand, navigate, and benefit from the UK–Türkiye Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and the evolving post-Brexit trade landscape.
The Opportunity in 2026
The UK–Türkiye trade relationship currently runs on the Trade Continuity Agreement signed in December 2020, which replicates the effects of the old EU–Türkiye customs arrangement and covers goods only. Negotiations on a modernised, enhanced agreement opened in March 2024 and have now completed five rounds, the latest in Ankara in June 2026.
Eleven chapters have been closed to date, with discussions covering digital trade, telecommunications, investment, legal services, goods market access, and sanitary and phytosanitary measures, alongside intellectual property, procurement, and sustainability.
Why It Matters Now:
Zero tariffs already apply to industrial goods, which underpins the automotive, machinery, textiles and steel trade that dominates the bilateral relationship
Services are the live prize. They are excluded from the current deal, and financial, professional, business and legal services are where the negotiating progress has been strongest
Digital trade provisions do not yet exist between the two markets. An enhanced agreement would create them for the first time
Rules of origin compliance remains a real cost for exporters, and any simplification in the new text is worth planning for now
Both governments signed an action plan in January 2026 targeting $40 billion in two-way trade
Bilateral trade reached £28.4 billion in the four quarters to the end of Q4 2025, an increase of 4.3% on the previous year. The window to prepare is the gap between now and ratification, not after it.
What Hudson Offers
We provide SMEs and international enterprises with clear, strategic guidance on making the most of the Türkiye–UK trade corridor.
Whether you’re exporting, importing, or planning investment, we offer:
Market Entry Strategy
Understand sector-specific demand, competition, and compliance; from clean energy to education, tech to textiles.
Trade Optimisation & Tariff Mapping
Identify how the FTA benefits your business specifically; including how to minimise duties and leverage UKGT changes.
Bilingual Support
Translation, documentation, and localisation services to navigate cross-border compliance.
Supply Chain Consulting
Advice on restructuring or strengthening your supply chain with UK–Türkiye integration in mind.
Cross-border Investment Preparation
Guidance on using the Bilateral Investment Treaty and understanding local regulatory environments.
Training for Staff & Partners
Workshops on post-Brexit trade protocols, SDG integration, and digital export readiness.
Türkiye’s Position in 2026
16th largest economy in the world by nominal GDP and 11th by purchasing power parity, with a population approaching 88 million
The EU's fifth largest trading partner in goods, worth €217.5 billion in 2025, and inside the EU customs union for industrial goods since 1996
The UK is Türkiye's second largest export market after Germany, ahead of the United States
Established automotive, machinery, textiles and electronics manufacturing base, with vehicles and vehicle parts the largest single export category
Domestic EV production scaling at TOGG's Gemlik plant in Bursa, moving from around 40,000 units in 2025 towards a 175,000 design capacity
24 free trade agreements in force, spanning Europe, MENA, the Caucasus and Central Asia
The UK’s Relevance
UK investment stock in Türkiye reached £9.5 billion at the end of 2024, up 14.3% in a year, against £1.1 billion of Turkish investment stock in the UK
The UK is Türkiye's second largest single export market, taking around 6% of Turkish exports, behind Germany and ahead of the United States
Türkiye was the UK's 18th largest trading partner in the twelve months to December 2025, accounting for 1.5% of total UK trade
The UK CBAM starts on 1 January 2027, covering steel, aluminium, iron, cement, fertiliser and hydrogen for importers above £50,000 a year, which will bear directly on Türkiye's largest export categories
Türkiye's Climate Law of July 2025 establishes a domestic ETS with a 2026 to 2027 pilot, creating the basis for carbon price recognition between the two systems
Services, digital trade and investment provisions are the stated ambition of the current negotiations, not features of the present agreement
“We need to remember that trade is a great peacemaker that enriches people and increases international understanding and ties between nations.”
- Dan Quayle
Make Trade Work for You
Global trade is shifting, but Türkiye and the UK remain deeply connected by opportunity. Whether you’re a Turkish company looking to expand into the UK, or a British firm aiming to strengthen operations in Türkiye, Hudson is here to help.
We turn policy into possibility, and trade frameworks into business success.
Contact us to explore how your business can thrive through smarter, faster, and more sustainable bilateral trade.
