The Weekly Briefing

Our researcher Heather Lafferty presents a roundup of the week’s fashion and politics news headlines including government warnings to the fashion industry to check new ​guidance around importing and exporting CITES products. At the end of the Transition Period on 1 Jan 2021, new rules will mean that these products, including some reptile skins, leather, shells, coral and feathers, will need documentation in order for them to be legally transported between Great Britain and the EU, and between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.