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<p>The Government’s White Paper on the Future Relationship between the United Kingdom
and the European Union is clear that free movement of people, as defined in European
law, will end as the UK leaves the EU. The UK’s future immigration arrangements will
set out how those from the EU and elsewhere can apply to come and work in the UK.
The UK will want to continue to attract the brightest and the best, to support our
public services and enhance the UK’s attractiveness for research, development and
innovation. The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) report, due in September 2018,
will provide important evidence on patterns of EU migration and the role of migration
in the wider economy to inform this.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The UK will also
make a sovereign choice in a defined number of areas to seek reciprocal mobility arrangements
with the EU, building on current World Trade Organisation (WTO) General Agreement
on Trade in Services (GATS) commitments. Trade agreements that exist globally covering
trade in services include provisions on the mobility of people for the provision of
services (known as ‘Mode 4’ commitments). These provisions enable businesses to provide
services and to move their talented people, for example as an intra-corporate transfer.
The exact scope and definition of such provisions in any future agreement between
the UK and EU will be a matter for negotiation.</p>
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