# Protect UK firms from Argentine Falklands measures

> “The government will bring forward secondary legislation as quickly as possible, with the aim to bring it into force before the end of the year.”
>
> — HM Government; Press release (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade), 13 October 2026

- **Status:** Promised
- **Status ladder:** Promised → In plan → Legislated → Funded → Delivering → Delivered
- **Policy area:** [Transport & economy](https://ledgergov.uk/promises/area/transport-and-economy)
- **Speaker:** [HM Government](https://ledgergov.uk/actor/hm-government)
- **Made on:** 13 October 2026
- **Where:** Press release (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade)
- **Deadline:** 31 December 2026
- **Cost a year:** No costing published
- **Who it affects:** UK businesses and individuals engaged in lawful activity around the Falkland Islands
- **When:** Secondary legislation "as quickly as possible", aiming to be in force before the end of the year
- **Paid for by:** Not stated when it was announced
- **Quote source:** https://www.gov.uk/government/news/businesses-set-to-be-protected-from-argentinian-economic-coercion (checked word for word on 16 October 2026; Open Government Licence v3.0)
- **Last updated:** 16 October 2026
- **Card:** https://ledgergov.uk/promise/uk-falklands-business-protection-2026

## Where it stands

The government is preparing measures under the Protection of Trading Interests legislation, which prevents UK persons from complying with specific extraterritorial measures. The release says they will target only Argentine extraterritorial measures affecting the Falkland Islands, so that UK persons and companies in lawful activity there keep making decisions under UK law. It is dated 13 October 2026, so "the end of the year" is read as 31 December 2026. The card moves when the secondary legislation is laid or comes into force.

## Timeline

- 13 October 2026, Promised: The government says it will bring forward secondary legislation under the Protection of Trading Interests legislation, aiming for it to be in force before the end of the year
- 31 December 2026, Deadline (to come): Protection of Trading Interests measures on Argentina due in force by 31 December 2026

## About the cost

No cost has been published.

## Sources

- [Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade press release, 13 Oct 2026: Businesses set to be protected from Argentinian economic coercion](https://www.gov.uk/government/news/businesses-set-to-be-protected-from-argentinian-economic-coercion)

## Checks

- Checked automatically by AI Journalist, not yet verified by an editor.
- Checked by AI Journalist (automated) on 16 October 2026.

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