Economy

• Thursday, December 31st 2020 - 08:11 UTC

  British parliament approves UK/EU deal; “Brexit is not the end but a beginning” says Johnson

  

  British lawmakers approved Prime Minister Boris Johnson's post Brexit deal with the European Union on Wednesday, as both sides looked to begin a new chapter of relations just days before their divorce becomes a reality.

• Thursday, December 31st 2020 - 08:07 UTC

  Brussels and Beijing agreement to open the Chinese market to EU investors

  

  The European Union and China on Wednesday announced the political approval of a long-sought agreement to open the Chinese market further to EU investors, marking an economic victory for both sides.

• Thursday, December 31st 2020 - 07:04 UTC

  French truckers warn about red tape and “smart borders” as UK/EU deal customs becomes effective

  

  Red tape, new “smart borders” that don't talk to one another and ill-prepared traders threaten border chaos, French truckers warned a day before Britain restores a hard frontier with Europe.

• Wednesday, December 30th 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  Brazil's industry confidence index in December reaches the highest level in ten years

  

  Brazil's industry confidence rose 1.8 points in December to 114.9 points, reaching the highest level in more than 10 years, an economic research center said on Monday.

• Wednesday, December 30th 2020 - 08:49 UTC

  Employment situation in Brazil improving: two million find jobs

  

  Brazil’s unemployment rate fell unexpectedly to 14.3% in the three months through October, official figures showed on Tuesday, the first decline this year as the number of people with jobs rose by almost 2 million from the prior three months.

• Tuesday, December 29th 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  With Trump debilitated and Republicans divided, Congress running the US

  

  The Democratic-led US House of Representatives voted 275-134 to meet President Donald Trump’s demand for US$2,000 Covid-19 relief checks on Monday, sending the measure on to an uncertain future in the Republican-controlled Senate.

• Monday, December 28th 2020 - 09:06 UTC

  Trump finally signs into law a US$ 2,3 trillion pandemic and spending package; stimulus checks of US$ 2,000

  

  US President Donald Trump on Sunday signed into law a US$2.3 trillion pandemic aid and spending package, restoring unemployment benefits to millions of Americans and averting a federal government shutdown in a crisis of his own making.

• Saturday, December 26th 2020 - 09:28 UTC

  Galicia disappointed with fisheries post Brexit deal, pledges a belligerent attitude to recover lost fishing rights

  

  Spain's regional government of Galicia has publicly expressed its concern about the fisheries chapter in the recently agreed UK/EU post/Brexit trade deal, which it considers will have a cost of 190 million Euros for the regional fleet and anticipates it will adopt a “belligerent” attitude to recover the lost fishing rights of the regional industry,

• Saturday, December 26th 2020 - 09:19 UTC

  EU expected to unanimously support the massive free trade deal struck with UK

  

  European Union ambassadors were convening to start assessing the massive free-trade deal that the bloc struck with Britain, which should begin next week when the acrimonious Brexit divorce process finally comes to an end.

• Saturday, December 26th 2020 - 09:17 UTC

  Scotland claims the post-Brexit trade accord was “a bad deal for fishing”

  

  First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has accused the UK government of breaking promises to Scotland's fishing industry over the post-Brexit trade deal. The Scottish government said the agreement announced on Thursday was ”a bad deal for fishing.”