Tag: Brexit

• 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.”

• Saturday, December 26th 2020 - 09:10 UTC

  Markets and the pound react positively to the post Brexit trade deal

  

  U.S. stocks rose for a second day in holiday-shortened trading as investors monitored the latest developments on the Congressional aid package, while the British pound strengthened after a post-Brexit trade accord agreement was reached.

• Saturday, December 26th 2020 - 08:59 UTC

  UK/EU Post Brexit deal has many aspects to be hammered out

  

  A day after Britain and the European Union announced a narrow trade deal, Swiss media remain sceptical about its impact. The accord will preserve Britain's zero-tariff and zero-quota access to the bloc's single market of 450 million consumers but will not prevent economic pain and disruption for the UK or for EU member states.

• Wednesday, December 23rd 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Brexit “final push”: EU prepared to yield in fisheries issue but UK proposal “totally unacceptable”

  

  The European Union is making a “final push” to strike a Brexit trade deal with Britain, although there are still deep rifts over fishing rights, the bloc’s chief negotiator said on Tuesday.

• Tuesday, December 22nd 2020 - 07:54 UTC

  Johnson tells Scotland's leader Sturgeon he will not extend deadline to reach a post Brexit deal with EU

  

  Responding to calls from the leader of the Scottish Nationalists and the mayor of London, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he will not make moves to extend the deadline to reach a post-Brexit deal with the European Union.

• Tuesday, December 22nd 2020 - 07:22 UTC

  PM Johnson pledges to unblock trade across the Channel, but situation sounds chaotic

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday sought to sound a note of calm saying he was working “as fast as possible” to unblock trade across the Channel after France shut its borders to UK haulers in a bid to contain a new variant of the coronavirus.

• Monday, December 21st 2020 - 08:45 UTC

  French mayor threatens with a “Falklands' war” if no accord is reached on UK/EU fishing waters

  

  The French Mayor Frederic Couvillier, of the city of Boulogne-sur-Mer, has threatened the UK with a “Falklands War” pertaining the dispute over the fishing waters with the European Union. Furthermore, the mayor warned of the threat of an armed conflict in light of the looming Brexit deadline.

• Friday, December 18th 2020 - 08:14 UTC

  CBI calls on the EU for a customs grace period after Brexit: UK firms “still on the dark”

  

  Britain's biggest business lobby group called on the European Union to delay introducing new customs checks after Brexit because firms haven't had enough time to prepare amid the coronavirus pandemic.

• Wednesday, December 16th 2020 - 08:05 UTC

  Johnson will travel to India next month, first trip since departure from the EU

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will travel to India in January 2021 to strengthen a key strategic relationship which supports jobs and investment across the UK. This will be the Prime Minister’s first major bilateral visit since taking office, and the first since departure from the EU, and underlines his commitment to step up the UK’s engagement with the Indo-Pacific region.