Tag: European Union

• Thursday, February 20th 2020 - 07:50 UTC

  Cayman Islands, Panama, Palau and Seychelles in the EU tax havens blacklist

  

  The European Union has added the Cayman Islands, a UK overseas territory, to its tax havens blacklist. It joins Oman, Fiji and Vanuatu, which have also been accused of failing to crack down on tax abuse.

• Saturday, February 15th 2020 - 07:54 UTC

  Trump launches the aircraft trade dispute with the European Union

  

  The U.S. government on Friday said it would increase tariffs on aircraft imported from the European Union to 15% from 10%, ratcheting up pressure on Brussels in a nearly 16-year transatlantic dispute over aircraft subsidies.

• Tuesday, February 11th 2020 - 07:26 UTC

  Scottish salmon farmers face “huge unnecessary burdens” under Brexit

  

  Salmon farmers face “huge unnecessary burdens” and a loss of market share under UK government plans for Brexit. The chief executive of the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO) said firms were being told to prepare for trade barriers with the EU. The industry is also warning that added red tape could see £9m on costs and delays to the departure of fresh fish.

• Friday, February 7th 2020 - 09:45 UTC

  UK expanding fisheries protection to police territorial waters in a no-Brexit trade-deal scenario

  

  The British government is hiring additional ships for the Royal Navy amid growing Brexit tensions - with reports as many as 24 extra boats could be drafted into service. The Times reports that “Ministers are getting ready to triple the number of boats in Britain’s fisheries protection squadron to police territorial waters in the event of a no-trade-deal Brexit”.

• Wednesday, February 5th 2020 - 09:07 UTC

  EU blasts US decision to relax restrictions on anti personnel mines as “completely unacceptable”

  

  United States president Donald Trump’s decision to relax restrictions on the U.S. military’s use of anti-personnel land mines was “completely unacceptable”, the European Union said on Tuesday in a rare formal criticism of Washington.

• Wednesday, February 5th 2020 - 07:20 UTC

  Portsmouth to strengthen twinning relations with the Falkland Islands

  

  The city of Portsmouth in England will continue to seek global relationships following the UK's departure from the European Union by twinning with the Falkland Islands and Halifax in Canada, reports the Plymouth News.

• Tuesday, February 4th 2020 - 07:14 UTC

  Warnings of UK data privacy legislation vacuum, following post Brexit 2021

  

  British people’s data privacy will be “hanging in the balance” after Brexit, former Cambridge Analytica staffer-turned-whistleblower Brittany Kaiser warned as the country leaves the European Union on Friday.

• Monday, February 3rd 2020 - 07:58 UTC

  UK and EU begin this Monday post-Brexit negotiations

  

  Britain on Sunday began to detail a hard-line stance in upcoming negotiations with the European Union on future relations, following its historic departure from the bloc. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who will embark on a tour of Asia and Australia this week as he looks to pave the way for global trade deals, warned that London will not accept alignment with EU rules.

• Saturday, February 1st 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Cheers and tears as UK ends 47 years of European Union membership

  

  Britain on Friday ended almost half a century of European Union membership, making a historic exit after years of bitter arguments to chart its own uncertain path in the world. There were celebrations and tears across the country as the EU's often reluctant member became the first to leave an organization set up to forge unity among nations after the horrors of World War II.

• Saturday, February 1st 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  Gibraltar Marks EU Departure

  

  Gibraltar originally joined the EU under the British Treaty of Accession in 1972. On the evening of Friday 31st January 2020 at midnight Central European Time the departure from the European Union at the appointed time the UK formally ceased being a member state.