In a statement to a British parliamentary committee, Britain’s Europe minister James Cleverly said, London and Brussels are at an impasse over changes to parts of the Brexit deal that relate to Northern Ireland. Both sides have been trying to… Read More ›
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Resolving Northern Ireland’s trade rights will help Britain and EU focus on external issues: Liz Truss
On Monday, British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is scheduled to tell the European Union that the sooner the dispute over Northern Ireland’s trade rights are resolved the faster it will enable London and Brussels to focus on external issues including… Read More ›
EU-Swiss draft treaty strengthens cross-border trade, improves framework for dispute resolution
A framework to strengthen and simply procedural norms between the European Union and Switzerland hangs in the balance as the Bern government meets to consider whether to break off talks over ratifying the draft treaty that was struck in 2018…. Read More ›
EU-Britain tensions stem from Brexit, not from Northern Ireland protocol: Ursula von der Leyen
On Tuesday, the head of the European Commission said, tensions with Britain, a former EU member, stem from Brexit and not from issues surrounding the Northern Ireland protocol that has been agreed by both sides. After the first day of… Read More ›
French port town Calais floating in post-Brexit duty free dreams
Authorities in Northern France, in the port town of Calais are lobbying the French government to create a duty-free zone which covers the entire town if a future trade deal between the EU and France trturns to trade tariffs. Calais’s… Read More ›
Boris Johnson takes aim at Irish backstop in opening salvo
Despite Boris Johnson’s own admission that “Time is very short”, he wants to renegotiate the Brexit deal by October 31. On Tuesday, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson fired his opening salvo at the European Union, as negotiators from both sides… Read More ›
EU to impose import restrictions on steel
The development comes in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s imposition of metals tariffs on the bloc. On Friday, according to a filing in the European Union’s official journal, the EU is set to impose import limits on steel… Read More ›
Orderly Brexit very much in the cards: Goldman Sachs
In a research note to clients, Goldman Sachs has forecast a positive end to the Brexit ordeal. Wishful thinking? History will tell. The months to watch will be October and December. With less than 8 months to go before Britain… Read More ›
May’s hard Brexit stance pushing financial institutions to relocate to EU
Based on Theresa May’s Brexit stance, most large banks in Britain are working on the assumption that that the most likely outcome of Brexit will be Britain losing its access to EU’s single market and resulting in ‘Hard Brexit’. As… Read More ›
Brexit – Irish economy hangs in the balance
During Brexit negotiations, Ireland could emerge as the UK’s Achilles heel. If physical border controls are placed, it could give rise to a resurgence of violent militant protests. According to Britain’s Northern Ireland minister, a post-Brexit trade deal with the… Read More ›