Post-Brexit trade: UK eyes sectoral deals with US as Biden is not up for full-fledged pact October 13, 2021 While the UK does not know when it might get a full trade deal with the United States, the government is looking to secure separate accords on a sector-by-sector basis, the international trade secretary, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, said today. Watch the full report.
Do not enter Brexit deal until EU is sure Brits will keep their promises, says Ireland’s deputy PM October 13, 2021 European leaders should not enter any agreements with the British Government until they are confident they will keep to their promises, Ireland’s deputy premier warned this morning. Leo Varadkar made the comment after Dominic Cummings indicated that it is not the British Government’s intention to keep to the Brexit deal. “I saw those comments; I [...]
Brexit: Boris Johnson never understood what leaving Customs Union meant, says Cummings October 13, 2021 Prime Minister Boris Johnson never fully understood what the Withdrawal Agreement with the EU really meant, his former chief adviser has said. Dominic Cummings said in a provocative series of tweets that he had always intended to get “the trolley” – his derogatory nickname for the Prime Minister – to “ditch the bits we didn’t [...]
EU’s Brexit peace offering includes removal of 50 per cent of customs checks on British goods October 13, 2021 European Commission vice president Maros Sefcovic is expected to present a number of proposals later today aimed at resolving the political stand-off between the UK and EU over the movement of goods across the Irish sea. He has promised the measures will be “very far-reaching”. The Telegraph reports the EU will offer to remove up [...]
UK starts talks with Italy on £38bn export and investment deal in post-Brexit trade push October 13, 2021 The UK has started talks with Italy on a new export and investment deal which should expand trade between the two European countries. Speaking alongside Italian minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation Luigi Di Maio in Sorrento, Italy, the new International Trade Secretary, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, said that “enhancing our bilateral relationship with Italy is [...]
Brexit: Frost says UK will accept nothing less than ‘new’ Northern Ireland Protocol October 12, 2021 The UK’s Brexit minister has said the Northern Ireland Protocol must be fundamentally changed or else the UK will suspend it, saying it would be a “historic misjudgment” for Brussels not to act. Lord David Frost said in Lisbon today that the post-Brexit treaty was not working and has irreparably “lost consent in one community [...]
Brexit: Lord Frost to push for end of role of European Court in Northern Ireland October 12, 2021 In a speech to the diplomatic community in Lisbon later today, Brexit minister Lord Frost will warn the Northern Ireland protocol cannot survive without fundamental reform to governance arrangements. Frost is planning to set out Britain’s demands for changes to the Protocol amid a stand-off with the EU over the role of the European Court [...]
Brexit: ‘Frosty the no man’ to turn heat up on EU in Lisbon October 12, 2021 The UK government is set to double down on threats to suspend the post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol today in what is likely to spark weeks of UK-EU fighting. Cabinet Office minister Lord David Frost will deliver an address in Lisbon this afternoon in which he will outline the UK’s current position on Northern Ireland Protocol [...]
Brits can expect more and cheaper fish from £21bn post-Brexit trade deal with Norway and Iceland October 11, 2021 The recently signed free trade agreement between the UK and Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein is likely to reduce fish processing costs which may lead to more and cheaper fish for British consumers. A report by the House of Lords European Affairs Committee said today the deal, which was signed in July, will mean cheaper fish [...]
Brexit negotiations move to social media as UK and Ireland trade barbs on Twitter October 11, 2021 The UK and Ireland took to Twitter last night to trade barbs as Brexit minister David Frost repeated his view that the EU should propose “significant change” to the Northern Ireland protocol. Ireland’s foreign minister Simon Coveney wrote: “Real Q: Does UKG (UK Government) actually want an agreed way forward or a further breakdown in [...]