Britain’s chief negotiator, David Frost, has accused Brussels of treating the UK as an “unworthy” partner by offering a low-quality trade agreement that he says would force the country to “bend to EU norms”.more
The United Kingdom announced a new post-Brexit tariff regime on Tuesday to replace the European Union’s external tariff, maintaining a 10% tariff on cars but cutting levies on tens of billions of dollars of supply chain imports.more
The EU-UK trade talks were never going to be plain sailing, but then came COVID-19, with both chief negotiator Michel Barnier and the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson being personally affected.more
The EU and UK are to take another run at making headway on a post-Brexit trade deal on Monday in a third round of negotiations held by video conference.more
The United Kingdom is moving away from the political declaration agreed with the EU, '' said German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, assessing the state of negotiations between the United Kingdom and the European Union on future relations in an interview published yesterday.more
The owners of Virgin Media and O2 have signed an agreement to merge the two companies into one - today inform British media. The contract is worth a record 31.4 billion pounds, and the media emphasize that the transaction was only possible thanks to Brexit.more
Michael Gove has said a post-Brexit free trade deal between the UK and EU is "entirely possible" before 31 December and is "better than 2/1" odds to happen.more
Michel Barnier has suggested the UK is running down the clock in its talks over the country's future relationship with the EU by refusing to even discuss key issues such as access for European fishermen to UK waters.more
Campaign group the3million has written to ministers warning that many EU citizens in the UK are being wrongly denied the equal treatment promised by the Withdrawal Agreement. As a consequence people are not able to get the help that they need, including benefits.
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It is only four months since Boris Johnson led the Conservative party to a historic victory. His 80-seat majority seemed to recast the electoral landscape for a generation. It also marked another milestone in Brexit's transformation of the Conservative party from the party of business to the party of the flag. Today, that seems like another world.more
Britain and the European Union should not add a factor of uncertainty to the current situation, excluding the extension of the transitional period after Brexit - today assessed the executive director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalin Georgiev.
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The European Union and UK government have agreed to resume post-Brexit talks next week, where they will confront entrenched divisions on trade and fishing rights over video link.more
Yesterday evening, the head of the British Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dominic Raab took over the duties of Prime Minister "where necessary" from Boris Johnson, who due to the deteriorating health after coronavirus infection, went to the intensive care unit.more
Campaigners fear that EU citizens who have made their homes in the UK are at risk of becoming illegal as the government diverts resources to fight coronavirus.more
The risk rating agency Fitch Ratings lowered the UK's financial strength rating to AA- on Friday, with a negative outlook, due to the "significant weakening" of its public finances caused by the impact of the new coronavirus epidemic.more
EERC stationary offices have been closed due to coronavirus. However, advisers are still helping Poles and other Eastern European citizens by phone.more
UK and EU officials on Tuesday cancelled the second round of post-Brexit trade talks planned for this week because of the ongoing coronavirus crisis.more