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UK signs trade deal with Canada to prepare for Brexit

The deal signed with Canada means the two countries will continue to trade under the same rules as when the UK was an EU member state while they negotiate a "bespoke" agreement.

Europe News

Brexit deal text '95% done' but key issues could still scupper talks

Euronews understands that the gap between the EU and UK on fisheries, competition and oversight is still big enough to collapse the talks.

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Europe's week: Turmoil, trade and transatlantic relations

A look back at Europe's week with our team in Brussels.

World News

Brexit trade talks suspended after EU negotiator contracts COVID-19

EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier announced the suspension on Twitter but said lower-ranking officials would continue discussions in the interim.

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United Kingdom

No-deal Brexit 'bonanza' for organised crime, says N Ireland minister

UK MPs have heard that Brexit risks negative impacts on crime and trade in Northern Ireland when the transition period expires at the end of the year.

World

Irish FM says EU and UK have to make 'big progress' ahead of deadline

Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney believes that talks have ‘got to make big progress.’

United Kingdom

Brexit talks: Cummings goes but does it make a trade deal more likely?

Boris Johnson's office says his special adviser's abrupt departure does not change the government's insistence that an EU deal must respect UK sovereignty.

Ireland

EU 'unlikely' to give UK more time to adjust after Brexit transition

Trade experts say an initial grace period of around three to six months may be necessary to allow businesses to get used to the changes.

United Kingdom

UK: Cummings to quit as Downing Street in-fighting clouds Brexit talks

A power struggle among Boris Johnson's top advisers has cast doubt on the government's focus on securing a Brexit trade deal and tackling the coronavirus pandemic.

USA

EU-US relations will never be the same again, says ex-Trump aide

Mick Mulvaney says President Donald Trump has "tapped into" issues between the bloc and the US which will have a lasting impact.

World

How will Brexit impact London as Europe’s leading financial hub?

Firms have transferred €1.3 trillion in assets and 7,500 jobs to the European Union since Brexit, according to Ernst & Young.

United Kingdom

UK stokes tensions with EU and US over contentious Brexit bill

Boris Johnson's government has vowed to reinstate parts of its international law-breaking Internal Market Bill, despite heavy defeats in the House of Lords on Monday.

Europe News

Biden win strengthens EU's hand in post-Brexit trade talks, says Weber

The UK has been weakened in trade deal talks with the EU after the election of Joe Biden, says MEP Manfred Weber.

United Kingdom

UK and EU to 'redouble efforts' to negotiate post-Brexit deal

Post-Brexit negotiations will resume on Monday but there are still "large differences" between the UK and EU.

United Kingdom

Brexit: Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen speak on EU-UK ties

Britain's prime minister and the president of the European Commission will discuss the relationship between the UK and EU after 2020.

World News

US election: Five European stories you may have missed amid election

What might you have missed in Europe amid all the focus on the US presidential election?

World News

No-deal Brexit back in play as stoppage time talks fail to bridge gulf

EU and UK negotiators agree that "divergences remain" on core issues after two weeks of intense talks behind closed doors.

Europe News

EU-UK trade deal talks to resume after London has a change of heart

"Clearly, significant differences remain between our positions on the most difficult subjects but we are ready with the EU, to see if it is possible to bring them closer during intensive discussions," said a spokesman for Johnson.

Europe News

EU-UK trade deal talks continue despite London's pessimism

The EU and the UK will resume discussions on a post-Brexit trade deal today despite London threatening to walk away from the talks.

United Kingdom

Johnson: Brexit trade talks 'finished' unless EU changes approach

The UK prime minister said the EU seemed to be unable to offer the country the preferred Canada-style trade deal post-Brexit.