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United Kingdom

Biden to UK: No US trade deal if Irish peace deal is Brexit 'casualty'

The US presidential candidate's warning comes amid international dismay at the UK government's plan to overrule parts of the legally-binding EU divorce deal.

17/09/2020

World News

Brexit trade talks: What is the difference between deal and no deal?

Failure to strike an agreement would mean a rupture in UK-EU relations, bringing trade friction, weaker security ties, and an end to many other mutual arrangements.

08/09/2020

Green News

Research shows that eating steak in Europe comes at a high price

"The jungles of Brazil are at a breaking point," said Professor Britaldo Soares-Filho, co-author of the study.

17/07/2020

World News

Brexit talks back on between EU and UK ahead of June summit

The UK and the EU need to strike a deal on trade and future relations this year.

11/05/2020

Europe News

UK 'won't seek trade talks extension' despite Barnier having COVID-19

London wishes Michel Barnier a speedy recovery from coronavirus - but insists it won't extend Brexit trade talks beyond the end of this year.

19/03/2020

Europe News

Barnier: EU will not conclude post-Brexit trade deal 'at any price'

EU ministers have formalised the bloc’s post-Brexit negotiating stance ahead of upcoming trade talks with the UK.

25/02/2020

United Kingdom

UK blasts EU's Barnier for rejecting post-Brexit Canada trade deal

The EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier says the UK cannot have a Canada-style trade deal with the bloc, prompting an angry response from Downing Street.

19/02/2020

United Kingdom

Can Boris Johnson really strike a free trade deal with the EU in 2020?

The prime minister has ruled out extending a post-Brexit transition period beyond December 2020.

13/11/2019

Ireland

Euroviews. Brexit Britain's mistakes over Ireland will come back to haunt it in US-UK trade talks ǀ View

Britain's miscalculations over Ireland in the Brexit process will come back to haunt it in the pro-Ireland halls of power in Washington.

01/11/2019

World News

Euroviews. The EU should be leading this new era of FTAs, shaping new standards and spurring on growth ǀ View

European consumers and businesses stand to benefit from Free Trade Agreements (FTAs). That is why the EU should seek to lead this new era by setting global standards for bilateral trade deals.

24/10/2019

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Hyperloop ambitions, African free trade and licensing online influencers

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Is hyperloop transportation's next frontier? The African Free Trade deal and licensing online influencers

30/08/2019

Europe News

G7: diplomatic detentes and mixed messages

Our political editor Darren McCaffrey looks at the outcome of the G7.

27/08/2019

World News

The Brief: Australia optimistic over potential of EU trade deal

Canberra and Brussels began talks in May 2018 and both sides of the negotiating table have clear demands.

13/08/2019

World News

EU-Mercosur deal: Is the agreement a threat to European agriculture?

Twenty years after negotiations began, the European Union and the South American trade bloc Mercosur reached a free-trade agreement on Friday, but farmers have raised concerns

03/07/2019

World News

EU and Vietnam sign "ambitious" free trade deal

The European Union signed a landmark free trade deal with Vietnam on Sunday, the first of its kind with a developing country in Asia.

30/06/2019

Europe News

Pompeo says current US-Europe trade deal is 'not fair'

Relations between Europe and the U.S. are “excellent” but current trade terms are “not fair” to America, Mike Pompeo said.

03/06/2019

World

Trump announces 5% tariffs on Mexico in response to migrants

President Donald Trump announced on Twitter that he is placing a 5% tariff on all Mexican imports to pressure the country over migrants trying to cross the U.S. border.

31/05/2019

USA

Trump says US will impose 5% tariff on all Mexican goods

The president says the tariffs will take effect June 10 and will stay until "illegal migrants" stop coming into the country from Mexico.

31/05/2019

World News

US lifts steel and aluminium tariffs on Canada and Mexico

The tariffs were imposed in 2018 after Donald Trump said cheap steel in the United States posed a national security threat

18/05/2019

World News

Euroviews. Despite our Brexit differences, we must work together for the common good ǀ View

It is in our mutual interest to make a success of the Brexit negotiations and rescue a deal that will allow us to continue to trade and work together as closely as we have before.

29/03/2019