The latest Brexit snafu has seen the Amazon Partnered Carrier Programme UPS service hitting problems with customs clearance due to paperwork not being correct. This has led to the temporary suspension of all UK EU shipments until further notice.
Amazon is preparing to remove some products for sale to NI customers as a result of the Irish Sea border.
Amazon halts alcohol sales in Northern Ireland and prepares to de-list more products due to new Brexit customs rules
26/01/2021
Amazon has stopped selling wines, beers and spirits to its customers in Northern Ireland as it wrestles with new customs rules post-Brexit.
Pricewatch: Shoppers waiting weeks for deliveries despite buying from Irish domains.
150,000 British sellers on Amazon and other online marketplaces hit by Brexit charges [2 mins]
19/01/2021
Awesome Books isn’t finding Brexit very awesome.
Amazon has told its marketplace sellers that parcels going from GB to Northern Ireland will need a customs declaration from April.
Sky, Amazon, Netflix and BT Sport lose right to let UK viewers automatically watch all content after Brexit transition.
Hugo Boss and Zalando suspend NI deliveries
21/12/2020
Some online retailers are suspending delivery to Northern Ireland.
Amazon has written to Irish and EU customers of its "co.uk" website to inform them of changes in light of Brexit.
Changes coming to Amazon’s European fulfilment services when the Brexit transition period ends on 31 December will have a significant impact on many UK and EU sellers.
Explosive leaked trade papers show NHS, chlorinated chicken already on table in US trade talks
27/11/2019
'Trade campaigners have welcomed the release of leaked papers detailing trade talks between the Trump administration and British government officials, which show the US government pushing Britain into as hard a Brexit as possible because they see this as the best way of benefitting the US economy. This comes at the expense of standards, protections and livelihoods in Britain.'
Trump administration threatens UK with tariffs if Boris Johnson imposes taxes on tech giants
21/01/2020
Digital services levy due to be imposed on web-based firms like Facebook and Amazon from April.
A post-Brexit deal should make it easier to build supermarkets, avoid tax and sue the UK, US business lobbyists say.
France and Ireland say they will not ratify a huge trade deal with South American nations unless Brazil does more to fight fires in the Amazon.
Brazil’s handling of forest fires set to top agenda of G7 countries at meeting in Biarritz this weekend
Amazon fire: Ireland threatens to block EU trade deal with Latin American states if Brazil doesn’t ‘honour environmental commitments’
23/08/2019
'There is no way Ireland will vote for the EU-Mercosur agreement if Brazil does not honour its environmental commitments' Leo Varadkar said.
Trump administration ‘tells Boris Johnson to drop tax on tech giants’ to secure trade deal
04/08/2019
The Trump administration has made it clear to Boris Johnson that any post-Brexit US-UK free trade deal would rely on Britain dropping plans to tax large American tech firms, according to reports.
European commission looks at tax rules after report reveals tech firms pay less than half the tax of traditional companies.
Commission also says it plans to take Irish government to European court of justice over failure to collect €13bn from Apple.
Investigation into possible anti-competitive behaviour is likely to spark US anger.
Disorderly exit from EU 'may temporarily prevent cross-border trade' tech giant tells small firm.