Competition commissioner sees agreement with Canada as model but says deal with Brexit UK would be different
CANZUK: An EU for Canada?
13/03/2018
The press is fascinated by a gimmicky idea also involving Britain, Australia, and New Zealand.
So is there a business case for CANZUK as a primary relationship for any of these four countries? Let’s look at where our potential partners currently sell goods and services.
UK plan to trade with Commonwealth nations after Brexit is 'utter b**locks', former Australian PM says
12/03/2019
'For Britain’s economic self-interest, as well as the wider political interests of the western community of nations, Britain should remain in the EU', Kevin Rudd argues
Cabinet secretary Sir Mark Sedwill says emergency contingency plans are needed.
Politicians have been bickering about Brexit for the past two years, but everything that has happened so far is just figuring out how we leave the EU - we still have to sort out what kind of relationship we have once we have actually left.
It has been described as “the most ambitious” and progressive trade deal ever signed by the EU, but what does CETA do? The historic agreement was signed into law in September 2017 by the EU and Canada, after years of negotiation and a protest campaign.
The EU has in place, or is negotiating, trade agreements with countries and regions around the world.
EU's Guy Verhofstadt attacks Boris Johnson for 'false promises, pseudo-patriotism, and foreigner bashing' over Brexit
27/06/2019
European Parliament Brexit chief says likely next prime minister is 'a man who continues to dissemble, exaggerate, and disinform the public about Brexit'.
Boris Johnson’s Big Lie - Guy Verhofstadt
26/06/2019
While Boris Johnson, the likely successor to British Prime Minister Theresa May, takes his country down a path of diminished trade, the European Union is negotiating one of the largest free-trade agreements in the world. One really has to wonder what the "buccaneering" Brexiteers have to complain about.
Canada Is Refusing To Roll Over Its EU Trade Agreement For The UK If There's A No-Deal Brexit
02/07/2019
The decision not to “roll over” the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) if the UK abandons its withdrawal agreement with Brussels is a huge blow to Britain's hopes of maintaining continuity in a no-deal Brexit and could severely impact businesses that sell goods to the Canadian market.
Canada 'hedging their bets' on trade agreement with UK while they wait to see how Brexit turns out
03/07/2019
Labour has warned that UK exporters risk being frozen out of key markets after a no-deal Brexit, after international trade secretary Liam Fox admitted that talks on rolling over an EU trade deal with Canada have stalled.
Andrew Percy attacks ‘cack-handed’ move to scrap import tariffs if UK crashes out in October – triggering Ottawa’s refusal to ‘roll over’ existing EU deal.
Ex-cabinet minister says there's no point in striking a bilateral trade deal at this point.
World View: Suggestion that likes of US, Australia offer alternative to EU is fantasy. / If the success of a political idea turns on its power to instil hope or optimism in its adherents, then, in its early years, Brexit was a colossal failure.
Open letter from group representing 4m western firms outlines ‘grave concerns’.
Senior Tories insist Brexit deal would not scupper US trade agreement after shock Trump intervention
01/11/2019
'We can’t make a trade deal with the UK,' says US president.
The investigation found that the firm violated both the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and the provincial Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA).
How much longer can the United Kingdom and the United States continue to be part of the Five Eyes alliance under their current governments?
EU negotiator signals future relationship negotiations are on course for acrimonious start.