"Hard facts rarely support the argument, common in the domestic fishing industry, that leaving the EU will somehow liberate the seas around the UK for the exclusive use of English and Scots vessels."
Country’s claim that meat exports are suffering wins support from 14 countries.
Brussels rules out 'mutual recognition' of regulations between EU and UK ahead of talks.
Brussels warns Boris Johnson's timeline for agreeing a free trade deal is 'just not possible'
16/01/2020
EU trade commissioner Phil Hogan also issues warning over goods and tariffs.
‘Prepare for the worst’ EU officials tell business after Sajid Javid’s FT interview.
UK will lose market access if it ditches Brussels regulations, says EU chief Von der Leyen
22/01/2020
The UK’s access to the single market will be weakened if it does not continue to sign up to EU rules after Brexit, Ursula von der Leyen has said.
Brussels firms up position and bloc’s unity before tough talks on future relationship with UK.
Pascal Canfin says UK’s zero tariff demands will be rejected, amid conflicting messages.
EU rules will still affect UK but Britain will have no say in setting them.
Non-alignment with EU will mean ‘extra processes’ and not frictionless trade.
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen pointed out that even Australia wants a better trading relationship with the bloc than the one it currently has.
UK dismisses EU call for its trawlers to continue operating in UK waters.
Industry leaders fear trading will be harder and more costly without comprehensive deal.
UK fishermen started the year in buoyant mood believing EU quotas would soon be scrapped. But coronavirus has dampened spirits. With Europe — their biggest market — in lockdown, the industry faces oblivion.
EU negotiator expresses frustrations at UK refusal to discuss key issues of transition. / Michel Barnier has suggested the UK is running down the clock in talks over the future trade and security relationship with the EU.
Chief negotiator Michel Barnier warns of "serious difficulties" and accuses Britain of failing to engage on subjects laid out in the withdrawal agreement.
AmCham EU [American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union] publishes its cross-sectoral position on the EU-UK future relationship
28/04/2020
"While it is clear that ambitions have changed with respect to the past, AmCham EU calls on negotiators to seek an ambitious and comprehensive future partnership. We support a deal comprising zero tariffs, zero quotas, and zero barriers. Any deal should maintain regulatory alignment where possible ..."
Cabinet office minister drops 'no compromise' stance, saying: 'If that is the price that we have to pay, then there we go'
A TOP EU official has hit out at the UK Government for making proposals about Brexit talks before a key meeting next month.
NZ ready to get heavy with the UK [re CPTPP]
18/06/2020
New Zealand now stands between the United Kingdom and its hopes of entering the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement (CPTPP).
International trade secretary tells PM and chancellor plans risk smuggling and damage to UK reputation.
For some weeks the British government has been planning a “shock and awe” campaign to warn British businesses that they have less than six months to prepare for Brexit; but the EU has beaten them to it.
An EU official has urged Boris Johnson to take the ‘unique and highly attractive’ offer it has made to the UK which it says has never been offered to any country before.
East Anglia’s sugar beet farmers fear an “unjustified and unnecessary” new zero-tariff quota on imported cane sugar could expose them to unfair competition from less-regulated overseas growers.