May’s post-Brexit trade deal suggestion dismissed by Taoiseach BelfastTelegraph.co.uk Ireland’s Taoiseach has dismissed one of Theresa May’s suggestions aimed at winning parliamentary support for her Brexit deal. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/mays-postbrexit-trade-deal-suggestion-dismissed-by-taoiseach-37627345.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/article37627343.ece/65d35/AUTOCROP/h342/bpanews_21c2842e-eef7-4dee-b059-fc5a8611e189_1 Email Ireland’s Taoiseach has dismissed one of Theresa May’s suggestions aimed at winning parliamentary support for her Brexit deal. Leo Varadkar said he could not give Britain a legal assurance around a start date for a post-Brexit trade deal. Such an intervention could help the Prime Minister win over Parliament because it would clarify the date when the Irish border backstop was no longer needed. For us to make a legal commitment to have a done deal at a … [Read more...] about May’s post-Brexit trade deal suggestion dismissed by Taoiseach
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Gibraltar will be included in post-Brexit trade deals: official
London - The British government has "unequivocally confirmed" that Gibraltar would be included in all future deals agreed by to the United Kingdom following Brexit, including trade agreements with the European Union, according to a senior Gibraltar official. Gibraltar Deputy Chief Minister Joseph Garcia's comments in an interview with Al Jazeera came after the issue of Gibraltar was propelled to the top level of Brexit negotiations. This comes following Spain's threat to oppose a deal on the UK's withdrawal from the EU unless it was assured over the disputed peninsula. Garcia also rejected the claim that Spain will be able to exclude Gibraltar from any post-Brexit trade deal. The agreement between British Prime Minister Theresa May and the EU almost fell through at the last minute after opposition from Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. On November 20, he argued that the deal was ambiguous on Gibraltar's future and instead, The … [Read more...] about Gibraltar will be included in post-Brexit trade deals: official
Gove: No lowering of standards for imported food in post-Brexit trade deals
Gove: No lowering of standards for imported food in post-Brexit trade deals BelfastTelegraph.co.uk Trade deals after Brexit will not allow imports of food produced to lower standards than is permitted for British farmers, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Minister Michael Gove has insisted. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/gove-no-lowering-of-standards-for-imported-food-in-postbrexit-trade-deals-37478527.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/article37478526.ece/aa90b/AUTOCROP/h342/bpanews_a3622acc-7bd5-4f57-8f03-e5dd96a1ec10_1 Email Trade deals after Brexit will not allow imports of food produced to lower standards than is permitted for British farmers, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Minister Michael Gove has insisted. Concerns have been raised that UK farmers will be held to environmental and animal welfare rules but will be undercut by imports of cheaper food with lower standards, such as hormone-fed beef or chlorine-washed chicken from the US. … [Read more...] about Gove: No lowering of standards for imported food in post-Brexit trade deals
Donald Trump could scupper post-Brexit trade deals by blocking new WTO judge
Donald Trump could dent our hopes of post-Brexit trade deals today by blocking the appointment of a World Trade Organisation judge. If we crash out with no deal, we revert to WTO rules and the President has been trying to kill off the body because he does not like its restrictions. The WTO needs three judges to handle a dispute and usually has seven. But after US blockings, only four remain. Shree Baboo Chekitan Servansing, of Mauritius, ends his term today and the US is expected to block his reappointment. If one of the remaining three drops out of a case due to conflict of interest, the court cannot operate – meaning we would not be able to finalise any post-Brexit trade deals. Read More Latest Brexit news Labour deputy leader Tom Watson wants Theresa May to either stands up to Mr Trump or rule out a no-deal exit. Shadow Brexit Secretary Keir Starmer said: “The Government still has no credible plan for Brexit. “A ‘no deal’ Brexit is based on a … [Read more...] about Donald Trump could scupper post-Brexit trade deals by blocking new WTO judge
Editorial: It’s not bad that the UK has secured post-Brexit trade deals in Africa; it just doesn’t make much sense
So then, six down and only 753 to go. Theresa May’s announcement that the UK has secured its first “post-Brexit trade deal” with six southern African nations should be, even for the sourest of her critics, good news. Britain will certainly need such deals. The agreement, such as it is, replicates those nations’ existing trade relationships with the EU, rather than breaking any new ground. It has been estimated that there are some 759 such treaties and arrangements with third parties that the UK currently enjoys with various countries through its membership of the EU. Two years after the Brexit referendum, this is as far as the British government has come to renegotiating any of them. It is not so much that Britain is at the back or the front of the queue but rather that its scant international trading efforts haven’t quite made it to joining the queue at all. Laudable as these African efforts are, the UK’s free trade treaties with the far larger … [Read more...] about Editorial: It’s not bad that the UK has secured post-Brexit trade deals in Africa; it just doesn’t make much sense