# trade-deal - Wednesday 10 February, 2021
# Trade Deal
# Trade Deal
The controversial EU-Canada trade deal is to be examined by the EU Affairs Committee.
# trade-deal - Tuesday 29 December, 2020
# Brexiteers
# Brexiteers
They concluded that the agreement ‘preserves the UK’s sovereignty as a matter of law’.
# trade-deal - Monday 28 December, 2020
# Trade Deal
# Trade Deal
Cabinet is expected to meet later today to discuss the deal.
# trade-deal - Thursday 17 December, 2020
# Brexit
# Brexit
US trade representative Robert Lighthizer said he is “hopeful” of an agreement.
# trade-deal - Saturday 12 December, 2020
# Agreement
A decision on the talks should be reached by tomorrow. Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen have both said a no-deal outcome is likely. The UK and EU have "not yet found the solutions" to differences on fisheries, von der Leyen said.
# trade-deal - Sunday 6 December, 2020
# Brexplainer
# Brexplainer
Why have things flared up this weekend, and are we actually close to an EU-UK trade deal ?
# trade-deal - Thursday 22 October, 2020
# Endgame
# Endgame
The key issues of contention remain fishing rights, the governance of any deal and the “level playing field” aimed at preventing unfair competition.
# trade-deal - Wednesday 21 October, 2020
# Clock Is Ticking
# Clock Is Ticking
The transition period in which to agree a trade deal between the EU and UK ends on 31 December.
# trade-deal - Friday 16 October, 2020
# Brexit Trade Deal
# Brexit Trade Deal
The Taoiseach has emphasised the importance of securing an agreement on fisheries if there was to be an overall trade deal .
# trade-deal - Wednesday 30 September, 2020
# Checks
# Checks
Brandon Lewis committed to a ‘slimmed-down Finance Bill’ later this year.
# trade-deal - Friday 11 September, 2020
# Timing
# Timing
The news comes as the EU is threatening legal action over the UK reneging on its commitments made in the Brexit withdrawal agreement.
# trade-deal - Monday 15 June, 2020
# Brexit
# Brexit
European Council chief Charles Michel said the EU would not be pressured into buying a “pig in a poke”.
# Boris Johnson
# Boris Johnson
The high level meeting will take place by video conference as the clock counts down on the transition period.
# trade-deal - Sunday 7 June, 2020
# Brexit
# Brexit
The NI First Minister said she wants to see a trade deal agreed.
# trade-deal - Friday 29 May, 2020
# Brexit
# Brexit
The UK government has said it will not request an extension to the transition period – and will reject any such request from the EU.
# trade-deal - Sunday 23 February, 2020
# Trade Deal
# Trade Deal
George Eustice also defended the Government’s new immigration system after businesses raised fears of a shortage of workers.
# Trade Negotiations
# Trade Negotiations
Britain and the EU are about to embark on negotiations aiming to hammer out a trade agreement by the end of December.
# trade-deal - Sunday 2 February, 2020
# Brexit
# Brexit
Boris Johnson is prepared to accept a trade deal akin to a no-deal arrangement from the European Union.
# trade-deal - Friday 31 January, 2020
# Britain
# Britain
He also said there will be no discussions on a trade deal if there is not a ‘level playing field’.
# trade-deal - Tuesday 7 January, 2020
# Trade Deal
# Trade Deal
Boris Johnson does not want the Brexit transition period extended beyond December 2020, but Ireland and Europe have said this may not be realistic.
# trade-deal - Tuesday 31 December, 2019
# Negotiations
# Negotiations
The truce offers Chinese President Xi Jinping breathing space as he faces a slowing economy and political trouble in Hong Kong.
# trade-deal - Friday 27 December, 2019
# Ursula Von Der Leyen
# Ursula Von Der Leyen
“I am very worried given the little time we have,” Ursula von der Leyen said.
# trade-deal - Friday 13 December, 2019
# Phase One
# Phase One
The deal includes a progressive rollback of tariffs and the protection of intellectual property rights.
# trade-deal - Friday 1 November, 2019
# Brexit Deal
# Brexit Deal
Trump also launched an attack on opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn last night.
# trade-deal - Wednesday 14 August, 2019
# Accord-ing To Nancy
# Accord-ing To Nancy
Pelosi said the Good Friday Agreement needed to be protected, and was “a beacon of hope for the entire world”.
# trade-deal - Thursday 11 July, 2019
# Sinn Féin Motion
# Sinn Féin Motion
Fianna Fáil voted against the Mercosur deal.
# trade-deal - Monday 1 July, 2019
# Explainer
# Explainer
The so-called Mercosur deal has been met with celebrations and opposition on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
# trade-deal - Sunday 30 June, 2019
# Mercosur
# Mercosur
The deal with hit the Irish beef sector.
# trade-deal - Friday 28 June, 2019
# Mercosur
# Mercosur
The EU and the South American trade bloc Mercosur today sealed a hugely significant trade deal .
# trade-deal - Tuesday 5 March, 2019
# US
# US
Certain products from the two countries will no longer be imported to the US duty-free.
# trade-deal - Friday 28 September, 2018
# Trade Deal
# Trade Deal
The plan will put pressure on Theresa May ahead of the Conservative Party conference.
# trade-deal - Monday 27 August, 2018
# Trade Deal
# Trade Deal
Negotiators have been working for weeks to iron out differences to revise the nearly 25-year old North American Free Trade Agreement.
# trade-deal - Tuesday 17 July, 2018
# Trade Deal
# Trade Deal
The “landmark” EU-Japan deal creates a massive economic zone.
# trade-deal - Saturday 20 January, 2018
# Trade Deal
# Trade Deal
He warned that it could only happen if it accept the single market preconditions.
# trade-deal - Thursday 6 July, 2017
# trade-deal - Thursday 27 April, 2017
# Nafta
# Nafta
The announcement came after reports in US media that Trump was considering giving formal notice of pulling the United States out.
# trade-deal - Tuesday 22 November, 2016
# Not Down With Tpp
# Not Down With Tpp
The US president-elect has had a busy night.
# trade-deal - Saturday 29 October, 2016
# Trade Deal
# Trade Deal
“The Irish government is the chief cheerleader for this trade agenda,” writes Matt Carthy, who firmly believes it is doing Irish people a disservice.
# trade-deal - Saturday 20 August, 2016
# Don't Look
# Don't Look
The issue of the documentation was raised by MEP Luke Ming Flanagan in May, after he was not allowed make notes at a reading room set up in Brussels.
# trade-deal - Wednesday 29 June, 2016
# Tpp
# Tpp
He also called for the return of waterboarding in the fight against Islamic State.
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