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The Northern Ireland protocol has been a point of contention ever since it was implemented. Credit: PA The UK and EU are set for crunch talks with Northern Irelands leaders over mounting tensions that have led to threats of violence around the post-Brexit Irish Sea trade arrangements. First Minister Arlene Foster and senior Democratic Union Party colleagues held discussions with Prime Minister Boris Johnson ahead of the discussions with the EU. Downing Street said they discussed the decision by...

The relationship between the MERCOSUR agreement with the European Union and South American regionalism Click to read this article in English Credit: Adobe Stock Images Note: this piece originally appeared in Portuguese in Revista Relações Exteriores, a Brazilian publication which provides analysis of major international events. Fernando Vieira works as a columnist in the field of political intelligence, macroeconomic analysis, and Brazilian foreign policy. To read the original piece, click he...

Yağmur Ahmet Güldere, Ambassador of Turkey to Ukraine Despite doubts on Turkey-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement, it will strengthen both economies 31.12.2020 14:04 The recent "quadriga" meeting in Kyiv has taken the Ukrainian-Turkish dialogue on international issues and security to a qualitatively new level. Its quite a logical combination, especially taking into account the successes of bilateral cooperation between our countries in defense and military-te...

WSTA draws up Brexit checklist 11th December, 2020 by Melita Kiely The Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) has created an End of Transition Checklist for all UK-based wine and spirits companies as the 31 December Brexit deadline looms. The Brexit transition period will end on 31 December Available to both WSTA members and non-members, the checklist offers advice to spirits firms as the UK exits the Custom’s Union and single market on 1 January. Topics covered include trade agreements, ...

Northern ireland and the european custom union while the rest of the u.k. comes out. it is quite controversial in northern ireland but, and they are repeatedly reminding people about the benefits of brexit. >> as we prepared to get brexit done by october 31st, and it was a high wage and low tax economy with the highest environmental standards. new protections for animal welfare and the best place to invest. >> even if boris johnson does get a deal, im not sure the parliament would vote for it an...

Hard extreme brexit. leaving the single market and single market for goods known as the custom union. but the problem for theresa may in changing her position that she set up strict lines around sovereignty. so if the uk were to stay in the elements of the eu single markets from trade deals with third parties. they cant go to the u.s. and china and major countries and say lets do a bilateral trade deal. these two red lines with the uk says it wants a global britain and a freedom for trade deals....

>> tomorrow president obama will meet with the ukrainian prime minister. what do you want president obama to tell him? >> well, putin here is operating from a position of weakness. i mean, even if he is able to cloud the status of crimea, 95% of ukraine is outside of crimea and he has essentially sealed their fate. they are going to join the eu but can only do that with significant support from the united states and the imf. our focus first and foremost should be solidifying the economy because ...