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Date Time Designating PRC and Hong Kong Officials after Widespread Pro-Democracy Arrests in Hong Kong Today, the United States is designating six PRC and Hong Kong officials in connection with the draconian National Security Law (NSL), pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13936, “The President’s Executive Order on Hong Kong Normalization.” On January 6, Hong Kong authorities arrested more than 50 people in an appalling crackdown on pro-democracy politicians and activists who were trying to ...

STEPHEN GLOVER: Pangolin barbs from Boris Johnson wont stop China treating us with scorn  By Stephen Glover for the Daily Mail 01:01 14 Jan 2021, updated 01:01 14 Jan 2021 47 shares comments At the turn of the 20th century, the question that most preoccupied British policymakers was: What do we do about Germany? The answer turned out to be two world wars, the collapse of British power and the rise of two new superpowers — the Soviet Union and the Unite...

Advertisement Protestors demonstrate against Brexit CREDIT: Getty Images It is claimed that the UK refused to discuss both long and short term mobility, including a reciprocal commitment to visa-free short-stay travel and a joint list of paid activity exemptions. The EU had offered visa-free and 90 days in every 180-day period in their draft agreement last March. The UK later offered a deal of musicians being visa-free for the much shorter period of 30 days under “mode 4” commitments with...

Vietnam Briefiing highlights the UK Vietnam free trade agreement (UKVFTA) and examines areas of differences between the FTA and the EVFTA

Tej Patel, Partner and Regulatory Practice Lead at Capco, comments on the continued uncertainty facing UK-based financial services firms post-Brexit.

This week, we saw the release of the official government “Report on the Recent Community and Political Situation in Hong Kong.” It concluded: "It is the common aspiration of the Central Authorities [in Beijing], the [Hong Kong Special... They are not looking for someone else to bring into implementation those promises. They are saying “we are the generation which has grown up after the handover in 1997.” Some of them were only a few years old, but they are looking to a future an...

Dominic Raab previously said Wednesday’s detention of more than 50 activists represented a “grievous attack” on the territory’s rights and…

Dominic Raab previously said Wednesday’s detention of more than 50 activists represented a “grievous attack” on the territory’s rights and…

Dominic Raab previously said Wednesday’s detention of more than 50 activists represented a “grievous attack” on the territory’s rights and…

Dominic Raab previously said Wednesday’s detention of more than 50 activists represented a “grievous attack” on the territory’s rights and…