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Liz Truss today guaranteed hormone-injected beef will remain banned under the terms of the UK s new trade deal with Australia amid fears British farmers will be undercut by cheap foreign imports.
The International Trade Secretary defended the deal offered to Australia and insisted she is fully confident UK farmers will still be able to compete.
She claimed the deal with Canberra will be an overall opportunity for British agriculture because it will open the doors to more markets in the Asia-Pacific region.
UK farmers are concerned the deal will result in the British market being flooded with low-cost Australian beef and lamb produced to lower standards than it is domestically.
Preparing the Malaysian private sector to compete at the highest level
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As it prepares for high-income nationhood, enhancing productivity and innovation has become key to Malaysia’s economic future
With more than a year into the pandemic, there is still some good news: Malaysia’s goal of achieving high income nation status while delayed, can still be achieved. However, with rising debt burdens, the available fiscal space is scarce over the medium term, and the post-pandemic recovery will need to be more heavily driven by the private sector. This situation puts the private sector under the spotlight. Empowering it the right way will help it compete better in both domestic and international markets. And a more competitive private sector will help create jobs, increase incomes, and reduce poverty. So, what will it take to make Malaysia’s private sector more competitive and an engine of growth as the country transitions towards high-income nation status?
Exemptions for immigration and national security purposes need to be clarified
Onward transfers of data to other countries and bulk access to data by law enforcement are also a concern
National authorities should suspend data transfers to the UK in the absence of guarantees
The European Commission should amend its draft decision on UK data protection to ensure EU standards for citizensâ privacy are respected.
In a resolution passed on Friday (344 votes in favour, 311 against and 28 abstaining), MEPs ask the Commission to modify its draft decisions on whether or not UK data protection is adequate and data can safely be transferred there, bringing them in line with the latest EU court rulings and responding to concerns raised by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) in its recent opinions. The EDPB considers that UK bulk access practices, onward transfers and its international agreements need to be clarified further. The resolution states that, if the implementing de
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