Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab will hold the bloc’s Foreign and Development Ministers’ Meeting which will take place in central London between May 3-5. The COVID-secure event will be the first G7 Foreign Ministers meeting since April 2019 when Dinard and Saint-Malo in
Brexit ‘prize’ is in the trade policy says Shanker Singham But Shanker Singham, academic fellow at the Institute for Economic Affairs (IEA), said in order for such an agreement to work in practice, it would be imperative for India to align with
Liz Truss demands Australia picks up ‘glacially slow’ trade negotiations ahead of crunch meeting this week as allies brand her Canberra counterpart ‘inexperienced’ Liz Truss is set for face-to-face talks with Australian Trade Minister Dan Tehan Talks in London due to start
Dan Tehan, Australia’s trade minister, was given the go-ahead to meet Ms Truss face-to-face in London this week, despite strict Covid travel rules. It is hoped the two sides will make progress in the trade talks, with the UK putting significant pressure
It comes after the Prime Minister branded a number of the EU-ordered checks “absurd” and threatened to rip up the divorce deal if it continues to cause disruption on Northern Ireland. Responding to the earlier remarks, European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic insisted
Florian Philippot, president of France’s Eurosceptic Les Patriots party, heaped praise on the UK and slammed europhile doom-mongers who predicted the country’s apocalyptic demise. Highlighting the trade deals the UK has completed with 67 countries and the EU, he said such a
Boris Johnson has pledged to end the “ludicrous barriers” to internal trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Speaking to BBC NI’s Spotlight for a film on Northern Ireland’s centenary, Mr Johnson made big promises in seeking a resolution to the chaos
She explained: “Deepening our trading relationship with New Zealand will bring the UK a big step closer to joining them in one of the largest trading areas on earth: the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership. “As part of this high-standards
The agreement secures continued preferential trade access between the UK and Serbia, guaranteeing significant savings for business to support jobs and the wider economy. Furthermore it sets out how the two countries will strengthen political, economic, security and cultural ties, and reaffirms
The Prime Minister was hoping to use the trip to help secure a free trade deal with New Delhi. Mr Johnson was originally due to travel to India in January but was forced to postpone his trip due to the second wave