Shortly after the United Kingdom formally submitted its letter formally notifying the EU on Wednesday (29 March 2017) that it was withdrawing from the bloc, the member states and the EU Commission set out the EU27’s view on what are the next steps. A leaked European Parliament resolution on Brexit …
UK-EU negotiations
Brexit: UK ties security to trade agreement – seeks “bold and ambitious” FTA
The United Kingdom’s has set out on Wednesday (29 March 2017) the country’s key priorities for the coming two-year negotiations with the EU towards its withdrawal from the trade and political bloc it has been party to for more than forty years. In her letter to Donald Tusk, the president of the …
Blog: recommended reading – Brexit reports
As everyone awaits the triggering of Article 50 by the UK on Wednesday (29 March 2017), the number of ‘Brexit and trade with the EU’-related reports produced by think tanks and other organisations is on the rise. It’s hard to keep the count – and to keep up with the reading. …
Brexit: Barnier sees transition deal with UK
Michel Barnier has given a few further hints on how he sees the negotiations with Britain unfolding over the country’s exit from the EU in a speech at the European Parliament on Wednesday (22 March 2017). This speech occurs a few days before Britain is expected to trigger its …
David Davis House of Commons hearing: excerpts
We’ve listened into the lengthy hearing of the United Kingdom’s Secretary for Exiting the EU David Davis held on Wednesday (15 March 2017) at the House of Commons in Westminster. The hearing comes days ahead of the planned triggering of the UK’s EU withdrawal process. Below some soundbites. The hearing …
Paper: A good Brexit deal in two years is doable
A new paper by a former EU trade negotiator released by the think tank Friends of Europe argues that a Brexit that also includes a trade deal while respecting both sides’ red lines is doable in two years. The first priority however will be to secure the rights of the …
MEPs see scope for change in EU trade negotiation positions post Brexit
The European Parliament’s trade committee has undertaken a first appraisal of the possible effects of the United Kingdom’s departure from the EU on the EU’s common commercial policy. MEPs see some changes ahead in the politics of the EU27 bilateral and multilateral trade negotiations and also want the EU to …
UK heading out of Single Market
We still don’t know much about what the shape the United Kingdom’s planned exit from the EU will take. But we start knowing clearly in which direction London intends to head. Theresa May’s speech at the Conservative Party Convention on Sunday (2 October 2016) indicates that hardline advocates for leaving …
In brief: This week’s Brexit update
The British government has started working on its self-appointed task to leave the EU. Many have chided, mocked and criticised the government for having “no plan”. Now it is working on it. After a first cabinet meeting held by Theresa May on Wednesday, we start having some indications of where this …
Brexit: who will run key trade functions in Whitehall
This summer, the contours of the ministries who will run Britain’s process of leaving the EU – the Department for Exiting the European Union, and the country’s nascent trade policy, the Department for International Trade , have appeared, as senior management positions were filled. Below some people to watch who could end up havingt …
