UK is close to giving up hope of striking post-Brexit trade deal with EU as Boris Johnson runs down the clock to his July deadline UK government assumes there will not be a post-Brexit trade deal by December Boris Johnson expects to trade with EU on WTO terms after transition period UK is currently bound … Read more
How Russians worked to get LABOUR elected: Moscow hackers ‘almost certainly’ spread leaked documents on US-UK trade talks that were used by Jeremy Corbyn during campaign Government says Russians involved in spreading leaked material during election Documents on US-UK trade talks were used by Jeremy Corbyn as an attack line He claimed they showed the … Read more
The Duke of Cambridge encouraged the international community to come together to end the illegal wildlife trade for good, in a virtual meeting of the United for Wildlife Taskforces and leading conservation organisations today. Prince William, 38, admitted that 2020 had taken an unexpected ‘heart-breaking course’ as he took part in his first webinar, and … Read more
Irish PM Micheal Martin warned of the need for ‘urgent’ progress in Brexit trade talks today as pressure mounts on Michel Barnier to climb down on key demands. Mr Martin, who recently took over from Leo Varadkar, said there had been ‘some progress’ but called for an ‘injection of momentum’. In an apparently message to … Read more
The UK’s largest animal welfare charity has warned that the new Trade and Agriculture Commission is a ‘Trojan horse’ that risks undermining the nation’s world-leading farm and food standards. Giving its backing to The Mail on Sunday’s Save Our Family Farms campaign, the RSPCA criticised the Government’s failure to guarantee that the UK’s tough welfare … Read more
Cancer warning over US pork imports that will flood Britain under a trade deal – as experts say taking the antibiotic used to treat pigs off the market will ‘reduce the lifetime risk’ to consumers More than 60m pigs in the US are treated every year with the carbadox antibiotic FDA warned eating pork treated … Read more
A man who was photographed in a famous photo of terrified New Yorkers fleeing the smoke and debris of the falling World Trade Center as it tumbled to the ground on September 11, 2001, has died of coronavirus, his family said. Stephen Cooper, an electrical engineer from New York, who lived part-time in the Delray … Read more
Revealed: UK’s plan to lobby for free global trade outside the EU as Brexit looms Britain will lobby for low tariffs and greater powers for the WTO, sources say Britain is still bound by most of the EU rules until December 31 By Dan Atkinson For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:31 BST, 4 July … Read more
Face-to-face talks on a UK-EU post-Brexit trade deal end EARLY with negotiator David Frost saying there are ‘significant differences that still remain’ First face-to-face talks since coronavirus struck were due to conclude tomorrow But UK chief negotiator David Frost revealed they had finished this afternoon He said talks ‘underlined the significant differences that still remain’ … Read more
Labour ex-Cabinet minister Lord Mandelson bids to become next head of the World Trade Organisation saying the system ‘needs fixing’ as Downing Street lines up Liam Fox as a rival candidate Tony Blair’s ex-political fixer set out his stall to become new director general He said global trade was ‘is not in good health and … Read more