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The UK is negotiating bilateral trade deals to come into force once it exits a transition arrangement with the EU.
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How the government scheme to recruit British workers to bring in the harvest fell at the first hurdle.
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the increased spending reflects the need to upgrade military...
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Deadline for trade deal ahead of UK’s year-end departure from EU single market and customs union is...
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Fishing rights have dogged negotiators trying to craft a trade deal for the UK following its EU departure.
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Talks on a trade deal are deadlocked, but European Parliament liberals expect agreement will eventually be reached.
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UK government is due to send letters to 200,000 traders setting out new customs, tax rules as EU trade talks stall.
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The UK wants an EU trade deal like the bloc’s pact with Canada, but talks have stalled before the UK’s final divorce.
Stef Blok, the foreign minister of the Netherlands, discusses continuing global crises.
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EU officials say the two sides will find a way to carry on trade talks beyond UK PM Johnson’s October 15 deadline.
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Two weeks of talks begin as France resists UK bid to replace fishing quotas that London says unfairly favour EU fleets.
If bill becomes law, UK has power to disregard part of withdrawal treaty dealing with Northern Ireland trade.
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As UK mulls bill that changes Brexit terms, presidential hopeful sends warning shot but is warned against ‘lecturing’.
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The FTSE 100 and the FTSE 250 slipped with banking and insurers’ stocks being among the biggest decliners.