The International Trade Secretary also explains what his department can do before Britain’s formal departure from the EU.
The President finally looked as if he were spending a little time on policy and wooing American allies in Eastern Europe. Then…
Our new report argues that the Government must focus on security, climate change, human rights, and other shared international agendas and challenges.
Imagining otherwise does nobody any good.
The Union has already signed up to an FTA) with Canada. Surely we should be able to agree a similar deal for the UK – if not one substantially deeper.
This is because in order to maximise opportunities, we must have control over our tariff schedules and our domestic regulation.
EU leaders are caught between the Islamic Republic’s atrocious record and the allure of its oil. We must take a stronger stance.
The British economy is already strong, and leaving the customs union will open the door to even broader horizons.
The first article in our new mini-series studies the lie of the economic land – and the implications of Brexit.
The Northern Irish border and much of the Irish economy hinges on a deep partnership with the UK which will struggle to straddle the EU frontier.
Our current, paper-based system loses billions in missed customs duties and manpower-intensive controls. Hammond is right to see what new technology can do.
We simply don’t know yet what outcome could command a broad consensus. Everything short of no deal and remaining in the EU should be kept on the table.
Detoxifying the Party never meant moving to the left – this year’s manifesto was well to the left economically of anything we advocated.
“We were getting a lot of stories getting back, particularly from Central Europe, where people were saying ‘We’re going to be made second-class citizens’.”
The clock is ticking, and business and the public need to see that the Government is gripping the complexities of the process.