Trade UK

Analysis finds unusual gains for Northern Ireland, the only UK region still able to trade goods barrier-free with the EU.

Berlin diminished by Merkel’s retirement and frustration over Ukraine war policies.

A cost of living squeeze and a bruising battle over oil have made EU leaders wary.

To win approval of new sanctions, EU leaders give Budapest a pass.

Diplomats make progress but leaders will decide whether to endorse broad statement backing exemption for oil pipelines.

List of 50 eligible universities only includes 3 institutions in the EU.

As Russian troops grind through Donbas, EU nations bicker over technicalities of an oil embargo.

Talks will continue before leaders gather in Brussels, as countries push for a deal to ban Putin’s oil.

Partygate has seemingly chipped away at the Tories’ hard-won electoral success behind the ‘Red Wall,’ YouGov survey indicates.

Ukraine asks Britain for further military support in order to unblock ports.

Advocacy groups say they’re ‘appalled’ by UN human rights chief’s performance in Xinjiang.

Plan could allow Budapest and others to keep buying Russian oil from pipelines, with a ban only on deliveries by ship.

‘Beijing’s vision would move us away from the universal values that have sustained so much of the world’s progress,’ the secretary of State said.

Here are some of the options that have been floated to get Viktor Orbán to back the EU’s latest sanctions plan.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is pushing EU countries to strengthen trade links around the world.

Until its future border plans are in place, the UK will have to trust that goods coming in from the EU meet current standards. 

New Prime Minister Anthony Albanese can make peace with Emmanuel Macron and get trade talks with the EU back on course.

A deal to allow developing countries to manufacture vaccines is being attacked from all sides.

Irish premier calls Jeffrey Donaldson’s refusal to let the Northern Ireland Assembly function ‘unheard of in the democratic world.’

Micheál Martin says London’s unilateral approach ignores what made the 1998 breakthrough possible.

Washington is expected to respond with passive-aggression if London goes it alone on post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi takes aim at UK over stance on Northern Ireland protocol.

No Horizon funding will go to British researchers until the Northern Ireland protocol row is fixed.

The move consolidates trade scrutiny commitments lawmakers first called for in 2021 and follows several shifts of position by Boris Johnson’s government.