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Barrister: WTO Rules Provide Cushion for “No Deal” Brexit
January 16, 2019
UK barrister Martin Howe QC asserts that Britain’s withdrawal from the EU without an agreement “is not a step into a legal vacuum,” as World Trade Organization (WTO) rules would reduce trade friction between the UK and EU for as long as there is no free trade deal with the bloc.
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AfD Manifesto Includes EU Withdrawal Threat
January 16, 2019
The Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party in Germany has included in its manifesto calls for the abolition of the European Parliament and for Germany to withdraw from the EU if the bloc fails to meet AfD’s demands for reform.
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UK Parliament Votes Down EU Withdrawal Deal
January 15, 2019
The UK Parliament voted today to reject a deal struck by Prime Minister Theresa May and EU negotiators on the terms of Britain’s withdrawal from the bloc, in what the BBC reports was “the largest defeat for a sitting government in history.”
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MPs Outline Alternative EU-UK Brexit Path
January 15, 2019
A group of 23 Conservative Members of the UK Parliament published a press release upon the House of Commons’ rejection of Prime Minister Theresa May’s proposed Brexit deal outlining how the government could proceed with negotiations, by offering the EU a free trade deal and preparing to leave the bloc without a withdrawal agreement at the end of March.
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EU Rejects Time Limit for Brexit Deal “Backstop”
January 15, 2019
The Guardian reports that, prior to the UK Parliament’s rejection of Prime Minister Theresa May’s negotiated withdrawal deal with the EU, the British government published an exchange in which EU leaders turned down proposals to set a time limit for the deal’s “backstop,” under which the UK could be forced to remain indefinitely within EU structures.
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