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UK Officials Seek Departure from EU Fisheries Policy
April 18, 2018
The Telegraph reports that Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson and UK Environment Secretary Michael Gove have issued a statement calling on the British Government to make clear that the country will be leaving the EU's common fisheries policy and become a "fully functioning coastal state" when it leaves the bloc.
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Bromund: EU Political Factors Tie up Brexit Deal
April 18, 2018
Ted Bromund of the Heritage Foundation explains why one of the largest obstacles to a deal between the UK and EU on the terms of Brexit is that the EU institutions are not motivated by economic rationality but rather by political factors that militate against helping Britain succeed as an independent nation.
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Austrian Leader Seeks EU Border Security Focus
April 17, 2018
Reuters reports that Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has pledged to use his country's term holding the rotating presidency of the EU to emphasize border security of the bloc and move away from mandatory refugee resettlement policies that have rankled Eastern EU member states.
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UK Denies EC Estimate on Unpaid Customs Duty
April 17, 2018
The BBC reports that the UK government has rejected an estimate from the European Commission (EC) that Britain owes 2.7 billion euros in "unpaid customs duty" to the EU over shoes and textiles imported from China, potentially setting up a legal complaint from the EC before the Court of Justice of the EU.
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UK Official Pushes for EU Deal on Financial Services
April 17, 2018
UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond has warned that the British Government could reject any post-Brexit trade deal that does not include provisions for access to financial services, asserting that excluding this area would not result in a "fair and balanced deal."
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