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EU Members Seek Permission to Block Foreign Acquisitions
August 22, 2017
Reuters reports that, in a potential response to recent acquisitions in Europe by state-owned Chinese companies, the governments of France, Germany, and Italy have sent a letter to EU officials requesting rules bolstering their national authority to prevent foreign corporate takeovers in the bloc.
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Official Suggests UK Join EFTA Court
August 21, 2017
Professor Carl Baudenbacher, President of the Court of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) - a free trade organization containing EU member states, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein - has called on the UK to consider joining the EFTA Court, which relies broadly in their judgments on case law from EU courts, following its departure from the EU.
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UK Declines to Reject Post-Brexit EU Customs Policing
August 21, 2017
Reuters reports that UK finance officials have declined to say whether they would be open in Brexit negotiations to allowing EU customs authorities to oversee the country's goods importation processes as part of a new customs arrangement following Britain's exit from the bloc.
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UK May Accept Lingering Post-Brexit ECJ Jurisdiction
August 21, 2017
The Daily Telegraph reports that UK officials have expressed the government's willingness to subject Britain to the jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) until the end of any post-Brexit transition period, leaving open the possibility that the ECJ may still be resolving British cases as late as the year 2027.
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Czech Republic Sues EU over Gun Directive
August 17, 2017
Reuters reports that the government of the Czech Republic has sued the EU over a recent directive banning some types of semi-automatic firearms and requiring increased registration of other weapons, arguing that such a policy would unnecessarily target hunters and drive many guns to the black market.
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