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UK Plans Post-Brexit Replication of Trade Regime
January 25, 2017
The UK's UN Ambassador in Geneva, Julian Braithwaite, has announced his government's plans to minimize any chance of objections at the World Trade Organization to Britain's trade policy as it departs the EU by, as far as possible, transposing the EU's existing trade arrangements with other countries into UK law.
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Official Pushes Back on UK Immigration Variations
January 25, 2017
The BBC reports that UK Home Secretary Amber Rudd has signaled her opposition to calls from Scottish politicians to permit Scotland to maintain a separate immigration policy from the rest of the UK after the country leaves the EU, arguing that fracturing the policy would hurt the integrity of the British immigration system and reduce the flexibility of employers.
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UK-US Leaders Plan Meeting on Post-Brexit Trade
January 25, 2017
The Telegraph reports that British Prime Minister Theresa May will be the first foreign leader to visit US President Donald Trump following his inauguration ceremonies to discuss building on US-UK working group conversations to form a free trade deal between the countries after the UK leaves the EU.
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EU Institutions Retain Separation from Democratic Upheaval
January 25, 2017
An article by Tim King in Politico illustrates how the election of Italian politician Antonio Rajani as President of the European Parliament, while showing some responsiveness to euroskeptic concerns, is still a reflection of the EU institutions' continued insulation from nationalist forces seeking to wrest sovereignty back from the supranational bloc.
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German Official Warns UK on Post-Brexit Tax Cuts
January 24, 2017
Warning that the country must respect agreements on tax policy made in international fora such as the G20 group of countries, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble called on UK Prime Minister Theresa May to step back from assertions that she would consider setting "competitive tax rates" to attract business to Britain upon exiting the EU.
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