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Abbott: EU Stymies Free Trade with Outsiders
January 11, 2017
In the foreword for a report by UK politicians, former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott calls for Britain to take advantage of its decision to break with the "protectionist" policies of the EU by signing a free trade agreement with Australia and other "economically advanced Commonwealth countries."
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Lord King: UK Should Leave EU "Single Market"
January 05, 2017
Former Bank of England Governor Lord King has asserted that Britain's impending departure from the EU offers "real opportunities" for economic reform and that the UK should make leaving the bloc's "single market" part of its plans for Brexit.
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Polish Leader: Brexit Should Spur Return of Sovereignty
January 05, 2017
Reuters reports that Jaroslaw Kaczynski, head of the governing party in Poland, has asserted that the departure of the UK from the EU provides an opportunity for EU members to develop a new treaty returning power to national governments, making clear that the bloc is "an association of national states," and providing for "far-reaching deregulation."
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ECJ Official: EU Members Must Ratify Singapore Trade Deal
January 05, 2017
Bloomberg reports that, in a warning sign to UK officials who wish to negotiate a comprehensive trade agreement with the EU following Brexit, an Advocate-General of the Court of Justice of the EU has issued an opinion finding that all EU member states must approve a trade deal with Singapore before it becomes effective.
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UK Policy Shifts Toward Leaving ECtHR
January 04, 2017
The Telegraph reports that sources within UK Prime Minister Theresa May's government have indicated her plans to include in her party's platform for the 2020 general election a pledge to withdraw from the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).
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