Category: International trade

US to pressure UK to import high-quality American meat in Trump trade deal

US industry ready to drop demand to export chlorinated chicken and hormone-fed beef in move set to anger British farmersThe United States is expected to push Britain to allow tariff-free access to high-quality American meat as...

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Reeves to pledge closer EU ties in pivot from post-Brexit ‘division and chaos’

First speech by UK chancellor to eurozone finance ministers since 2020 will promise ‘business-like’ approach to relationsRachel Reeves plans to end the UK’s “fractious” post-Brexit accord with the...

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Starmer aims to build ‘pragmatic and serious relationship’ in meeting with Xi

Prime minister wants bilateral at G20 to lead to closer ties with China, which he sees as key to faster growthKeir Starmer will become the first UK prime minister in six years to meet the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, promising...

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Trump tariffs would halve UK growth and push up prices, says thinktank

NIESR warns Republican nominee’s protectionist policies, including against Britain, would harm domestic economyUK growth would be halved in the event Donald Trump wins the US presidential race and imposes the swingeing new...

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IMF warns Trump trade tariffs could dent global economy

New report upgrades outlook for UK economy with growth now forecast at 1.1% rather than 0.7%While the IMF is upbeat about global growth it knows where dangers lurkThe International Monetary Fund has warned the trade tariffs...

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Government to seek global trade deals for UK at expense of formal EU re-entry

Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds says joining Asia-Pacific CPTPP bloc is a ‘real win’ for exporters, even though it will preclude the UK from EU membershipThe business and trade secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, has...

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UK food industry says lack of testing capacity forcing imports back to EU for checks

Trade bodies blame lack of lab facilities at Brexit border posts for longer delays and shorter shelf life of foodImported food coming into the UK through Brexit border posts is being sent back to Europe to be tested due to a...

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