Britain still needs post-Brexit deals - but has the EU moved on?

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/nov/18/britain-still-needs-post-brexit-deals-but-has-the-eu-moved-on

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was in Northern Ireland and then met with his own lawmakers on Tuesday to sell his new deal with the European Union to ease post-Brexit trade, a measure he hopes will finally break the political deadlock in the province.

Source: https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/02/28/sunak-in-belfast-to-start-selling-his-new-brexit-deal/

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has said he would like to see a successful resolution to his party’s negotiations with the Government over the post-Brexit trade impasse within weeks.

Source: https://jerseyeveningpost.com/morenews/uknews/2023/10/12/donaldson-hopes-for-resolution-to-trade-border-impasse-talks-within-weeks/

FSB led the call for ‘Making an Enhanced Economic Zone’, initially through paper published in 2018 that set out a vision to capitalise on the new post-Brexit situation.

Source: https://www.newsletter.co.uk/business/despite-political-instability-and-numerous-talks-processes-the-northern-ireland-business-community-has-remained-resilient-4090252

He said at the time that EU-UK talks on renegotiating the Northern Ireland Protocol – arrangements that outline post-Brexit trade arrangements for the region – had reached a sensitive stage.

Source: https://www.ardrossanherald.com/news/national/23774843.believe-will-united-ireland-lifetime-varadkar-says/?ref=rss

In recent weeks, Mr. Sunak has strengthened his leadership position, agreeing with the European Union on a new deal on post-Brexit trade rules and smoothing relations with President Emmanuel Macron of France.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/22/world/europe/boris-johnson-inquiry-uk-parliament.html

In the last survey, around three quarters of Scottish farmers interviewed said they had a sceptical or pessimistic view of how the industry would look post-Brexit.

Source: https://www.northern-times.co.uk/news/largest-ever-survey-of-scottish-farming-set-to-commence-317485/

In the UK this strategy may be working if statistics on the post-Brexit immigration of skilled workers are a guide.

Source: https://www.ft.com/content/b1b710a1-6d12-43e5-8508-ae4584a7289a

MVenus said: "The brunt of the labour shortages caused by the post-Brexit exodus of EU labour (over half a million employees) are in nursing, hospitality, agriculture, construction, transport and the care-home sectors.

Source: https://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/23236227.barrow-readers-react-labour-plans-get-retirees-back-work/?ref=rss

Northern Ireland has been without devolved government since February 2022, when the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) withdrew support as part of its boycott of post-Brexit rules overseeing trade in and out of Northern Ireland.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-67712767?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has confirmed he will scrap Boris Johnson's controversial legislation to override post-Brexit rules on.

Source: https://www.onenewspage.com/n/Business/1zpkbh26s1/PM-promises-beginning-of-new-chapter-as.htm

She said it assumed that the establishment of the Scottish Government watchdog Environmental Standards Scotland fulfiled the ‘environmental governance gap’ which was left post-Brexit, but failed to analyse its work in detail.

Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23885017.scotgov-accused-acting-unlawfully-scots-environment-protection/?ref=rss

Stormont's second-largest party, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), walked out of power-sharing in February 2022 in protest against post-Brexit trade arrangements for Northern Ireland.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-66789881?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

Sunak faces crunch decision on post-Brexit Northern Irelandft.

Source: https://biztoc.com/x/1effc014057ec15a?ref=ff

Sunak hopes to strengthen trading ties between Britain and the United States, keen to show some progress after the Biden administration quashed any speedy prospect of a post-Brexit free trade agreement between the two countries.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/uks-sunak-biden-to-focus-on-deepening-economic-ties-at-white-house-meeting/article_0640dd40-d615-51ac-8cd0-91602c791cbf.html

Talks have been ongoing for some time between the DUP and the Government over addressing unionist concerns around post-Brexit trading arrangements.

Source: https://www.ayradvertiser.com/news/national/23992874.eastwood-hopes-deal-resurrect-stormont-christmas/?ref=rss

The agreement marks a breakthrough in a spat that has soured post-Brexit relations between the UK and the EU and sparked a political crisis in Northern Ireland.

Source: https://www.9news.com.au/world/uk-eu-northern-ireland-deal-rishi-sunak-government-agreement-reached/58602a6e-1115-4da1-8ffc-aad6f2fa5a60

The claims are likely to provoke a diplomatic storm between London and New Delhi at a time when Prime Minister Rishi Sunak – himself a practising Hindu - is trying to seal a lucrative post-Brexit trade deal with India.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12081129/Violent-ethnic-clashes-Leicester-year-stoked-Modis-Hindu-nationalist-party.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

The devolved institutions collapsed last year following a DUP boycott in protest against the post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol, with talks ongoing between the UK and EU to find a breakthrough.

Source: https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/politics/arid-41077547.html

The DUP is also holding out against a proposal aimed at settling post-Brexit trade concerns between Northern Ireland and Ireland.

Source: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/12/joe-biden-good-friday-nothern-ireland-00091605