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Talks between Britain and the EU on a post-Brexit trade deal have got under way in Brussels, with officials on both sides agreeing not to shake hands because of the coronavirus outbreak. The two teams agreed to the step amid the continuing global spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. Hand sanitisers and NHS advice have also been placed throughout the UK's mission in the Belgian capital. The number of […]

Given recent cross-channel provocations, it would hardly be surprising to learn that the French are quite happy to see the back of us. Boris Johnson last year referred to our nearest neighbours as “turds”, in a comment that had to be cut from a BBC documentary. French President Emmanuel Macron is playing tough on a new trade deal, has accused Leavers of lying and only just managed a friendly word on our departure. In […]

The UK has a "moral imperative" to produce its own food, the chief of the farmers' union has said after it emerged a senior government adviser argued Britain could import all produce. Minette Batters, the president of the National Union of Farmers, hit back at suggestions the UK could copy nations such as Singapore and import all its food. In emails obtained by The Mail On Sunday, Dr Tim Leunig […]

The government has estimated a post-Brexit trade deal with the United States would boost the UK economy by 0.16% over the next 15 years. The figure is included in a 180-page document setting out the UK's negotiating position for talks, expected to begin later this month. The document pledges to maintain maintain food standards and stresses that the NHS is "not on the table". It comes as separate trade talks with the EU get […]

Paris has warned that French fishermen will block all cross-Channel ports if the British government does not agree a fishing trade deal with the EU. Boris Johnson’s government has been threatened to prepare for a “very nasty battle,” that Europe will be “paralysed” unless French fishermen are happy with a post Brexit free trade agreement. British government officials have told minsters that there is a “very realistic chance” major ports, […]