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Adam Forrest, Peter Stubley / The Independent | Fri, 12 Jun 2020 18:54:00
UK formally rejects Brexit transition extension
British businesses face hard deadline to prepare for new trading arrangements
FT | Fri, 12 Jun 2020 18:22:35
EU rules out replicating UK 'light touch' border after Brexit
Bloc warns it will maintain integrity of single market regardless of British position
FT | Fri, 12 Jun 2020 17:36:37
U.K. retreats on plan for strict customs checks after Brexit
For the first half of next year, most firms moving goods into Britain will get six months to file customs declarations and pay any tariffs due.
Tim Ross - Bloomberg,Joe Mayes / Toronto Star | Fri, 12 Jun 2020 16:55:25
Britain delays border controls to soften Brexit blow to its crashing economy
The United Kingdom will delay the introduction of border checks on imports from the European Union by as much as six months in a bid to avoid piling on the pain for British business and choking off vital food supplies.
CNN | Fri, 12 Jun 2020 16:34:28
Road to Brexit: lockdown edition
Robert and Miranda are back. Is rage against 'the blob' a viable strategy post-Brexit?
FT | Fri, 12 Jun 2020 16:04:44
Boris Johnson to hold talks with Macron amid Brexit trade talks deadlock
French president will be exempt from UK quarantine rules for visit hosted by Prince Charles
Lizzy Buchan / The Independent | Fri, 12 Jun 2020 15:17:13
Brexit: full controls on goods entering UK will not apply until July 2021
Three-phased plan for Brexit border checks welcomed as UK formally rejects extension to transition period Full border controls on goods entering the UK will not apply until July next year the government has announced, as it formally notified the EU it does not want an extension to the transition period. ...
Lisa O'Carroll in London and Jennifer Rankin in Brussels / Guardian | Fri, 12 Jun 2020 14:31:43
Boris Johnson's Team Is Broken by the Virus
"Inside Boris Johnson's government, senior officials are exhausted, demoralized and starting to despair," Bloomberg reports. "Their dreams of reshaping Britain for a bright post-Brexit world have been blown off course [...]
Taegan Goddard / Taegan Goddard | Fri, 12 Jun 2020 14:30:35
Britain formally rejects Brexit extension, drops plans for full border checks on EU goods
Britain on Friday formally told the European Union that it would not seek to extend a post-Brexit transition, raising the prospect of a disorderly split in just six months’ time.London and Brussels are racing to agree a new trade deal for when Britain leaves the EU’s single market and customs ...
Agence France-Presse / South China Morning Post | Fri, 12 Jun 2020 14:28:54
UK to introduce EU border controls in stages from 2021
Britain said on Friday it would introduce border controls in stages on European Union goods after the end of the Brexit transition period, to try to soften the blow for companies already battling the coronavirus pandemic.
Reuters | Fri, 12 Jun 2020 13:09:23
No deal all over again?
While the UK economy is on course to suffer the worst COVID-19 damage of any OECD country, the prospect of a no-deal Brexit has re-emerged after four rounds of negotiation have stalled, write Ros Taylor and Roch Dunin-Wsowicz (LSE). There's no sign of the government countenancing a Brexit extension yet ...
Roch Dunin-Wasowicz / LSE | Fri, 12 Jun 2020 13:00:38
Brexit: Full border controls with EU won't be ready until at least six months after UK leaves single market, government admits
Delay comes amid shortage of customs agents and infrastructure and lack of preparation
Jon Stone / The Independent | Fri, 12 Jun 2020 12:59:00
EU says UK looking for fresh momentum in troubled Brexit trade talks
The EU's executive said on Friday it was reassured that London was keen to step up the momentum of talks to implement the Withdrawal Agreement divorce deal agreed with Britain last year, but it warned that the window of opportunity was closing fast.
Reuters | Fri, 12 Jun 2020 12:45:19
UK formally rejects Brexit transition period extension
EU takes UK decision 'as a definite conclusion of this discussion.'
Barbara Moens / Politico | Fri, 12 Jun 2020 11:51:05
Time for any Brexit extension has passed, UK minister Gove says
Britain will not extend the transition period with the European Union beyond its year-end deadline, Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove said on Friday, adding the moment has now passed.
Reuters | Fri, 12 Jun 2020 11:50:30
'It means Europeans aren't at the front of the queue': beyond the liberal/ cosmopolitan divide
Leavers are prejudiced and Remainers are elitists - or so the popular caricature goes. Eleni Andreouli (Open University) finds much more nuanced strands of public opinion about Brexit. Brexit has, it is said, divided the UK into a country of leavers and remainers, an identity divide that seems to have ...
Ros Taylor / LSE | Fri, 12 Jun 2020 11:44:55
UK 'Formally Confirms' It Will Not Extend Brexit Transition Period
Ned Simons / Huffington Post | Fri, 12 Jun 2020 11:39:07