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European Union

EU chief says UK trade pact closer but success not certain
World

EU chief says UK trade pact closer but success not certain

  • Britain and the European Union moved closer to sealing a new trade deal but it was still not clear if they would succeed, the bloc’s chief executive said on Wednesday.
  • Britain and the EU are in the final stretch of talks to keep an estimated one trillion dollars of annual trade free of tariffs and quotas beyond Dec. 31, when the United Kingdom finally transitions out of the world’s largest trading bloc.
Published 16 Dec, 2020 05:38pm
Exclusive-Facebook to move UK users to California terms, avoiding EU privacy rules
World

Exclusive-Facebook to move UK users to California terms, avoiding EU privacy rules

  • Facebook Inc will shift all its users in the United Kingdom into user agreements with the corporate headquarters in California, moving them out of their current relationship with Facebook’s Irish unit and out of reach of Europe’s privacy laws.
  • Facebook is making the change partly because the EU privacy regime is among the world’s strictest, according to people familiar with the company. The EU rules give granular control to users over data about them.
Updated 16 Dec, 2020 02:53pm
EU-UK trade pact still possible as departure date nears
World

EU-UK trade pact still possible as departure date nears

  • The European Union’s Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, said on Monday that sealing a new pact with Britain was still possible as the date for the country’s departure from the bloc edged nearer.
  • Despite missing multiple deadlines, Britain and the EU agreed on Sunday to “go the extra mile” to try to break deadlocks on access to UK fishing waters for EU trawlers and corporate fair play rules.
Published 14 Dec, 2020 03:07pm
EU rights watchdog warns of pitfalls in use of AI
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EU rights watchdog warns of pitfalls in use of AI

  • The agency said AI rules must respect all fundamental rights, with safeguards to ensure this and include a guarantee that people can challenge decisions taken by AI and that companies need to be able to explain how their systems take AI decisions.
Published 14 Dec, 2020 10:53am
Britain's navy to protect fishing waters in case of no-deal Brexit
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Britain's navy to protect fishing waters in case of no-deal Brexit

  • Four Royal Navy patrol ships will be ready on Jan. 1 to help protect Britain’s fishing waters in the event the Brexit transition period ends without a deal on future ties with the European Union.
  • There are concerns about possible skirmishes between British and foreign fishing vessels if no trade deal is reached.
Published 12 Dec, 2020 05:18pm
No deal on Brexit trade 'very very likely', Johnson says
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No deal on Brexit trade 'very very likely', Johnson says

  • Britain is likely to complete its journey out of the European Union in three weeks without a trade deal.
  • Britain quit the EU in January but remains an informal member until Dec. 31 - the end of a transition period during which it has remained in the EU single market and customs union.
Published 12 Dec, 2020 02:29pm
EU Commission chief sees more chance of no Brexit trade deal
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EU Commission chief sees more chance of no Brexit trade deal

  • Britain is more likely to leave the European Union’s orbit on Dec. 31 without a trade deal than with an agreement, an EU official quoted the head of the European Commission.
  • A no-trade deal Brexit would damage the economies of northern Europe, send shockwaves through financial markets, snarl borders and sow chaos through the delicate supply chains which stretch across Europe and beyond.
Published 11 Dec, 2020 05:30pm