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EU-UK relations enter a decisive period

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EU/UK

The proposals are ambitious and bring both sides closer on some important issues, such as agrifood trade and customs paperwork. However, the proposals ignore UK demands to remove…

Leaner EU regulation would delight business

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EU

The European Commission's plan to lessen the burden of regulation.

Regulatory divergence would prolong EU-UK tensions

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UNITED KINGDOM

Thus far, the UK government has signalled a willingness to diverge from the EU’s GDPR regulations and from standards on gene editing, medical devices, chemicals and trademarks.

UK Conservatives to move right on EU unity worries

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UNITED KINGDOM

Most senior cabinet ministers have continued in office. This continuity masks what is likely to be a shift in the balance of policy in several areas compared with the previous…

Schrems ruling spells tough trade-offs for digital EU

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EUROPE

While primarily focused on clarifying the limits and safeguards around US government access to personal data within the United States, the White Paper could be seen as hardening…

EU digital market plans to rile US internet firms

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EUROPEAN UNION

The Commission aims to stimulate an economic field where the EU lags the United States. It estimates that a completed digital single market would boost EU GDP by around 3%…

EU scrutiny of Chinese investment will increase

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EU

Investment screening in the EU.

China’s soft power in Western Europe is declining

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EU/CHINA

The deft application of soft power has cultivated closer relations between China and Europe. However, China's power to persuade or attract is now under threat as public and elite…

Papal visit is part of Cuba's international opening

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CUBA

Cuba is working on many fronts to advance its international insertion after the breakthrough restoration of diplomatic ties with the United States. However, progress is gradual…

London may be reluctant to recognise Brexit trade-offs

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UNITED KINGDOM

Ministers have been anxious to set out their stall, win over domestic opponents and convince EU and UK audiences to advance the Brexit negotiations.