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12/21/2020 12:51:26 PM
Britain formally left the European Union on Jan. 31 after its 2016 referendum, but since then it has been in a transition period under which rules on free travel and trade remain unchanged. That period ends on 31 December
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Economy
12/20/2020 10:55:17 PM
Donaldson told Ahram Online that the UK views Egypt as one of the most exciting markets in the region and one of the gateways to Africa, which that has led UK companies to invest over $48 billion in the country
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Economy
12/20/2020 1:16:55 PM
Earlier this month, Egypt and the UK signed a new trade agreement that will come into effect as of 1 January 2021 after the UK leaves the EU.
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12/20/2020 11:55:26 AM
"I am sure a deal can be done but obviously it needs movement on the EU side," said Hancock
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12/17/2020 7:44:00 PM
Optimism had been rising that a deal was imminent to keep the goods trade that makes up half of annual EU-UK commerce, worth nearly a trillion dollars in all, free of tariffs and quotas beyond Dec. 31
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12/17/2020 4:34:14 PM
London and Brussels are locked in negotiations to avoid the shock of import tariffs on trade from Jan. 1, on top of the damage wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic
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12/17/2020 1:48:22 PM
Disagreements over fisheries were not yet resolved, an EU source said
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12/16/2020 2:20:00 PM
British and EU negotiators were closing in Wednesday on a deal to oversee fair competition in a post-Brexit trade deal, but remained deeply divided over fishing
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12/16/2020 10:49:11 AM
'I am glad to report that issues linked to governance now have largely been resolved. The next days are going to be decisive,' von der Leyen told the European Parliament in Brussels
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Economy
12/15/2020 7:01:27 PM
Egyptian exporters and traders have praised the new free-trade agreement between Egypt and the UK
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International
12/14/2020 12:03:39 PM
London and Brussels agreed on Sunday to "go the extra mile" in coming days to try to reach a trade agreement.
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12/13/2020 6:36:08 PM
'Where there's life, there's hope,' said Johnson, offering little else as rationale to keep on with talks that have struggled to make headway for most of the year
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International
12/13/2020 11:11:09 AM
Sunday is just the latest in a string of supposedly hard deadlines for the negotiations but, with Britain due to leave the EU single market in 19 days, tensions are rising
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12/12/2020 10:30:41 AM
The 80-metre-long vessels will have the power to stop, check and impound all European Union fishing boats operating within Britain's exclusive economic zone
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12/11/2020 2:01:27 PM
Months of talks on a future trade deal have failed to bridge the gaps on three issues: fishing rights, fair-competition rules and the governance of future disputes
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World
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International
12/10/2020 8:54:29 PM
Britain left the European Union in January, ending nearly 50 years of integration with its closest neighbours and biggest overall trading partner
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International
12/10/2020 4:03:34 PM
'There's still clearly some scope to keep talking but there are significant points of difference that remain,' Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab told BBC TV
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12/10/2020 12:54:42 PM
'For stays of more than three months, there may be visa applications, professional or other, and this is a point that is still under discussion', Beaune told reporters
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12/9/2020 10:28:42 AM
The dinner is being cast as a last chance to unlock the stalled trade talks
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World
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12/8/2020 9:18:09 PM
The language on both sides has hardened, and both have called on the other to compromise ahead of a meeting that is widely seen as a last throw of the dice
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