Britain has laid out detailed plans to ban Huawei from its 5G networks, and has set a deadline in September 2021 for telecom operators to stop installing the Chinese company’s equipment. The UK government decided to ban Huawei’s 5G equipment over the summer, and reverse course after mounting pressure from …
Read More »Sunak: UK Ready for Brexit Trade Deal but not at Any Cost
The United Kingdom (UK) is ready to reach a trade agreement with the European Union (EU) but not at any cost, the British finance minister said on Thursday. The transition period, during which the two parties are supposed to reach a trade deal for the post-Brexit era, expires in about …
Read More »UK PM Johnson: We’ll Only be Able to Make Progress if EU Accepts We Need to Control Waters
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson reiterated on Wednesday that the UK’s position on fisheries hasn’t changed. “We’ll only be able to make progress in the European Union accepts we need to control waters,” Johnson added. “The government is taking tough decisions now to allow the economy to bounce back.” Johnson …
Read More »UK Retail Sales Post The Biggest Drop Since June
A survey showed that British retail sales recorded the biggest drop since June this month under isolation measures in most parts of the country, but the decline was less than most economists feared, as online sales absorbed part of the decline. The Confederation of British Industry said its index of …
Read More »UK Again Preparing for No Deal Brexit
The UK’s Minister of Finance, Rishi Sunak, has played down the effect of a no trade deal Brexit, in a recent interview with the Financial Times. “They may well talk, but nothing is scheduled.”“We aren’t quite at the point where leaders get involved.” Sunak did not reveal a model in …
Read More »BoE Monetary Policy Report Hearings Summary
The Governor of the Bank of England (BoE), Andrew Bailey, said on Monday that a no-deal Brexit could result in longer-term damage to the British economy compared with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, Reuters reported. “Well, I think the long-term effects … would be larger than the long-term effects of COVID,” …
Read More »UK’s Truss: Determined to Reach Trade Deal With Canada Before End-2020
British Trade Minister Truss said that the UK determined to reach a trade agreement with Canada before the end of the year. She said she hoped the UK would be able to move forward with the trade agreement with Canada and added, ” By no means are we entirely focused …
Read More »UK Annualized CPI Beats Estimates With 0.7% in Sept
he UK Consumer Prices Index (CPI) 12-month rate came in at +0.7% in October when compared to +0.5% booked in September while beating expectations of a +0.6% print, the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the core inflation gauge (excluding volatile food and energy items) arrived …
Read More »UK GDP Rebounds 15.5% QoQ in Q3
The preliminary reading of the third quarter 2020 UK GDP came in at 15.5% QoQ vs. 15.8% expected and -19.8% last while on an annualized basis the figure stood at -9.6% vs. -9.4% expected and -21.5% seen previously.
Read More »Trudeau Sees Trade Deal with UK by Yearend
The Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, expects a trade agreement with the United Kingdom (UK) to be reached by the end of 2020, Reuters reported. “I think we’re ready to have it done before January 1. One of the challenges is bandwidth.” “The UK hasn’t had to negotiate trade …
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