Brexit - Qué nos espera?

Britain is in a hurry to turn the Brexit talks to the topic of trade, but the European Union is counseling patience. Prime Minister Theresa May’s government will on Tuesday release another position paper on how it envisages its future relations with the EU. The latest focuses on how businesses and consumers can settle legal disputes after the breakup. The flood of documents is aimed at rebutting EU criticism that the U.K. has been unclear what it wants from Brexit. But is also marks an attempt to pressure the bloc into bringing forward discussion of a long-term trade deal by highlighting the complexity of the issues at hand. For example, Bart Van Vooren of Covington & Burling noted in a paper on Monday that the U.K. asked for British drug manufacturers to be able to release medicines to the European market after Brexit. Yet that would only work if Britain remains party to EU rules on pharmaceuticals, something that wil have to be discussed as part of a trade pact. ...

Just a week to go before Brexit talks resume and already the U.K. and European Union are at odds again over how soon they can start crafting a trade deal. Adopting a provocative posture, Prime Minister Theresa May’s government is, in its own words, “stepping up pressure” on the EU to move on from discussing the terms of separation as soon as October. The use of fighting words in the past has not budged Brussels and will not go down well now given that EU officials blame the U.K. for slow progress and a lack of clarity. Before agreeing to talk trade, the EU wants “sufficient progress” to be made addressing citizens’ rights, the Irish border and the Brexit bill. Both sides had initially aimed for that milestone to be met in October. But Slovenian Prime Minister Miro Cerar told The Guardian that “the process will definitely take more time than we expected.” “There are so many difficult topics on the table, difficult issues there, that one cannot expect all those issues wi...

The U.K. is adopting so many Brexit positions it might do well to start a yoga class. Details on at least three different topics are being lined up for next week , Bloomberg’s Ian Wishart and Alex Morales report, following plans for customs and the Irish border unveiled this week. They come after criticism that Prime Minister Theresa May hasn’t presented a clear idea of what she wants from the Brexit talks. The U.K. is now trying to inject fresh impetus in order to convince European leaders that trade talks should start as soon as October. The negotiations with the EU have had a “positive and constructive start,” May told Sky News on Thursday. “There’s a lot to be done. As a government we’re showing the work we’re putting into this.” On Monday the government plans to release two documents. One is on how it will treat confidential EU information obtained before Brexit, and the other is on how goods placed into supply chains in the EU single market before the U.K.’s depa...

Los planes del Ministerio de Interior británico los revelan este jueves los medios del país. Los ciudadanos comunitarios podrán continuar viajando al Reino Unido y viviendo en este país libremente tras el Brexit , según los planes del Ministerio de Interior británico que revelan este jueves los medios. The Times señala que el principio que contempla la libre circulación seguirá en vigor para aquellos nacionales de estados de la Unión Europea (UE) que deseen visitar o residir en el Reino Unido, si bien se pondrá en marcha un sistema de permisos que limitará el número de ciudadanos que migran para trabajar. Algunos detalles de ese nuevo sistema de inmigración que estudia el Gobierno británico han trascendido después de que el Ejecutivo de Theresa May divulgara este miércoles un documento oficial sobre su posición con respecto a las fronteras con Irlanda tras la marcha de la UE. Con relación a cuál será la postura británica en materia de inmigración, uno de los asuntos...

Nota en Idioma Catalán Les relacions entre Londres i Dublín -  El Brexit transforma Irlanda Dublín és la destinació favorita dels bancs i empreses financeres de la City Dublín està desenvolupant un nou barri d'oficines de luxe i d'habitatges en les Docklands Per a Irlanda, el Brexit és alhora una oportunitat excel·lent i un problema gravíssim. Oportunitat perquè es convertirà en l'únic membre de parla anglesa de la Unió Europea, pont natural amb un Regne Unit exiliat motu proprio i destinació favorita de bancs i empreses que decideixen marxar d'Anglaterra. Problema, perquè pot significar el retorn d'una frontera dura amb l'Ulster, amb les inevitables repercussions per al comerç i la potencial amenaça que significaria per al procés de pau. Per als qui prefereixen veure el got mig ple que mig buit, la perspectiva del Brexit ha contribuït que l'economia irlandesa tingui l'índex més gran de creixement de tota la UE. Alguns dels problemes est...

There was something for everyone in yesterday’s U.K. economic data. For those who argue the British economy is proving Brexit-proof, unemployment fell to 4.4 percent, its lowest level since 1975. The pound rose in response. “Despite the scaremongering of the Remain campaign, businesses have confidence in the U.K. economy and are continuing to take on new staff,” said Change Britain Chair Gisela Stuart. For those who argue the economy is buckling as Brexit nears, the squeeze on U.K. consumers continued into the second quarter with basic wages rising 2.1 percent, lagging behind inflation. Productivity also fell. “Instead of the land of milk and honey promised by Brexiteers, we’re seeing falling wages,” said Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable. Retail sales statistics scheduled for release today will provide further insight into the state of the economy. The challenge for Prime Minister Theresa May will be to ensure ongoing voter support for Brexit even if wag...

You wait months for the British government to publish a single position paper on Brexit and then two come along almost at once. A day after Prime Minister Theresa May’s team sketched out a vision for future customs arrangements with the European Union, today will see it address the issue of the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. British and European negotiators need to show “flexibility and imagination” to devise post-Brexit arrangements on the island that preserve free movement of people and goods across the border, the Brexit Department said in an overnight statement.  “Top of our list is to agree upfront no physical border infrastructure — that would mean a return to the border posts of the past and is completely unacceptable to the U.K.,” the department said. The 310-mile crossing will form the bloc’s only land border with the U.K. after Brexit and it’s shaping up to be one of the trickiest parts of the talks. While both sides want to...