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POLITICO: European Parliament slams UK’s Brexit stance on citizens’ rights
MEPs said London would not sufficiently protect families from being divided by residency restrictions, would cast EU citizens living in Britain into a sea of legal uncertainty, and would create a tangle of unnecessary red tape, according to a report by the Parliament’s Brexit steering group. |
The UK in a changing Europe: Brexit necessitates an agreement-plus for Northern Ireland
If the UK Government wants to really get to grips with the consequences of Brexit for the peace process, it needs to consider the unique needs of the territory and people of Northern Ireland – not just the line of the border around it. |
Andrew Duff: Brexit: Dealing with withdrawal symptoms
Andrew Duff reviews the problematic first phase of the Brexit negotiations and suggests ways to make progress on the three key issues: citizens’ rights, finance and Ireland. |
The Guardian: Leaked document reveals UK Brexit plan to deter EU immigrants
Britain will end the free movement of labour immediately after Brexit and introduce restrictions to deter all but highly-skilled EU workers under detailed proposals set out in a Home Office document leaked to the Guardian. |
Michel Barnier: ‘No decisive progress’ on key Brexit issues
The EU’s chief negotiator is pessimistic about the prospect of moving to trade talks in October. |
ISDA: Brexit – CCP location and legal uncertainty
The vast majority of EU clearing currently takes place in London, but there are suggestions that EU regulators might introduce a location policy for euro-denominated swaps to be cleared in the EU. |
Department for Exiting the EU: Position papers published ahead of third round of negotiations
The papers outline the UK’s negotiating approach to goods on the market and to confidentiality and access to official documents. |
Financial Times: Davis proposes post-Brexit dispute mechanism on EU relations
David Davis, Brexit secretary, will examine the precedent set by the European Free Trade Association court, which deals with Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway in their relations with the EU single market. |
Department for Exiting the EU: Future customs arrangements: a future partnership paper
A new paper setting out proposals for a future customs relationship with the EU has been unveiled by the Government in the first of a series of papers on the UK’s future partnership with the EU. |
The Independent: UK will not become tax haven after Brexit, says Philip Hammond
Britain’s economic model will stay 'recognisable European' after it leaves the bloc, says Chancellor. |
Financial Times: Brexit set to raise UK banks’ costs 4% and capital needs 30%
Brexit will push up costs for banks by as much as 4 per cent and their capital requirements will rise by up to 30 per cent, according to the most detailed assessment yet of what Britain’s departure from the EU means for the sector. |
23 cities offer to host UK-based EU agencies
The Council has received 27 proposals by the member states, related to 23 cities, to host the EU agencies currently based in the UK. There have been 19 offers to host the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and 8 for the European Banking Authority (EBA). |
POLITICO: Majority of Brits support high-skilled EU migration
A large majority of Brits (86 percent) want the number of high-skilled EU migrants to remain steady or increase further after Britain leaves the EU, according to a survey published by the British Future think tank. |
The Guardian: Majority of UK public backs Brexit 'transition period', poll finds
Observer/Opinium poll finds nearly half of those asked believe there should be no second referendum on departure terms. |
Liam Fox: Britain does not have capacity to strike trade deals now
Britain has turned down countries wishing to strike free-trade deals after Brexit because the government does not have the capacity to negotiate them, the U.K.’s International Trade Secretary Liam Fox said. |
UK Trade Policy Observatory: The EU Regulatory Magnet: What Are the Consequences for the UK?
The new EU-Ukraine Association Agreement (AA), entered into force on 1st September, may reveal some lessons for the UK as it seeks new models of trade relationships. |
BCC and DIHK: Joint UK-German call to put shared economic interests first in Brexit negotiations
The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), and the Association of German Chambers of Commerce (DIHK) have called for UK and EU negotiators to put a clear focus on our shared economic interests as Brexit talks reconvene in Brussels. |
Keir Starmer: No ‘constructive ambiguity’. Labour will avoid Brexit cliff edge for UK economy
Labour will seek a transitional deal and seek to remain in a customs union with the EU and within the single market. |
City AM: UK immigration falls as rising number of EU workers return home after Brexit
Immigration figures have dropped by almost a third in the last year, as EU workers begin to pack up and leave following the Brexit vote. |
Institute for Government: A customs deal is necessary but not sufficient for frictionless trade
A deal on customs is important to reducing post-Brexit trade friction, but a new paper from the IfG argues that leaving the EU will disrupt country’s important integrated supply chains in areas like automobile manufacturing. It will create friction in cross-border trade in goods. |
Hammond and Fox: We will leave customs union during Brexit transition
Ministers’ joint declaration in The Guardian means UK could strike trade deals with non-EU countries from moment it leaves in March 2019. |
Institute of Directors spells out Brexit transition options
The Institute of Directors has called on the Cabinet to come to a collective decision on how to approach a transitional agreement as soon as possible. |
AFME publishes new paper on the need for early clarity on a Brexit transition
The paper is intended to explain in more detail the importance and necessity of transitional arrangements and summarises AFME’s views on what such arrangements should look like. |
Reuters: UK finance sector to propose 'mutual access' post-Brexit trade pact - document
The UK's financial sector is to propose to the government a "mutual access" trade pact between Britain and the European Union that would allow banks and other firms to continue doing cross-border business after Brexit, according to a draft report seen by Reuters. |
City AM: ECB urges banks to speed up Brexit relocation planning: "The clock is ticking"
Sabine Lautenschlaeger, vice chair of the ECB’s supervisory board, said banks are “not as far advanced as we would like them to be” in their Brexit planning. |
Financial Times: MEPs seek tougher rules on London euro clearing after UK quits EU
The parliament and national governments will next month begin discussing proposals that would require UK clearinghouses handling large volumes of euro-denominated contracts to comply with EU rules and accept European supervision. |