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UK’s Royal Mail Workers to Strike in Run-Up to Christmas
Date: November 18, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) -Postal workers at Britain’s Royal Mail will strike for six days in the run-up to the busy Christmas period in a dispute over pay and conditions, their union said on Thursday. The workers will strike on Dec. 23 and 24, in addition to Dec. 9, 11, 14 and 15, the Communication Workers Union...
UK’s Sunak Expresses Optimism on U.S. Economic Ties Without Talking Trade Deal
Date: November 16, 2022
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak expressed optimism on Wednesday that Britain and the United States could deepen their economic relationship but he said he had not spoken specifically about a trade deal with U.S. President Joe Biden. London once viewed a free trade deal with the United States as the one...
Ireland Must Change Law to Ratify EU-Canada Trade Deal, Court Rules
Date: November 11, 2022
DUBLIN (Reuters) -Ireland’s Supreme Court ruled on Friday that parliament cannot ratify the European Union’s free trade deal with Canada unless laws are changed, posing a challenge to the coalition government if it wants to avoid the matter going to a referendum. The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) sets out the removal of tariffs...
Rishi Sunak ‘pleased’ With Progress on Resolving Northern Ireland Protocol
Date: November 11, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Thursday he was pleased with the progress the government was making on resolving a long running post-Brexit trade row with the European Union over Northern Ireland. Technical talks recently resumed for the first time in seven months on the Northern Ireland protocol, the part of the...
British Minister to Meet Taiwan President, Drawing China’s Anger
Date: November 7, 2022
TAIPEI (Reuters) – A British minister will visit Taiwan this week for trade talks and meet President Tsai Ing-wen, his office said on Monday, drawing an angry reaction from Beijing to the latest high-level engagement between a Western government and the island. China views democratically-governed Taiwan as its own territory and strongly objects to any...
Euronext Italian Arm to Become Group-Wide Clearer From End 2023
Date: November 4, 2022
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Pan-European stock exchange Euronext said on Thursday that customers will be able to clear all share trades at its Italian arm from the end of 2023, a move that ends reliance on a London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) unit in Paris. Euronext, which operates exchanges in Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels,...