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September 17, 2020

US-UK trade deal faces potential hurdles from Biden, Congress over Brexit fight

The prospect of a U.S.-U.K. trade deal is facing potential hurdles both in Congress and on the campaign trail, as lawmakers and Democratic nominee Joe Biden are threatening to slam the brakes on a deal 鈥� over concerns that a brewing Brexit fight could imperil a 1998 peace agreement in Northern Ireland.

September 16, 2020

Pompeo says Trump administration trusts UK 鈥榯o get it right鈥� on Brexit, despite Pelosi warnings

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday said the U.S. trusts the United Kingdom to 鈥済et it right鈥� on Brexit, even as a new controversy roils the years-long process -- and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has warned it could torpedo a U.S.-U.K. trade deal.

September 15, 2020

Brexit drama in the UK as Boris Johnson pushes bill to override EU exit deal

More than four years since Brits voted to leave the European Union, the U.K. is once again engulfed in another Brexit crisis -- with a dramatic move by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to rewrite parts of the initial divorce deal, sparking outrage and threats of legal action from E.U. leaders.

September 14, 2020

Brexit: Boris Johnson rails against EU in push for new bill as Miliband hits back

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says his plan to unilaterally rewrite Britain's divorce deal with the European Union is an insurance policy against the bloc's unreasonable behavior, comments that came as his former attorney general joined a growing number of once-loyal lawmakers condemning the contentious move.

September 10, 2020

EU demands UK rewrite new Brexit bill, threatens legal action as tensions escalate

The European Union on Thursday demanded that the United Kingdom immediately rewrite a new Brexit bill that would change parts of a divorce agreement it signed with the E.U. last year -- threatening legal action if the outgoing member does聽not comply.

September 10, 2020

Pelosi warns 'no chance' of US-UK trade deal if Brexit undermines Good Friday accord

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday warned that there would be 鈥渘o chance鈥� of a U.S.-U.K. trade deal if the U.K. were to undermine the 1998 Good Friday Irish peace accords as it fights with the European Union over the fallout from Brexit.

September 9, 2020

UK bill to override Brexit agreement would break international law should negotiations fail, officials say

United Kingdom government ministers on Wednesday published a draft version of the controversial 鈥淚nternal Market Bill,鈥� which admittedly in practice would break international law by overriding parts of Brexit鈥檚 withdrawal agreement from the European Union.

September 8, 2020

EU, UK again try to break deadlock on post-Brexit ties

The U.K.'s chief negotiator in post-Brexit trade talks called for "more realism" from the European Union before the start Tuesday of another round of discussions between the two sides.

August 29, 2020

GOP, Dem conventions were Heartland vs. Hollywood, Euro Parliament member says

The recently concluded U.S. political conventions offered American voters two separate and distinct views of the world 鈥� one based on authenticity and another on artifice, a member of the European Parliament said this week.

July 22, 2020

UK weighs plans to make foreign agents register after new report suggests bigger threat of Russian interference

Britain's ministers are considering making foreign agents register with the government in the United Kingdom after an intelligence report detailed allegations that there was Russian聽interference in the European Union referendum.