EU may have to lift British shellfish ban after UK seas are ‘upgraded’ following Brussels’ ‘Brexit revenge’ rule-change No10 was furious this year when EU banned export of mussels, oysters and clams The sudden move on the Continent was viewed as an act of revenge over Brexit European Commission said it would not accept crustaceans … Read more
EU may have to lift British shellfish ban after UK seas are ‘upgraded’ following Brussels’ ‘Brexit revenge’ rule-change No10 was furious this year when EU banned export of mussels, oysters and clams The sudden move on the Continent was viewed as an act of revenge over Brexit European Commission said it would not accept crustaceans … Read more
‘My profit has been wiped out by a £250,000 cost’: EU’s new export rules leave small British firms struggling Jerry Lawson of Frogbike said administration fees charged by each government to his customers had forced him to pause selling into Denmark, Spain and Poland He had to hire extra employees to cope with the added … Read more
Emmanuel Macron is leading a group of hardline EU nations who are continuing to push for a vaccine export ban to the UK after European leaders failed to back halting shipments at a summit last night. France, Italy and Spain are continuing to talk tough ahead of negotiations with London this weekend concerning a disputed … Read more
Emmanuel Macron has defended the European Union’s proposed ban on vaccine exports that could slow the UK’s rollout ahead of crisis talks this weekend. The French President is leading a clutch of hawkish member states pushing for the tighter controls following a row with AstraZeneca, which Brussels accuses of reneging on its contract to supply … Read more
Cream cake makers will face new red tape to export their products to the EU from next month under post-Brexit rules Cream cakes being exported to the UK face new Brexit red tape from April British firms will need export health certificates signed by vets before their foods containing dairy are deemed safe It comes … Read more
Cream cake makers will face new red tape to export their products to the EU from next month under post-Brexit rules Cream cakes being exported to the UK face new Brexit red tape from April British firms will need export health certificates signed by vets before their foods containing dairy are deemed safe It comes … Read more
Brussels will today radically ramp up threats to block vaccine exports to the UK, despite a push by Boris Johnson to find a compromise. The European Commission will publish new proposals this morning to widen the criteria for restricting vaccine exports from the bloc. EU sources suggested the plans were likely to be targeted directly … Read more
Boris Johnson tonight claimed the UK ‘wouldn’t dream’ of blocking exports of Covid jabs to the EU as he sought to defuse the vaccine trade war brewing on the continent. Officials in Europe are threatening to ban supplies of AstraZeneca’s jabs from coming into the UK amid a row over millions of unclaimed doses of … Read more
Germany and France waded into the EU Covid vaccine row today as Angela Merkel backed threats to block exports of the AstraZeneca jab and Paris directly targeted UK-bound supplies. The Chancellor came out in favour of an EU-first policy and the threat of a ban on exports to third countries like Britain that has been … Read more