UK, EU sign delayed financial services pact
June 28, 2023 | 16:00
Britain and the European Union signed a long-awaited cooperation pact on financial services regulation on Tuesday in a new sign of improving post-Brexit relations between the two sides.
UK settles £2.3bn trade row with EU
February 13, 2023 | 15:51
Britain said Thursday it had paid a whopping £2.3 billion ($2.8 billion) to settle a long-running row with the EU, despite having quit the bloc.
Scope exists for wider trade relations with Great Britain
September 09, 2022 | 15:06
Every year, British businesses import about $7 trillion of goods from all over the world. These can include cars, iron and steel, medical equipment and supplies, electronic goods, textiles and footwear, furniture, foodstuffs, and more. Some Vietnamese enterprises have penetrated the UK market, but with a very humble market share.
Britain ripe for new business with Vietnamese agro imports
August 17, 2022 | 10:00
Vietnam and the United Kingdom are expanding their agricultural ties, with a bilateral trade deal acting as strong leverage under fresh commitments.
US announces deal with UK to end steel, aluminum tariffs
March 23, 2022 | 12:40
The United States on Tuesday announced an agreement with Britain to end tariffs on steel and aluminum imports imposed by former president Donald Trump in 2018 on national security grounds.
UK cancels Covid vaccine contract with Franco-Austrian firm
September 13, 2021 | 16:30
French-Austrian biotech laboratory Valneva said Monday the British government has terminated a supply deal for its candidate vaccine against Covid-19.
US, UK sending troops to evacuate nationals as Taliban advance across Afghanistan
August 13, 2021 | 16:00
The United States and Britain ordered the deployment Friday of thousands of troops to Afghanistan to evacuate their nationals, as the Taliban overran more key regional cities in an offensive that has left the capital dangerously exposed.
UK puts £29m into new labs to tackle Covid variants
May 05, 2021 | 15:00
Britain is spending £29.3 million ($40.6 million, 33.8 million euros) on new coronavirus vaccine laboratories in an effort to "future-proof the country from the threat of new variants", the government said Wednesday.
Canada and Britain sign interim deal to avoid tariff increase after Brexit
December 23, 2020 | 15:26
Canada and Britain have signed a temporary agreement to avoid an increase in tariffs between the two countries after the British exit from the European Union in early 2021, Ottawa said Tuesday.
EU's Barnier says just hours left for Brexit talks
December 18, 2020 | 16:04
Chief EU negotiator Michel Barnier warned Friday that post-Brexit trade talks were at a "moment of truth" with just hours left to reach an agreement with Britain.
URGENT: Brexit talks stuck on fish, fair trade and enforcement
December 07, 2020 | 15:57
Negotiations on a post-Brexit trade deal between Britain and the European Union are still blocked over fishing rights, rules for fair trade and an enforcement mechanism, European diplomats said Monday.
Britain okays vaccine as global Covid death toll nears 1.5 million
December 03, 2020 | 10:04
Britain on Wednesday became the first western country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine for general use, while Japan and Italy pledged free inoculations for all even as the global death toll rose towards 1.5 million.
Britain inks post-Brexit trade deal with Japan
October 23, 2020 | 13:04
Britain and Japan are set to sign a trade deal on Friday at a ceremony in Tokyo, marking London's first major post-Brexit agreement as it holds an intense round of negotiations with the European Union.
UK and EU hold latest talks as window for trade deal narrows
July 21, 2020 | 09:52
Britain and the European Union resume talks on Tuesday, with the clock running down to a year-end deadline for a new post-Brexit deal to replace half a century of integration.
Second virus wave in UK could see 120,000 deaths: study
July 14, 2020 | 08:41
A second coronavirus wave in Britain this winter could see 120,000 deaths in hospitals alone in a "reasonable worst-case scenario", scientists warned on Tuesday.
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