BREXIT HEADLINES
UK must reveal state-aid plan to unblock Brexit talks, EU warns - FT
EU's negotiator Michel Barnier has earlier said Britain had so far not engaged with tentative openings floated by the EU side on state aid and fisheries in the previous negotiating rounds, which have mostly been held on video calls due to coronavirus safety restrictions.
UK ready to quit EU on 'Australia terms' if no Brexit deal, Johnson says
Britain will be ready to quit its transitional arrangements with the European Union "on Australia terms" if no deal on their future relationship is reached, Prime Minister Boris Johnson told his Polish counterpart Mateusz Morawiecki on Saturday.
'The ball is in the UK's court,' EU's Brexit negotiator says
Britain must send "clear signals" that it wants to seal a deal with the European Union on their relationship after Brexit, the bloc's chief negotiator said ahead of more talks with London, adding a deal was still possible before the end of the year.
AIM underdogs beat FTSE blue chips in Brexit twist
When the UK voted to leave the European Union in June 2016, rushing into the exporter-heavy FTSE 100 stocks index for a currency hedge and international exposure made sense for investors alarmed by a falling pound and dire economic forecasts.
Exclusive: Britain, EU to miss deadline for future financial market access - sources
Britain and the European Union are set to miss their end-June deadline for assessing future cross-border trade in financial services, leaving just six months before a potentially messy UK exit, financial industry and EU officials say.
Britain sets out how it will regulate the City after Brexit
Britain will "tailor" capital rules for insurers inherited from the European Union as it takes back control of its crucial financial services sector, finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Tuesday.
Britain to copy EU's capital rules for investment firms
Britain set out plans on Tuesday to introduce the first set of capital and liquidity requirements specifically for investment firms based on European Union rules that come into force next year.
Germany - All financial institutions must be ready for a hard Brexit
Germany's deputy finance minister on Monday said that it was necessary to prepare for the worst on Brexit and urged banks to be ready for a hard Brexit, adding there is a very strong risk of a tough situation ahead.
French minister: Cannot exclude 'no-deal' Brexit but that's not in UK interest
A senior French official said on Friday she could not rule out the European Union's trade talks with departed ex-member Britain ending without a deal though it was in the British interest to reach one.
Brexit deadline looms over day of Anglo-French solidarity
Prime Minister Boris Johnson told France's President Emmanuel Macron that talks on a post Brexit deal cannot drag on into the autumn, as the French leader visited London to mark the 80th anniversary of General de Gaulle's call for wartime resistance,
UK says EU trade deal will be difficult if no progress before October
Britain warned the European Union on Thursday that it would be difficult to conclude a Brexit free trade deal by the end of the year unless broad agreement had been reached by October.
UK tells EU on Brexit - We won't hang around too much longer
The European Union must intensify Brexit free trade talks as the United Kingdom will not hang around and wait for talks to be dragged out to the end of the year, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Thursday.
Exclusive: Amid Brexit impasse, Germany urges no-deal preparations - document
The German government is urging other EU states to prepare for a no deal Brexit, according an internal document that casts doubt on Britain's optimism over chances of an early agreement on its future ties with the bloc.
Explainer: What Britain and the EU have to sort out to get a trade deal
Britain and the European Union have said they will intensify negotiations on reaching a comprehensive agreement on the terms of their future relationship.
With a bit of oomph, Brexit deal feasible in July, says UK's Johnson
Leaders from Britain and the European Union agreed on Monday that talks on their future relationship should be stepped up to clinch a deal, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson suggesting an agreement could be reached in July with "a bit of oomph".
EU says UK looking for fresh momentum in troubled Brexit trade talks
The EU's executive said on Friday it was reassured that London was keen to step up the momentum of talks to implement the Withdrawal Agreement divorce deal agreed with Britain last year, but it warned that the window of opportunity was closing fast.
British PM, top EU officials to hold talks on June 15
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the chairman of European Union leaders Charles Michel and the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen will hold talks on June 15 to revive stalled talks on a future EU-UK relationship.
UK says intensified timetable for free trade talks agreed with EU
Britain said it had agreed an intensified timetable for free trade negotiations with the European Union in July as both sides try to strike an agreement by the end of the year.
Exclusive: French lawmakers want hard line in Brexit fishing talks
French lawmakers have urged their government to stay firm over fishing in Brexit negotiations, potentially making it harder for EU negotiator Michel Barnier to reach a compromise with Britain.
EU sees path to Brexit compromise if UK more realistic, adviser says
The European Union sees a path towards a compromise on a trade deal with Britain but London must first be more realistic in what it expects to achieve, an adviser to the EU's chief trade negotiator said on Thursday.
Britain asks too much of EU in Brexit talks, Barnier says
Britain is seeking a trading relationship with the European Union that is too close to that of an EU member, the EU's Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said on Wednesday, urging London to adjust its demands in the four months left to reach a deal.
OECD warns of UK jobs hit with no EU deal or transition delay
Britain risks a big hit to trade and jobs if it cannot strike a post-Brexit deal with the European Union by the end of 2020 or fails to extend its current Brexit transition, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said on Wednesday.
EU says UK trade talks will shape bloc's stock market
The European Union will only decide how to reform its share trading rules once it knows whether exchanges in Britain will have access to the bloc after a post-Brexit transition period ends in December, a senior EU official said on Tuesday.
Hard Brexit risk higher than ever before - Aviva multi-asset CIO
Chances of a negative Brexit outcome are higher now than ever before and the risks are not yet reflected in markets, Peter Fitzgerald, multi-asset CIO at Aviva Investors said on Tuesday.
UK tells EU: No point in 11th-hour Brexit deal, so speed up
The United Kingdom told the European Union on Tuesday to speed up negotiations on a Brexit free trade deal, cautioning that there was no point in having an 11th-hour agreement that would cause havoc for businesses and citizens.
Brexit trade talks make 'no significant progress' as deadline nears
European Union and British negotiators said on Friday they had made very little progress in their latest round of talks about a Brexit free trade agreement, with just weeks left to extend a year-end deadline to reach a deal.
No progress in latest round of EU-Brexit talks, Barnier says
The latest round of talks between Britain and the European Union made no significant progress this week, the EU's chief negotiator said on Friday, saying London and Brussels remained far apart on fisheries and other matters.
UK official says need to work intensively with EU into July on trade deal
Britain needs to work intensively into July with the EU to make progress in trade talks, and negotiations cannot drag on into October, a senior British negotiating official said on Friday.
Little progress on Brexit free trade deal, EU and UK say
The European Union said on Friday there had been no significant progress in talks with the United Kingdom about a Brexit free trade agreement and that to reach a deal, talks would have to intensify.
Nissan warns UK plant 'unsustainable' without EU trade deal - BBC
Nissan's car manufacturing plant in Sunderland, northern England, which employs 7,000, is "unsustainable" if Britain leaves the European Union without a trade deal, it said on Wednesday.
PM Johnson says he is confident on future data-sharing with EU
British Prime Minster Boris Johnson said on Wednesday he was confident that the European Union would "see sense" and continue to collaborate in the same way on data-sharing after the end of this year.
Compromise on fisheries with EU a possibility, says UK industry chief
Britain and the European Union might be able to reach a compromise on fisheries by settling on the bloc being handed access to UK waters in exchange for higher quotas for the United Kingdom, industry chiefs said on Tuesday.
No compromise on fish, level playing field, says PM's spokesman
Britain's government will not compromise on fisheries or demands from the European Union on "level playing field" guarantees of fair competition, a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday.
UK hopes latest EU talks will keep process on track, says PM's spokesman
Britain hopes the latest round of trade talks with the European Union starting on Tuesday will keep the process on track before a high-level meeting later this month, a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said.
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