Officials involved in the process said an agreement could finally be struck this week, with just days to spare before the UK leaves the EU single market and customs union.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen agreed that 'it is responsible at this point to go the extra mile.'
There’s now the strong possibility we will have a solution that’s much more like an Australian relationship with the EU than a Canadian relationship with the EU, said Johnson.
The Wednesday dinner between UK PM Boris Johnson and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen left their teams believing it may be impossible to find a compromise.
The risk for the EU is that if Johnson doesn’t get anything out of the trip, he'll walk away from talks & the prospect of the UK leaving the EU single market will start to become real.
The plan to retreat on UK Internal Market Bill is another sign that Boris Johnson govt is trying everything it can to smooth the path to a new post-Brexit trade agreement.
'No deal' would be a huge test of the EU’s ability to manage crises. It would also mean tariffs on $621 billion of annual goods flows & potential delays from customs checks.
If no agreement is reached, it would be a hammer blow for both sides as decades of free movement of goods, services and capital would come to an abrupt end.
In Kashmir Valley, 3 de-hyphenations stand out. Youth have de-hyphenated from radicalism; de-hyphenation with Pakistan; and security agencies’ success in de-hyphenating weapons and people.
India’s major airports earned average of $4.3/customer in 2023-24 from non-aeronautical sources, much lesser than $7.2-15.9 of global ones, according to rating agency ICRA.
Discussion about outcome of Lok Sabha polls continues to boil in cauldron of expectations only from BJP. Now reverse this equation, what if we asked about the performance of the 'loser'?
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