US threatens to impose tariffs on some UK exports in tech firm tax row

US threatens to impose tariffs of up to 25 PER CENT on UK exports of clothes, make-up and video game consoles in row over Britain’s new ‘unreasonable’ and ‘discriminatory’ tech firm tax US is threatening to impose tariffs on some UK exports over tech firm tax row Washington is angry at UK for imposing a … Read more

Now India bans AstraZeneca exports in fresh blow to Britain’s supply chain woes

India has banned AstraZeneca exports in a fresh blow to Britain’s supply chain woes after the EU last night threatened an embargo until deliveries are met. A second wave is gripping the country and there is increased demand for the doses made by the Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s biggest vaccine-maker. The SII has … Read more

EU split over block on jabs bound for UK: Germany and France back ban on Covid vaccine exports

European leaders were divided last night over whether to press ahead with an extraordinary ban on vaccine exports to Britain. Brussels sources confirmed that the EU is ready to block a shipment of the AstraZeneca vaccine to the UK from a plant in the Netherlands. But the issue has triggered a major rift among leaders … Read more

Pfizer warns UK could hit back over EU threat to block vaccine exports

If the European Union blocked all exports of coronavirus vaccines made on its turf, Britain could remain self-sufficient and still get jabs to the entire population. However, it could come under pressure on second dose supply. EU president Ursula von der Leyen suggested this week that the bloc could start an export ban on vaccines … Read more

How badly would UK Covid vaccine drive suffer if EU stopped exports?

The European Union today effectively declared vaccine war on the UK by threatening to block exports of Pfizer/BioNTech’s coronavirus jab.   Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, suggested that the bloc could start an export ban on vaccines – the second time that threat has been made – because the continent’s rollout is … Read more

How badly would the UK’s Covid vaccine drive suffer if the EU cut off exports?

The European Union today effectively declared vaccine war on the UK by threatening to block exports of Pfizer/BioNTech’s coronavirus jab.   Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, suggested that the bloc could start an export ban on vaccines – the second time that threat has been made – because the continent’s rollout is … Read more

UK exports to the EU plunged by £5.6billion – more than 40 per cent – in January

Exports of UK goods to the European Union dropped by more than forty per cent in January as Britain and Brussels began their post-Brexit trading relationship.  New data published this morning by the Office for National Statistics revealed that the overall export of goods fell by £5.3billion – some 19.3 per cent – in the first … Read more

EU extends powers to block Covid-19 jab exports until June

The European Union has extended powers that allow it to block exports of coronavirus vaccines until at least June as its jab drive fails to gather pace.   The laws were rushed into force in January amid an almighty row between the EU and AstraZeneca, which saw Eurocrats accuse the drug-maker of sending doses meant for … Read more

George Eustice slams EU over barriers on live shellfish exports

Don’t be so shellfish! George Eustice slams EU over barriers on exports from UK as even the French chair of bloc’s fisheries committee says rule that catches must be cleaned in Britain ‘makes no sense’ George Eustice condemned the EU for blocking shellfish exports from the UK Bloc demanding catches cleaned in UK before being … Read more

British exports to EU ‘plummeted by 68 per cent in January’

British exports to the EU ‘plummeted by 68 per cent in January’ as post-Brexit paperwork and coronavirus crisis wreaked havoc at UK ports Trade deal between the UK and the EU came into force on January 1 of this year New checks and paperwork have caused significant disruption, slowing exports Road Haulage Association survey shows … Read more