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Lord Trimble Dismisses Brexit Threats to UK-Ireland Peace
March 20, 2018
Hugh Bennett writes that Lord Trimble, an architect of the Good Friday Agreement, has dismissed claims that Brexit is threatening the landmark peace deal between the UK and Ireland as "rubbish" and argues that the Irish border issue will only be a problem if EU officials impose trade restrictions between the two countries.
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Former EU Official: UK Must Make Choice on Financial Rules
March 20, 2018
Former European Commissioner for finance, UK peer Jonathan Hill writes that the UK must abandon the negotiation of impossible terms of financial "access" with EU officials and must instead spell out the choice between taking rules from the EU, with access to its markets, and having the final say over financial rules, with short-term market disruption.
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May Calls for UK-EU Security Treaty
March 20, 2018
AP reports that, at the recent Munich Security Conference, UK Prime Minister Theresa May called for the EU to agree a wide-ranging security treaty with Britain as part of her push for the UK to remain part of EU security structures, including the European Arrest Warrant, subject to the jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the EU after Brexit.
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Lawyer Criticizes EU Proposals for Brexit Transition
March 19, 2018
British barrister Martin Howe QC criticizes an EU proposal for a "transition period" between the UK and the supranational bloc that would subject Britain to rulings of a foreign court and to new EU laws and regulations without having a say in their creation after Brexit, arguing that such a transition is not necessary to the ultimate implementation of a UK-EU free-trade deal.
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UK MEP Dismisses Proposals for Joining EFTA
March 19, 2018
UK Member of the European Parliament (MEP) David Campbell Bannerman explains flaws in proposals for Britain to join the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) - a trade bloc including Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Switzerland - after Brexit, calling instead for striking a trade deal with the EU based on the EU-Canada free trade agreement.
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