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Shipping Companies Object to EU Emissions Plan
January 17, 2017
Reuters reports that representatives of the shipping industry have objected to an EU vote to include shipping companies in the bloc's emissions trading system, which applies a tax to businesses to offset their greenhouse gas emissions, arguing that the unilateral application of emissions rules would "create market distortion while generating trade disputes."
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UK Groups Seek Common Ground on Brexit Aims
January 17, 2017
A group of UK think tanks and other organizations called British Future has released a manifesto pushing for UK leaders to find common ground between the opposing sides of the UK referendum on leaving the EU by negotiating a Brexit deal that returns policy control to Britain while maintaining trade and security ties with its European neighbors.
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Malta PM: ECJ Must Govern Brexit Transition Deal
January 17, 2017
The Prime Minister of Malta, Joseph Muscat, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU, has stated that the UK must be subject to judgments of the Court of Justice of the EU during any post-Brexit transition deal, during which EU law would continue to apply to British businesses and citizens.
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Austrian Official Seeks EU Permission on Jobs Policy
January 17, 2017
Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern has pledged that he will ask for permission from the EU institutions to allow businesses in his country to consider Austrian job candidates before they consider candidates from other EU member states.
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Party Paper Shows Inflexibility on EU Membership
January 17, 2017
Reuters reports that a paper from the German Social Democratic Party would commit party leaders to a policy of not permitting the UK to negotiate membership in the EU's "single market" after Brexit unless it agrees to unrestricted migration, spotlighting the inflexibility of the bloc's politicians and leaders on market access.
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