e.u. u.k. trade deal max thank you meanwhile e.u. food exporters are watching nervously as the brags that that line which is december 31st approaches this would be the time to rush through as much of their produce as they can into the u.k. right now though that's not possible. several 1000 trucks are backed up in dover and that number is growing they won't be home for christmas but they at least want to avoid new border checks and customs controls that will come at the end of the year at this food wholesaler in the netherlands they're also worried about the fast approaching end of your deadline december 31st coconuts citrus fruit asparagus all of this has to go to great britain as quickly as possible if the u.k. left to the brits a transition period without a deal there'd definitely be delays in the movement of goods. over day. long of course it depends on the product you have a stronger product and we could products but it. will load the prize of the project . comes humor wants to consume. very 1st profit. great britain is one of th

too soon british members of parliament are meeting for an extraordinary session to vote on the e.u. trade deal negotiated last week is expected to pass comfortably with the main opposition labor party supporting the agreement now the vote comes just a day before the united kingdom automatically leaves the european union's single market a historic victory for women's rights in latin america where senators knowledge and tina have passed a bill legalizing abortion after a marathon session senators voted to allow terminations up to 14 weeks 40000 women and up in hospital because of complications with legal procedures every year. an american who spent 30 years in a u.s. prison for spying has arrived in israel jonathan pollard was greeted by prime minister benjamin netanyahu at the airport the former u.s. navy intelligence analyst sold military secrets to israel while working at the pentagon in the 1980 s. there have been several aftershocks in central croatia the day after a 6.4 magnitude quake killed at least 7 people it struck near the town of perth regina 50 kilometers from the capital site

e.u. trade talks however remain stalled on issues including business competition rules known as a level playing field and the irish government says time is running out. the situation is very serious in terms of. where we are now it's this isn't the bow choreography as some people might think. there's a very serious issue and respective level playing field. that will be difficult to resolve and unfortunately we are facing the prospect of a military break that if something doesn't break out over the next day or 2. meanwhile on the other side of the atlantic another deal is coming down to the wire the white house has unveiled a $916000000000.00 stimulus proposal on tuesday it's an attempt to break a months long logjam over a new aid for the coronavirus stricken u.s. economy the plan being discussed in congress includes money for state and local governments it also features liability protections for businesses and universities time is running out as the cares act expires on december 26th some 120000

they'll be flown to london for prime minister boris johnson to sign the e.u. trade deal will take effect on thursday evening when the briggs's transition period ends and the u.k. will then be entirely oh. well for now let's bring in our correspondents teri schultz in brussels and big boss in london good to see you both terry the break that deal has finally been agreed and has now been signed at least on one side this moment has been a very long time in the making hasn't it it has and we can't forget that this is a moment that the european union hoped would never come it would did not want breakfast leaders i think hoped until perhaps not this final moment but until very late in this stage that you know somehow it could be reversed and i think that you could see that on the faces of vonder lion and sean michel as they signed it they sort of awkwardly looked at each other and and thought should we say something here and they decided not to they stood up and bumped elbows in sort of a mutual congratulation and then sort of you know off their desks when he agree with of

e.u. trade deal doesn't include gibraltar spain's foreign minister is warning of a possible hard bragg's it for the british territory if there's no agreement by later on thursday june also lies next to spain and it could face border delays as tat of some travel restrictions kick in on the 1st of january both sides have refused to comment on the progress of bilateral negotiations. u.s. senate leader mitch mcconnell has blocked a bill that would more than triple the amount given out in pandemic relief checks and in this week the house of representatives voted to increase the payments from 600 to 2 $1000.00 that followed a month from president donald trump the bill needs a 2 thirds majority to pass in the senate should have a chance he's in washington then explains what's behind mcconnell's decision. it's all rather nuanced mitch mcconnell right now has 3 main priorities in the final days of this session of congress which runs on sunday the 1st is to override president promises veto of the national

access to fishing waters britain's parliament sounds just a week to ratify any deal before it leaves e.u. trade rules by the end of this year we've got reporters covering the story from both sides bernard smith will bring us the e.u. reaction from paris but 1st let's begin with as a bank joins us live from dining street in london as it was happening but there's still. well we were hearing but it was coming soon that it was imminent but we haven't heard anything yet know that the u.k. left the e.u. block earlier this year generally the 31st but they're still being abiding by e.u. rules at the end of this year on 30 furthest that 1st of december they will leave the e.u. internal market and the customs union and the hope was that there would be a deal because if there isn't that means they go to world trade organization rules which means that there would be tariffs and possible border checks and goods between the e.u. and that u.k. getting to greece cost and considerable destruction but the snag seems to be now is that around fisheries now the fishing economy in the u.k. accounts for less than one

e.u. trade deal doesn't include gibraltar spain's foreign minister has warned of a possible heart of bragg's it for the british territory if there's no agreement by later on thursday gibraltar lies next to spain and it could face border delays as tiresome travel restrictions kick in in the 1st of january both sides have refused to comment on the progress of bilateral negotiations. this is our desire but these are the top stories a covered 1000 vaccine by the chinese pharmaceutical companies signed off on has been given conditional approval 12 months after the virus was detected in will han the vaccine is said to be more than 79 percent effective katrina you has more from one time had 5 different vaccines in a final stage of stage 3 trials this year and signed off on is the 1st to receive approval from china's regulator now sleight of hand says it's about 70.

e.u. trade deal did not include gibraltar which is a british territory sharing a land border with spain but its government and spain have reached a last minute interim agreement now there were fears the lack of agreement would have caused destruction including those who work across the border from their homes or boats that comes into full effect later at $2300.00 g.m.t. and ahead of that the u.k. parliament overwhelmingly approved the trade deal in a special session of parliament the agreement sets out new trade and security regulations between britain and the european union here's the deal barbara with the latest from london. there was an attempt by the opposition labor party to get amendments on things like environmental standards and workers' rights which failed but they generally did back the bill so it went through very easily but lots of questions now are being asked by various sectors of. industry here in britain as well as ordinary citizens people here in britain have been warned to get

e.u. fishing fleets have to u.k. waters are seen as more solvable the other sticking point has been how to enforce any trade deal this week e.u. joint committee agreed specific arrangements for northern ireland including managing the border with island now the u.k. has dropped legislation that would break international law but the committee's co-chair says level playing field demands remain a big problem the prime minister is being. that we're going to maintain high standards in this country but we're also going to be a sovereign country and that we need to be in control of our own rules and regulations our laws and ways of doing things e.u. leaders are holding their own summit on thursday and friday if there is no resolution tonight i think we will have more calls from even the decides to step up the narrative preparations but at the same time the e.u. will not walk away from these negotiations they will try to negotiate until the very end until the actual deadline which is the said the 1st of december and no deal breck's it is what many businesses in britain and the youth fear most incredibly nobody truly knows whe

s trade is with its european neighbors and the u.k. is the e.u. 3rd largest trading partner the talks were painful but the alternative was worse pushing the begrudging neighbors closer together never has the european union offered so much to a so-called 3rd country the u.k. has enhanced its decision making at home but still has access to the e.u. market whereas the e.u. has kept a key customer for billions of euros of goods a lot will change come the 1st of january the biggest the u.k. will be out of the e.u. single market but both sides will continue to have tariff free access to each other's economies citizens from either side will no longer have the automatic right to live and work in each other's territories there's likely to be delays of borders as everyone gets used to complicated new custom systems and the u.k. will stop most of its payments into the e.u.'s budget. selling british wares freely in the e.u.'s marketplace is the 1st big step but britain still has a monumental task ahead of it before the brics britain had access to scores of d

a good deal is still to be done british prime minister boris johnson says a last minute e.u. trade agreement is possible as in that his country would prosper even without one. and a blow to donald trump's attempts to block joe biden selection when u.s. supreme court dismisses his plea to overturn the pennsylvania results. there's a global rush to get corona virus vaccines and campaigners are warning that 9 out of 10 people nearly 70 per countries will not get the job next year the people's vaccine iraq alliance says rich nations are hoarding vaccines buying up enough doses to inoculate their populations several times over the alliance is a coalition that includes oxfam and the sea international well here's how the rich countries are hedging their bets a study shows canada as enough vaccine doses to inoculate 5 times as population but they option to extend to 6 times is followed by the u.s. and the u.k. by comparison india has an r for under 60 percent of its people brazil 47 percent with existing inequalities in both countries has been blamed at least in parts for the severity of t

e.u. china trade relations the official news agency reported president xi said the deal will offer bigger markets and a better business environment for both china and the e.u. after 7 years of these difficult negotiations chancellor merkel pushed a follow europeans to to reach a deal before the year and deadline but the. agreement could harm the new biden ministrations relationship with brussels. co-host and swan and host of economic day author of the sickness is assistant professor richard wolffe professor wafa let's begin with you what does this investment deal mean for european companies and what does it mean for china. well basically what it does is it shoeless out the relationship between the european union on the one hand and china making it easier for trade for capital flows for investment for other coal sure development between the 2 countries it encourages investment in both directions it is a very important she had a lot of obstacles i think 2 things made it happen. the fact that you are up is that our mind is the british compared to what it was before and the other thing was mr

e.u. trade deal. but its governments in spain have reached a last minute interim agreement that if it is a lack of a deal could have caused disruption looting for those who work across the border from their homes leon ever ali is a former aide to the u.k. secretary of state for eckstein the european union he says although both science have managed to avoid gibraltar sovereignty issue this time the dispute will resurface again in the future. i think there will be a big sigh of relief from gibraltar this is a country or region the vote 96 percent to remain in the european union around 50 percent of their workforce coming from space so i think ensuring fluidity of the border between the 2 is important i think the practicalities mean the gibraltar will remain all shaken and all the benefits that brings with it that's freedom of movement freedom of goods and i think that's vital to the gibraltar economy and the whole ecosystem that i mean all the good news is that we've been able to avoid a sort of debate

block earlier this year on january 31st but they've blighted by e.u. trade rules on 31st of december that is set to end the u.k. will leave the customs union and the internal e.u. market now if a deal isn't reach reached they will go to world trade organization rules that could mean border checks and tariffs on goods between the e.u. . and the u.k. could mean higher cost for goods but also a lot of disruption then as we've been seeing over the last few days that could be really significant on the for the sort of logistics of it if they do agree something in the next few days is there enough parliamentary time on either side to to get it through the seems that seems to be yes that this is the parliament have to be recalled it have to ratify this and it could mean that the e.u. in principle signs this and then a too late to date it will become law so this seems to be that there is time but there's still those sticking points they haven't been able to agree on those and until they budge on those they may not be in agreement that they thank you very much but isr

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e.u. single market and the customs union as we promised and yet british exporters will not face a sudden thicket of trade barriers but rather for the 1st time in the history of e.u. agreements 0 tariffs and 0 quotas of paul brown is live for us in london he's been following this paul obviously boris johnson being very bullish about this deal the e.u. signing it and letting it go through the process but basically as far as i can understand it people in the u.k. basically just have to sit back and wait to see how they're going to be affected by this. well yes because although the prime minister as you say very bullish talking about the comprehensive nature in his view of this deal there are dissenters the labor party for example says this is a very thin deal and they're voting in favor of it farther rather reluctantly because the only alternative to this deal is no deal there would be tariffs and there would be quotas imposed on the world trade organization rules that said though this is not some kind of utopian best of both worlds type of arrangement there will be differences in some cases big differences

s trade is with its european neighbors and the u.k. is the e.u. 3rd largest trading partner the talks were painful but the alternative was worse pushing the begrudging neighbors closer together never has the european union offered so much to a so-called 3rd country the u.k. has enhanced its decision making at home but so has access to the e.u. market whereas the e.u. has kept a key customer for billions of euros of goods a lot will change come the 1st of january the biggest the u.k. will be out of the e.u. single market but both sides will continue to have tariff free access to each other's economy citizens from either side will no longer have the automatic right to live and work in each other's territories there's likely to be delays of borders as everyone gets used to complicated new custom systems and the u.k. will stop most of its payments into the budget. selling british wares freely in the e.u.'s marketplace is the 1st big step but britain still has a monumental task ahead of it before brics it britain had access to scores of deals now it's

e.u. trade deal will be a tremendous success and i think that you know the united kingdom outside of the european union will thrive and prosper even more so with a with a good deal in place that that guarantees british sovereignty and self-determination and. you know the report study indicates that the u.k. has succeeded in getting nearly everything i wanted actually in terms. or i will leave that no god and appreciate that thanks what my pleasure thank you very much now that time is regulators launch in 90 monopoly probe into the. comments johnson that's flamboyant founder jack ma has faced increasing pressure from beijing over its expansion plans for more let's cross live to sarah clarke in hong kong tell us more is agent 2nd largest corporation shares have dropped what's happening. all of this decision today being announced by state media in china is a huge blow to the group that we're the largest i.p.o. on the stock market that was the atlas thing and that was meant to make its debut back in

british members of parliament are meeting for an extraordinary session to vote on the e.u. trade deal negotiated last week it's expected to pass comfortably but the main opposition labor party supporting the agreement scottish national party m.p.'s are opposing the deal calling it a disaster the vote comes just a day before the u.k. automatically leaves the e.u. single market i historic victory for women's rights in latin america where senators in argentina have passed a bill legalizing abortion after a marathon session $38.00 senators voted to allow terminations up to 14 weeks $29.00 senators voted against it up to $520000.00 women seek illegal abortions in argentina each year 40000 of them end up in hospital because of complications during the procedure. there have been several aftershocks the central croatia a day after a 6.4 magnitude quake killed at least 7 people it struck near the town of parts of 50 kilometers from the capital zagreb the local mayor says half the town has been destroyed. those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story of l

british members of parliament all meeting for an extraordinary session to vote on the e.u. trade deal a go she added last week is expected to pass comfortably with the main opposition labor party supporting the. ruminant scottish national party m.p.'s are opposing the deal calling it a disaster now the vote comes just a day before the u.k. automatically leaves the e.u. single market meanwhile you chiefs have signed off on the future relationship agreement in brussels european council and commission president shall michel and live on the lay and formalize the blocs approval in brussels the papers have been flown to the u.k. for signing all 27 member states will abide by the agreement provisionally until it can be ratified by the e.u. parliament paul brennan is in london he says despite opposition from smaller parties the bill the sent is more or less guaranteed. this is a day full of symbolism and box ticking essentially rather than high drama the outcome of today's procedural vote in parliament this bill is not in doubt boris johnson has the full support of his conservative party

e.u. china trade relations the official news agency reported president xi said the deal will offer bigger markets and a better business environment for both china and the e.u. after 7 years of these difficult negotiations chancellor merkel pushed a fellow europeans to reach a deal before the year and deadline but the agreement could harm the new biden ministrations relationship with brussels join me in touch with co-host ben swan and host of economic of day author of the sickness is assistant professor richard wolfe professor wafa let's begin with you what does this investment deal mean for european companies and what does it mean for china well basically what. the relationship between the european union on the one is. making it easier for trade for travel lol or. for a console sure. it encourages you both directions obvious is a.

e.u. trade deal doesn't include gibraltar spain's foreign minister is warning of a possible hard drugs that for the british territory if there's no agreement by later on thursday to both allies next to spain it could face border delays as tiresome travel restrictions kick in on january 1st coming up next analogise you know it's inside story about. on the move again bangladesh relocates hundreds of road to a remote island despite protests from human rights groups and their safety be guaranteed and why is there still no permanent solution to the refugee crisis this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. 3 years ago nearly a 1000000 rohingya escaped to bangladesh when me and more us military launched what the un called a textbook case of ethnic cleansing many sought shelter in the world's largest refugee camp at cox's bizarre now their lives are being uprooted again bangladesh is government has moved a 2nd group of nearly 2000 to a remote island rights groups a bus on char is unsafe bec

and security regulations as britain leaves the blog with a new e.u. trade deal doesn't include gibraltar spain's foreign minister's warning of a possible hard bragg's it for the british territory if there's no agreement by later on thursday gibraltar lies next to spain and it could face border delays as tariffs and travel restrictions kick in on the 1st of january both sides have refused to comment on the progress of negotiations norwegian rescuers are searching for 11 people including children missing after a village was buried in a landslide 10 others are being treated in hospital hillside collapsed over the village of us 25 kilometers northeast of the capital all slow only helicopter rescue operations are possible because the ground unstable 700 people have been evacuated from their homes u.s. senate leader mitch mcconnell has blocked a bill that would more than triple the amount given in pandemic relief checks this week the house of representatives voted to increase the aid payments from 600 to $2000.00 that followed a demand from president donald trump

e.u. u.k. trade deal max thank you meanwhile e.u. food exporters are watching nervously as the braggs of that line which is december 31st approaches this would be the time to rush through as much of their produce as they can into the u.k. right now though that's not possible. several 1000 trucks are backed up in dover and that number is growing they won't be home for christmas but they at least want to avoid new border checks and customs controls that will come at the end of the year at this food wholesaler in the netherlands they're also worried about the fast approaching end of your deadline december 31st coconuts citrus fruit asparagus all of this has to go to great britain as quickly as possible if the u.k. left to the brits a transition period without a deal there'd definitely be delays in the movement of goods. over day. long of course it depends on the product you have stronger product and we could products but it. will lower deprives of the project. comes humor wants to consume. very 1st products. great britain is one of the

e.u. trade deal but its government and spain have reached a last minute interim agreement. hong kong's top quarter's revoke bail for media time jimmy lai the high profile pro-democracy activists distancing charges under a new security laws imposed by beijing and he was released on bail last week but prosecutors argue that he was a flight risk who should stay behind bars those were the headlines that clark's here with the news hour in half an hour here on ars is there a next it's the stream from me to take care. talk to al jazeera scott realistically how can you deal with institutionalized corruption and in this country we listen if there's breaks up a conflict between pakistan and india this has implications for the rest of the world we meet with global newsmakers and talk about the stories that matter on al-jazeera. every ok you are watching the stream on today show coverage 19 pandemic and homelessness in america one of the richest countries in the world now i am sure that wherever you're watching in the world you have your own stories and your own experiences about homel

a good deal is still bad to be done britain's prime minister boris johnson says a last minute e.u. trade.

british members of parliament are meeting for an extraordinary session to vote on the e.u. trade deal negotiated last week is expected to pass comfortably with the main opposition labor party supporting the agreement that comes just a day before the u.k. automatically leaves the single market those were the headlines the stream is next here on al-jazeera. to you now just the way english streaming live on the you tube channel. last thousands of our programs award winning documentary. films. subscribe to you she would slash al-jazeera english. you're watching news stream. and this is how. he is debate with parents about racism. do you know how i actually know shot i know you should you rather know because i actually work in the ghetto i see people do you know why they're 11 years old and seeing these people do you understand this systematic historical isenberg i don't see in that position ok or cold you want to do is begin to know yes there is no you should people know hailo or most of them just want to suck the system were do something bad like drugs or gangs have been told they h

e.u. u.k. trade deal is now complete but ends months of uncertainty and its implementation will mark a big changes the u.k. and e.u. will form 2 separate markets and free movement between the 2 will come to an end or reporter will tell me what the major points of the deal are in just a moment but 1st this report on the day the deal was done. just days before the january 1st deadline britain is set to leave the european union with a trade deal after months of wrangling the 2 sides finally agreed to the terms on which the e.u. would be allowed to continue fishing in british waters the last piece of the puzzle to fall into place before the deal could be announced both sides are selling the remit as the best deal for their positions. british prime minister boris johnson said it would benefit you have been a part of the u.k. a deal that will protect jobs across this country do a lot of goods u.k. goods and components to be sold without tariffs and without quotas in the e.u. market to deal which will if an

e.u. trade deal but its government and spain have reached a last minute interim agreement that will feel fears of the lack of a deal could have caused disruption including for those who work across the border from their homes and take this on we can speak to leon marley who is a former aide to the u.k. secretary of state for exiting the european union joins us from fiction in hot future in the u.k. and the on one of the main practical consequences of this arrangement ok i mean i think there will be a big sigh of relief on gibraltar this is a country or region of votive 96 percent to remain in the european union around 50 percent of that well of course coming from spain so i think ensuring our fluidity of the border between the 2 is important i think the practicality may gibraltar will remain part of share. of the benefits that bring whether that's freedom of movement freedom of goods and i think that is vital to the gibraltar economy and the whole ecosystem there i mean look at me is that we've

e.u. and the other way around so what's at stake the world trade organization puts the figure at 3 point one percent for customs tariffs from the e.u. to the u.k. from the u.k. to the e.u. 3.3 percent and that's not all certain types of products could have much higher duties beginning next year cars and agricultural goods could be as high as 13 percent on milk as much as 36 percent and with the economies on both sides of the channel suffering already to the coronavirus crisis neither one spreads it to happen without a deal. now for more on this i'm joined by the hartman she's managing director of the british chamber of commerce in germany welcome to the show it's good to have you is it fair to say that businesses on both sides of the channel are now bracing for a no trade deal but 1st of all good morning and i don't think they have bracing for it but they're bracing for the decision you know it's always good to be able to prepare the scenarios and not be able to prepare anything. why is that uncertainty is so bad for business as we use this phrase a phrase a lot but can you explain in concre

e.u. u.k. trade deal max thank you meanwhile e.u. food exporters are watching nervously as the braggs of that line which is december 31st approaches this would be the time to rush through as much of their produce as they can into the u.k. right now though that's not possible. several 1000 new trucks are backed up in dover and that number is growing they won't be home for christmas but they at least want to avoid new border checks and customs controls that will come at the end of the year at this food wholesaler in the netherlands they're also worried about the fast approaching end of your deadline december 31st coconuts citrus fruit asparagus all of this has to go to great britain as quickly as possible if the u.k. left to the brits a transition period without a deal there'd definitely be delays in the movement of goods. over day. long of course it depends on the product you have stronger products and we could products but it. will load the prize of the project if consumer wants to consume. very 1st provides. great britain is one of

for example exports some $400000000000.00 worth of trade to the european union the e.u. exports to the u.k. around $500000000000.00 worth of trade so there's a lot of money at stake and a lot of pressure to get this solved however they seem to be breaking down on this fundamental principle of how to. manage the divergence as britain goes one way on the european union protected single market depending on who you talk to paul it does seem some people think that the 2 sides are closer than they're giving the impression that but we did hear a couple of hours ago from the u.k. prime minister who really seem to be setting people up for a no break no deal bragg's it well things have certainly moved certainly at least in the last week we saw cabinet office minister michael gove saying that they would accept a kind of non regression type of mechanism where britain would pledge not to water down its environmental protections and its rules and regulations from where they are at the moment closely aligned with the european union and we also live on the land at the end of the european

e.u. trade deal did not include gibraltar which is a british territory travolta lies next to spain and their worst fears a lack of agreement could have caused destruction for travelers. as under abilities the co-chair of the 3000000 which is a group that represents e.u. citizens in the u.k. joins me now from the english city of cambridge could tell you with us on al-jazeera has the u.k. government prepared for the new immigration rules that they initiated online for the application to sort of enter work and for those that were already e.u. nationals living and wanting the right to remain in the u.k. is that all secured as far as you're concerned. good afternoon thanks for having me on the program yesterday on the changes happening and i'm glad to hear the positive news about your brother just just now indeed today is that day of celebration for many people as we heard earlier on the program but i have to say for us citizens are fortunate are still things that are not started out and this is they

e.u. i mean most of the reasons why we didn't do a booming trade with the e.u. we did a better trade with the rest of the world was non-tariff barriers that were there anyway but any export who exports to anywhere in the world not just the e.u. has to abide both by british and foreign regulations as part of the life of an export mean with us astray earlier china america you have to deal with other people's rules that don't see what's called on having to deal with the rules as well and on the issue of disputes we need what you'll fail unmet because on the one hand i was listening to boris johnson saying look this is great for us you know we can impose our own regulations but at the same time europe are saying well yeah but if we get an unfair advantage we can a genie case on this and perhaps take it to some sort of tribunals i just wondered how well but then let me say this i mean if they do something that we don't like we could take them to an independent tribunal 'd it's just. something that is quite ordinary and free trade deals that you have. mechanisms putin

earlier the e.u. trade commissioner spoke exclusively to bloomberg about the deal. lly, for this last-minute push to address questions and to make compromises. jennifer hillman is with us now, with the -- former international trade commission. the issues as we understand them remain sticking point here. given what is at stake, we are told there may be posturing and negotiation tactics going on. do you believe that these issues are enough to result in no deal, given what that might mean for both sides? >> i hope not, because no deal is really quite dramatic, not just for the u.k. and the european union, that for many american companies that have invested a lot of money in production in the u.k.. if there is no deal, than any goods moving from the u.k. into the european union are going to have to pay a tariff, potentially be subject to further inspections at all kinds of regulatory checks. so no deal is really dramatically bad for everyone, so i hope they will not. vonnie: i mean, jennifer, it seems sort of obvious that there should be a deal done, but what can boris j

e.u. trade in goods britain want to add tariff and free quota access to the single market and it got it but there is now a mechanism where terrorists could be imposed by the e.u. in the future if the u.k. diverges from stand its. customs border in the irish as seen with roman island so nolan island remains part of the e.u. single market and customs union so goods and animals entering there from the rest of the u.k. will be subject to checks and paperwork and i'm now joined by clinton peel he's associate fellow for all of this with the european president at chatham house he's joining us from london good to see you quentin so do british people think they got a good deal. or they did to be the latest opinion poll that i've seen says that only 70 percent of the british people think it's a good deal something like 21 percent think it's a bad deal and found that most people either think they don't know all they just don't i think there is a real exhaustion about its own process with the british people

e.u. their biggest market 50 percent of the trade goes to the e.u. but that was a political decision based on the referendum so the deal is the best outcome in the circumstances and will to some extent minimize disruption but the disruption on the 1st of january in any case i think help there from the german british chamber of industry and congress thank you very much my pleasure thank you. time now for a quick look at some of the other business stories making news the fishing industry has had a mixed response to the bracks a deal french fisherman and women are pleased they'll still be able to fish in british waters despite having to reduce their cocks in germany the sector will likely need government support almost all the herring the country cottage is in the north sea originates in british waters just fisherman aren't thrilled at all they say they're losing fishing grants rights and closures. both area is set to receive deliveries of natural gas from azerbaijan from january 1st other nick freeman between cars on the outer brake johnny company so c

e.u. have given their negotiating just 3 more days to shore up the post briggs it trade deal british prime minister burris john snow is warning there is a strong possibility they will fail so now both sides are beginning to prepare for the u.k. to leave the e.u. with no deal at the end of the month the support from the fucka. a very real and sudden lurch towards the prospect of a no deal breaks it the british prime minister told the u.k. to get ready the deal on the table is really not at the moment right for the for the u.k. and now is the time for the public and for businesses to get ready for january the 1st because believe me there's going to be change either way that we change whether it's a canada or an australia style deal the comments follow high level talks between boris johnson and the president of the european commission in brussels on wednesday after a 3 hour working dinner compromises remained off the table negotiations however have resumed with sunday set as the new deadline for reaching a breakthrough with the u.k. officially left the e.u. on january the 31st it's been the t

efforts to find a trade deal between the u.k. and e.u.between the president of tis european coon and boris johnson the prime minister has failed to break the deadlock. it has been going on for months. both of them put out in which they reflected on their phone call saying "the conditions for trade agreement are not there, and critical issues are still to be solved." boris johnson will travel to brussels to continue the talks face-to-face. one of the issue separating the two is the level playing field. basically, this is a shared set of standards andules that ensures businesses in one country, the u.k., do not have adan unfaintage over competitors in another country, any e.u. member state. here is chris morris. >> level playing field aar pretty standin free-trade agreements. the point ishe more trade you become. harsher those rules there is no question of e.u.s asking for strict level playing field rules from the united kingdom. and the reason is, if you are in the same free-trade aa, you can trade without paying taxes on stuff -- when stu

it is very different from your normal trade agreement. say though the e.u. ll this is an exceptional deal, no tariffs, no quotas. the canada deal still has a few residual tariffs on product lines. even for british companies that have been used to trading seamlessly across the channel with a single market, they are going to encounter customs formalities, regulatory formalities. what we do not know because we have not seen the fine print is whether they have managed to agree to some facilitation's, some easements there. it is going to be a whole bunch of red tape over here landing on them. david was mentioning, we do not know whether there is going to be an agreement on financial services. that is not part of the trade deal. that is a separate decision-making process. the -- the u.k. said to the e.u. farms we are all aligned. we have not gotten that certainty. we have not gotten certainty on data transfers. there is a lot of uncertainty still there. doing a big deal if that is finalized, that does pave the way arguably for those decisions, but we cannot take it

e.u. u.k. trade relationship in our documentary more a better than suite where our correspondents talk about who they see as being brecht's its biggest winners and losers that's available now on our you tube channel t w news. you're watching the news still to come argentina votes to legalize abortion and a landmark bill that could have across latin america. now let's take a look at some other stories making headlines. syria is state news agency says 28 people have been killed in an attack on a bus the ambush occurred on a highway about 50 kilometers southwest of the city of. unconfirmed reports say the bus was carrying syrian army soldiers. 12 people remain unaccounted for after a landslide struck the norwegian village of guardroom north of oslo authorities evacuated some 700 residents after the early morning disaster which left at least 10 people injured emergency services are searching for survivors and securing homes teetering on the edge of the crater left by the sly. bitcoin has surged to a new

e.u. and the u.k. to cooperate on. what he is not saying is the trade-offs.t's what critics here are remarking, the brexit tears have not done historically and boris johnson and his government have said yes, this is an agreement that is good to move forward and avoids a really hard brexit that would be catastrophic for the u.k. economy. but still, economically, the u.k. will be worse off because there will be new barriers and these trade-offs have not been made clear. obviously this is a day where boris johnson doesn't want to talk about the trade-offs, but he wants to talk about his accomplishment, and this is what he means by that. william: as always, thank you very much. the united kingdom was part of the european union for more than 40 years. as of january 1, 2021, it is fully on its own. brexit will affect british and e.u. citizens living on both sides of the english channel. dw has been talking to some of them. today were with our correspondent who is at a fishing port. the fight over fishing rights was a lingering sticking point in the negotiations. ba

more serving tea but economically there are trade offs and even though there is a deal a trade deal with the e.u. that there will be extra trade barriers for example for manufacturers they'll be much more paperwork when they want to deal with the european customers or clients and that boris johnson and his bricks of tears have never made that clear and obviously on a day like this they are not talking about it either. at least 22 people have been killed and dozens wounded in an attack at aden international airport in yemen the blasts went off just as members of the new unity government return from saudi arabia so far no group has claimed responsibility it was followed by another explosion near the presidential palace several hours later. it was meant to be a moment to celebrate. a newly formed government disembarking their unity a symbol of their promise to end yemen's long civil war. instead chaos. new explosions shortly after the planes arrival broke to the airport a local security source says most of our shells landed on the airport pool. witnesses described hearing sporadic gunfire soon off.

s trade is with its european neighbors and the u.k. is the e.u. 3rd largest trading partner the talks were painful but the alternative was worse pushing the begrudging neighbors closer together never has the european union offered so much to a so-called 3rd country the u.k. has enhanced its decision making at home but so has access to the e.u. market whereas the e.u. has kept a key customer for billions of euros of goods selling british wares freely in the e.u. as market place is the 1st big step but britain still has a monumental task ahead of it before the brics it britain had access to scores of deals now it's on a shopping spree buttering with partners to snap up trade pacts worldwide. the u.k. has already signed up $59.00 countries to continue trading under the same conditions as with the e.u. plus a fresh deal with japan that's $220000000000.00 euros worth of trade the new deal will be a relief on both sides of the channel but for britain the toughest times may lie ahead experts predict economic growth to slow living standards to drop right

e.u. china trade relations the official news agency reported president xi said the deal will offer bigger markets and a better business environment for both china and the e.u. after 7 years of these difficult negotiations chancellor merkel pushed a fellow europeans to reach a deal before the year and deadline but the agreement could harm the new biden ministrations relationship with brussels during the co-host and swan and host of economic of day author of the sickness is assistant professor richard wolfe professor wafa let's begin with you what does this investment deal mean for european companies and what does it mean for china. well basically what it does is it shoots out the relationship between the european union on the one hand and china making it easier for trade for capital flows for investment for a cold. development between the 2 countries it encourages investment in both directions it is a very important change there have been a lot of obstacles i think 2 things made a map. the fact that you are up is that now minus the british compared to what it was before and the other thing

commission president or is it off on the line says trade negotiations between brussels and london will keep going up for today self-imposed deadline to do pay i'm the e.u. need a trade deal to prevent chaos on the borders starting on january 1st. and public nearly as welcome to the program we start here in germany where the chancellor angela merkel has set the table for a bleak holiday season earlier today she announced a raft of tough measures saying they were necessary to bring that on the spiraling numbers of new covert 900 cases most known the. november the measures that we put in place on the 2nd of november have not been enough and when instead of back for a while we were able to stop the exponential growth and we had to pretend to do that and even talk but now we're seeing a new rise in infections and exponential growth once again. that's been good to. and what that means is that many people are dying you've been following the statistics i'm sure. you have this in the finally also know that we are close to exceeding the response capacity of our public health systems under aim was always to prevent this and this is why we must act and we must act

e.u. u.k. trade deal is now complete but ends months of uncertainty and its implementation will mark a big changes the u.k. and e.u. will form 2 separate markets and free movement between the 2 will come to an end a reporter will tell me what the major points of the deal are in just a moment but 1st this report on the day the deal was done. just days before the january 1st deadline britain is set to leave the european union with a trade deal after months of wrangling the 2 sides finally agreed to the terms on which the e.u. would be allowed to continue fishing in british waters the last piece of the puzzle to fall into place before the deal could be announced both sides are selling the agreement as the best deal for their positions british prime minister boris johnson said it would benefit greatly part of the u.k. a deal that would protect jobs across this country. goods u.k. goods and components to be sold without tariffs and without coaches in the e.u. market a deal which will if anything allow our

e.u. u.k. trade deal is now complete it ends months of uncertainty and its implementation will mark the big changes the u.k. and e.u. will form 2 separate markets and free movement between the 2 will and a reporter will tell me what the major points of the deal are in just a moment but 1st this report on the day the deal was done. just days before the january 1st deadline britain is set to leave the european union with a trade deal after months of wrangling the 2 sides finally agreed to the terms on which the e.u. would be allowed to continue fishing in british waters the last piece of the puzzle to fall into place before the deal could be announced both sides are selling the agreement as the best deal for their positions british prime minister boris johnson said it would benefit government part of the u.k. a deal that will protect jobs across this country do allow goods u.k. goods and components to be sold without tariffs and without quotas in the e.u. market a deal which will if anything allow our