Tag: reset
What will a ‘reset’ deal mean for the UK’s economic growth?
There was much fanfare – and then lunch on the Thames – to mark the “reset” of the relationship between the UK and the EU with claims of a “huge” potential boost to growth. The deal does represent a significant breakthrough in deepening ties in the UK’s most important trading relationship and paves the way…
Trump claims ‘total reset’ in US-China trade relations after tariff talks in Geneva
US president praises ‘very good’ discussions as top US and Chinese officials meet over trade war triggered by Trump’s tariff blitz Donald Trump has hailed a “total reset” in US-China trade relations after the first day of talks between top American and Chinese officials in Geneva aimed at defusing a trade war sparked by his…
Starmer’s top aide made low-key Brussels trip as No 10’s EU reset efforts continue
Morgan McSweeney met EU counterparts before Christmas as Downing Street poised to hire new foreign adviser Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, made a below-the-radar trip to Brussels last month, as No 10 prepares to appoint its own foreign affairs adviser to help bolster the Downing Street policy operation. As the UK’s attempts at…
Labour hopes ‘new deal for farmers’ can reset relationship with industry
Steve Reed to announce focus on making farming ‘more profitable and sustainable’ at Oxford Farming Conference The government is aiming to reset its relationship with farmers with what it describes as a “new deal” for the industry. Farmers have protested in their tens of thousands after controversial changes were made to agricultural inheritance tax and…
UK and EU look to 2025 for reset, but with little room for trade-offs
Early in 2025, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has been invited to an informal summit of EU leaders. It’s the first such invitation for the UK since the bitter days of the Brexit negotiations. The focus of the February meeting is future security and defence co-operation. The backdrop: the volatile state of the world from…