All Brexit articles
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ArticleYearly cross-border e-commerce ranking sees DTC sales on the rise
Cross-Border Europe (CBCommerce), a platform promoting cross-border online commerce in Europe, published its yearly Top 500 Cross-Border Retail Europe study on the 500 strongest European players in cross-border e-commerce for the fourth time. Cross-border online commerce (excluding the travel segment) generated total sales of €171.2 billion in the EU in ...
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ArticleHow sports companies are dealing with Brexit
The European Parliament voted on April 27 to approve the agreement signed by the British government and the EU on Christmas Eve to regulate trade relations after the U.K.’s official exit from the European Single Market on Jan. 1. It’s been hard for the companies in our sector, especially the ...
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Shiner sets up a EU subsidiary in Rotterdam
Shiner , the U.K.-based distributor and licensee specializing in skateboards and other action sports equipment, has opened a subsidiary with a 2,300-square-meter logistic facility in Rotterdam, Shiner EU . The company cites a combination of “ambitious expansion plans” on the continent and the impact of Brexit on trading with the ...
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Mastercard hikes fees on U.K. e-commerce purchases from EU
In yet another indication of the inflationary effects of Brexit, Mastercard is preparing to at least quadruple the fees it charges to merchants located in the European Union and the rest of the European Economic Area when British cardholders buy their goods online. It warned that the move could lead ...
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ArticleU.K. signs free trade pacts with the EU and Turkey
On Christmas Eve, the U.K. and the EU reached an eleventh hour trade agreement, after nine months and some 2,000 hours of painstaking discussions involving about 200 officials. The deal, called the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, has since been approved by the ambassadors of the EU’s 27 member states ...
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EU, UK extend Brexit trade talks in effort to avoid a “no deal”
The United Kingdom and the European Union had decided to wait until Sunday, Dec. 13 to find a compromise on a trade agreement that would go into effect on Jan. 1. The European Commission’s president, Ursula von der Leyen , said the negotiators will continue to work into this week ...
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The U.K. reaches trade accord with Vietnam, but a deal with EU is unlikely
After a dinner in Brussels on Wednesday night, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen , the president of the European Commission, both indicated that the likelihood of “no deal” between the U.K. and the European Union has increased. Von der Leyden said that a final decision ...
