‘My profit has been wiped out by a £250,000 cost’: EU’s new export rules leave small British firms struggling Jerry Lawson of Frogbike said administration fees charged by each government to his customers had forced him to pause selling into Denmark, Spain and Poland He had to hire extra employees to cope with the added … Read more
How badly would the UK’s vaccine drive suffer if the EU blocked exports? If the European Union blocked all exports of coronavirus vaccines made on its turf, Britain could remain self-sufficient and still get jabs to the entire population. However, it could come under pressure on second dose supply because it relies on importing Pfizer’s … Read more
Emmanuel Macron has defended the European Union’s proposed ban on vaccine exports that could slow the UK’s rollout ahead of crisis talks this weekend. The French President is leading a clutch of hawkish member states pushing for the tighter controls following a row with AstraZeneca, which Brussels accuses of reneging on its contract to supply … Read more
Cream cake makers will face new red tape to export their products to the EU from next month under post-Brexit rules Cream cakes being exported to the UK face new Brexit red tape from April British firms will need export health certificates signed by vets before their foods containing dairy are deemed safe It comes … Read more
Brussels will today radically ramp up threats to block vaccine exports to the UK, despite a push by Boris Johnson to find a compromise. The European Commission will publish new proposals this morning to widen the criteria for restricting vaccine exports from the bloc. EU sources suggested the plans were likely to be targeted directly … Read more
German chancellor Angela Merkel has come out in favour of the EU banning the export of Covid vaccines to make sure the continent gets supplies for its own citizens, deepening the row over AstraZeneca’s jab deliveries. Tensions are surging as world leaders argue over millions of doses of the Oxford jab that are reportedly being … Read more
Britain’s triumphant vaccine rollout could be delayed by up to two months if the EU pushes ahead with its threats of an export ban, it is feared. In a dramatic move, Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission, threatened to join forces with the French and German governments to hold hostage more … Read more
Matt Hancock today insisted the UK ‘fully expects’ all of its contracts with vaccine manufacturers to be delivered on as ministers condemned Brussels’ ‘brinkmanship’ after the EU threatened to block exports of the jabs. The Health Secretary told a Downing Street press conference this evening he believes vaccines manufactured inside the bloc which have been … Read more
Boris Johnson has slapped down the EU’s president in a fresh row over Covid jabs, saying the UK ‘has not blocked export of a single vaccine or vaccine component’. The Prime Minister spoke out after Charles Michel made the astonishing claim that the UK had ‘imposed an outright ban on the export of vaccines.’ ‘Let … Read more
Brexit rules see 100,000 export orders for trees axed as Northern Ireland cancels deliveries from Britain Rules state plants cannot be imported into Northern Ireland with soil on roots Problem with list of plants prohibited from being imported from third countries The Woodland Trust in the country has cancelled an order for 22,000 trees Northern … Read more