China-EU trade relations: China-EU investment agreement to inject new life into global economic recovery

China and the European Union (EU) on Wednesday announced they have completed investment agreement negotiations as scheduled.

The long-awaited result, which came after 35 rounds of negotiations in the course of seven years, is a milestone in EU-China relations and is expected to inject new vitality into the pandemic-battered global economy, European experts, officials and business leaders have said.

Read more at: Xinhua Headlines: China-EU investment agreement to inject new life into global economic recovery - China.org.cn

EU-Britain Relations: Brexit: EU, UK finally clinch ′historic′ trade deal

The United Kingdom and the European Union have agreed to a post-Brexit free trade deal, sealing the UK's exit from the bloc, the UK government and EU announced on Thursday.

EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said at a press conference on Thursday that: "It was a long and winding road, but we have a good deal to show for it."

The UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson tweeted an image of himself in front of a British flag with his thumbs up. The picture was accompanied by the text: "The deal is done."

Read more at: Brexit: EU, UK finally clinch ′historic′ trade deal | News | DW | 24.12.2020

EU rescue deal: ‘The most important moment in the life of our Europe,’ says Macron

An historic rescue plan for economies left shattered by the coronavirusepidemic was hailed by French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday as “the most important moment in the life of our Europe since the creation of the euro”.

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China-USA Relations: You call this a trade deal? Not Really

The phase one trade deal with China cannot possibly serve U.S. interests.

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https://www.marketwatch.com/story/you-call-this-a-trade-deal-2019-12-13

EU-Britain: Brexit Deal in Brussels, but British Parliament has the last say, and that is not sure at all

Britain and the European Union on Thursday agreed on the draft text of a Brexit deal, setting up a fateful showdown in the British Parliament on Saturday, where it was not clear that Prime Minister Boris Johnson could marshal the votes to nail down his plan after three anguished and politically damaging years of debate.

But Mr. Johnson may already be thinking beyond whether Parliament approves his plan. Even if he loses, analysts say, he may call for a general election, hoping voters will rally behind him and deliver him a strong majority.

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Britain - Brexit: talks fail to yield breakthrough with timely deal feared ‘impossible’

Brexit talks fail to yield breakthrough with timely deal feared ‘impossible’

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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/13/barnier-warns-brexit-talks-have-been-difficult-amid-pessimism-over-deal?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Blogger

Britain - Brexit: Macron says EU decission on Brexit deal will be at the end of this week

Macron: EU Brexit deal decision 'at end of week'

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49953914