MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 25th January, 2020) The United Kingdom is planning to use the threat of imposing high tariffs on imports from the European Union as a way to speed up trade negotiations with the bloc after Brexit, the Times newspaper reported

Monday's unprecedented trade conference between UK and African officials has otherwise sounded a fairly optimistic note despite the ongoing process of the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union, with both experts and state leaders appearing relatively confident of strengthening ties, researchers told Sputnik

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Friday she and European Council President Charles Michel had just signed the Brexit agreement

Brexit as well as innovation challenges in the automotive industry could result in slow growth economic for the European Union in 2020, Elliott Harris, UN chief economist and assistant secretary-general for economic development, told Sputnik in an interview

The United Kingdom will not automatically deport European Union citizens who have not applied for settled status to reside permanently in the UK once Brexit is completed, EU Brexit spokesman Guy Verhofstadt said on Friday

The economic implications of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union will be insignificant, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves told Sputnik, hinting that the two countries will be able to agree on a trade deal