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U.K. and EU to discuss post-Brexit EV tariffs ahead of deadline
British and European Union officials will meet on Wednesday to discuss post-Brexit plans to slap a tariff on electric vehicles from the U.K., as a deadline on whether to delay the move nears.
read more... 27/09/2023
EU reticent to postpone Brexit tariffs on EVs
The European Union is reticent about agreeing to Britain's plea to postpone looming tariffs on the sale of electric vehicles (EVs) but carmakers remain optimistic a delay can be agreed, Britain's auto industry body said on Monday.
read more... 19/09/2023
Brexit decision left UK firms paying 10% more than EU rivals for emissions
British businesses are paying substantially more to produce carbon dioxide than their EU rivals because of the government’s refusal to link the UK carbon market to the bigger European market after Brexit.
read more... 11/01/2022
UK’s hopes of boosting hydrogen trade hobbled by Brexit
The UK hydrogen strategy, unveiled last week (17 August), has many similarities with the EU’s own blueprint presented one year before, analysts say. But trade and regulatory cooperation between the two sides is complicated by Brexit, with the UK likely to become a rule-taker at the end of the day.
read more... 27/08/2021
Power flows with UK ‘less efficient’ since Brexit
Additional red tape and customs declarations means electricity will no longer flow as smoothly as it used to when the UK was a full member of the European Union, leading to “increased costs of energy trading,” an EU spokesperson told EURACTIV.
read more... 07/01/2021