Press Release February 19, 2019 The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today its 2019 Supervision Work Programme, which details the main areas of focus for the upcoming year for ESMA’s supervision of Trade Repositories (TRs), Credit Rating Agencies (CRAs), and the monitoring of third-country market infrastructures such as third-country central clearing counterparties (TC-CCPs) and third-country Central Securities Depositories (TC-CSDs). ESMA currently directly supervises eight TRs and 27 CRAs. It also carries responsibility forfour certified CRAs and 32...

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02/04/2019 Washington, D.C. – On January 31, 2019, Ambassador Gregg Doud, USTR Chief Agricultural Negotiator, and Ambassador Kim Darroch, United Kingdom (UK) Ambassador to the United States, signed two agreements covering wine and distilled spirits today to ensure there is no disruption in trade of these products between the United States and the UK when the UK leaves the European Union (EU). Currently the United States has agreements on wine and distilled spirits with the European Union which cover trade...

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Brussels, 7 February 2019 President Juncker and Prime Minister May have met today to review the next steps in the UK's withdrawal from the EU. The talks were held in a spirit of working together to achieve the UK's orderly withdrawal from the EU, especially in the context of a shared determination to achieve a strong partnership for the future given the global challenges the EU and the UK face together in upholding open and fair trade, cooperation in the fight...

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Brussels, 6 February 2019 The Withdrawal Agreement and the Political Declaration have been negotiated in good faith and have been agreed by all 27 Leaders of the European Union Member States as well as by the United Kingdom Government. As we have said on many occasions, the Withdrawal Agreement is the best and only deal possible. It is not open for renegotiation. The backstop is an integral part of the Withdrawal Agreement. While we hope the backstop will not need to be...

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