UK bans Chinese envoy from House; Beijing slams ‘cowardly’ move
By Administrator_ India Capital Sands China’s Ambassador to the UK Zheng Zeguang has been barred from the UK Parliament over sanctions imposed on some British MPs for their remarks on alleged human rights violations against Uyghur minorities in Xinjiang, triggering an angry condemnation from the Chinese Embassy here. Zeguang was due to attend a meeting organized by the All-Party […]
UK may require vaccine passports for big venues this month
By Administrator_ India Capital Sands The U.K. is considering a requirement for vaccine passports to be shown in order to access large venues as early as this month but has yet to decide whether to roll out jabs to healthy schoolchildren. “We are looking at, by the end of September when everyone has had a […]
UK inflation rises to 0.7% in March as clothing and fuel prices grow
By Administrator_ India Capital Sands British consumer price inflation rose to 0.7% in March from 0.4% in February, reflecting higher fuel and clothing prices, official figures showed on Wednesday, slightly below the average forecast of 0.8%. Food prices were lower than a year earlier. British inflation is forecast to rise sharply in the coming months, […]
UK confronts threat of food crisis as coronavirus surge blocks trade
By Administration _ India Capital Sands The UK confronted threats of food insecurity and panicked shopping days before Christmas as European nations restricted trade and travel to guard against a resurgent coronavirus, offering Britain a preview of the border chaos to come in the absence of a Brexit deal. Fearing a fast-spreading new strain of the virus […]
Japan to push for early scrapping of UK auto tariffs in trade talks
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Japan will call for an early elimination of automobile and auto parts tariffs in negotiations on a post-Brexit trade agreement with Britain, the country’s trade minister said on Tuesday. After decades outsourcing its trade policy to the European Union, Britain is embarking on negotiating free trade deals with countries around the […]