Shipping Trade and Transport News 8th October 2016
Trade News
UK Conservatives fire early shots in EU
battle
Conservative
MPs have already begun the debate over the referendum on Britain's membership
of the European Union, reopening old divisions that once nearly sank the party.
Prime
Minister David Cameron has yet to set the date for the in-out referendum --
promised by the end of 2017 -- and is still to negotiate pledged reforms with
European partners, but the issue has dominated many fringe events at the
party's annual conference in Manchester this week.
"I
believe that membership of the EU makes us a stronger country, more prosperous
and more secure," said MP Damian Green, chairman of the Conservative
European Mainstream group.
"That
argument has to be made between now and the referendum, and in particular that
argument has to be made inside the Conservative Party."
Fellow MP
Gerald Howarth, who has vowed to vote "No" whatever concessions
Cameron gains, disagreed.
"Have
a look and see how this organisation has evolved since the British people last
have a vote in 1975: they change their name and they introduce a shedload of
more regulations and we have transferred a shedload of powers," Howarth
said.
- 'A very
difficult campaign' -
It is
currently hard to gauge the relative strength of the party's factions.
There are
22 Tory MPs firmly in favour of a "Brexit", while 47 are leaning
towards a "No" vote, according to a study published last week by the
think-tank Open Europe.
Only 14
are firmly in favour of staying in, while around 200 remain undecided, said the
study.
"It
is going to be a very, very difficult campaign," admitted europhile MP
Anna Soubry, the minister for small business
.
"We
should never underestimate the passion, some would say the obsession that those
who want us to leave have."
Britain's
loudest anti-EU voice for over two decades has been Nigel Farage, head of the
UK Independence Party (UKIP).
UK exit from EU would be 'disaster'
German
Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Tuesday that he wanted to do
everything possible to keep Britain from leaving the European Union, adding
that it would be a disaster for both the British and Europeans.
"I
hope that we can convince (the) UK... (to) stay in the EU, because a Brexit
would be a disaster for the UK and for Europeans," Schaeuble said during a
discussion with students at Sciences Po university in Paris.
Schaeuble
also said that he hoped Britain would join the euro in the coming years.
"It
will take some time," he said.
11th Round Transatlantic Trade and Investment
Partnership Negotiations
The
eleventh round of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
negotiations will take place in Miami, Florida from October 19 - 23, 2015.
The
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) will host a stakeholder forum on
Wednesday 21 October from 11:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. to provide an update on
negotiations and solicit input and feedback from interested stakeholders, as
well as a press conference on Friday 23 October to discuss outcomes from the
negotiations.
Outreach - Latest developments in the EU-Vietnam
FTA
Meeting
details
- Date: 06/10/2015, 14:30 – 16:30 (registration closed)
- Location: Mansholt room, Charlemagne Building, Rue de la Loi 170, Brussels
The
purpose of the meeting is to brief civil society organizations on the status of
the negotiations for an EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (FTA) following the
agreement in principle reached on 4 August by EU Trade Commissioner Malmström
and Vietnamese Minister for Trade and Industry Vu Huy Hoang.
This FTA,
for which negotiations started in October 2012, is the most ambitious and
comprehensive FTA that the EU has ever concluded with a developing country, the
second in the ASEAN region after Singapore, and a further building block
towards the EU’s ultimate objective of an ambitious and comprehensive region-to-region
EU-ASEAN FTA. This agreement will allow EU exporters and investors to access a
fast-growing market of 90 million people and to consolidate their
presence in one of the most dynamic regions in the world.
Transport News - Rail
Tony Plumbe, Chair, Campaign for Better Transport
North & West Yorkshire Rail Group.
We
welcome the announcement by Transport Minister Patrick McLoughlin that work
will re-commence on the sequential electrification to key railways in the North
to boost economic activity and promote social interaction
Just
putting wires above the TransPennine line from Manchester to York and Selby
smacked of cheap, short-term and incoherent planning by Network Rail. Taking a
little longer and developing a complementary package of line improvements is
highly desirable. It has to be noted, however, that this will take at least
four more years than originally planned.
Low Carbon
Truck Trial
Two yeasr ago, the Department of
Transport co-funded a Low Carbon Truck trial which included use of
duel fuel vehicles, gases and vehicles operating on cooking oil.
The outcome
reductions in :
- Noise and performance
- C02 and Air Quality Emissions reduced
Two years ago, the Department of Transport, the Office for Low Emissions
and Innovate UK co-funded a new Low Carbon Truck trial in order to pump prime
procurement of low emission HGV technologies. The funds were directed mainly
towards duel fuel vehicles, some gas vehicles and some running on used cooking
oil. - See more at: http://www.dynesolicitors.co.uk/news_15sep-the-second-annual-report-of-the-low-carbon-truck-trial.htm#sthash.uqwXSmP2.dpuf
Two years ago, the Department of Transport, the Office for Low Emissions
and Innovate UK co-funded a new Low Carbon Truck trial in order to pump prime
procurement of low emission HGV technologies. The funds were directed mainly
towards duel fuel vehicles, some gas vehicles and some running on used cooking
oil. - See more at:
http://www.dynesolicitors.co.uk/news_15sep-the-second-annual-report-of-the-low-carbon-truck-trial.htm#sthash.uqwXSmP2.dpuf
Low Carbon Truck Trial
Improved driving
licence services
The new system allows you to make applications
- access to information advice and guidance
- upload documents
- on line progress tracking
- make applications on line.
the Department of Transport, the Office for Low Emissions and Innovate
UK co-funded a new Low Carbon Truck trial in order to pump prime
procurement of low emission HGV technologies. The funds were directed
mainly towards duel fuel vehicles, some gas vehicles and some running
on used cooking oil. - See more at:
http://www.dynesolicitors.co.uk/news_15sep-the-second-annual-report-of-the-low-carbon-truck-trial.htm#sthash.uqwXSmP2.dpuf
the Department of Transport, the Office for Low Emissions and Innovate
UK co-funded a new Low Carbon Truck trial in order to pump prime
procurement of low emission HGV technologies. The funds were directed
mainly towards duel fuel vehicles, some gas vehicles and some running
on used cooking oil. - See more at:
http://www.dynesolicitors.co.uk/news_15sep-the-second-annual-report-of-the-low-carbon-truck-trial.htm#sthash.uqwXSmP2.dpuf
the Department of Transport, the Office for Low Emissions and Innovate
UK co-funded a new Low Carbon Truck trial in order to pump prime
procurement of low emission HGV technologies. The funds were directed
mainly towards duel fuel vehicles, some gas vehicles and some running
on used cooking oil. - See more at:
http://www.dynesolicitors.co.uk/news_15sep-the-second-annual-report-of-the-low-carbon-truck-trial.htm#sthash.uqwXSmP2.dpuf
the Department of Transport, the Office for Low Emissions and Innovate
UK co-funded a new Low Carbon Truck trial in order to pump prime
procurement of low emission HGV technologies. The funds were directed
mainly towards duel fuel vehicles, some gas vehicles and some running
on used cooking oil. - See more at:
http://www.dynesolicitors.co.uk/news_15sep-the-second-annual-report-of-the-low-carbon-truck-trial.htm#sthash.uqwXSmP2.dpuf
