Image copyright Getty Images The owner of Vauxhall has warned of “dramatic consequences” for its UK plants if there is a no-deal Brexit. Speaking to the BBC, Carlos Tavares said the carmaker’s “number one” request of Brexit talks was free trade. Mr Tavares is chief executive of PSA, which bought Vauxhall and Opel last year …
Image caption Gaza Sky Geeks is a tech hub set up by Google and NGO Mercy Corps, and backed by other big names in IT On his laptop keyboard, Farah Zaquot taps out a string of computer code. He opens another browser window to show off the mobile app he has been working on. “For …
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Toyota Motor Europe’s chief Johan van Zyl tells the BBC leaving the EU without a Brexit deal would affect the firm’s investment decisions. The UK is on course to leave the European Union in March next year, but the two sides have yet to strike a deal. Mr van Zyl said if the firm is …
Image copyright Getty Images Urgency is needed in talks to reform the way big technology firms are taxed, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, has warned. Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon have been criticised for paying only modest amounts of tax in the UK on huge sales. The chancellor said international agreements were needed …
Image copyright Getty Images Following the revelation that up to 50 million Facebook accounts may have been accessed in an attack due to a weakness in the platform’s code, many questions remain about the breach. In theory Facebook could be fined if it is found to be in breach of GDPR, Europe’s data protection rules. …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Toyota Motor Europe chief executive Johan van Zyl Toyota Motor Europe chief Johan van Zyl has said a Brexit without a deal would impact the firm’s investment decisions. The UK is on course to leave the European Union in March next year, but the two sides have yet to …
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionTrump: ‘Without tariffs we wouldn’t be standing here’ After a few hectic final weeks and a last-minute, late-night scramble, the United States, Canada and Mexico have come to an agreement in principle on a revised North American Free Trade Agreement – a resolution 14 months in the …
Image caption Amina Slaoui is the driving force behind Morocco’s biggest disability rehab centre Amina Slaoui was on holiday with her husband when she fell off a bike and ended up in a wheelchair. It was the accident that changed not only her life, but also those of thousands of other disabled people in Morocco …
Image copyright Getty Images President Trump has finally got a three-way agreement to change Nafta, the North America Free Trade Agreement. Canada and Mexico have agreed to reform the deal that originally came into force in 1994. He certainly got some specific provisions in the new trade agreement with Canada and Mexico that he will …