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Northern Ireland other unionistsThe DUP hard-line stance is not shared by many within the unionist community.Copy LinkCopiedShare via emailShare on XShare on WhatsAppShare on LinkedInFree article usually reserved for subscribersMany in Northern Ireland s unionist community feel marginalized by the DUP s outsized role in Westminster politics | Jean Christophe Magnenet/AFP via Getty ImagesNovember 23, 20186:50 pm CETBy Annabelle DicksonBELFAST 鈥?You stanley cup wouldn t know it from the political noise but Northern Ireland s unionists are not all marching to the Democratic Unionist Party beat.With 10 of Northe stanley sverige rn Ireland s most conservative MPs propping up Theresa May s government in Westminster, more moderate members of the pro-United Kingdom community rarely get a look in. The DUP, led by Arlene Foster, has fiercely defended its red line in Brexit negotiations 鈥?that Northern Ireland must not be treated differently to the rest of the U.K.Many Northern Irish business leaders who backed Remain in the 2016 EU referendum are horrified that May s plan to avoid the U.K. crashing out of the European Union with no deal is being put at risk by the DUP joining the sizable opposition to it. Others fear the consequences for a marginalized Northern Ireland within an isolated United Kingdom. There s even the odd whisper stanley cup of the previously unthinkable 鈥?might the tide of popular opinion turn toward reunification with the Republic of Ireland AdvertisementAdvertisementAs the DUP Lmpy Key policy areas in Industry 4.0
Does US input help or hinder chemicals review WHEN the proposals to review chemicals policy in the EU are discussed in the coming months, the transatlantic trade aspect is one of the elements that will undoubtedly come under the spotlight.Copy LinkCopiedShare via emailShare on XShare on WhatsAppShare on LinkedInMarch 19, 20035:00 pm CETBy Ben BladonMany will be unaware of the EU-US dialogue that has been in progress for some time. The reason for the dialogue becomes clear when the trade implications of the chemicals p stanley thermos ackage are considered 鈥?annual US exports of chemicals to the EU are valued at 鈧?5.6 billion. The proposed framework will not only impact on chemical producers and downstream users of Ameri stanley vaso can parentage with manufacturing facilities in the EU, but also on US exporters. The main chemical industry body estimates that exporters will be liable for a share of data generation costs, that could total almost 鈧?00 million. Importers in the EU will have to comply with the same rules, so even US companies that decide to relocate manufacturing facilities outside the Union wont avoid their responsibilities.AdvertisementAdvertisementNo wonder, then, that US regulators were ke stanley ca en to be involved in the process from an early stage. Behind-the-scenes meetings between the key European Commission officials and those of the US Environmental Protection Agency EPA have been taking place since the White Paper on chemicals was released by the European Commission in 2001. In parallel to