US top negotiator with North Korea retiring for 'personal reasons'

The top US negotiator with North Korea is planning to retire this week, the State Department has revealed, in the midst of a tense diplomatic standoff between the two nations. Joseph Yun says his decision is personal in nature. Yun, a diplomat for over 30 years, is currently serving as the Special Representative for North […]

An AI startup founder is teaming up with a former hostage negotiator to help businesses boost their sales

Business Insider It sounds like the set up to a joke: a former FBI hostage negotiator and a founder of an artificial intelligence startup walk into a room … In this case, though, it’s no joke, but the basis for a lecture series. Sponsored by AI startup Node and targeted at sales and marketing executives and […]

Britain’s top Brexit negotiator faces legal threat for withholding secret research

Published time: 13 Oct, 2017 09:19 Brexit Secretary David Davis has been threatened with legal action over his refusal to publish 50 secret studies commissioned on the impact of Britain leaving the EU. Read more Lawyers acting for the Good Law Project (GLP), which is bringing the action jointly with Green Party MEP Molly Scott […]

The top US trade negotiator said Trump will challenge ‘unfair’ Chinese policies

AP Photo/Evan Vucci WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top U.S. trade negotiator said late on Tuesday that President Donald Trump is determined to challenge China’s use of unfair subsidies and “non-economic” industrial policy to build up export industries that are costing American jobs. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, in a rare media interview, said that the […]

EU court should be guarantor of expats’ rights after Brexit – chief EU negotiator

Published time: 12 Jul, 2017 12:45 The EU’s many differences with Britain on citizens’ rights, including the role of the EU court, need to be sorted out before talks on a trade deal can start, the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator said on Wednesday. “We want EU citizens in Britain to have the same rights as […]

Trump ‘knowledgeable’ & ‘skillful negotiator’ says Putin’s spokesman after ‘win-win’ G20 talks

Published time: 10 Jul, 2017 00:47 Edited time: 10 Jul, 2017 00:49 Vladimir Putin’s press secretary has dismissed claims of Donald Trump’s incompetence as “delusional trash,” and says the Russian president had a “pleasant” meeting with his US counterpart at the G20 summit in Hamburg. READ MORE: Trump says ‘it’s time to move forward in […]

Even ‘£1bn is a lot’: UK Brexit negotiator rejects €100bn divorce bill

Published time: 21 May, 2017 16:38 The UK Brexit Secretary rejected a €100-billion ($ 112 billion) price tag for leaving the EU ahead of a meeting with the European Commission. As both sides continue to play hardball, the chances for a ‘hard’ Brexit increase. The nine-figure estimate of Britain’s divorce from the EU was voiced […]

EU Brexit negotiator Guy Verhofstadt is a ‘raving lunatic’ – Nigel Farage

UKIP MEP Nigel Farage has taken to social media to brand EU negotiator Guy Verhofstadt a “raving lunatic” for saying Brits might not be able to holiday in Europe after Brexit. EU Parliament negotiator @GuyVerhofstadt says we may not be able to holiday in the EU after Brexit. He is a raving lunatic. — Nigel […]

Nigel Farage calls LBC radio show to attack EU's Brexit negotiator Guy Verhofstadt live

Former UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage went head-to-head with the European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator and one-time Belgian premier Guy Verhofstadt on LBC radio on Tuesday. Verhofstadt, who once called Farage “the biggest waste of money in the EU,” was confronted by the British MEP on air after standing by his jibe. Read […]