Emergency border measures introduced to prevent the spread of new variants of coronavirus into the UK. emergency measures introduced at the border to be in place for at least one month in order to protect the UK against new variants all international arrivals to the UK from any country (including British and Irish Nationals) must […]
The UK has now mobilised $1 billion from global donors to support vulnerable countries to access coronavirus vaccines – stopping the spread of the disease. Published 10 January 2021From:Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and The Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP Comes as the UN Secretary-General António Guterres starts a ‘virtual visit’ to UK to mark the 75th […]
Companies and individuals should be aware of recent changes to travel advice. From 1 January 2021, foreign nationals are not permitted to enter Taiwan. The local authorities have confirmed that resident visa holders, diplomats, business passengers with special entry permits and spouses and children of Taiwanese nationals will be exempt from this restriction. Please refer […]
Changes to how the UK will trade from January 2021 The UK left the EU, including the single market and customs union, on 31 January 2020, and then entered a ‘stand still’ transition period. During that time, most aspects of the UK’s relationship with the EU, and with other countries which were unaffected by our EU rights and responsibilities, remained […]
Report prepared for the Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration Authors: Josh Burke, Luca Taschini, Stuart Evans, Karishma Gulrajani and Aaron Tam Annual greenhouse gas emissions in Taiwan reached a record high in 2017. Although estimates indicate that annual emissions have fallen since then, stronger action is needed for Taiwan to reach its 2050 target of a […]
UKEF launches the General Export Facility in partnership with UK’s leading commercial banks. UK Export Finance New scheme to give exporting SMEs access to working capital they need to recover from COVID-19 Government can provide an 80% guarantee on financial support from lenders to support general exporting costs, up to the value of £25 million […]
SUMMARY: Taiwan’sQ3economicgrowthwas 2.99%, which was higher than expected. The government credits this to trade diversion from the US-China trade war and companies relocating some production and investment back to Taiwan (though this is disputed by the opposition KMT). Taiwan’s stock market was on track for its best year for almost three decades. Taiwan’s presidential election […]
Hsinchu, Taichung and Tainan have expressed an interest in establishing sister-city ties with Oxford after the Oxford City Council on Monday passed a motion to establish a twinning agreement with a Taiwanese city. The Taichung City Government on Tuesday said that it would seek assistance from The Taipei Representative Office in the UK and from […]
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