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The European Union is adopting back-up plans to protect essential trade, transport and finance in the event that Britain leaves the bloc without a Brexit deal in 100 days, says European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis. SOUNDBITE
Bilbao (Spain) Jan 2 (EFE).- Two days after announcing a preliminary agreement between Spain and the United Kingdom on post-Brexit status of Gibraltar, the Spanish foreign minister Arancha González Laya visited the port of Bilbao on Saturday.FOOTAGE AND SOUNDBITES OF SPAIN'S FOREIGN MINISTER DURING HER VISIT ON SATURDAY:"This is a visit to Bilbao port on the first day of the year under a new commercial regulation with the UK. I wanted to come here to the port to make sure that all the preparations that Spain, the port and all the authorities have been making in the last months were working."
The United States hails the EU-British deal to regulate trade rules for Northern Ireland as a chance to "improve the prosperity" across the region, John Kirby, National Security Council spokesman, tells reporters. The deal will "open up all kinds of avenues for trade that were somewhat at risk," Kirby adds. SOUNDBITE
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces deal with European Union to overhaul Northern Ireland Brexit protocol."Today's agreement delivers smooth flowing trade within the whole United Kingdom, protects Northern Ireland's place in our union and safeguards sovereignty for the people of Northern Ireland," he says. SOUNDBITE
The EU's foreign policy chief says he is hopeful the Iran nuclear deal could be revived after receiving "reasonable" responses to his proposed text from Iran and the United States. "I am hoping that in the coming days we are not going to lose this momentum and we can close the deal" says Josep Borrell, at an informal meeing of EU foreign ministers in Prague. SOUNDBITE
The IMF hopes to make "more progress" in talks on a new financial aid program for Argentina shortly, IMF First Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath says. SOUNDBITE
Dublin (Ireland), Feb 9 (EFE), (Camera: Javier Aja).- While the new Brexit bureaucracy has destocked supermarkets in Northern Ireland and increases border tensions, the Republic of Ireland continues to fine-tune its machinery to process in its ports almost two million customs declarations of imports per month, mainly British. That figure gives an idea of the magnitude of the impact that the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union (EU) is having on this country, according to Tom Talbot, head of customs operations at the Department of Finance, at a meeting with the media in Dublin Port.FOOTAGE OF THE PORT OF DUBLIN. AND STATEMENTS BY TOM TALBOT, HEAD OF CUSTOMS OPERATIONS AT THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE, AND EDDIE BURKE, HEAD OF BREXIT AT THE IRISH MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT.
La Línea de la Concepción (Spain), Jan 1 (EFE), (Camera: Andrés Carrasco).- The Gibraltar fence will be demolished in a few months due to the agreement reached between Spain and the United Kingdom, by which the British colony will be part of the Schengen area and will have border controls only at the airport and the port.FOOTAGE OF GIBRALTAR.