It’s 20.20 02.02.2020.
After 3½ years of wrangling, we have finally left the EU and now have our first chance in more than 40 years to start thinking about what we want from our own independent trade policy. The UK’s future has never looked brighter, but now we are out of the EU we have to embark …
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The EuroTunnel is still located at the same place connecting us, also after yesterdays’ historic Brexit event. Now we have to make it work also beyond the end of this year.
The least-visited countries on Earth are highly remote, often with just one way in or out, and as such are some of the most authentic places you can visit today. It must be said, as well, that many are under-visited because they are recovering from catastrophe, whether natural or man-made. And while these destinations …
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United Kingdom has left the European Union. Now we need to make the relationship among friends work anyway. I will personally do everything I can as international expert to help making the new cooperation as good as possible. We should build the best customs, border & trade solutions the world have ever seen – …
Brexit is done. What now? 1317 days after the UK Brexit referendum, ‘Brexit got done’ at 23.00 GMT and United Kingdom after 47 years as a member, left the European Union. The UK exit from European Union (EU) is now done, while a lot of work – in fact considerably more – still remains …
They finally did it. Got Brexit done. UK is no longer a part of the European Union.
An hour to go, then European history changes again. I feel like it is time for the next step. But it also feels a bit sad. A lot of water under the bridge. Now we need to move and create a good relationship and partnership for the future. EU and UK, still the heart …
20 years ago, the first AEO programme, called The Stairway, was introduced in Sweden. The Stairway Concept was awarded and nominated for a number of national and international awards and has since then made way for AEO programmes all over the world. To celebrate the 20 year anniversary, the key people in the project …
Today I dId a presentation of Customs/Border/Trade in the future 2020-2025 for our KGH Digital team at their conference in Tylösand. Great dialogue. Fun to meet the colleagues. We live in a digital globalized world. While many other sectors have gone far in digitization and digitalization – global trade has just scratched the surface …
Ursula von der Leyen tells UK that Europe ‘will always love you’ as MEPs approve withdrawal agreement. The European Parliament has voted to ratify the Brexit withdrawal agreement after an emotional debate which ended with MEPs singing Auld Lang Syne and Nigel Farage being told to take his UK flag with him as he …
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On my way back to London for meetings with clients. I am taking the Early Bird from Stockholm to London. A bit lonely in the plane this morning, it is normally full. Today we have a very interesting meeting on how to build competence and capacity in the private sector trading community in the …
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has suggested the EU will be the “stronger team” in post-Brexit trade talks with the UK. Comparing negotiations to a football match, he suggested to the BBC that the EU would be at an advantage due to its larger population and market. The taoiseach said he did not think …
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Yesterday I spent a day in the capital for meetings with Government and clients. I also attended a great lunch to celebrate that it was 20 years since the first Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) programme was released in Sweden (The Staiway). In the evening we had a fantastic evening with a group we called …
The Telegraph reports how UK business groups have raised their worries in relation to the Brexit implementation period. Though I know that UK Government right now is working hard to set-up the proper infrastructure for the negotitaions on future relations and all institutions are preparing their programmes for the Brexit implementation period, it is …
Clayton Christensen died on Jan. 23, 2020. He eas a great thinker and I find many of his theories interesting. Here HBR presents some of his pieces. Clayton M. Christensen is best known for his theory of disruptive innovation, in which he warns large, established companies of the danger of becoming too good at what they …
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Today I had a videocon with my friend Saul Berensen from Homeland. Great discussions on border security.
Government is to mark the first day of Britain’s departure from the European Union with the launch of an international advertising campaign telling foreign businesses the UK is “ready to trade” with them. The new ‘Ready to Trade’ campaign will be launched with posters and billboards in 17 cities across 13 countries outside the …
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