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Lisa O’Carroll

@lisaocarroll.bsky.social
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Guardian correspondent covering international trade from European perspective, also post Brexit affairs and Ireland Former Brussels corr, Brexit corr + former media corr. Find me at lisa.ocarroll@theguardian.com

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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 20h
Tariffs on Chinese cars imported to UK again raised in parliament. Worth noting that under WTO rules tariffs require formal investigations, evidence notifications to other side, counter evidence and timetables. Took EU 13 months of work before imposing tariffs in october 2024
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 21h
Burnham on youth mobility: "I believe this generation now, which has so much, potential, so much promise, deserves the same that so many of us, took for granted, which is the ability to travel and study in Europe, with ease."
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 21h
Burnham says von der Leyen is "open" to revisiting european police databases it lost during Brexit. They are - eurodac (asylum biometric data) - Schengen Information System (SIS II) (data base of criminal alerts) - European Arrest Warrant
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 21h
Burnham on brexit in house of commons "Why was there such indifference on the other side of the House" in relation to food and drink trade barriers. Also asked to return to Eurodac, database with asylum seeker biometrics by Stella Creasy he is recasting reset as economic and immigration
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Handelsblatt on the EU China deal - details have been withheld, sceptical that China will change "Germany and France should continue to push forward with their proposal for a new trade policy deterrent despite the agreement...Renewed confrontation with China or the USA is only a matter of time."
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Chris Bryant bans Drumcree parade after PSNI request “Earlier today the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland made an application to me under Section 9 of the Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Act
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Full story: China agreed to look at halving hybrid exports to EU. It's a first step, says Sefcovic as they try to curb the £1bn a day trade surplus Beijing enjoys . It's a "proof of concept" deal they hope to read across to other sectors including chemicals www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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China agrees to ‘halve’ hybrid car exports to EU in landmark deal
Brussels says Beijing’s shipments could fall by more than half over four years, cutting millions of vehicles amid fears for European jobs
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Breaking: Jeffrey Donaldson to be sentenced next Thursday, 15 October.
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Sefcovic said the deal on hybrid cars was "very, very hard to accomplish these results". "This is the result of v intense, work. And it reflects also the appreciation of the situation on both sides. The European car industry is under a lot of stress. And therefore this step was, absolutely crucial"
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Breaking: China, for the first time, agrees to look at curbing sale of hybrid cars to the EU. World first, says Maros Sefcovic, thanking his Chinese counterparts for recognising the problem with the £1bn surplus.
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Business live: China and EU have reached "an understanding" over escalating trade tensions, says Chinese government. Waiting for Maros Sefcovic press conference in Beijing to begin. www.theguardian.com/business/liv...
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Oil prices fall as Trump pauses Iran attacks, China restarts fuel exports – business live
Brent crude prices fell on Friday as president Donald Trump promised not to attack Iran ahead of the US midterm elections in November
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Sefcovic due to hold press conference shortly - after agreement of sorts reached with China. They agree to look at relaxation of rare earth exports in exchange for further talks on EVs and hybrids.
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Interview by @richardorange.bsky.social at the Local with legal chief at Sweden's Migration Agency shows withdrawal agreement may not have been applied in its decisions over deporting Brits, lawyers tell him. Fascinating read for anyone following the cases www.thelocal.se/20261002/but...
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'But what are the rules?': My interview with the Swedish Migration Agency's legal chief
When Richard Orange was granted an interview on Brexit rules with the Migration Agency's legal chief on his fourth attempt, it didn't exactly go as planned. But according to EU lawyers it nonetheless ...
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
One wonders what might have happened if London intervened last Saturday night and used powers in Parades Legislation. Several politicians have said scn 11 gives SoS powers to intervene
Parades legislation Northern Ireland
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Excellent analysis of reaction in the EU to Burnham's opening salvo on potentially rejoining single market or even going "all the way". Barner, Spisak, Rycroft and several think tanks react By @pmdfoster.bsky.social and George Parker and @benhallnews.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/3d43...
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Does the EU want Britain back?
Burnham has reopened the Brexit debate. That doesn’t mean the UK will be welcomed back on its own terms
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
AfD vote with CDU to prevent more of Holocaust victims rembrance sett stones in pavements in east German town. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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The German town where the right has banned new ‘stumbling stones’ for Nazi victims
Heidenau council has halted the laying of Stolpersteine installed to remember individual victims of the Nazis
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
No 10 gathering evidence about brexit reset www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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No 10 gathering evidence on public support for rejoining the EU
Senior Downing Street officials reach out to thinktanks and pollsters as they look to test backing for reversing Brexit
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Stella Creasy welcomes Andy Burnham's promise to set out all the options for a new relationship with the EU - from blurring Keir Starmer's red lines to maybe even putting rejoin on the manifesto. www.instagram.com/p/Dd3-JkqsNMq/
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stellacreasy on Instagram: "Today the Prime Minister Andy Burnham showed he understands the damage Brexit has done and will lead this country back towards a fu…"
Today the Prime Minister Andy Burnham showed he understands the damage Brexit has done and will lead this country back towards a future with Europe. There’s never been a more important time to join the @labourmovementforeurope to be part of shaping what comes next. Follow their account for details of how to do so.View all comments
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Cheers at Labour conference as Ed Miliband declares. "Our future lies with stronger deeper parnership with the european union."
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NEW: efforts to form government in Sweden implode www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Swedish opposition leader Andersson says she cannot form government in current situation
Swedish Social ​Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson said on Monday ‌she would tell the speaker of parliament that she was unable to form a government in the ​current situation, after an election earli...
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Chris Bryant leaves Labour party conference early to fly to Belfast. He calls for calm and says he is taking the situation "very very seriously".
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Full story from Belfast’s high court Judge injuncts tomorrow’s March down Garvaghy Road as she urged all parties to “step back from the abyss” and consider the whole of society in NI www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Belfast court injuncts decision to allow Orange Order march down Garvaghy Road
Andy Burnham calls for calm as fears of unrest grow after request for countermarch in mainly nationalist area
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Lawyer for Garavaghy Road Residents Coalition says no agreement has been reached with Loyalist Orange Order over march tomorrow - as barrister in court only represents one man. Lawyer urging high court judge to make an order for interim relief.
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Says that court has heard reasons to believe a full hearing on the Parades Commission decision was best and that tomorrow's march date did not have the significance of the original July date sought by Loyal Orange Order. Therefore it would not "prejudice" any party to delay the hearing.
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Belfast: High court judge urges parties to reach agreement over Garvaghy Road parade "for the sake of everyone in NI" . "Be big enough to step back from the abyss" she says and allow later Parades Commission decision hearing when all facts known. She also praises LOL for "engaging assiduously"
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Belfast: High Court challenge to controversial decision to allow Orange Order march down Garvaghy Road. Hearing will begin shortly
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
France leading push to exclude UK from Made in Europe legislation. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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France says EU’s ‘Made in Europe’ law should not include the UK
‘If you’re not in the internal market, you don’t get the same protection,’ says French minister of policy designed to curb Chinese competition
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Sales of Chinese hybrids have rocketed in EU since 2024 when EU imposed tariffs on Chinese EVs. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Alarm bells sound in Brussels as EU sales of Chinese hybrid cars rocket
Explosive growth in imported vehicles omitted from EV tariffs fuels concern for future of European carmakers
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
President of the German auto industry VDA has endorsed new tariffs against China for the first time - Handelsblatt. Reflects depth of anxiety in German car industry - about turn from 2024 when VDA and german government lobbied and voted against tariffs on EVs But china switched to exporting hybrids
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
French industry minister Sebastien Martin indicates ambivalence to the UK being included in Made in Europe laws initally. Leaves door open to sectoral tie ups, but when asked about inclusion of Switzerland shows France's priority is to get the legislation done now and include others later.
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
First post in nearly 3 weeks. 12 items including one posted on 18 August. Anyone else suffering intermittent Royal Mail - let me know area and I or colleague endeavour to find out why. Email me on lisa.ocarroll@theguardian.com
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Ukrainian foreign minister, Andrii Sybiha, called the EU's decision “shameful and unjustifiable” . “Moscow is celebrating because it got what it wanted: a sense ‌of impunity, the humiliation of the EU, and division among Europeans,” he added.
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
EU removes oligarchs Mikhail Fridman and Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman, from its sanctions list under pressure from France and Luxembourg www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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EU removes oligarchs from Russia sanctions list as deadline looms
Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman delisted in what Ireland’s EU presidency called ‘a difficult compromise’ for the bloc
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 21/09/2026
Europe and Australia see the world in the same way. And this joint vision translates into concrete actions. Our Security & Defence partnership is fully at work. Our Free Trade Agreement: about to be signed next year.
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António Costa @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu · 21/09/2026
Europe and Australia see the world in the same way. And this joint vision translates into concrete actions. Our Security & Defence partnership is fully at work. Our Free Trade Agreement: about to be signed next year.
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
He wasn’t given a reason the first time i was told - I wish I could tell you what happened exactly. I am endeavouring to find out … but need power of attorney to find out so takes a bit of time
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Denmark changes law to fix the late applications rejections
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
No second chance for a withdrawal agreement application - these are the ones that have a high refusal rate and are the start of the problems as people desperate to stay then try the aliens migration laws and fail as the migration agency rejected their app in the first place
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This is what Catherine Barnard, professor of EU law at Cambridge asked, the last time I spoke to her for a piece on the Swedish approach to Brexit. She cited case in NI which went as far as the ECJ. No case in Sweden, as far as Brits in Sweden know, has gone to a higher court, so can't get to ECJ
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Hey "Itsme". I'm very open to corrections and constructive criticism - people often email me with suggestions... The article states he made his application before Brexit. .....his latest legal attempt to stay in Sweden after a pre-Brexit residency application, made on time, was rejected.
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Swedes still deporting pre Brexit residents Brits, despite prospective new government promises new laws to give them a second chance. I met this man hours after he was deported - he was distraught to say the least www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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‘I have nothing in the UK at all’: British man torn from his Swedish wife and home
Charles lands at Heathrow with just two bags and nowhere to go as a result of Brexit and Stockholm’s hardline immigration position
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
- if you didn’t get a chance to read all the Canada associate membership wash up after VDL speech in Eu parliament Great catch up by @jonhenley here One thing to mention however is associate membership not new - it has been mooted for Ukraine www.theguardian.com/news/video/2...
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Taking on Trump? Canada and EU forge closer ties - The Latest
Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, has welcomed the EU’s proposal for Canada to become the bloc’s first ‘associate member’, despite threats from Donald Trump over the plan. Lucy Hough speaks to Eur...
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Have tried phoning customer service “thank you for calling ….” Seven minutes later. “Your estimated wait time is 41 minutes”. Last week it was 38…
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
That’s what it feels like here - they wait for four or five things and then deliver …
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
That’s good service compared to us!
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
No royal mail for two weeks now, despite known post in post. This has been pattern on my road for months and months. Anyone else experiencing same. Have new owners dropped service levels?
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
EXC: UK won’t agree date for EU UK summit unless Made in europe on agenda New assertive position bolstered by intervention by Japan in FT today Ambo to EU: “IAA should not inadvertently penalise partners who have invested deeply in EU cos HQ elsewhere” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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‘Made in Europe’ law threatens UK plans for reset with EU
Government sources say legislation aimed at China poses a risk to British businesses and must be addressed
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Uk may delay next EU UK summit unless Made in Europe put on agenda www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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‘Made in Europe’ laws could derail UK plans for reset with EU
Government sources say legislation aimed at China poses a risk to British businesses and must be addressed
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Follow her state of union speech live here www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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EU ‘most precarious’ it has ever been as it faces openly hostile world, von der Leyen warns – Europe live
European Commission president also says EU is the strongest it has ever been as she delivers her state of the European Union speech
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Ursual von der Leyen: EU "would like to open the door to Canada to beciome the first associate member of the European Union"/ Huge applause, with Mark Carney in parliament too. Will highlight the difference with UK and offer obvious political lifeline to Canada at time of trade war with US
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