Brexit News Brief 16 Jan 2017

BREXIT NEWS BRIEF
16th January 2017

Today’s headlines are: Trump praises Brexit and promises a “quick”, “fair” deal; jobs market predicted to stay strong; May expected to signal backing for clean Brexit as Hammond talks tough.

BREXIT GOOD NEWS
Telegraph: Donald Trump says Britain was right to vote for Brexit and he will offer a “quick” and “fair” trade deal
Shropshire Star: 240 jobs on way as car parts firm to open new plant in Telford
Telegraph: UK jobs market to stay strong in 2017
ABC: Brexit prompts “mini export boom” for British tea industry

POLITICS
ThinkScotland: The EU makes terror financing easier
Daily Mail: Why our cautious Chancellor dropped a Brexit bomb on Berlin
Breitbart London: Government expected to back clean Brexit in EU negotiations
The Telegraph: EU blinks first? Brussels top negotiator wants “special access” to the City
Breitbart London: Another Brexit court case launched

BUSINESS
Belfast Telegraph: Rolls-Royce not seeking government asurances; no plans to move
FG Inishgt: UK food has “strong hand” in Brexit talks
City AM: Growth in London’s business activity at an 11-month high