WORLD

POLITICS

PRESENTED BY - UTKARSH SINGH

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US GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
BREXIT
UNDERSTANDING US
GOVERNMENT
FRAMEWORK

The federal government of United

States consists of 3 pillars, Legislative,
Executive and Judiciary.
WHEN DOES
GOVERNMENT
SHUTS DOWN?
IN UNITED STATES POLITICS, A GOVERNMENT
SHUTDOWN OCCURS WHEN CONGRESS FAILS
TO PASS SUFFICIENT APPROPRIATION
BILLS OR CONTINUING RESOLUTIONS TO FUND
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND
AGENCIES, OR WHEN THE PRESIDENT REFUSES
TO SIGN SUCH BILLS OR RESOLUTIONS INTO
LAW.
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 SEQUENCE OF EVENTS

1. 2.
Trump's campaign promise to "build In December 2018, the Republican-
the wall" controlled Senate unanimously
passed an appropriations bill without
wall funding

3. 4.
Trump faced heavy criticism from Trump announced that he would not
some right-wing media outlets and sign any appropriations bill that did
pundits for appearing to back down not fund its construction
 5.
In January 2019, the House of
representatives voted to approve the
appropriations bill without wall
funding
6.
Republican Senate Majority
Leader has blocked the Senate from
considering any appropriations
legislation that Trump will not
support

7.
Trump has continued to maintain
that he will veto any bill that does not
fund an entire border wall
 EFFECT

NINE EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENTS WITH
AROUND 800,000
EMPLOYEES HAD TO SHUT
DOWN PARTIALLY OR IN
FULL, AFFECTING ABOUT
ONE-FOURTH OF
GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES
WHAT WILL
HAPPEN NEXT?

NO ONE KNOWS.
ITS TRUMP.
ECONOMICAL IMPACT

An analysis from Standard & Poor's (S&P)

released on January 11 reported that the
shutdown has cost the U.S. economy $3.6
billion.

The White House's Council of Economic

Advisers estimated on January 15 that the
shutdown reduces economic growth by
0.13 percentage points each week, for a
total hit to economic growth of 0.5
percentage points.
BREXIT

It is a word that is used as a

shorthand way of saying the UK
leaving the EU - merging the
words Britain and exit to get Brexit
WHAT IS
EUROPEAN UNION ?
THE EUROPEAN UNION - OFTEN KNOWN AS
THE EU - IS AN ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL
PARTNERSHIP INVOLVING 28 EUROPEAN
COUNTRIES
WHY BREXIT ?

The appealing part of the EU was

that it made it easier for European
countries to share in one another’s
prosperity. But, as with any union,
cooperation means weathering
downturns together
For example, the 2008 financial crisis. Many
economists agree that the European Central Bank
failed to respond effectively, leading to a recession
that was much more severe than it needed to be.

Seeing the EU in such crisis made some have

second thoughts about being yoked to it — and
increased worry among wealthy countries (like the
UK) that they might have to help bail out less
wealthy countries down the line.
The new European Union made it much
easier for citizens of one country to migrate to
another.

And some Brits didn't like that many

foreigners were moving to Britain after the EU
was formed.

In a survey conducted in the year 2016, 45

percent of Brits identified "immigration" as a
top issue facing the country.
Cameron announced his resignation
because he was against leaving the EU, and
he believes the country should have a
leader who wants to take Britain in the
direction voters have chosen.

Theresa May took charge.

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WHEN IS UK DUE For the UK to leave the EU it had to invoke
Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty which gives the
TO LEAVE EU? two sides two years to agree the terms of the
split.

Theresa May triggered this process on 29 March,

2017, meaning the UK is scheduled to leave at 11
pm UK time on Friday, 29 March 2019.

The UK is due to leave the European Union on

29 March, 2019 - it's the law, regardless of
whether there is a deal with the EU or not
 POSSIBLE SCENARIOS

STOPPING BREXIT
Stopping Brexit would require a change in the law
in the UK. The European Court of Justice ruled on
10 December 2018 that the UK could cancel the
Article 50 Brexit process without the permission of
the other 27 EU members, and remain a member
of the EU on its existing terms, provided the
decision followed a "democratic process".
 DELAYING BREXIT
The EU might agree to extend Article 50 if its
leaders thought there was a chance the UK could
end up staying in, possibly through another
referendum, but it would only be by a few
months..
 BREXIT, WITH NO DEAL
Cars, pharmaceutical products, technology, food,
or anything else Britain produces could lose its
easy entry into other European countries.

It will be tougher for people to move across

borders
 BREXIT, WITH DEAL
One idea is for the British to make a deal with the
EU that lets them keep their economic privileges,
but the EU might not be in a forgiving mood,
given that Britain just voted to leave.
The deal has to take care of the-

1. Money transfer between EU and UK.

(Approx. 39 billion,UK owes to EU)

2. Citizens of UK in other countries.

3. Citizens of other country in UK.

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