Shortages of milk and other U.K. staples are not just due to the ‘pingdemic’
Even before the highly contagious delta variant started spreading and causing supply chain snarl-ups, the U.K.’s food supplies were straining from Brexit.
Brexit Britain trailing EU and China on battery supply chain key for EV sector
To keep selling into the EU without tariffs, the U.K.'s car industry will need to meet stringent rules of origin — with up to 70% of components by value coming from the U.K. or EU.
EU refusal to reopen Brexit deal spells fresh U.K. collision
Boris Johnson’s government has warned that it will suspend parts of the agreement if the EU doesn’t budge.
U.K.’s divided city seeks to escape a past inflamed by Brexit
Britain’s departure from the European Union has exposed fault lines across the U.K., and no more so than in Northern Ireland.
Nissan bets big on U.K. in ¥153 billion deal for battery plant, new crossover
Together with with its Chinese partner, Envision AESC, Nissan will build a giant battery plant that will power 100,000 vehicles a year.
How the Irish question affects us all
Partition of Ireland was the solution in the last century, but now it persists as the impossible problem in this one.
How the India COVID-19 variant exposed Britain’s weaknesses
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson was slow to ban travel to India, even as cases of a dangerous COVID-19 variant in the world’s second most populous country surged.
Next Brexit test is a carbon market with high volatility risk
The first auction of emission permits on May 19 is the latest test of how the country copes with the separation from the European Union, its largest trading partner.
U.K.-France standoff near Jersey shows how Brexit fish fight isn't over
Jersey, a self-governing British crown dependency near France that relies on Britain for its defense, has become ensnared in fraught cross-Channel relations.
Johnson’s popularity faces key test in a Brexit heartland
An English town holds a vote on May 6 that will be a critical test for Johnson after his landslide victory in 2019 paved the way to take Britain out of the EU after years of wrangling.
Belfast petrol bombs are a Brussels problem, too
The clashes followed a decision by authorities not to prosecute 24 Sinn Fein politicians who last year attended a funeral for an IRA man, in defiance of COVID-19 restrictions.
Japanese companies still gauging future of post-Brexit U.K.
Uncertainty surrounding the U.K.'s 2020 exit from the European Union has reduced the number of Japanese firms operating in the country.
