Brexit Headlines
WORLD / POLITICSJAN 24, 2017
Britain's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Prime Minister Theresa May must get parliament's approval before she begins Britain's formal exit from the European Union. The U.K.'s highest judicial body dismissed the government's argument that May could simply use executive powers known as "royal prerogative" to ...
COMMENTARY / WORLDJAN 24, 2017
BY IAIN CONN
BUSINESS JAN 23, 2017
BY SOPHIE JACKMAN
The close relationship between London and Tokyo will put Japan high on Britain's list
for negotiating new bilateral trade deals after it leaves the European Union, Britain's
new ambassador to Japan said Monday. In an interview Paul Madden said a post-Brexit
COMMENTARY / WORLD JAN 23, 2017
BY HUGH CORTAZZI
The May government must not allow nostalgia for Great Britain's past glories to cloud
COMMENTARY / WORLDJAN 23, 2017
BY PHILIPPE LEGRAIN
British Prime Minister Theresa May's objectives for negotiating with the EU make clear her intention to prioritize hardline Brexiteers' demands over the country's economic interests.
BUSINESS / CORPORATE JAN 21, 2017
Hitachi Ltd. said Britain's vote to quit the European Union may become more of a
concern when the conglomerate's train factory in northern England becomes more
reliant on exports after 2019. For the next few years the plant in Newton Aycliffe
BUSINESSJAN 19, 2017
Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co. say they'll keep making cars in the U.K. despite Prime Minister Theresa May's plan to leave the European Union's single market, which could make exporting from British factories less lucrative. May's Brexit plan, outlined Tuesday, won't derail Nissan's ...
ISSUES | THE FOREIGN ELEMENTJAN 18, 2017
BY PHILIP PATRICK
What Brexit will mean in practice remains a mystery. Also unknown is what effect — if any — Britain's divorce from the EU will have on "Brexpats" in Japan.
BUSINESS / ECONOMY | ANALYSISJAN 18, 2017
Japan will continue to press Britain and the European Union to limit the effects on Japanese firms of Britain's exit from the bloc, the government's top spokesman said Wednesday, a day after British Prime Minister Theresa May outlined her plan for Brexit. Chief Cabinet Secretary ...
WORLD / POLITICSJAN 17, 2017
Britain will leave the European Union's single market when it exits the group, Prime Minister Theresa May said Tuesday, putting an end to speculation that London might try to seek a "soft Brexit." In a long-awaited speech in which she sought to define the country's ...
COMMENTARY / WORLDJAN 16, 2017
BY GEORGE SOROS
Open societies are in crisis, and various forms of closed societies — from fascist dictatorships to mafia states — are on the rise.
COMMENTARY / WORLDJAN 11, 2017
BY HUGH CORTAZZI
The resignation of Sir Ivan Rogers, the British ambassador to the European Union in Brussels, has raised serious issues not only about Britain's strategy for Brexit but also about relations between officials and politicians and their political advisers. Rogers was an experienced negotiator and former ...
COMMENTARY / WORLD JAN 11, 2017
BY ANTHONY LESTER
Barbara Tuchman published her masterpiece, "The March of Folly," in 1984. It explored
what the American writer and historian called "one of the most compelling paradoxes of
history: the pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interests." Today
she might have explored ...
