JAPAN TIMES Brexit Headlines: 1 Mar - 31 Mar 2018

Brexit Headlines

BUSINESSMAR 29, 2018

Airbus urges EU to let Britain stay in Galileo space project despite Brexit as U.K. firms face shutout

The chief executive of aerospace firm Airbus said Britain should not be frozen out of the European Union's Galileo space program after Brexit, calling on both sides to find a long-term solution in the interest of security. Tom Enders, Airbus CEO, said at stake was ...

WORLD / POLITICSMAR 27, 2018

Whistleblower Christopher Wylie says Brexit referendum could have gone other way

Whistleblower Christopher Wylie told lawmakers that the Brexit referendum could have gone the other way if rules hadn't been broken during the campaign. "I think it is completely reasonable to say that there could've been a different outcome in the referendum if there hadn't been, ...

COMMENTARY / WORLDMAR 27, 2018

Poisoning demonstrates Brexit's threat to the security of Britain

BY CHARLES TANNOCK

Brexiteers must realize a 'Britain alone' is a 'Britain vulnerable.'

WORLD / POLITICSMAR 26, 2018

Former Brexit activist says 'Vote Leave' group may have violated 2016 spending rule: report

The main group that campaigned for Britain to leave the European Union, which included Boris Johnson among its advocates, may have broken campaign spending laws, according to the Observer newspaper, which cited comments by a whistle-blower. "Vote Leave" donated £625,000 ($883,000) to an independent referendum ...

BUSINESSMAR 26, 2018

U.K. Parliament must have power to stop 'No Deal' Brexit: Labour

Britain's opposition Labour Party was to on Monday demand that parliament has the final say on the government's Brexit deal, including an option to send ministers back to the negotiating table rather than leave without an exit agreement. After reaching a deal last week on ...

WORLDMAR 23, 2018

New post-Brexit British passport to be made by Franco-Dutch firm De La Rue

The new blue British passports that Prime Minister Theresa May called "an expression of our independence and sovereignty" after Brexit will be made by a Franco-Dutch firm, the boss of the British company which lost the contract said Thursday. May announced in December that Britain, ...

WORLD / SOCIAL ISSUESMAR 21, 2018

Macron says too much English spoken in pre-Brexit Brussels

The English language is too dominant in Brussels, especially with Britain soon to exit the European Union, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday as he vowed to fight for a wider use of French in EU institutions and abroad. There are some 274 million ...

BUSINESSMAR 20, 2018

U.K. bags Brexit transition deal to avoid 2019 'cliff edge' in return for Irish vow

Britain and the European Union agreed on Monday to a transition period to avoid a "cliff edge" Brexit next year — though only after London accepted a potential solution for the border with the Irish Republic that may face stiff opposition at home. The pound ...

COMMENTARY / WORLDMAR 19, 2018

Making the best case for Brexit

BY DAVID HOWELL

The government must persuade a deeply divided nation that Brexit is the right course.

BUSINESS   MAR 17, 2018

Japanese biz lobbies call for EU-Japan trade deal to apply to U.K. during 

British exit transition

Japan's leading business bodies have called for Tokyo's trade deal with the European 

Union to apply to Britain during the around two-year transition phase that will help 

smooth the U.K.'s exit from the bloc. In a joint statement, the Japan Business 

Council in Europe and ...

BUSINESS / ECONOMYMAR 12, 2018

'No deal' Brexit could cost U.K. and EU companies £58 billion, report warns

Companies in the United Kingdom and the European Union face an extra £58 billion ($80 billion) in annual costs if there is a no-deal Brexit, with the U.K.'s vast financial sector set to be the worst-hit industry, according to a report issued Monday. Firms across ...

WORLD / POLITICS | ANALYSISMAR 6, 2018

Italy's Five Star rebels must now negotiate with the establishment

The anti-establishment Five Star Movement has emerged as the big winner in Italian elections, but now it faces very tough choices that will probably involve working together with the establishment. The election could hardly have gone better for the maverick party, founded nine years ago ...

WORLD / POLITICSMAR 3, 2018

Setting out Brexit vision, May asks EU to show flexibility

Prime Minister Theresa May urged the European Union on Friday to show more flexibility in talks on its future relationship with the U.K. after Brexit, saying Britain realizes it cannot get all it wants but believes an ambitious trade deal is still possible. In a ...

WORLD   MAR 1, 2018

Scotland and Wales move to curb Brexit 'power grab' by London

A constitutional crisis in Britain inched closer this week as lawmakers in Scotland and 

Wales moved to introduce their own legislation to prevent a perceived "power grab" by 

London after Brexit. The Scottish and Welsh governments have published "continuity 

bills" to ensure European Union law ...

BUSINESS   MAR 1, 2018

EU and Japan rush to activate trade deal before Brexit

The European Union and Japan are rushing to ensure their planned free trade 

agreement can take force early in 2019, ideally before the British exit from the EU, 

the lead negotiators of both sides said on Wednesday. Japan's ambassador for 

international economic affairs, Yoichi Suzuki, ...

BUSINESS / CORPORATEMAR 1, 2018

Toyota to build new Auris car at U.K. plant in Brexit boost for May

Toyota said on Wednesday it will build the next generation of its Auris car in England in a welcome boost to Prime Minister Theresa May as Britain exits the European Union, confirming a previous report. The firm will make its new Auris hatchback at Burnaston, ...

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