JAPAN TIMES Brexit Headlines: 1 Aug - 31 Aug 2019

BREXIT

EDITORIALS  AUG 30, 2019

Boris Johnson takes a bold, dangerous, step

Britain is not ready for the no-deal Brexit that Prime Minister Boris Johnson 

appears intent on delivering.

WORLD / POLITICSAUG 30, 2019

Court bids launched to block Johnson's move to halt U.K. Parliament ahead of Brexit

Prime Minister Boris Johnson's suspension of Parliament just weeks before Britain's EU departure date faced legal challenges on Thursday amid a furious outcry from pro-Europeans and MPs opposed to a no-deal Brexit. Johnson announced the surprise decision Wednesday to dismiss Parliament next month for nearly ...

WORLD / POLITICS | ANALYSISAUG 29, 2019

Boris Johnson corners his opponents and pushes Brexit toward a showdown

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's move to suspend Parliament and come good on his promise to avoid any more delays to Brexit has set the clock running for his opponents to thwart him. The question is whether they can do it in time. In another ...

WORLD / POLITICSAUG 29, 2019

Boris Johnson sparks outrage with forced suspension of parliament ahead of Brexit deadline

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson sparked fury among pro-Europeans and MPs opposed to a "no-deal" Brexit by forcing the suspension of Parliament weeks before Britain's EU departure date. The pound slid on the surprise news Wednesday, which opponents branded a "coup" and a "declaration of ...

WORLD / POLITICSAUG 28, 2019

U.K. government to ask queen to suspend Parliament to thwart foes of no-deal Brexit, BBC reports

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson asked Queen Elizabeth II on Wednesday to suspend Parliament, throwing down the gauntlet to his critics and causing outrage among opposition leaders who will have even less time to thwart a no-deal Brexit. Johnson told lawmakers he has decided to ...

WORLD / POLITICSAUG 27, 2019

U.K.'s Johnson gets Trump backing as he eyes Brexit endgame

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson won the sympathy of U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday after the American leader suggested that the European Union would drive a hard bargain and that it would be "tough" to get a Brexit deal. Speaking at the end of ...

NATIONAL / POLITICSAUG 27, 2019

Boris Johnson assures Abe of smooth Brexit at G7, seeking to calm Japan firms' concerns

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe got assurances Monday from his British counterpart Boris Johnson that he will aim for a smooth Brexit. In his first meeting since Johnson became prime minister in July, Abe called for an "orderly" departure from the European Union as Tokyo has ...

WORLD / POLITICSAUG 26, 2019

U.K.'s Johnson acknowledges touch-and-go prospects for Brexit deal

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson acknowledged Sunday that the prospect of a Brexit deal was "touch and go," as other European Union capitals grasp the problems Britain has with the withdrawal agreement. Speaking on the sidelines of the Group of Seven summit, Johnson said that ...

BUSINESS / ECONOMYAUG 25, 2019

At G7 summit, Trump offers Brexit Britain a 'very big' trade deal

U.S. President Donald Trump promised a big trade deal for post-Brexit Britain to Boris Johnson on Sunday and praised the new prime minister as the right man to take Britain out of the European Union. Johnson, who faces a delicate task of assuaging European allies ...

WORLDAUG 25, 2019

Boris Johnson seeks legal advice on closing Parliament early to cement Brexit: Observer

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson asked Attorney General Geoffrey Cox if Parliament can be shut down for five weeks starting early next month, the Observer newspaper reported, citing a leaked email from senior government advisers to an adviser in No. 10 Downing St. The move ... 

BUSINESSAUG 25, 2019

Squabbles erupt as G7 leaders open summit in French resort

Squabbles erupted among G7 nations Saturday as their leaders gathered for an annual summit, exposing sharp differences on global trade tensions, Britain's exit from the EU and how to respond to the fires raging in the Amazon rainforest. French President Emmanuel Macron, the summit host, ...

WORLDAUG 24, 2019

U.K. officials encouraged by Johnson's Brexit talks with Merkel and Macron

Britain is hoping the rest of the European Union falls in behind France and Germany and agrees to work on solving a deadlock over Brexit, with officials sensing a glimmer of hope after meetings this past week, but conscious of the need for a ...

WORLD / POLITICSAUG 23, 2019

Trump's message to G7 leaders this weekend: Be more like U.S.

President Donald Trump will highlight U.S. economic policies under his stewardship at meetings with other G7 leaders this weekend in France and encourage allies to follow the American model to stave off problems with the global economy, officials said. Trump will attend the G7 summit ...

WORLD / POLITICS | FOCUSAUG 21, 2019

Trump or Europe? New U.K. leader Boris Johnson to sample post-Brexit reality at G7 summit

BY WILLIAM JAMES AND JOHN CHALMERS

Boris Johnson is about to feel the pinch of Brexit Britain's new global status: squeezed on one side by Europeans in no mood to yield, and on the other by a United States driving a hard bargain for its economic support. With a deepening political ...

BUSINESSAUG 21, 2019

British trade secretary hopes to visit Japan by end of October for FTA and TPP talks

British trade secretary Liz Truss said Tuesday she hopes to visit Japan by the end of October for talks on a potential bilateral trade agreement and the possibility of entering the revised TPP. During a teleconference, Truss told her Japanese counterpart Hiroshige Seko of her ...

WORLD / POLITICSAUG 21, 2019

U.K. and EU only harden their positions on Brexit as G-7 nears

The European Union and Britain, which are hurtling toward a costly, damaging no-deal split in a little over two months, kicked off a high-wire week of diplomacy Tuesday by entrenching themselves deeper in their irreconcilable positions. Highlighting new British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's determination to ...

WORLD / POLITICSAUG 20, 2019

Johnson's opening Brexit bid lands flat with EU leaders

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's demand that the European Union reopen the Brexit divorce deal was rebuffed on Tuesday by the bloc, which said Britain had failed to propose any realistic alternative to an agreed upon insurance policy for the Irish border. After more than ...

WORLD / POLITICSAUG 19, 2019

Jeremy Corbyn gears up for election as Brexit fears soar and Johnson heads to heart of EU

U.K. opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn will promise to do "everything necessary" to prevent a no-deal Brexit as Prime Minister Boris Johnson prepares to take his threat to let Britain crash out of the EU to the heart of Europe. The Labour Party leader in a ...

WORLDAUG 18, 2019

U.K. to face food, fuel, medicine shortages from no-deal Brexit, report citing leaked documents claims

Britain will face shortages of fuel, food and medicine if it leaves the European Union without a transition deal, jamming ports and requiring a hard border in Ireland, official government documents leaked to the Sunday Times show. The Times said the forecasts compiled by the ...

WORLD / POLITICSAUG 15, 2019

Labour chief Jeremy Corbyn seeks support to form caretaker government to block 'no-deal' Brexit

Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the U.K.'s opposition Labour Party, asked rival parties to support him as prime minister in a coalition to block Boris Johnson's government from pursuing a "no-deal" Brexit. Corbyn wrote to other political parties' leaders and rebels in the Conservative Party Wednesday, ...

BUSINESSAUG 15, 2019

No U.K. trade deal if Brexit undermines Northern Ireland peace accord, says top U.S. Democrat Pelosi

An American trade pact with Britain is doomed if the latter's withdrawal from the EU undermines the Northern Ireland peace accord, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned Wednesday. "Whatever form it takes, Brexit cannot be allowed to imperil the Good Friday Agreement, including the seamless ...

BUSINESSAUG 14, 2019

U.S. and Britain discuss trade deal that could take effect on Nov. 1, first day after Brexit

Britain and the United States are discussing a partial trade accord that could take effect on Nov. 1, the day after Britain is due to leave the European Union, a senior Trump administration official said on Tuesday. During a visit to London, U.S. national security ... 

BUSINESSAUG 13, 2019

Trump adviser Bolton says U.S. will support U.K. choice for no-deal Brexit and quickly pursue FTA

The United States would enthusiastically support a no-deal Brexit if that is what the British government decided to do, U.S. national security adviser John Bolton said on Monday during a visit to London aimed at reassuring Britain over U.K.-U.S. ties. Bolton told British Prime Minister ...

WORLD / POLITICSAUG 12, 2019

U.S. adviser John Bolton to urge tougher U.K. stance on Iran and China's Huawei

John Bolton, U.S. President Donald Trump's national security adviser, arrived in London on Sunday for talks at which he is expected to urge Britain to toughen its stance on Iran and Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei. As the United Kingdom prepares to leave the European Union ...

WORLD / POLITICSAUG 12, 2019

Populist Matteo Salvini could take Italy out of EU, ex-prime minister warns

Matteo Salvini, who has plunged Italy into turmoil by pulling out of a coalition government, could eventually take the country out of the EU, a former prime minister warned Sunday. Interior Minister Salvini, who announced last week that he was pulling his League party out ...

WORLD / SOCIAL ISSUESAUG 9, 2019

Johnson plans U.K. visa shake-up to attract science talent

Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveiled plans Thursday for a new fast-track visa route for "the brightest and best," in a bid to attract the world's top scientists to Britain after Brexit. The "shake-up" of immigration rules is aimed at encouraging elite researchers and specialists in ...

WORLD / POLITICSAUG 8, 2019

Can an election stop a no-deal Brexit?

Will he, won't he — and can he be stopped? Westminster is abuzz with talk of whether Britain's new Prime Minister Boris Johnson will use an election to force through his Brexit plan. Many MPs are deeply opposed to his threat to take Britain out ...

WORLD / POLITICSAUG 2, 2019

Boris Johnson's Brexit plans draw backlash outside England, threatening unity of the U.K.

New British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's big tour of the U.K. saw him booed by EU supporters in Wales and heckled by nationalists in Scotland. Northern Ireland's fractious parties then told him that his Brexit plans were reopening old wounds. The Conservative Party leader's swing ...

NATIONAL / POLITICSAUG 2, 2019

Japan's Taro Kono urges new U.K. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to achieve orderly Brexit

Foreign Minister Taro Kono urged his new British counterpart, Dominic Raab, on Thursday to achieve an "orderly" exit from the European Union to minimize the impact on the global economy. In their first talks since Raab was named foreign secretary by British Prime Minister Boris ...

WORLD / POLITICSAUG 1, 2019

Boris Johnson's Belfast Brexit message leaves Dublin and EU in cold

Boris Johnson went a long way toward cementing his working majority in the U.K. Parliament with a visit to Northern Ireland on Wednesday, but did little to break the Brexit impasse with Dublin and Brussels. The new prime minister met with the region's main political ...

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