NIGEL Farage will embark on a “double or quits” £5 million spending spree to win over voters in the build-up to May’s local elections. The Reform UK leader has so far sent out five million leaflets to outer London and every home in Scotland and Wales in a major push for support. Sign up for…
LONDON — Matt Gass has worked on secret Brexit preparations, was part of the first trade negotiations led by the U.K. in decades and is now a senior lawyer investigating allegations of unfair practices. Fifteen years after graduating from Northeastern University, Gass is employed in a job — working for the Trade Remedies Authorities, an…
This year marks half a century of formal diplomatic relations between China and the European Union as well as the 25th anniversary of the founding of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China. Here, Shi Jiangtao looks at how the relationship has been affected by Trump 2.0 and accompanying ups and downs of US-China…
An anonymous post to the popular Hong Kong YouTube news channel Bastille Post may be considered culturally illuminating. The news report, to which the post responded, said the UK Home Office disclosed that applications and arrivals from Hong Kong people under the BN(O) migration scheme have continued to decline since its introduction in 2021. “Some…
HOW TO LIVE with the giant on its doorstep is always a conundrum for post-Brexit Britain. Since Brexit took effect in January 2021, goods exports to the EU have fallen sharply because of new non-tariff barriers. One way to avoid these would be closer alignment with EU rules, as was proposed for food and energy…
By 2021, Brexit was finally done. And so was Farage. “This has taken away the better part of my adult life,” he said as he announced he was quitting as leader of his anti-immigration party Reform UK. “I’m done.” Now Farage is back—and Reform UK is currently leading in the polls—largely thanks to an unexpected…
The problem, however, is dissolving parliament is exactly how French politics ended up in this mess in the first place. The political landscape hasn’t much changed since last summer, so elections could very well just deliver another hung parliament. Before Monday, Macron looked unlikely to send voters back to the polls. He has repeatedly, including…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his British counterpart Keir Starmer Photo : AP New Delhi: Eighteen years after India and the UK started discussions for a Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement, India and the UK on Thursday signed a landmark trade deal to boost two-way trade by eliminating tariffs on cars, textiles, whisky and range…
The two countries hope the accord will boost trade between them by 25.5 billion pounds. The United Kingdom and India have signed a trade agreement that will reduce tariffs on goods from textiles to whisky, cars and spices and allow more market access for businesses. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer hailed the agreement on Thursday…
Britain’s financial regulators are failing to push through vital reforms needed to unlock some £22 billion (€25.5 billion) in trade finance for small businesses, the UK branch of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has warned. In a letter to the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA),…