Irish border could cost Brexiters their US trade fantasy
Brexiters have been blasé about border politics since 2016. Now Congress speaker warns it could make their US trade dream a “non starter”.
6 reasons we’ll get bullied by a Trump trade deal
US proposals for a trade deal with the UK after Brexit would lower food standards, increase NHS costs and bankrupt British farmers.
‘Independent’ Brexit trade dream gets holed below waterline...
Leaks of government’s no-deal tariff schedules show industries unprotected, future trade talks undermined and a hard border in Ireland.
Crisis what crisis? PM’s reckless no-deal tactic exposed
May fought hard to keep “chaotic” no deal on table. Government paper spells out just how irresponsible that was.
Fight over tariffs shows ministers still clueless on Brexit
Gove and Hammond’s spat over food tariffs tells us two things: government still doesn’t know what Brexit means; and we’re better off in EU.
Price hikes or bust farmers? Another miserable Brexit choice
Pro-Brexit ministers are at loggerheads over no-deal tariffs. Fox wants to slash and burn, Gove wants farmers protected. Neither is good.
Brexit makes a mockery of Global Britain
From aborted China talks to Fox’s failure to rollover deals, consequences of striking out alone in a post-Brexit world are becoming clear.
Nobody voted Brexit for bigger shopping bills
Brexiters claim public voted for “no deal”. So are they arguing people will be happy to see their weekly shop rise by an average of 7%?
Redwood gets trade facts wrong. No deal is not ‘just fine’...
Tory Brexiter gets facts wrong and makes incompatible promises over ‘no deal’ trade. BBC must not allow repeat of misleading 2016 campaign.
WTO is the problem, not the answer, to trade under ‘no deal’...
Brexiters say WTO rules make trade in no-deal Brexit easy. But they would hike up tariffs with the EU and could leave UK businesses exposed.
Liam Fox must know PM’s Brexit deal puts him out of a job
Trade secretary was compelled to explain why he’s backing deal - even though it leaves him with little to do except clock up air miles.
Hidden clause in May’s deal means less control over trade
UK must follow EU’s trade defence rules under backstop, and perhaps new trade deal too. That may thwart deals with other countries.