Japan

From aborted China talks to Fox’s failure to rollover deals, consequences of striking out alone in a post-Brexit world are becoming clear.

As Brexiter promises of “Global Britain” look increasingly hollow, the EU is busy doing what it does best - trading globally.

One by one the firms that gave Britain its global economic reputation are now telling the truth.

Brexiters say quitting EU will help us be a global player. We have more influence by virtue of our EU membership. Quitting means less power.

Trade minister can’t make formal agreements with the EU’s other trading partners, neither has he grasped the complexities.

Trade secretary is wasting time chasing phantoms. He should focus on humdrum task of making sure we don’t lose deals we already have.

63% of our trade is with EU or countries it has deals with. Not only are we jeopardising this. In rest of world, we may go to back of queue.

Brexiters said new deals with rest of world would outweigh loss of trade to EU. We’ll actually lose ground in other countries too.

InFacts looks back at all the Brexit developments in the week from August 26 to September 1.

As talks falter and global trade deals slip further into the future, the government must get real over trade continuity after March 2019.

One of our supposed potential new trade-deal partners wonders what happened to British common sense.

Trade secretary must spell out how he will negotiate a better deal with Japan than the one the EU has clinched.