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  • Thursday, 18 August, 2022
    Food & Beverage
    Britons expected to extend ‘pandemic trend’ of drinking more at home

    Australia’s largest listed wine producer says demand will stay strong despite cost of living crisis

  • Friday, 12 August, 2022
    News in-depthFood & Beverage
    Scotch whisky shows surprising strength in global gloom

    Distillery numbers at record high, with exports on track to match or pass pre-pandemic levels

  • Friday, 29 July, 2022
    UK business & economy
    UK plc is cutting ties to China, says CBI boss

    New alliances will be needed in post-Brexit Europe to offset souring trading links with Beijing, warns Tony Danker

  • Thursday, 28 July, 2022
    UK labour disputes
    Strike action threatens to shut down UK’s biggest container port

    Felixstowe dispute adds to pressure on transport network amid rail walkouts and burden on Channel crossings

  • Monday, 25 July, 2022
    ExplainerUK business & economy
    Will Channel travel chaos become a regular feature of British summer?

    No instant fixes ahead as limits to technology and infrastructure mean attention turns to political goodwill

  • Thursday, 21 July, 2022
    Britain after Brexit
    UK faces some tough choices to solve its labour shortages Premium content

    Remainers blame Brexit for a lack of workers but the reality is more complex

  • Wednesday, 20 July, 2022
    Penny Mordaunt takes North Carolina

    But loses Westminster

  • Monday, 18 July, 2022
    UK business & economy
    US companies’ confidence in the UK slips, survey finds

    American businesses cite concerns about Brexit, labour shortages and rising taxes

  • Wednesday, 13 July, 2022
    UK steelmakers outraged at plan to ease anti-dumping measures on China

    Trade Remedies Authority has proposed ending restrictions on import of ‘rebar’, used to strengthen concrete

  • Monday, 11 July, 2022
    Brexit
    Business groups frustrated at UK-EU gridlock on post-Brexit trade

    Ministerial level body overseeing 2020 agreement has not met for more than a year

  • Monday, 11 July, 2022
    Trade Secrets
    Johnson quits, but the UK’s haphazard trade regime is staying Premium content

    Britain’s incoming prime minister will maintain its destructive attitude to the EU

  • Thursday, 7 July, 2022
    InterviewIndian economy
    India and UK to seal trade deal in ‘next few months’, minister says

    Piyush Goyal suggests nearly half of keenly awaited post-Brexit pact is ‘dusted and ready’

  • Tuesday, 5 July, 2022
    Brexit
    Johnson overselling benefits of post-Brexit trade deals, say MPs

    Critical report points to shortcomings and large concessions in accord with Australia

  • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
    Brexit
    Negative impact of Brexit is clear, claims EU

    Trade between two sides now involves more paperwork and checks, Maroš Šefčovič tells annual forum

  • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
    UK trade performance falls to worst level on record in first quarter

    Official figures corroborate academic studies showing sharp drop in exports since Brexit

  • Tuesday, 28 June, 2022
    Helen Thomas
    Steel yourself: UK trade policy is suffering post-Brexit drift

    The government’s approach is being reimagined for political reasons on the hoof

  • Monday, 27 June, 2022
    Brexit
    Johnson wins Commons vote on bill to rip up N Ireland protocol

    Former prime minister Theresa May condemns the legislation as illegal under international law

  • Monday, 27 June, 2022
    Explainer
    Boris Johnson prepares to extend tariffs to protect UK steel industry

    Prime minister risks breaking international law to prevent flood of cheap imports

  • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
    Trade SecretsAlan Beattie
    Britain’s trade relationship with the EU is needlessly dysfunctional

    The UK’s strained post-Brexit ties with the 27-nation bloc contrast with its constructive attitude elsewhere

  • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
    UK seeks Gulf trade boost as talks start to secure deal

    Negotiations on agreement with GCC will skirt contentious issue of human rights

  • Thursday, 16 June, 2022
    UK politics & policy
    PM’s ethics adviser resigned complaining of ‘odious’ position

    Potential breach of WTO rules on steel tariffs proved final straw for Lord Geidt following partygate controversy

  • Thursday, 16 June, 2022
    Free LunchMartin Sandbu
    The dead end of the UK’s new Northern Ireland bill Premium content

    The government’s latest refusal to leave Brexit behind is dishonest, hypocritical and ineffective

  • Wednesday, 15 June, 2022
    Northern Ireland
    EU launches legal action against UK over Northern Ireland protocol

    Move follows Boris Johnson’s bill to rip up part of the 2020 Brexit deal

  • Wednesday, 15 June, 2022
    Brexit
    Brexit trade friction caused 15% fall in UK-EU exports in first half of 2021

    Standards for food and chemical products and technical specifications for machinery have led to problems, study shows

  • Wednesday, 15 June, 2022
    News in-depthBrexit
    The Tory politics behind the wrangling over Northern Ireland Brexit bill

    Critics accuse Boris Johnson and Liz Truss of using the legislation to court Eurosceptic MPs

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