Wed, Jan 13 2021

The new trade deal between the EU and the UK could be improved upon over time, but that is not a given. It could also crumble away. The EU-UK trade and co-operation agreement (TCA) was negotiated in record time, concluding dramatically on Christmas…

While the mile-long lines of trucks have dissipated at ports, U.K. businesses are waking up to less visible forms of friction at the border with the European Union that may cause more enduring damage. From health certificates to new taxes and…

Chancellor Rishi Sunak on Monday told MPs Brexit will help “reinforce the UK's position as a globally pre-eminent financial centre”, in spite of what threatens to be a protracted regulatory stand-off with Brussels. Government…

Thousands of UK civil servants from the Treasury and other London-based government departments are set to move to northern England and the Midlands under plans by Boris Johnson to shake up the Whitehall machine. Following the Covid-19 pandemic, the…

Fiona Hill served as deputy assistant to the president and senior director for European and Russian affairs on the National Security Council from 2017 to 2019. She is currently a senior fellow in the Center on the United States and Europe at the…