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No-deal Brexit? Yes, it's still possible

by Stephen Beard
Oct 2, 2020
After struggling through the pandemic, British companies that trade with the EU face trouble without a free trade deal.
Talks between the U.K. and the European Union to work out a free trade deal by Oct. 15 have not gone smoothly. Above, an employee hangs a Union Jack at EU headquarters in Brussels in 2019.
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Britain risks trade deals with EU, U.S. with unilateral Brexit change

by Stephen Beard
Sep 11, 2020
Northern Ireland border comes back as a stumbling block for British-EU relations.
Michel Barnier, the EU's chief Brexit negotiator, arrives with members of his team for more Brexit trade talks on Sept. 9, in London, England, as anti-Brexit protesters follow him.
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Could British business benefit from trade barriers between U.K. and EU?

by Stephen Beard
Mar 4, 2020
As trade talks get underway between the U.K. and the EU, some say Britain might be better off with fewer European imports.
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Brits sniff at chlorinated American chicken

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Feb 26, 2020
The problem with chlorinated chicken is actually not the chlorine at all — it’s what the chlorine represents.
U.S. chicken practices could stand in the way of a U.S.-UK free trade deal.
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Brexit may force the U.K. to choose between the EU and the U.S.

by Stephen Beard
Jan 31, 2020
Should it stay close to EU rules and regulations or seek a much closer trading relationship with America?
Pro-Brexit demonstrators outside the Houses of Parliament in 2016 in London, England, pushing for a faster Brexit.
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What comes after Brexit day?

by Kai Ryssdal and Bennett Purser
Jan 30, 2020
"We really are only seeing the end of the beginning," said Amanda Sloat from the Brookings Institution.
The British flag will soon be removed from the European Parliament building in Brussels, Belgium.
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Will Brexit damage British tech?

by Stephen Beard
Jan 24, 2020
While it faces competition from tech hubs like Berlin, London is unlikely to lose its tech crown, said one tech venture capitalist.
View of London's Old Street roundabout, also known as the Silicon Roundabout due to the proximity of startups in the area
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UK's Johnson claims Brexit mandate as Tories secure majority

by Associated Press
Dec 13, 2019
With the stunning victory of Boris Johnson's Conservative Party, will they finally be able to "get Brexit done"?
An arrangement of UK daily newspapers photographed as an illustration in London on December 13, 2019 shows front page headlines reporting on the projected election result based on exit polls in the UK general election.
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Britain’s general election: a choice between starkly contrasting economic visions

by Stephen Beard
Dec 11, 2019
Two radically different plans are up for consideration in Thursday’s general election.
Brexit once again looms large in the UK general election.
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Britain prepares for its third general election in five years

by Nova Safo
Dec 10, 2019
Thursday's general election will be the third time in five years that Brits have turned out to vote.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn answer questions during a debate in November in Salford, England.
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