Page 12 - Brexit

The post-Brexit world

More uncertainty is the only certainty

Britain, European Union set new timetable of meetings for post-Brexit deal

The latest round of talks ended on July 23 when both sides said there is still some way to go to reach a future trading relationship

FDI norms to be eased further, other economic reforms in pipeline: Goyal

The minister said that new industrial policy and forest policy would be brought out soon, along with further forms in the mining sector

World coronavirus dispatch: Rumours, fear and rising deaths in Pakistan

From the pandemic hitting black voters' incomes the hardest, to the status of Brexit, and how Covid-19 hit Malaysia's palm oil industry - read these and more in today's world dispatch

Letter to BS: Global interdependence of economies cannot be wished away

We will require the very best in global leadership to be better prepared for the next inevitable universal cataclysm, be it natural disasters or man-made pandemics

Brexit trade talks scheduled for next week cancelled over Coronavirus

"Given the latest COVID-19 developments, EU and UK negotiators have today jointly decided not to hold next week's round of negotiations in London, in the form originally scheduled," the source said

Britain spent 4.4 billion pounds of taxpayers' money to prepare for Brexit

The National Audit Office said in a report that most of the money was spent on staff costs, building new infrastructure and paying for external advice

Britain, EU starts post-Brexit relationship talks amid disagreements

The EU's chief negotiator Michel Barnier and UK counterpart David Frost met in Brussels, launching several months of intense closed-door negotiations involving around 100 officials on each side

BRIC seekers of UK golden visa double since 2015 despite Brexit

BRIC applicants accounted for 40% of total global refusals in 2019

Women will be hit hard by UK's new immigration rules, warn experts

Women's groups have warned, women will suffer disproportionately

Recovering factories keep UK economy on track in February: PMIs

The virus's outbreak weighed on manufacturers' input stocks, which fell at the fastest pace in more than seven years

Google users in UK to lose EU data protection due to Brexit: Report

The shift, prompted by Britain's exit from the EU, will leave the sensitive personal information of tens of millions with less protection and within easier reach of British law enforcement

UK launches points-based visa system to attract best talent of the world

The new system will come into force from January 1 2021 at the end of the transition period after UK's exit from the European Union

Post-Brexit, UK rules 'turn off tap' of low-skilled foreign labour

Britain formally left the European Union at the end of January but a transition period is in effect until Dec. 31, during which time little changes

Narayana Murthy's son-in-law Rishi Sunak named new finance minister of UK

Sunak, the son-in-law of Infosys Co-founder Narayana Murthy, will join Home secretary Priti Patel on the top government bench as UK Chancellor of the Exchequer

UK economy stalls in fourth quarter of 2019 as manufacturing shrinks

Britain finally departed the European Union on January 31 after Prime Minister Boris Johnson in December led the Conservative party to victory in national polls

Other side of the Brexit

While the writing on the Brexit coin is the subject of controversy, the other side of the coin is quite shady and uncertain

Northern Irish police finds bomb attached to a truck timed for Brexit

Northern Irish police said Thursday they had found a bomb attached to a truck which was intended to go off as the UK left the European Union. The Continuity IRA (Irish Republican Army), a dissident paramilitary group, were blamed for planting what detectives said was a viable device. Dissident republicans like the Continuity IRA seek Northern Ireland's integration into the Republic of Ireland through violent means. Police said a sketchy warning call was made to a media outlet on January 31 -- the day the United Kingdom left the EU -- about a device on a truck in Belfast docks, due to take a ferry to mainland Britain. Searches were conducted and nothing was found. But on Monday, a more detailed warning call said the device had been attached to a truck trailer belonging to a particular haulage company. It was found inland at an industrial estate in Lurgan, southwest of Belfast, and was made safe by British army bomb disposal experts. Police believe the Continuity IRA thought the t

Brexit: A new dawn, says Boris Johnson; an alarm bell, says Macron

The French President Emmanuel Macron warned Brexit was an "alarm bell" for the EU

'Optimism and regret': UK papers rejoice, mourn as Britain leaves EU

Britain's partisan papers met Brexit with the same unbridled joy and tearful anguish that was felt across the streets and pubs of Britain on Friday night