Japan steps gently into a post-Brexit world
The ascension of President-elect Donald Trump onto the world’s stage last Wednesday dominated the global news. At 4:05pm on the same day, less noticed, the Japanese Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Koji…
Trade, Europe and Markets
The science of Brexit behaviour
It became clear last week that not only was the political world turned upside down, but so also was the way it was analysed and reported. In particular, polling predictions were yet…
Industry, politics and automobiles
The UK Government’s announcement that Nissan will build two new vehicle models at its Sunderland plant, saving thousands of jobs, combined two persistent themes of political engagement with the automotive industry in…
Protecting the future of great British food
British foods that form part of the nation’s culinary heritage need European laws to protect them from British imitators, Chief-Exec.com has been told. Instead, their future has been left in limbo by…
British sovereignty under attack
Plans by leading Brexiters to power British economic growth by a sweeping free trade agenda could undermine the fundamental rationale for quitting the European Union – defending British sovereignty. Trade policy experts…
Middle ground manoeuvers
The major political parties in Western democracies are scrambling to attempt to understand and respond to what appears to be a spreading revolution against mainstream conventional political thinking on many of today’s big…
The Game of Brexit
In one way it is fortunate that the pre-negotiations on Brexit have staked out the territory. The game has crystallised into two dimensions – controls to reduce unwanted migration into the UK…
Rise of the Anglosphere
As Britain begins to turn more sharply away from a future “across the Channel”, the idea that its best future can be found “across the oceans” is emerging as a key rallying…
October economic round-up
It is official The economic weather following the Brexit referendum on June 23 was generally mild. Earlier stormy forecasts proved to be off the mark, though a few areas have witnessed significant…
Trade withers as populism grows
The cheers that greeted Theresa May’s declaration at the Conservative party conference on the weekend when she declared Britain would return to being a “fully independent, sovereign country” rang hollow not just…