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Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 17, 2018
More than two years after Brexit vote, U.K.’s path forward remains up in the air
To leave, or not to leave: Two and a half years since the United Kingdom voted to exit the EU, that is still the question.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 17, 2018
May takes control of Brexit endgame as ministers defy her plans
Theresa May rolled the dice with a dramatic reshuffle of her ministerial team as she battles to cling onto her job and stop her own party from tearing up her Brexit deal.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 16, 2018
What Trump gets right in his spat with Macron
The U.S. president is correct that Europe could fall apart without the trans-Atlantic alliance, but he’s the one who’s endangering it
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 16, 2018
Brexiteers bet U.K. can defy gravity in post-divorce trade
The U.K.’s hard-line Brexit backers are making their move. If they get their way on the U.K.’s new trade arrangements, they will face a test of gravity.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 16, 2018
May vows to carry on as Brexit’s hard-liners try to topple her
British Prime Minister Theresa May is defying demands to quit as she battles to keep control of her fractious government long enough to deliver a Brexit deal that has drawn ire from across the political spectrum.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 16, 2018
How Britain’s Dominic Raab tripped on ‘Barnier’s staircase’ during British exit negotiations
Dominic Raab tripped up on Michel Barnier’s Brexit staircase — that is how EU negotiators see how the reworking of a draft deal reached a month ago led to new demands on Britain that prompted him and other ministers to resign.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 16, 2018
Business bosses alarmed as U.K. Cabinet resignations imperil Brexit deal
Business leaders expressed growing alarm on Thursday as a draft Brexit agreement seen as the only chance of preserving some stability in U.K.-EU trading threatened to unravel, sending stock prices and the pound plunging.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 15, 2018
U.K. Conservative lawmaker Rees-Mogg to submit letter of no confidence in Prime Minister Theresa May
Senior euroskeptic U.K. Conservative lawmaker Jacob Rees-Mogg will submit a letter of no confidence in Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday, a spokesman for the influential euroskeptic group of Conservative lawmakers he leads said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 14, 2018
May puts Brexit deal to U.K. Cabinet as political perils mount
Prime Minister Theresa May has clinched a Brexit deal with the European Union after months of deadlock. She now has to convince a skeptical Cabinet that it’s not a sellout and overcome near impossible odds to get it through Parliament.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 13, 2018
Brexit deal possible in 24 to 48 hours, May’s deputy says
Britain and the European Union are on the cusp of a Brexit deal which could be clinched in the next 24 to 48 hours, Prime Minister Theresa May’s de facto deputy said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 13, 2018
Japanese, EU cars in the crosshairs as U.S. weighs tariffs on national security grounds
The U.S. Commerce Department has submitted draft recommendations to the White House on its investigation into whether to impose tariffs of up to 25 percent on imported cars and parts on national security grounds, two administration officials said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 12, 2018
May stares into the Brexit abyss as domestic opposition mounts
Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit strategy came under attack from all sides Monday, increasing the risk that her plan for leaving the European Union will be voted down by parliament and thrust the United Kingdom towards a potentially chaotic “no-deal” Brexit.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 10, 2018
U.K. ministers reportedly present May with ‘plan B’ for no-deal Brexit scenario
British Cabinet ministers have drawn up a “plan B” for a no-deal Brexit in case Parliament votes down Prime Minister Theresa May’s proposed plan to leave the European Union, The Sun reported on Friday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 7, 2018
$240 billion-a-day financial market to leave London over Brexit
The City of London is being dealt another Brexit blow.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 6, 2018
Time for Europe to step up its China game
The EU must form stronger political and economic alliances with Asia’s top liberal economies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 6, 2018
Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical pushes back as dissident shareholders seek to stop Shire deal
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Chief Executive Officer Christophe Weber pushed back against dissident shareholders seeking to stop the drugmaker’s acquisition of Shire PLC, saying he won’t release minutes of boardroom discussions.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 5, 2018
Britain confident Brexit financial services deal can be reached soon
Britain is confident that it will “imminently” reach a deal with the European Union on its post-Brexit financial services trade with the bloc, British financial services minister John Glen said Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 1, 2018
Austria to join U.S. in shunning global migration pact
Austria will follow the United States and Hungary in backing out of a United Nations migration pact over concerns it will blur the line between legal and illegal migration, the right-wing government said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 30, 2018
Britain to target online platform giants like Google, Facebook and Amazon with new digital services tax
Britain said it would tax the revenue that online platforms such as Google, Facebook and Amazon make in the country to update a system that had not kept pace with changing digital business models.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 29, 2018
U.S. defense chief looks to calm European allies nervous about INF pact withdrawal
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Sunday that the United States was in consultation with its European allies on an arms control treaty, as NATO members urge Washington to try to bring Russia back into compliance with the pact rather than quit it.

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