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  • Sunday, 1 June, 2025
    UK to urge Trump administration to implement zero-tariff steel accord

    Meeting between Jonathan Reynolds and Jamieson Greer follows vow by US president to double tariff to 50%

    An employee walks behind a steel ingot at Sheffield Forgemasters in Sheffield
  • Thursday, 29 May, 2025
    BoE governor urges UK government to seek closer trade ties with EU

    Andrew Bailey makes case for minimising negative effects of Brexit

    Andrew Bailey
  • Thursday, 29 May, 2025
    Trump tariff ruling risks slowing down delivery of UK trade deal

    Experts fear more ‘chaos and confusion’ surrounding implementation of pact

    A Jaguar Land Rover factory in Solihull
  • Thursday, 29 May, 2025
    UK seeks to speed up rollout of US trade deal

    Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds set to hold talks with US counterpart

    Aerial view of a large parking lot filled with numerous new cars from Jaguar Land Rover in Staffordshire
  • Tuesday, 27 May, 2025
    UK foreign policy
    UK defends trade envoy’s trip to Israel even after suspending talks

    Ian Austin was pictured on a trip to Haifa a week after foreign secretary criticised the ‘abominable’ situation in Gaza

    Lord Ian Austin visits Israel
  • Tuesday, 27 May, 2025
    UK bioethanol factories face closure after Trump trade deal

    British state support needed to prevent loss of production facilities after tariff changes, industry warns

    Vivergo Fuels’ bioethanol plant in Saltend, near Hull
  • Monday, 26 May, 2025
    Martin Wolf
    The UK’s trade performance remains dire

    Deals struck recently with the US, EU and India will not make a significant difference to Britain’s parlous position

    Britain’s Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
  • Saturday, 24 May, 2025
    The Weekend Essay
    Britain and Europe are moving beyond Brexit. Now for the real trade-offs

    This week’s ‘reset’ deal is a welcome return to pragmatism. But both sides must go further in facing up to the new world order

    A man wearing jeans, blue top and cap sits on the grass looking out to sea
  • Thursday, 22 May, 2025
    UK economy
    UK consumer confidence improves due to better economic sentiment

    Survey suggests British households may be regaining some willingness to spend

    People carrying shopping bags in Oxford Street, London
  • Tuesday, 20 May, 2025
    Israel-Hamas war
    UK and EU ratchet up pressure on Israel over Gaza offensive

    International criticism of the military campaign in the Palestinian enclave increases

    An Israeli tank moves near the Gaza border
  • Tuesday, 20 May, 2025
    UK services trade data ‘of limited value’ says statistics regulator

    Review finds that monthly Office for National Statistics figures are often subject to large revisions

  • Tuesday, 20 May, 2025
    Brexit
    How the UK and EU thrashed out a post-Brexit reset in relations

    Keir Starmer’s big concession on fishing came as bloc offered better trade terms for British food exporters

    Montage shows a handshake against a backdrop of the EU and UK flags
  • Monday, 19 May, 2025
    Brexit
    UK and EU agree post-Brexit reset at showpiece summit

    Starmer accused of ‘surrender’ by the Tories after finalising new arrangements on fisheries and agriculture

    Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer poses with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and European Council president António Costa
  • Monday, 19 May, 2025
    News in-depthBrexit
    What the post-Brexit reset deal means for the UK

    Agreement spans food, fishing, defence and youth mobility, but much remains to be finalised

    Montage shows pound notes, pigs, fish and a wind farm in the colours of the EU flag
  • Monday, 19 May, 2025
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    A first step towards rebuilding UK-EU ties

    Hard-fought reset lays bare the realities of the post-Brexit relationship

    Prime Minister Keir Starmer and President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen
  • Monday, 19 May, 2025
    Brexit
    UK and EU locked in intense talks over key terms of post-Brexit reset

    Defence and security pact to be announced on Monday, but haggling over details of revamped relationship continues

    A Boulogne-based trawler: key details including fisheries, food trade and youth mobility are still being negotiated
  • Monday, 19 May, 2025
    Europe Express
    Why the post-Brexit ‘reset’ faces a reality check at EU-UK summit Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: European leaders rush to influence Trump ahead of his call with Putin

    Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, left, and Keir Starmer
  • Sunday, 18 May, 2025
    Martin Sandbu
    Why post-Brexit Britain will always remain a supplicant to Europe

    Resets with the EU may improve relations, but they will never give the country the equal standing of a member state

    Donald Tusk, Friedrich Merz, Emmanuel Macron and Sir Keir Starmer at the EU summit in Tirana
  • Sunday, 18 May, 2025
    Brexit
    EU certificates deal could boost key UK exports by a quarter, study finds

    London has pushed for so-called conformity assessment, but Brussels has rejected the idea

    Haulage trucks queue to check in for a ferry crossing at the Port of Dover
  • Thursday, 15 May, 2025
    Unhedged Podcast22 min listen
    The UK’s trade deal

    What exactly did Donald Trump and Keir Starmer agree?

  • Thursday, 15 May, 2025
    News in-depthUK economy
    GDP surge gives Reeves only brief respite from economic challenge

    Better than expected figures could still leave chancellor needing to raise taxes or cut spending in autumn, analysts say

    Chancellor of the exchequer Rachel Reeves
  • Thursday, 15 May, 2025
    Lower US tariffs on UK exports unlikely to take effect for weeks, say British officials

    Companies complain of uncertainty around trade deal and plan to reduce levies on metals and cars

    New Land Rovers at JLR’s plant in Halewood, Liverpool
  • Thursday, 15 May, 2025
    Trump tariffs
    WTO chief warns US bilateral tariff deals could put trade principle at risk

    Comments from Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala highlight concern that pacts may undermine ‘most favoured nation’ equality concept

    Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala with Shigeru Ishiba in Tokyo on May 13 2025
  • Wednesday, 14 May, 2025
    Brexit
    Plans to reset UK-EU relations hit trouble over fishing rights and youth mobility

    Member states reject Brussels’ latest efforts to bridge gaps between the two sides

    Fisherman on a trawler releases a large net of mackerel onto the boat deck
  • Tuesday, 13 May, 2025
    Chinese trade
    China criticises UK trade deal with US

    Security conditions in pact agreed by Trump and Starmer seen as targeting Beijing

    UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and US President Donald Trump shaking hands
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