Boris Johnson

Bolton’s UK trade-deal promise leaves questions unanswered

9:51 pm August 13, 2019

London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Tuesday that getting a free trade deal with the United States would be “a tough old haggle,” after US National Security Adviser John Bolton promised the U.K. quick sector-by-sector trade deals once it leaves the European Union. Bolton said after meeting Johnson on Monday that “it might be […]

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John Bolton says US to ‘move very quickly’ on post-Brexit trade deal

2:20 am August 13, 2019

London: US National Security Advisor John Bolton said Monday that Washington wanted “to move very quickly” on a trade deal with Britain after it leaves the EU, and that the White House would wait until after Brexit to address various security concerns. The hawkish White House aide spoke in London after becoming the most senior […]

UK economy shrinks for first time since 2012 as Brexit bites

6:40 pm August 9, 2019

London: The British economy shrank in the second quarter of the year for the first time in six and a half years largely because Brexit uncertainties weighed heavily on business investment, official figures showed Friday. The decline, the first since the fourth quarter of 2012, was unexpected. Most economists thought that the economy would be […]

British ministers in US to ‘fast-track’ post-Brexit trade deal

10:33 pm August 7, 2019

London: Britain was seeking to fast-track a crucial post-Brexit trade deal with the United States on Wednesday after new Prime Minister Boris Johnson dispatched his top diplomat and foreign trade minister to Washington. With Johnson determined to ensure Britain leaves the European Union on October 31, with or without a deal, striking some kind of […]

UK PM Johnson’s Parliament majority down to one after by-election

10:05 pm August 2, 2019

London: Britain’s new Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s already slim parliamentary majority has been cut down further to just one with the loss of an MP to the anti-Brexit Liberal Democrat party in a by-election in Wales. In one of his first major election clashes since taking over from Theresa May last month, Johnson’s Conservative Party […]