June 19, 2017
Almost a year since Britons voted to leave the European Union, Brexit talks finally began on Monday amid confusion over what exactly the U.K. government wants from the divorce. What U.K. Brexit Secretary David Davis describes as the “most complicated …
June 9, 2017
Prime Minister Theresa May will plow ahead with her plan to withdraw Britain from the European Union even as her electoral defeat raised questions over whether she will have to soften her approach or even if she will last the …
March 29, 2017
Prime Minister Theresa May set the U.K. on course for leaving the European Union in two years’ time, a divorce that will redefine the country’s relationship with its largest trading partner and end decades of deepening political integration on the …
October 11, 2016
Lloyd’s of London Chairman John Nelson said the government’s rhetoric on immigration threatens to hurt the U.K.’s status as a global center for finance. “We need to make sure we keep the U.K. very open in terms of inward investment, …
April 20, 2016
The City of London should expect its preeminent role in the global financial system to fade if Britain leaves the European Union, according to Mark Carney. The governor of the Bank of England — the de facto custodian of the …
November 16, 2015
The French economy has history on its side. From the attacks of September 11 to those on Spain in March 2004 and London in July 2005, industrial economies have proven more resilient to terrorism than first feared, according to those …