Premier League Post-Brexit & Post-Free Movement

Premier League clubs would have a harder time hiring European talent like N'golo Kante after leaving the EU. The top flight of British f...

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After Trump Killed TPP, is Japan-EU FTA Imminent?

EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom and Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida may have an FTA soon. Given its recent efforts to join t...

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Pointless Trip? UK Trade Minister Seeks FTA in US

Why send a Brexiteer (code word for isolationist) to negotiate a bilateral FTA with Trump's America? Things are smacking of desperation ...

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EU: Ensuring Theresa "Trump Lite" May Can't Brexit

Before her boneheaded, majority-killing snap election, May was sending self-deportation vans around the UK as home secretary. Before gettin...

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Investors Decide UK Isn't Part of "Europe"

There are several ways to signify membership in a particular geographical region. The most straightforward one is that you share [duh] rough...

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Hong Kong, London Vie to Fund One Belt, One Road

Xi Jinping hawks OBOR to Filipino flunkies . Apparently, there are many of these sorts all over the world. So we may have expressed some dou...

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Post-Brexit, Will the EU Stop Speaking English?

"We don't need no pidgin English!" The Academie Francaise may be ascendant with the UK leaving the EU. I've talked about ...

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Trump Supposedly [Hearts] an FTA...With Europe

Most nations have an inferiority complex relative to Germany. Why should the US be any different? Has the maximally unpredictable Donald Tru...

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UK Delusions of Becoming Singapore 2.0 Post-Brexit

By leaving the EU, the UK is making itself less --not more --like Singapore. It strikes me as very odd that the architects of Brexit--which ...

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British Rat: EU Wants to Exclude UK From Trade Negos

So the UK is hellbent on implementing its death wish of going it alone in the international trade arena. So be it. Not only will the UK be f...

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Without U(S): Canada, EU & Mantle of Global Leadership

Fancy that; some people still believe in liberal ideals like concluding free trade agreements. First off, against all odds, the Canada-EU Co...

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Frankfurt or Dublin? Banks Flee Post-Brexit London

And they're off! London-based financial institutions have begun indicating jobs-at-risk from Brexit. The UK's self-inflicted wound ...

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Trump & Autos: Koreans Suck Up, Germans Don't

BMW seemingly says, "Yo Trump, remember our yuuuge Spartanburg, South Carolina plant?"  I just wanted to update you on this mildl...

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Semi-Detached: The Architectural Roots of Brexit

Look closely enough and you might find the roots of Brexit. I almost forgot to post this interesting architectural analogy made in the Finan...

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Beautician 1, Brexit 0: EU's Turn to Stop It

The pound flies after the court decision was released requiring parliamentary approval of Brexit. A few months ago I featured a story on the...

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Whew! EU-Canada FTA [CETA] is a Go

In this year of Brexit 'n' Trumpism, the globophobes have been defeated. Wonders never cease. Perhaps the Europeans are not dead in ...

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Yo Blair! Can ex-PM Tony Save Britain from Brexit?

Him again? Blair, Labour, and preventing a "hard Brexit." There was an interesting story which came out over the weekend concerni...

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Deutsche Bank & the Ballad of the Bumbling Germans

You know, Deutsche Bank was really well-respected once upon a time. I am old enough to remember a time when the now-infamous Deutsche Bank h...

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Turkey's Erdogan: Go Ahead, Junk Our Credit Rating

"Go ahead, make my day by junking Turkey's credit rating." Following the hateful rhetoric unleashed by Philippine President D...

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