Brexit insight and analysis – Page 15
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Comment & Opinion
Trade barriers inevitably mean price rises, food shortages, chaos and extra costs
And checks between GB and NI will be inevitable too
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Comment & Opinion
Why coronavirus is a bit like Brexit
The biggest concern is the risk to public health. But it’s also impacting trade
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Comment & Opinion
Coronavirus threatens to make a bumpy Brexit even worse
Eleven months isn’t much time for food and drink businesses to prepare for customs and border checks
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Comment & Opinion
The next food strategy must champion British standards and quality
The next National Food Strategy must strengthen the UK as a global leader in food safety, says Andrew Swift, CEO at Fera Science
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Analysis & Features
Brexit could trigger an explosive sugar labelling shake-up, here’s how
The UK can now make its own rules on nutritional labels, prompting calls for changes with explosive repercussions
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Comment & Opinion
Is this the opportunity Brexiters envisaged? Or a cocktail of costs and new rules?
Reaching a comprehensive trade agreement by December looks a nigh-on impossible task
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Comment & Opinion
What would a ‘Canada-style’ trade deal mean for British food?
Boris Johnson has set out his ambitions: a Canada-style deal with the EU. So what does it mean – and is it feasible for British food?
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Comment & Opinion
Will government listen to industry calls for a “sensible” Brexit?
Brexit day is nearly here, and food & drink is urging government to keep them in the loop with negotiations
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Comment & Opinion
Industry finally has some Brexit clarity. Here's what businesses must prepare for
It’s time to move on from the big arguments of principle that dominated 2019, says FDF CEO Ian Wright
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Analysis & Features
How divergence from EU rules offers an opportunity for the wine industry
Changes to import rules could amplify an increasing trend of non-European ‘new world’ wines reaching the UK
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Analysis & Features
What does the food industry make of the government’s new agriculture bill?
While the bill has been given a cautious welcome from industry, concerns over trade could derail its ambitions
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Comment & Opinion
Dreams of frictionless EU trade are dead. But we still don’t know what is next
Sajid Javid has vowed to end alignment with EU rules after Brexit. Government must now give businesses the clarity they have demanded for three years
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Comment & Opinion
With Defra in constant flux, can Johnson be trusted to protect food & drink?
Reports have suggested Theresa Villiers could soon be dropped. Where does that leave food & drink in trade talks?
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Analysis & Features
Brexit bill: what does it mean for food and drink?
Boris Johnson had no problem getting his amended EU withdrawal agreement bill through the Commons last Friday. So what can food and drink expect now?
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Comment & Opinion
Brexit uncertainty is behind us! Oh no it isn’t…
We’re well into pantomime season as Johnson plans a pre-Christmas vote on the withdrawal deal – and puts no-deal back on the Christmas 2020 menu
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Analysis & Features
Election 2019: So what’s next for the challenges facing food and drink?
From Brexit to labour to the environment, how will things shape up with Johnson’s landslide majority?
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Comment & Opinion
A Boris Johnson majority will be bad news for Northern Irish food and drink
Two leaked documents show Johnson is willing to throw Northern Ireland under the bus to ‘get Brexit done’
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Analysis & Features
Will Trump trigger trade deal meltdown just as UK quits EU?
Weaker WTO rule enforcement carries risks for a ‘medium power’ like the UK following Brexit
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Analysis & Features
What the US-UK trade talks dossier tells us about food and drink’s post-Brexit future
The 451-page dossier of official files details meetings held in both London and Washington from July 2017 to November 2018
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Analysis & Features
General election: what the manifestos say on issues affecting food and drink
What the parties have pledged on Brexit, the high street, labour, health, environment and food policy