Insights and Stories on Britain

EU adopts post-Brexit import quotas for farm produce

Jan. 28, 2019 at 8:00 pm CST

Brussels | Reuters — The European Union on Monday adopted quotas for farming produce it will accept from third countries after Britain leaves the bloc and acknowledged this could happen before it has concluded talks with them on the subject. The EU has in place a series of tariff rate […]

Britain faces fresh food bottleneck if no Brexit deal

Jan. 10, 2019 at 7:31 pm CST

By James Davey Paul Sandle

Scotland identifies ‘classical’ BSE case

Oct. 19, 2018 at 4:13 pm CDT

By Reuters

Britain outlines post-Brexit farm policy in bill

Sep. 11, 2018 at 8:34 pm CDT

By Reuters

France to the rescue as drought hits EU barley crop

Jul. 19, 2018 at 5:42 pm CDT

By Reuters

KFC closes most U.K. stores due to chicken shortage

Feb. 19, 2018 at 11:57 am CST

London | Reuters — Fast-food chain KFC said on Monday it had been forced to close hundreds of its British stores because of a shortage of chicken. The problem arose at the weekend after the chain switched its delivery contract to DHL, forcing the majority of its 900 outlets in […]

By Reuters

Britain reported looking to NAFTA if Brexit deal fails

Oct. 10, 2017 at 7:33 pm CDT

London | Reuters — Britain could join a formal trade alliance with the United States, Canada and Mexico if the European Union refuses to clinch a post-Brexit trade deal, the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on Tuesday. The newspaper said British ministers were looking at joining the North American Free Trade […]

By Reuters

U.K. farming minister seeks big changes to farm policy post-Brexit

Feb. 21, 2017 at 11:24 am CST

Birmingham | Reuters –– Britain’s farm policy is set for a major shake-up when the country leaves the European Union because the current system is poor value for money, has too much red tape and provides few incentives to use the latest technologies, farming and environment minister Andrea Leadsom said […]

By Nigel Hunt

Canada expects Britain to be part of CETA

Nov. 16, 2016 at 2:15 pm CST

London | Reuters –– Canada expects Britain to be part of the CETA trade deal between Canada and the European Union, and stands ready to work with Britain on how the system will function after Brexit, Finance Minister Bill Morneau told BBC radio on Wednesday. He also defended Canada’s NAFTA […]

By Reuters

Long-term U.K. study links neonics to wild bee declines

Aug. 16, 2016 at 12:26 pm CDT

London | Reuters — Wild bees that forage from oilseed rape crops treated with insecticides known as neonicotinoids are more likely to undergo long-term population declines than bees that forage from other sources, according to the findings of an 18-year study. The new research covered 62 species of bee found […]

By Kate Kelland

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