A. Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty set out the rules for leaving the European Union. As with most negotiations, it assumed the leaving country would present its proposals for the post-withdrawal period – which would then be finalised with the other members. The UK government, however, has still not yet set out its post-Brexit […]
Chemicals and the Economy
Your ‘A-Z Guide’ to the Brexit Negotiations
“The UK is now facing a national crisis”, according to Margaret Thatcher’s former Defence Secretary, Michael Portillo, speaking to a dinner in London on Thursday night. Brexit continues to tear the UK apart, and places the economy at greater and greater risk. On Thursday, premier Theresa May had unveiled her draft Withdrawal Agreement with the […]
Political and economic risks rise as US mid-term elections near
This is the Labor Day weekend in the USA – the traditional start of the mid-term election campaign. And just as in September 2016, the Real Clear Politics poll shows that most voters feel their country is going in the wrong direction. The demographic influences that I highlighted then are also becoming ever-more important with time: […]
Markets struggle with political risk as populist momentum gains
Markets have forgotten how to price political uncertainty in recent decades, as I discussed on Monday. They have become dependent on central bank handouts, and assumed that globalisation and trade agreements are permanent features of the economic landscape. Today, they are having to relearn, very quickly, what has been forgotten. My post a year ago […]
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