(Bloomberg) Group of Seven leaders are delving into the busiest day of their three-day summit as they discuss a path out of the Covid pandemic, as well as economic plans to counter China’s growing economic and strategic clout. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is playing host to fellow Group of Seven leaders along the English coast, with all eyes on Joe Biden at his first summit as U.S president. For the host, tensions over Brexit are boiling over.
(Bloomberg) Prime Minister Boris Johnson clashed with European Union leaders, warning the U.K. could suspend parts of the Brexit agreement if a dispute over trade rules for goods shipped to Northern Ireland is not resolved. Johnson said on Saturday that Britain could act unilaterally unless the bloc agrees to a compromise when the current grace period governing trade in the region expires on June 30. If a pragmatic solution to facilitate the.
(Bloomberg) British Prime Minister Boris Johnson clashed with European Union leaders as the escalating dispute over post-Brexit trade threatened to dominate the Group of Seven summit in England. Johnson held a series of one-to-one meetings with his European counterparts on Saturday as time runs out to resolve a row over post-Brexit trade rules for goods shipped to Northern Ireland. The topic loomed large in those meetings, punctuated by.