U.K. Braces for Possible Shortages of Some Foods as France Closes Border to Trade Over New Covid Strain
U.K. Braces for Possible Shortages of Some Foods as France Closes Border to Trade Over New Covid Strain © neil hall/Shutterstock FOLKESTONE, England—A line of trucks stretched for miles back from the entrance to the Channel tunnel here Monday, as the U.K. braced for potential food shortages and manufacturers worried over more disruptions if France continued a ban on freight and passenger traffic from Britain to stop the spread of a new strain of the coronavirus. The move to bar entry from the U.K., announced by Paris late Sunday, cuts off Britain’s main freight link to Europe, shutting ...