To great relief in diplomatic circles, the new US administration and the UK have got off to a good start
By James Forsyth
Now that the West has woken up to the threat of Xi’s China, how will it respond?
By James Forsyth
The sticking points are the same three issues — but there are some significant differences this time
By James Forsyth
Biden fiercely opposed Brexit and those around him, like many on the American left, look to London and see a mini-Trump
By James Forsyth
The first few months of a Biden presidency would be awkward
By James Forsyth
The British side now view the remaining problems as being more about process than substance
By James Forsyth
The Democratic nominee tweeted that the Good Friday Agreement can’t ‘become a casualty of Brexit’
By James Forsyth
The British government on Tuesday U-turned on allowing Huawei a role in the building of the UK’s 5G network. From the end of this year, cell phone providers will be banned from buying Huawei kit and it’ll have to be removed altogether from their 5G networks by 2027. The UK government’s line is that this […]
By James Forsyth
The state has failed the COVID stress test
By James Forsyth
A Biden foreign policy would be based far more on the idea of cooperation between like-minded democracies
By James Forsyth
The British side is, privately, far more optimistic than it has been at any previous point in the negotiation
By James Forsyth
For the first time in living memory No. 10 is involved in delivering policy, not just making it
By James Forsyth
How Boris Johnson plans to reduce the UK’s dependence on Beijing
By James Forsyth
His optimism is based on both sides being pragmatic in the end
By James Forsyth
Coronavirus has dwarfed any changes Brexit might bring. We are over that cliff edge already
By James Forsyth
