Brexit

Amendments to Prime Minister Theresa May's European Union (EU) withdrawal deal were meant to clarify the basis on which the United Kingdom (UK) would withdraw from the EU; however, the outcome has muddied the waters further. It has left cross-border traders with the task of learning how to...

February could bring a heaping plate of geopolitical drama to markets around the world, potentially helping to end a brief calm that settled over January. As the month starts, markets were basking in the Federal Reserve’s decision to hold interest rates steady, along with better than expected...

Fed officials recently began talking about a “pause” for interest rates. Wednesday’s decision to keep rates unchanged and to remove some hawkish language from its previous statement might indicate the “pause” is underway. It wasn’t just the decision to keep rates...

Prime Minister Theresa May has Parliament's approval to renegotiate the objectionable clauses of the exit treaty with the European Union. Now that she has been convinced by her own legislature that changes are necessary she has the greater task of convincing the EU that they are warranted....

Members of Parliament (MPs) have backed an amendment that will see Prime Minister Theresa May return to the European Union (EU) and re-open negotiations for the withdrawal deal, a scenario which the EU has rejected on a number of occasions. Seven amendments were voted on today and the Government...

The Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, has selected seven amendments to the Government's Brexit deal to be debated and voted on tonight in the British Parliament. Included in the seven chosen amendments are Labour's call for a permanent customs union, with a requirement to take a...

The UK government of Theresa May will try to get the Brexit deal approved in House of Commons after crushing defeat two weeks ago. The coalition junior DUP party is reportedly supporting the Plan B for Brexit. The set of amendments the members of the parliament can ask for is wide, but the scope...

British Prime Minister Theresa May has told Conservative Members of Parliament (MPs) to vote for an amendment to the Government's Brexit agreement that would remove the Irish Backstop altogether, following a meeting of the parliamentary party today. The move came after the deputy European Union...

Earnings reports from major companies seem to generally be providing a positive counterpoint to ongoing geopolitical anxieties. But market gains have been slight as concerns about global economic growth linger as the U.S.-China trade war shows little sign of a resolution, the U.S. government...