The UK’s nightmare before Brexit creates trade and food crises amid new virus reality
Panic shopping, backed up trucks carrying perishable foods, a rampant new strain of the coronavirus — the UK is under siege
The UK is confronting threats of food insecurity and panicked shopping days before Christmas as European nations restrict trade and travel to guard against a resurgent coronavirus, offering Britain a preview of the border chaos to come in the absence of a Brexit deal.
Fearing a fast-spreading new strain of the virus that forced a strict lockdown across England, on Sunday, France suspended travel from the UK for 48 hours and Germany halted arriving flights from Britain. The crisis gives renewed urgency to negotiations for a trade deal with the EU that remains at a critical stage after weekend talks. The French government will want a stricter testing regime before lifting the blockade...
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