Japan urges UK to avoid no-deal Brexit

Japan’s foreign minister has told the BBC that he has been telling the two prospective Conservative leaders to avoid a no-deal Brexit.

Taro Kono told the Today programme that he told Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt to avoid a no-deal Brexit.

He said trade talks could not take place until the UK leaves the EU and that Japanese firms were “very concerned” about the implications of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.

Speaking to the BBC ahead of the up-coming G20 meeting in Osaka, he said he had urged both Hunt – the current foreign secretary – and his predecessor, Johnson, to give clarity on Brexit.

 

Via Reuters