Bloomberg The UK set out contingency plans for leaving the EU without a new Brexit deal on customs, as PM Theresa May warned that Britain must prepare for the worst. A planned Customs Bill will create a new “standalone” customs regime for the UK, and ensure value-added tax and excise laws continue to function if the country crashes out of …

Bloomberg A growing diplomatic dispute between the US and Turkey could have a “deep impact” on trade, according to a group that promotes bilateral commerce and that called for both sides to defuse the standoff. The decisions by Washington and Ankara to suspend visa services for each other’s citizens create headaches for US companies with significant business interests in Turkey, …

Bloomberg Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, leader of Japan’s nascent opposition Party of Hope, said on Monday that she’s unsure whether President Donald Trump’s administration is stable even while affirming the importance of the US-Japan alliance. Koike, 65, told Bloomberg in an interview that Trump’s White House may be unstable because of the many changes in personnel since the president took …