Max Colchester
U.K. Politics and National Security Correspondent at The Wall Street Journal
Britain Correspondent for the Wall Street Journal. Covering Politics, National Security and of course Royalty. A tad French.
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2 weeks ago |
wsj.com | David Luhnow |Max Colchester
Britain’s decision to raise barriers with its largest trading partners has broadly come to be seen as an act of economic self-harmThe stock market has its worst day in years. Ominously, the currency also falls. America 2025? No, Britain 2016—the day after U.K. voters chose to quit the European Union. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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2 weeks ago |
wsj.com | Max Colchester |Mike Cherney
The question of what triggered a trade war between this barren archipelago and the world’s biggest economy is consuming officials here. “We are 6,000 people and export nearly nothing to the U.S., except maybe some tuna,” Hamel said earlier this week, his shrug almost audible down the phone line. U.S. trade data show the islands sold virtually nothing to the U.S. for the past 10 years, except in July 2024 when $3.4 million in goods was sent to America.
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3 weeks ago |
jp.wsj.com | Katherine Long |Max Colchester |Daniel Michaels |Lindsay Wise
ピート・ヘグセス米国防長官が、機密情報について話し合われた外国軍高官との2回の会合に元FOXニュースのプロデューサーである妻を同席させていたことが、出席者や協議内容を知る複数の関係者の話で分かった。 会合の一つは3月6日に米国防総省で行われたヘグセス氏とジョン・ヒーリー英国防相との高官協議で、大西洋同盟にとって微妙な時期に開かれた。米国は前日にウクライナとの軍事情報共有を停止したと発表した。この会合には英軍トップのトニー・ラダキン国防参謀総長も出席。関係者によると、米国の決定の根拠や今後の両国の軍事協力について話し合われた。Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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3 weeks ago |
wsj.com | Katherine Khashimova Long |Max Colchester |Daniel Michaels |Lindsay Wise
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who is facing scrutiny over his handling of details of a military strike, brought his wife, a former Fox News producer, to two meetings with foreign military counterparts where sensitive information was discussed, according to multiple people who were present or had knowledge of the discussions.
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1 month ago |
wsj.com | Max Colchester |Paul Vieira
The King of Canada wants President Trump to back off. Just don’t expect him to actually say that publicly. Britain’s King Charles III, who is also Canada’s head of state, is wrestling with an unprecedented diplomatic headache. The monarch wants to stand up for the largest country in his realm as Trump talks about turning it into the 51st U.S. state. At the same time he has to honor the British government’s desire that he keep Trump, who deeply admires the royal family, sweet.
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