Unsurprisingly, Donald Trump and Brexit are in the news again this week with the president’s Twitter antics causing major investment losses and industry anxieties about the security of energy if the UK leaves the EU at the end of the month. Elon Musk’s electric car has caused a cobalt crisis, and veteran traders have joined Exxon Mobil Corp.
Here is a selection of our top news stories this week.
Exports of chemicals from the UK to the EU account for 60% of the UK’s chemical manufacturing and the creation of a UK product registry would cost in the region of half a billion pounds.