The dust has yet to settle around the trade war after a year of talks rife with tension. The war makes soybean the crop of the century, anoints computer chips as the new tech gold, and sets 5G as the battleground for the future of communication. It seems the fight has gone beyond commercial interests to chest-beating geopolitical rivalry.

Brexit has been a long, tortuous journey for Britain and the European Union, dominated by a litany of dramas but little progress. Deals have been rejected, decisions deferred, and fundamental splits in the UK political system exposed. As the Brexit clock ticks down, all is still to play for in a process that matters to Britain, to Europe, and to the world economy.