With just six weeks to go until Brexit day, U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May continues to wield the threat of walking away from talks as a negotiating tactic.
Companies are taking it seriously, stockpiling food, drugs and manufacturing parts. Governments are also kicking into action, but what they can -- or want -- to do is limited. The most catastrophic effects such as a rupture in the multitrillion-dollar derivatives market or the grounding of planes have probably been avoided.
But bottlenecks that leave food imports rotting in ports remain a real risk, and there’s still a big question mark over