Brexit risks opening pandora's box of trade disputes for Britain

Geneva

AS dawn broke on the UK's decision to leave the European Union last year, Julian Braithwaite was awoken by a phone call from a fellow diplomat in Geneva. The message was more like a warning: your world is about to change.

The British ambassador to the World Trade Organization, until now a job more in name than practice, is tasked with something that's never been done before: to navigate a seamless move from EU member at the WTO to an independent state.