British citizens hoping to work in Switzerland will face immigration quotas, just like people from countries such as Canada or Japan, in the event of a cliff-edge Brexit. The government in Bern has allotted 3,500 permits for U.K. citizens for 2019, if the U.K. leaves the European Union without a deal at the end of March, according to a statement published yesterday. Britons have until now been able to take up work and residence in Switzerland freely. Some 40,000 called the country home at the end of 2017. The quotas apply only to those newly arriving.
40 countries agree cars must have automatic braking
Forty countries led by Japan and the European Union — but not the U.S. or China — have agreed to require new cars and light commercial vehicles to be equipped with automated braking systems starting as soon as next year. The regulation will require all vehicles sold to come equipped with the technology by which sensors monitor how close a pedestrian or object might be. The system can trigger the brakes automatically if a collision is deemed imminent and if the driver doesn’t appear set to respond in time.
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