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May in talks with feuding cabinet on Brexit

Bloomberg Theresa May is holding one-to-one talks with cabinet ministers in an attempt to win their support for her Brexit plan after surprising them with a new proposal for a customs deal with the EU, people familiar with the matter said. May’s efforts to unite her top team come ahead of a crucial meeting of her cabinet at her country ...

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‘Presidential candidate’ seeks third way in Brazil

Bloomberg With Brazil’s politics in meltdown, a softly-spoken, mixed-race woman from a remote Amazonian province believes she can lead Latin America’s largest economy after two failed presidential bids. Marina Silva, a former environment minister born into a poor rubber-tapping family, argues that after years of high unemployment, grinding recession and corruption scandals, Brazilians are hungry for change in the country’s ...

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Neo-isolationism won’t work in era of globalism

On this July Fourth, America has taken a turn for the worst. The great delusion of Donald Trump’s presidency is that we can thrive by embracing nationalism even though major economic and political events are increasingly driven by international forces. Trump is an isolationist in an era of globalism. It won’t work. Keep this in mind on the Fourth. Let ...

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