Bloomberg A $42 billion merger to create what would become the world’s largest gas producer is facing an unexpected hurdle from the US antitrust regulator that could derail the deal. The Federal Trade Commission indicated it wants Germany’s Linde AG and Praxair Inc. to sell more assets before it approves their deal, Linde said in a statement to the markets. ...

Bloomberg The Brexit negotiations are more likely to end in failure than in success, UK International Trade Secretary Liam Fox said, adding to a growing sense that Britain is heading for a messy divorce from the European Union. There’s a 60 percent likelihood of a no-deal outcome, Fox told the Sunday Times in an interview. He blamed the European Commission ...

Bloomberg Canada’s foreign affairs minister Chrystia Freeland said she’s ready to move forward quickly once the US and Mexico reach an agreement on automobiles, and downplayed any notion that her country has been shut out of North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) talks. “I and Canada are very, very keen to get it done as quickly as possible,” Freeland told ...