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UK’s Johnson sticks to Brexit script

Bloomberg UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson was on his best behaviour on a trip to Prague following a weekend of news reports that suggested he was ill at ease with his boss’s Brexit policy. Speaking in the Czech capital, he reiterated Prime Minister Theresa May’s promise that UK will continue to honour all existing European Union rules during the two-year ...

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Ross meets Li in China amid trade tensions

Bloomberg US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross met with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang amid rising trade tensions between the world’s two biggest economies and the escalating risk of North Korea’s nuclear progress. China hopes the countries can improve economic and trade ties and that their common interests outweigh their differences, Li told Ross. US officials have been greeted warmly, Ross ...

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Merkel’s coalition options complicated following political jolt

Bloomberg A day after Angela Merkel’s party turned in its worst performance since 1949, the political reality began setting in that forming a new German government will not be an easy task. The chancellor’s partner the last time around, the Social Democrats, did even worse, leading them to conclude they don’t want to take part in the next government—at least ...

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