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Brexit? Here are the key upcoming dates in the UK’s exit

Reuters TV via REUTERS Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May speaks in Parliament, following the vote on Brexit in London, Britain, March 13, 2019, in this screen grab taken from video. The U.K. is no longer expected to leave the EU on Friday, as British lawmakers remain at odds over how …

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Jack Lew expects more bumps in the road before a deal

VCG | Visual China Group | Getty Images Workers wait to unload shipping containers at Qingdao Port on November 8, 2018 in Qingdao, Shandong Province of China. “The danger of our two countries being on a collision course is something that both countries should try to avoid,” Lew said. “I …

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Italy Di Maio first EU country to join China Belt and Road initiative

Christian Minelli | NurPhoto via Getty Images Italy, Rome: Chairman of China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), He Lifeng (L) and Italy’s Labor and Industry Minister and deputy PM Luigi Di Maio sign partnership agreements during a ceremony at Villa Madama in Rome on March 23, 2019 as part …

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Trade war uncertainty is affecting German chemical giant

Qilai Shen | Corbis Historical | Getty Images An employee walks through the production facility of BASF-YPC Company in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China. The company is one of the largest Sino-Germany joint ventures in China that produces the basic ingredients that eventually have various applications in almost every product. The …

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German 10-year bond yield turns negative for the first time since October 2016

Germany’s 10-year government bond yields slipped into negative territory on Friday for the first time since October 2016. Hitting a low of -0.001 percent, the 10-year bond yield’s downturn comes amid rising concern about the direction of the euro zone’s largest economy, with a string of weak data in recent …

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Stephen Roach on future of European Union, Brexit, global economy

Daniel Leal-Olivas | AFP | Getty Images Demonstrators holding EU and Union flags gather in front of the Houses of Parliament in Parliament Square following an anti Brexit, pro-European Union march in London on March 25, 2017, ahead of the British government’s planned triggering of Article 50. As U.K. Prime …

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Bank of England holds interest rates steady amid Brexit chaos

Paul Hackett | Getty Images Pedestrians walk past the Bank of England in the City of London, Britain June 28, 2016. The Bank of England (BOE) held interest rates steady on Thursday, amid intensifying uncertainty over Britain’s departure date from the European Union. With just eight days to go before …

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Fiat Chrysler gains after Peugeot president points to merger potential

Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images A row of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) 2017 Crysler Pacifica minivan vehicles are displayed for sale at a car dealership in Moline, Illinois, on Saturday, July 1, 2017. Fiat Chrysler shares jumped on Tuesday to the top of Europe’s STOXX 600 after the …

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Germany is forcing a marriage that may not work

FRANK RUMPENHORST | DPA | Getty Images Picture taken on March 17, 2019 shows the headquarters of German banks Deutsche Bank (L) and Commerzbank in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany. Back in 2007, Deutsche Bank had its own balance sheet of 2 trillion euros ($2.25 trillion) and a market capitalization …

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Deutsche Bank loaned $2 billion to Donald Trump over two decades: NYT

Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump listens to a question as he meets with former hostage Danny Burch, an oil engineer who was taken hostage in Yemen in September 2017, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, March 6, 2019. Deutsche Bank loaned more than $2 …

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