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Ghost Dog

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2. Pound Election Rally Erased by Johnson's 2020 Brexit Pledge

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Tue Dec 17, 2019, 07:47 AM

Dec 2019

... Sterling dropped by the most since July after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he will amend the law to ensure a December 2020 deadline for the nation to reach a trade deal with the European Union can’t be postponed, even if they don’t agree on one. The currency’s one-year implied volatility was headed for the biggest jump since May...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-17/pound-slides-on-reports-johnson-will-block-further-brexit-delay

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Brexit bill to block further delay to transition [View all] nitpicker Dec 2019 OP

So Anglosphere and Commonwealth take priority over EU on trade Ghost Dog Dec 2019 #1

Pound Election Rally Erased by Johnson's 2020 Brexit Pledge Ghost Dog Dec 2019 #2

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