Thursday, February 7
FT News Briefing7 Helmi 2019

Thursday, February 7

The British government admits it cannot guarantee trade deals between the UK and other non-EU countries will be ready before Brexit, two more executives leave Facebook's PR team and Middle Eastern investors retreat from western property deals. Plus, the FT's James Politi gives us the background on US President Donald Trump's nominee for World Bank president, David Malpass.

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