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EPISODE · Dec 21, 2020 · 8 MIN

EU travel bans, US stimulus, the City after Brexit

from FT News Briefing

Several EU countries have banned travel from the UK as scientists identify a new strain of Covid that is 70 percent more transmissable, in the US, lawmakers reached a deal on Sunday night over a new round of stimulus, and shopping sites delivering from China are rushing to build their own global freight networks. Plus, our Brexit editor asks whether the UK’s stock market can ever get its mojo back.Scientists alarmed at spread of Covid mutant https://www.ft.com/content/a0bef737-c763-447a-b1f3-0649dc5989a0US lawmakers reach deal on $900bn stimulus packagehttps://www.ft.com/content/6c953f0e-b229-42c1-959e-ef62196ef4d6Shopping sites in China are building their own global freight networkshttps://www.ft.com/content/8af9c8f3-7ab3-4316-b014-c00e7d8ec83dCan the UK stock market get its mojo back?https://www.ft.com/content/ca6e6558-c55a-478b-a35d-81958d0c2890 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Several EU countries have banned travel from the UK as scientists identify a new strain of Covid that is 70 percent more transmissable, in the US, lawmakers reached a deal on Sunday night over a new round of stimulus, and shopping sites delivering from China are rushing to build their own global freight networks. Plus, our Brexit editor asks whether the UK’s stock market can ever get its mojo back.Scientists alarmed at spread of Covid mutant https://www.ft.com/content/a0bef737-c763-447a-b1f3-0649dc5989a0US lawmakers reach deal on $900bn stimulus packagehttps://www.ft.com/content/6c953f0e-b229-42c1-959e-ef62196ef4d6Shopping sites in China are building their own global freight networkshttps://www.ft.com/content/8af9c8f3-7ab3-4316-b014-c00e7d8ec83dCan the UK stock market get its mojo back?https://www.ft.com/content/ca6e6558-c55a-478b-a35d-81958d0c2890 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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