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UK seeks business views on response to US tariffs
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UK/Viet Nam: Free Trade Agreement
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Support for UK businesses helping to rebuild Ukraine
Department for Business and Trade (DBT) initiatives to support UK businesses helping to rebuild critical infrastructure in Ukraine.
Now is the time to generate growth together with India
£400m of trade and investment wins from UK-India Economic and Financial Dialogue set to boost the British economy.
Emerging-market currency turmoil
Apparently triggered by the US Federal Bank's reduction in quantitive easing, this week turmoil has struck the global money markets
with some of the major emerging economies being particularly badly hit. Turkey, Brazil, Argentina, South Africa and India are approaching the challenge in different ways, with the Turkish government for instance, more than doubling a key rate to 10%
The message for traders? Be cautious for the moment but opportunities are likely to arise for the fleet-of-foot soon enough once the dust beings to settle.