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Manufacturing also hit by longstanding import taxes on critical components such as aluminium
Merz urges Xi to reset trade relations
German chancellor calls on Beijing to appreciate currency, cut subsidies and reduce industrial ‘overcapacity’
The Bank of England does not need to ‘follow the Fed’
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US-UK tech talks restart with focus on nuclear projects
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A View from the Bridge - February 2026
With political turmoil or “Polycrisis” inside Downing Street being the more dominant theme for sterling markets over the past couple of sessions, market participants were not primed for a pronounced shift in bias from the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)at their first meeting of the year.
PegasusCapital - 06/02/2026
