Geopolitical issues in Russia, Syria, US, UK, and France took more of a back seat this week on most peoples’ investment agenda. The embers from the US/China trade spat are still smouldering and President Trump was reluctant to stay out of the headlines by continuing to make cryptic comments on James Coney as well as holding some slights doubts about his mission to North Korea next month. On the European front the EU continued to leave the U.K. in no doubt that it was no more enamoured with the negotiation process than the U.K. was.
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