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Businesses, markets wait with bated breath for UK-EU compromise deal

If there is no agreement, corporations and other institutions are likely to insist on an adjustment period

Published Tue, Aug 20, 2019 · 09:50 PM

London

BUSINESS leaders, currencies and stock markets are on tenterhooks hoping that the European Union (EU) will accept proposals of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and somehow forge a Brexit deal.

Mr Johnson will meet two key EU players this week - first, German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday, followed by French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday.