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The Wall: Trump threatened to shut down the US government if Congress refuses to provide funding for building the Mexican border barrier. The raising of the debt ceiling was going to be tough enough without such a veto threat. Relations between the White House and Republican Congressional majority leaders were already hit by the ‘friendly fire’ Trump has been throwing their way recently.
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Brexit talks: these have started up again, with the usual downbeat PR from the EU side. The UK refuses to accept the logic of ‘punishment’, integral to the Brussels position, and appears ready to use brinkmanship in an attempt to induce the Council of Ministers to intervene. Some German companies are starting to publicly worry about the state of talks but the EU line is holding for now.
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India: the implementation of the new goods and services taxes has experienced severe teething-troubles. These will cause headaches for a while but are surmountable. The Indian Supreme Court found that there is a right to privacy for citizens, hitting at the country-wide compulsory biometric records system. 32 people were killed in violence after a celebrity guru was found guilty of rape.
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