Read it as "we're still your friends, can we please continue to have Defence, and other, industry trade deals with your big oil bucks". A falling out would be more significant than this declaration.

UK: We are keen to strengthen defense relations with Saudi Arabia - Arabiya

Whoa! Ross, I am not having a go at you, merely hoping that in your response you will clarify your meaning, as you have now done, which was my aim. It's not with the intention of goading you and certainly not at all personal, merely a playful ...

UK eyes billion pound boost from Australia, New Zealand trade deals

Ross, I agree with nearly all you state and I always look forward to your input, hence the thumbs-up, apart from "global trade can’t come close to replacing the value of the EU Single Market". By default that means that you expect ALL EU/UK trade ...

UK eyes billion pound boost from Australia, New Zealand trade deals

Before everyone gets drawn into another tired, prejudiced EU/Brexit perspective debate on this, trade deals between sovereign nations, or blocs, tend to be positive. Yes, in terms of size it's small but it carries significance with regard to a new ...

UK eyes billion pound boost from Australia, New Zealand trade deals

Surely you're not suggesting that the EU should be like a USA Amish community on a global scale, are you?

Boris Johnson 'will tell the EU that Britain will choose a no-deal Brexit if trade talks stall'

barkie never wastes an opportunity to do a bit of UK-bashing. it's a favourite sport. At first it was interesting and contrarian and even amusing at times, then it became just plain annoying and now I've just got used to it in the same way as having ...

Boris Johnson 'will tell the EU that Britain will choose a no-deal Brexit if trade talks stall'

We are not at odds. You may have missed my point. The markets are always moving in a certain direction for some reason or other. This supposed 'news', which is only 'No Change!', is NOT going to make any difference to the base assumptions. I have ...

EU’s Barnier: No Significant Progress Has Been Made In Brexit Talks This Week

Posts #2 and #3. A report on the failure to progress on a trade deal makes some unidentified currency stronger? Interesting line of thought. Trade the charts.

EU’s Barnier: No Significant Progress Has Been Made In Brexit Talks This Week

Yawn.

EU’s Barnier: No Significant Progress Has Been Made In Brexit Talks This Week

I am not nor ever have been a 'Banker'. I feel absolutely sure there will be plenty of things to do, the issue being that everyone has always assumed that a deal will get done in some fashion, me included. It's probable that few organisations have ...

Bailey has told banks to step up plans for the UK to leave the EU without a trade deal

Just beware the trap of numbers. Those numbers don't state quality, only ill-defined quantity. That's not to say there may not be some quality amongst the quantity. The point is, watch out for comparing chalk and cheese.

China faces an unemployment time bomb

'Accelerated talks' just makes me LOL. The idea that talking faster or compacting more 'talks' makes a difference. Give me quality over quantity any time. Learn the art of compromise and seeking compromised solutions, rather than insisting on a ...

Accelerated summer Brexit talks needed to secure a deal, EU adviser says

Re Post #1: A provocative statement relating to 2 axes of time and cost. The purpose was to emphasise the time factor and ignore the cost. But it then also chooses to ignore future systems, where Fintech is ahead of all that, both in terms of time ...

The European Union Is on the Brink of Historic Change

Interesting. First crack in the facade?

No deal Brexit back as a risk for Irish economy: finance minister

Indeed, Ross. I return the compliment as your analysis is always reliably on the button. It's very true that it's part of the ecology in being able to do any form of business there. Hence it's another part of the political cost premium that I ...

China Pledges to Implement U.S. Trade Deal Amid Rising Tensions

Strip back to basics, rather than this aggressive or punishment dialogue. China offered the cheapest, 'educated', infrastructure-led supply market. That competitive advantage has been too large for any developed nation, or the companies therein, to ...

China Pledges to Implement U.S. Trade Deal Amid Rising Tensions

Same old, same old.

EU's Barnier: UK Refuses To Engage In Full Conversation On Level-Playing Field

The sceptic in me will believe this piece is about talking up his investments. Cryptocurrency is something of a misnomer, as the currency bit doesn't really stack up. Until such time that Governments accept any cryptocurrency as payment of taxes and ...

Billionaire Paul Tudor Jones: ‘My bet is it will be bitcoin’ as the best inflation hedge

Thanks for a really good summary.

German judges party dismiss ECB QE case in 7-1 ruling

Any unemployment data in any administration, even the most honourable, has got to be questionable in terms of absolute figures. Trend maybe a little more reliable but even then only in comparison with others and only over a few months. As an aside, ...

Euro area unemployment at 7.4%