Oui there would not be a hard border on our island. Have you spoken to Arlene Foster about this deal, and what is so different about it to the text on monday which has been a cce pta ble text on monday which has been acceptable to the dup . Yeah, i have spoken about it to Arlene Foster. The way the negotiations were structured is that there is a negotiation with the task force from the eu and with the uk government on the eu and with the uk government on the other. We have respected the process that was agreed to at the start. That doesnt involve political parties, it involves the European Union. And also sovereign governments. In terms of the changes that were made between monday and today, many were stylistic. They we re today, many were stylistic. They were changes in the language orjust state m e nts were changes in the language orjust statements of fact which there were no difficulty with. The one change i think of significance is the 50, which is an assurance that the United King
Alignment is not the same as regulatory alignment in the future. Prebrexit mps will grow sour. It might depend on how much ambiguity there is. Ambiguity is the key, it is beautiful. It irish tea shop said himself. It means everyone can go back and claim victory. Phrase fromderful lloyd george, who created ambiguity in negotiations. Agreement signed back then. That was the whole point. Ambiguity,on and beautiful things that let you overcome a lot. Forink that is it from a us the moment. Lets see where these negotiations go. That. Thank you for Senior Investment manager at aberdeen standard investment. Manus lets get the first word news with juliette saly. Juliette the u. S. Congress is passed asap two week extension that ever take government shut down. Untilers now have december 22 to settle some larger issues on spending and legislation. At the same time, they will rush to finish work on tax legislation before leaving washington for the holidays. Germany has moved a step closer to a ne
Negotiations and what they turn to next. We heard earlier this morning from mr. Jeanclaude juncker that they reached an agreement with the u. K. They will be able to talk trade in the next couple of weeks. We still have the pound fluctuating. Maybe investors were expecting more of an impact. Are at their week where it they had quite a bounce where they had quite a bounce. I am looking at the ftse on the back of that brexit, not much of an impact. That could change. Today we talk markets and Bank Regulations with andrea ocho andrea orcel. Mcewan and with ross we also speak to roland rudd. It is quite fitting that we havent brexit show this friday. Lets get to Bloomberg Business flash. Nejra the u. S. Congress has passed a twoweek the first toisions on decisions on settle some larger issues on spending and legislation. At the same time they will be rushing to finish work on tax legislation before leaving washington for the tax holiday. Al franken says he will resign to in the turmoil to