China Huawei; US defence secretary warns Huawei 5G will put alliances at risk

Mark Esper says countries using Chinese technology will put intelligence cooperation at risk

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EU-US relations U.S. raises tariffs on European aircraft in ongoing dispute over subsidies

The U.S. government on Friday said it would increase tariffs on aircraft imported from the European Union to 15% from 10%, ratcheting up pressure on Brussels in a nearly 16-year transatlantic dispute over aircraft subsidies.

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Aircraft Industry: Bombardier exits the commercial plane business, sells remaining A220 stake to Airbus

Quebec's Bombardier has reported a oss of $1.6 billion US for 2019, and also announced it's leaving the commercial aviation business.

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EU or non-EU? Which passport queue should Brits use after Brexit?

Brexit might have become reality, but Brits shouldn't experience any changes to travel within the EU until the end of the year. Although don't be surprised if officials, perhaps unwittingly try to usher you into the wrong passport queue.

At midnight on January 31st, the UK entered the so-called "transition period", during which negotiations on post-Brexit deals are set to take place.

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USA: Big Tech keeps getting bigger, as antitrust inquiries continue to multiply - MarketWatch

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The US Economy: How good is the Trump economy? Americans say it’s the best since the late 1990s - by Heather Long

Americans increasingly rate this as the best economy since the late 1990s, with a recent surge in optimism, even though many economic metrics show striking similarities to the final years of the Obama administration.

Fifty-nine percent of Americans say they are better off financially today than they were a year ago, the highest since 1999, according to a Gallup survey released last week. And nearly three-quarters predict they will do better a year from now, the most optimistic reading that Gallup’s annual “Mood of the Nation” survey has ever recorded.

Other polls and surveys aren’t quite as ebullient, but nearly all show that Americans are far less worried about the economy and their personal financial situations than they were during the last presidential election.

In interviews with six small-business owners across the country, all acknowledged that the economy had turned around under President Barack Obama, but they pointed out that three more years of steady growth, solid job gains and additional stock market records under Trump had turned “cautious optimism” into full-blown optimism.

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Global Economy: Oil prices fall on oversupply worries as virus hits China demand

Oil prices on Monday extended their decline from an early January peak above $70 as the spectre of excess supplies loomed over the market after the spreading coronavirus outbreak hit demand in China, the world's largest oil importer.

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