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EU turns up pressure with Trump trade deal 'in reach'
EU turns up pressure with Trump trade deal 'in reach'
by  AFP

With the contours of a hard-fought EU-US trade deal taking shape, the European Union is flexing its muscles in a bid to squeeze concessions from US President Donald Trump in the run-up to his deadline of August 1.

India's Modi and UK PM Starmer ink trade deal
India's Modi and UK PM Starmer ink trade deal
by  AFP

Prime Minister Keir Starmer praised Britain's "unique bonds" with India as he and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi formally signed a recently announced UK-India trade deal during talks on Thursday. Starmer and Modi announced in May they had struck a free trade agreement that the British government says will eventually add £4.8 billion ($6.5 billion) a year to the UK economy.

Nestle struggles amid weak China market
Nestle struggles amid weak China market
by  AFP

Nestle said Tuesday its net profit fell in the first half of the year as the Swiss food giant behind Nespresso coffee capsules and KitKat chocolate bars struggles to turn around its fortunes amid sluggish consumer spending in China. Nestle made a surprise switch of its chief executive least year amid soft spending by consumers for food and household goods.

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