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UK-U.S. trade deal will not make up for leaving the EU – minister

UK-U.S. trade deal will not make up for leaving the EU - minister

A post-Brexit trade deal with the United States would not be enough to make up for leaving the European Union, British justice minister David Lidington said on Sunday, tempering Prime Minister Theresa May's enthusiasm about the U.S. offer. May had warmly welcomed assurances on Saturday by U.S. President Donald Trump that a "very powerful" trade deal with Britain would be reached "very, very quickly" after Britain leaves the EU.


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Air France-KLM urges French authorities to ease airport security checks

AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France (Reuters) - The chief executive officer of Franco-Dutch airline group Air France-KLM (AIRF.PA) urged French authorities on Saturday to take "urgent" measures to reduce delays for passengers caused by security checks at Paris airports. The delays caused by police checks, in a country that was hit by deadly Islamist militant attacks in the last two years, come at a time when passenger traffic is picking up ahead of the crucial summer holiday season, according to Jean-Marc Janaillac. Janaillac told Reuters in an interview he had written to the French interior minister urging him to take quick measures.


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France says Europe should make U.S. companies pay fair share of taxes

France says Europe should make U.S. companies pay fair share of taxes

AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France (Reuters) - Time has come for the European Union to make multinationals, such as U.S. giants Amazon, Facebook and Google, pay their fair share of taxes, the French finance minister said on Sunday. "I can tell you that the times we live in are not for the weak," Bruno Le Maire told a conference in the southern French city of Aix-en-Provence where many French and international executives gather every year.


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