Jun.18 — Joao Vale de Almeida, ambassador of the EU to the U.K., comments on negotiations over Britain’s future relationship with the bloc after Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen agreed to not extend the Brexit transition period beyond December 2020. Almeida spoke June 16 to Francine Lacqua on “Bloomberg Surveillance.”
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