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Business groups laud Parliament vote against no-deal Brexit

March 13, 2019 at 5:00 PM
U.S.-based and international business groups in favor of delaying Brexit on Wednesday applauded the British Parliament’s vote against leaving the European Union without a deal even though the result leaves the prospect of a U.S.-UK deal increasingly uncertain. Members of Parliament rejected a no-deal Brexit by a 43-vote margin, setting up another vote on Thursday on whether the UK should request a delay to its original March 29 exit deadline -- now just over two weeks away. The final motion...


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