U.S., U.K. Hopes for Deals Hit China Virus Bumps: Terms of Trade

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If there was ever a Downing Street script for what the first working day after Brexit would look like, this almost certainly wasn’t in it. The slump in Chinese markets and pretty much every financial instrument and commodity related to the Chinese economy on Monday is a bad omen for the U.K.’s newfound #ReadyToTrade freedom (as the government’s hashtag goes).

Then again, if there was ever a script for President Donald Trump’s Monday of ...