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Majority rules: Britain’s new Parliament sits

The Intelligence from The Economist
The Intelligence from The Economist
Episode • Dec 17, 2019 • 21m

Now that the prime minister has a thumping parliamentary majority, Brexit is assured—but on what terms? And what other legislative shake-ups are in the works? President Donald Trump has relied heavily on financial sanctions, often in place of old-fashioned diplomacy. We ask whether that is an effective avenue of foreign policy. And an attempt to peek into Asia’s illegal tiger farms.

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