U.K.’s Johnson assures Brexit backers on May’s customs plan
By Bloomberg
21 May 2018 |
12:51 pm
David Merritt, Athanasios Vamvakidis, global head of G10 FX strategy at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and Michael Sneyd, global head of FX strategy and cross asset strategist at BNP Paribas, discuss comments from Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson on securing a Brexit customs union deal.
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