Insights

• US opens at least 25 domestic terrorism cases as a result of Wednesday’s assault on the Capitol
• Three major corporations will stop contributing to Republican members of Congress who encouraged rioters
• Nancy Pelosi wrote to lawmakers yesterday .

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1. Bye bye Angela
On Friday the German CDU will have their much-postponed convention, held virtually, at which they will elect their new leader. Current polls are split fairly evenly between:

• Armin Laschet,

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The markets 2021
Being constructive on stockmarkets for 2021 looks the consensus call, given the end of the pandemic is in sight, the rich world loves fiscal pumping and interest rates are so low they make equities look cheap.

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• Pelosi and Schumer want the cabinet to throw out Donald Trump by invoking the 25th Amendment
• President Trump has pledged an orderly transition
• US records most ever Covid deaths in a day
• French customs are .

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The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement is a living and breathing document. We will not know the ramifications for all sectors for many years – and much of it stands liable to amendment or even cancellation,

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