UK’s Raab: We will leave on 31 October come what may

Dhwani Mehta FXStreet

UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is out on the wires now, via Reuters, noting that “we want to remove the backstop”.

Additional Quotes:

We will leave on 31 October come what may.

We can do a deal at the European Council summit in October.

We have been clear on the details in talks with the EU.

The question is "will the EU meet with us" on a deal?

Not having a second referendum on Brexit deal.

The Cable is seen printing fresh lows for the day, heading for a test of the 1.2450 support, down -0.33% so far.

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Dhwani Mehta

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Residing in Mumbai (India), Dhwani is a Senior Analyst and Manager of the Asian session at FXStreet. She has over 10 years of experience in analyzing and covering the global financial markets, with specialization in Forex and commodities markets.

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