US banks criticise lack of Brexit clarity and warn on jobs

Secret meeting with US commerce secretary

Jayna Rana
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A number of prominent Wall Street banks and other large financial institutions with London operations have expressed concerns over the UK's failure to provide clarity on Brexit plans in a closed-door meeting with President Donald Trump's US commerce secretary Wilbur Ross, the Financial Times reports.

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