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Theresa May's Brexit Deal Heavily Defeated

Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal has been rejected by 230 votes - the largest defeat for a sitting government in history.

Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal has been rejected by 230 votes - the largest defeat for a sitting government in history. MPs voted by 432 votes to 202 to reject the deal, which sets out the terms of Britain's exit from the EU on 29 March. We get reaction from Allie Renison, Head of Europe and Trade Policy at the Institute of Directors. Justin Urquhart-Stewart of Seven Investment Management, Liam Murphy of the professional services firm Wachsman, headquartered in Dublin and the US perspective from Susan Schmidt of Aviva Investors in Chicago.

We also ask how badly relations between Canada and China have soured as a result of the death penalty passed against a Canadian citizen convicted of drugs charges. And why are efforts to find a solution to the US government shutdown going nowhere? A question for Jasmine Farrier of the Department of Political Science at the University of Louisville in Kentucky.

All this and more discussed with our 2 guests throughout the show:

Ralph Silva of the Silva Research Network, in Toronto. And Lulu Chen, technology reporter for Bloomberg,in Hong Kong.

Photo: A demonstration outside the Houses of Parliament featuring a paper m芒ch茅 Theresa May head sailing towards an iceberg. Credit: Getty Images.)

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Wed 16 Jan 2019 01:06GMT

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