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Madrid, Dec 24 (EFECOM).- The Spanish stock market gained 0.48% in the opening on Thursday ahead of a potential Brexit trade deal between the EU and the UK.FOOTAGE OF MADRID STOCK EXCHANGE.
Indonesia and Australia sign a long-awaited trade deal after months of diplomatic tension over Canberra's contentious plan to move its embassy to Jerusalem. IMAGES
Kenya and the European Union sign a long-negotiated trade agreement to bolster the flow of goods between the two markets, in a first of such pacts with East Africa as Brussels pursues stronger economic ties with Africa. IMAGES
Australia's purchase of US nuclear-powered submarines and plans to build its own vessels marks the "biggest" defense sector investment in the country's history, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says at a press conference with US President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in San Diego. IMAGES
While encouraging Northern Ireland's DUP to 'find a way of reconciling' themselves to Rishi Sunak's Windsor Framework deal, which proposes improvements to Northern Ireland's border rules, former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the agreement is 'not about the UK taking back control', and is 'really a version of the solution that was being offered last year.' SOUNDBITE
The United States hails the EU-British deal to regulate trade rules for Northern Ireland as a chance to "improve the prosperity" across the region, John Kirby, National Security Council spokesman, tells reporters. The deal will "open up all kinds of avenues for trade that were somewhat at risk," Kirby adds. SOUNDBITE