Daily Memo: US Missile Test, Trade Deal Confusion, Brexit Go-Ahead

The U.S. and China may have reached a partial trade deal.

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RIP, INF. The Pentagon tested a conventionally configured ground-launched ballistic missile from Vandenberg Air Force base in California. The test was formally prohibited by the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty, which the U.S. formally withdrew from in August. This was the second test that the U.S. has conducted that violates the INF, with the Pentagon […]

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