UK PM May speaking after her Japan trade talks trip 31 Aug
May still not quite getting the EU message still, and seemingly for that matter the lack of support for her within her own party.
I still say she'll be gone by Xmas but the Tories are short of a suitable leader and won't want to risk another election fiasco so she might be able to hang on for a bit longer.
- welcomes commitment of Japanese companies to long-term presence in UK
- stability in South China Sea is a global concern, urges peaceful resolution of differences
- has agreed with Abe to increase pace of sanctions implementation on NK
- Japan and UK will seek bigger role from China on NK
Meanwhile GBPUSD posts session/recent lows of 1.2872 as USD demand sends EURUSD down to 1.1854 and EURGBP to 0.9210 after failing around 0.9235
May and Abe in close contact