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Less than a month after German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned that “Europe must take its fate into its own hands,” Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble implored US President Donald Trump to reconsider his “America First” policy, claiming that a pullback by the US would risk the destruction of “our liberal world order” by ceding influence to the Chinese and the Russians.

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A North Korean diplomat on Wednesday raised the possibility of the hermit regime holding talks with the United States.

Uncertain tones to European equities ahead of official opening 22 June
– DAX futures +0.2%
– CAC40 flat
– FTSE flat
Bund futures open +2 at 164.99

Softer tones for Japanese equities as USDJPY runs into sellers  22 June
– high 20191.42
– low 20107.89
– Topix closes -0.07% at 1610.38
– USDJPY 111.03 after another test of 110.95-111.00

Switzerland May trade balance report 22 June
– prev revised down from CHF 1.97bln
– exports mm 2.9% vs -2.4% prev up from -2.5%
– imports mm 2.0% vs 3.5% prev up from 2.6%
Better than expected/prev but USDCHF unfazed art 0.9720. EURCHF 1.0860 just off session highs.