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Cheese in the age of Brexit

By Bridget Bodnar

March 25, 2019

Wensleydale cheese, including a 5.5 pound wheel, at the London cheese shop La Fromagerie. This style of cheese is imported from the town of Bedale in North Yorkshire, England. — Janet Nguyen/Marketplace

A crumbly cheese, Yorkshire Wensleydale, can teach us something about life in the U.K. after Brexit.

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European Central Bank changes course on stimulus

By Nancy Marshall-Genzer

March 07, 2019

What is the bank reacting to?

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EU and U.S. officials meet to talk trade

By Stephen Beard

March 05, 2019

Flags of the European Union member states hang inside the Council of the European Union's Lex building in Brussels. — Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

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Sanctions sink agreement at Vietnam summit

By Kimberly Adams

February 28, 2019

In this handout photo provided by Vietnam News Agency, U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during their second summit meeting at the Sofitel Legend Metropole hotel on Feb. 28, 2019 in Hanoi, Vietnam. — Vietnam News Agency/Handout/Getty Images

Both sides have blamed the other for the failure to reach a deal.

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IMF's Christine Lagarde: a firefighter and an architect

By Kai Ryssdal

February 21, 2019

Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, during the IMF and the World Bank Group 2018 spring meetings in Washington, D.C., in 2018. — Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images

The International Monetary Fund managing director on her dual role, the rise of inequality, the repercussions of the global trade war and women in finance.

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U.S. beef exporters worry about losing competitiveness in Japan

By Tracey Samuelson

February 02, 2019

The U.S. is beginning trade talks with Japan, but it's lagging behind European and Asian Pacific countries that already have new trade deals in place.

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