Pound Falls After Virus Lockdown Confusion Adds to Brexit Muddle
- Sterling weakens as much as 1% vs dollar, most in three weeks
- Trade talks with the EU begin as deadline for extension looms
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The pound was already weighed down by concern over trade talks between the U.K. and Europe and the economic fallout of the virus when Prime Minister Boris Johnson added one more reason to be uneasy.