PRESS DIGEST- Financial Times - Aug 19

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Boris Johnson prepares to make debut as PM on world stage https://on.ft.com/31MYpSo Gibraltar rejects U.S. legal bid to seize Iranian tanker https://on.ft.com/2THgy1i

U.S. President Donald Trump casts doubt on any Huawei reprieve https://on.ft.com/2KQTBVu Overview

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will make his debut on the world stage this week, first by travelling to Berlin for talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and to Paris to meet France President Emmanuel Macron. Gibraltar has refused a U.S. legal request to seize the Iranian tanker Grace 1 that has been at the centre of a stand-off between Iran and the West.

U.S. President Donald Trump has cast doubt on any reprieve for U.S. companies selling to Huawei Technologies Co Ltd , saying he does "not want to do business at all" with the Chinese telecoms company. (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)

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