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Bloomberg: Merkel-Johnson summit
Charles Grant, director of the CER told Bloomberg TV that the UK and Germany's intertwined economies mean some co-operation has to take place, but the lack of personal ties between politicians on both sides - which have dwindled over the last 10-20 years - stand in the way of closer co-operation.