Britain Urges EU to ‘Expedite’ Financial Services Talks

Britain Urges EU to ‘Expedite’ Financial Services Talks
CEO of London Stock Exchange Group David Schwimmer speaks during an event to launch the private finance agenda for the 2020 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) at Guildhall in London, Britain, on Feb. 27, 2020. Tolga Akmen/Pool via Reuters
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LONDON—Britain’s finance ministry has called on the European Union to open talks on financial services after the London Stock Exchange urged the bloc to avoid a retreat into protectionism.

Britain left the EU in December, largely cutting off the City of London’s financial services centre from the bloc.