President Biden affirmed his support for the sale of a new fleet of F-16 jet fighters to Turkey on Thursday, two days after the Turkish president dropped his threatened veto of Sweden and Finland's membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
"We should sell them the F-16 jets and modernize those jets as well. It's not in our interest not to do that," Mr. Biden said at a news conference after the NATO leaders' summit in Madrid.
New Zealand, European Union Settle on Free-Trade Agreement
SYDNEY-New Zealand has concluded negotiations for a free-trade deal with the European Union, eliminating tariffs on exports including wine, manuka honey, apples and most seafood.
The deal provides duty-free access on 97% of New Zealand's existing exports to its fourth-largest trading partner after China, Australia and the U.S.
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Expected Major Events for Friday
00:01/IRL: Jun Ireland Manufacturing PMI
07:00/POL: Jun Poland Manufacturing PMI
07:00/NED: Jun Netherlands Manufacturing PMI
07:00/TUR: Jun Turkey Manufacturing PMI
07:15/SPN: Jun Spain Manufacturing PMI
07:30/CZE: Jun Czech Republic Manufacturing PMI
07:30/SWI: Jun procure.ch Purchasing Managers' Index
07:45/ITA: Jun Italy Manufacturing PMI
07:50/FRA: Jun France Manufacturing PMI
07:55/GER: Jun Germany Manufacturing PMI
08:00/EU: Jun Eurozone Manufacturing PMI
08:00/GRE: Jun Greece Manufacturing PMI
08:30/UK: May Monetary & Financial Statistics
08:30/UK: May Bank of England effective interest rates
08:30/UK: May Money and Credit - Lending to Individuals, Lending to Businesses, Broad Money and Credit
08:30/UK: 4Q Postcode Lending statistics
08:30/UK: Jun S&P Global / CIPS UK Manufacturing PMI
09:00/ITA: Jun Provisional CPI
09:00/ITA: Jun Cities CPI
09:00/EU: Jun Flash Estimate euro area inflation
09:00/CYP: Apr Retail trade
09:00/DEN: Jun Danish PMI
10:00/POR: May Industrial production index
15:59/UKR: May Industrial Production
16:59/AUT: Jun Unemployment figures
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