The dollar slumped after US treasury secretary Mnuchin told the WEF in Davos on Wednesday that "a weaker dollar is good for us as it relates to trade and opportunities"

David Cameron orchestrated the vote on June 23, 2016, in which the country chose to leave the EU, despite himself backing the campaign to remain in the bloc.

President Donald Trump has China in his crosshairs - and free-traders here holding their breaths - as he prepares to deliver a capstone speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos on Friday. But a Trump-led confrontation with India over trade could also nose its way into the great-powers showdown heating up the conference's otherwise studied cool.