Philip Hammond will discuss the proposed merger between defence firm BAE and aerospace group EADS with the French and German defence ministers at a Nato meeting in Brussels today.
The companies have until Wednesday to announce to the stock exchange if the deal, which has been beset by problems over ownership and national security. will go ahead. The talks today may ask for an extension to that deadline. On Monday, Philip Hammond told the BBC he did not think there was any chance the…
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