IMF cuts 2017 growth forecasts for US and UK economies

The International Monetary Fund is cutting its 2017 growth forecasts for the US and the UK.

The move comes as the UK's International Trade Secretary Liam Fox is in Washington for preliminary talks on a post-Brexit trade deal.

Our US correspondent Giles Gibson has more:

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