{"id":82522,"date":"2019-11-22T05:59:34","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T10:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/?p=82522"},"modified":"2019-11-22T05:59:34","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T10:59:34","slug":"101568-gbp-aud-pair-ends-week-on-bullish-note","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/101568-gbp-aud-pair-ends-week-on-bullish-note\/","title":{"rendered":"GBP\/AUD: Pair Ends Week on Bullish Note"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/wise.com\/?utm_source=currencylive-com&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_content=news%2Fwp_json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F82522&utm_campaign=news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65277\" style=\"padding-top: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/transferwise-inline-banner-money-transfer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"125\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The pound is ending the week on a positive note. The British currency has gained 0.11% against the Australian dollar in early trading on Friday, trading at 1.9044 as of 5:38 AM UTC. The Aussie is dragged down by conflicting headlines related to the Sino-US trade war.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Negotiators and people familiar with the matter from both sides told media that the world\u2019s two largest economies couldn\u2019t reach consensus on several issues, including tariff rollbacks. Investors were concerned that China would make a step back after the US Congress passed two bills aimed at supporting pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nevertheless, Chinese officials said yesterday that they would like to see a \u201cphase one\u201d trade deal signed sooner than later. Chinese President Xi Jinping himself stated that he didn\u2019t want a trade war, but is not afraid to retaliate when needed. He<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-trade-china\/chinas-xi-says-he-wants-to-work-out-initial-trade-deal-with-u-s-idUSKBN1XW0FP\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a few hours ago:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe want to work for a &#8216;phase one&#8217; agreement on the basis of mutual respect and equality. When necessary we will fight back, but we have been working actively to try not to have a trade war. We did not initiate this trade war and this is not something we want.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<h2>\u00a0Conservatives Raise 87% of All Political Donations<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The pound has benefited from the Brexit optimism, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson\u2019s Conservative Party is doing well in opinion polls. So far, the Conservatives have raised 26 times more money in political donations compared to the opposition Labour Party, after the first week of the campaign. The UK election is scheduled for December 12.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Johnson\u2019s party raised 5.7 million pounds compared to 218,500 pounds raised by Labours. Labour Chairman Ian Lavery<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/reuters\/2019\/11\/21\/world\/europe\/21reuters-britain-election-fundraising.html\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">commented<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the figures:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhile the Conservative Party is in the pockets of vested interests and the super-rich, we are proud that the Labour Party is funded by hundreds of thousands of people donating what they can afford to build a fairer society.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/wise.com\/?utm_source=currencylive-com&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_content=news%2Fwp_json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F82522&utm_campaign=news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65277\" style=\"padding-top: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/transferwise-inline-banner-money-transfer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"125\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n<h6><em>Currencylive.com<\/em><em> is a news site only and not a currency trading platform.<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>Currencylive.com is a site operated by TransferWise Inc. 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