SQUAWK BOX, THURSDAY 24TH DECEMBER, 2020

Britain and the EU are expected to unveil a post-Brexit trade agreement today. The deal document is said to be around 2-thousand pages, with both sides having until December 31st to get Parliamentary approval. President Trump has vetoed a bipartisan defense bill, raising fears of a government shut down amid the country's vaccine roll-out. Congress will return on December 28th to decide whether to override the President's veto. Shares in Chinese tech giant Alibaba fell sharply after China's market regulator said it will launch an investigation into the company over antitrust concerns.