general election

• Futures flat as geopolitical risks weigh; earnings eyed (Reuters)
• Brent oil rises for 8th day on possible extension to supply cut (Reuters)
• U.S. accuses Russia of Syria gas attack 'cover up' (Reuters)
• Xi Tells Trump China Wants Peaceful North Korea Solution (WSJ)
• Tillerson, Lavrov Hold Talks in Moscow Amid Rising Tensions Over Syria (WSJ)
• Russian diplomat says U.S. stance on Syria 'a mystery' (Reuters)
• Trump's message to bankers: Wall Street reform rules may be eliminated (Reuters)

The leader of Venezuela's coalition of opposition forces and the president of the National Assembly, Julio Borges, said President Nicolas Maduro had staged a coup and called for a military intervention.

Yesterday the UK government triggered Article 50 and fired the starting gun on a two-year negotiation towards the UK's exit from the EU. These negotiations will be complex and contentious, and as Goldman writes this morning, the open question is whether they will prove constructive or adversarial.

Moments ago, Theresa May signed the letter to European Council President Donald Truk which will invoke Article 50 and Trigger Brexit.

SUN FRONT PAGE: ‘Dover & out' #skypapers pic.twitter.com/0YtSKWlCPj

— Sky News (@SkyNews) March 28, 2017

What happens next? 

Here is a summary of next steps courtesy of Jack Davies, consultant editor of Trading Floor, courtesy of Saxo Group

Authored by Robert Parry via The Strategic Culture Foundation,

The Kagan family, America’s neoconservative aristocracy, has reemerged having recovered from the letdown over not gaining its expected influence from the election of Hillary Clinton and from its loss of official power at the start of the Trump presidency.