Road map begins with teslas truck rollout, unveiling first all electric pickup. The cybertruck and it is nothing like youve ever seen before. Wall street looking to snap a threeday losing streak. Stocks seem to be set for a positive open as chinese president xi jinping says beijing wants to work for a trade deal and a roller coaster week for retail today it is gap, nordstrom, williams and sonoma and foot locker were going to start with tesla, unveiling first ever pickup truck last night elon musk says it will have a starting price of just under 40k. Production set it begin in late 2021 musk touts the futuristic design, the armored glass. As you might know by now, a demonstration to show how bulletproof the glass was did not go according to plan try to break the glass, please yeah sure . Yeah. Well, maybe that was a little too hard man, this is getting talked about a lot this morning stocks down, bernstein says it looks weird. Like really weird. What do we think well, i mean, since they
He wants to work out a trade pact with the United States and has been trying to avoid a trade war but he also warned china is not afraid to retaliate when necessary. Eunice yoon joins us putting in his comments du jour. There is always something for those who think it is going to happen and then a qualifier. What do you think . That is right it is interesting that president xi jinping weighed in. This is the first time weve heard those remarks. Unfortunately, the content were not anything different from the standard government line about the trade discussions. He was speaking with a group of International Visitors including henry kissinger. His point was that china does want to have a phase one trade deal however there does need to be an understanding that u. S. And china are seen as equals and it has to be done with mutual respect. Thats what we had heard repeatedly what was also interesting was how he hinted at some of the tensions saying when it comes to the financial opening, china
Over brexit. Australia, brazil and new zealand are asking for trade compensation from the uk and the eu over brexit disruption. Plus running rings around the competition. Well be taking a look at the essential sport item that managed to become an every day fashion must have. From your phone to a postbox, well find out why Old Fashioned postcards still seem to have a future in the digital age and why that could be good for our Mental Health. And a new Study Suggests those long meetings at work are more about therapy than solutions, so we want to know, do you think meetings are meaningless or play an important part of work life . Let us know, just use the hashtag bbcworklife. Hello and welcome to worklife. A warm welcome to our new business show, and we start today in sydney, where we could be seeing the dawn of a new era of ultra long haul commercial flights. I think we can cross straight to luuka jones, if he is still awake you have been awake Something Like i9 you have been awake Some
Francine good afternoon if you are watching from asia. This was a couple of days after the news from the saudi attack on the infrastructure of saudi aramco. Bank raised its benchmark rate to 1. 50. They had flagged they would raise rates. Wereeason why people questioning whether they would do it is because the World Economy is more uncertain than a couple of months ago and you see a lot more dovishness from the ecb and the fed. Toit is quite difficult raise Interest Rates in this kind of environment. Eurodollar at 1. 1, and because it has been a very big week in oil, we have a look at the oil price. Norwegian krone on the back of raised, having a significant move to 9. 85. , we speak to the governor of the norwegian central bank. Dont miss that interview just after 10 30 a. M. London time. Lets get straight to bloomberg first word news in your city. New sanctions against iran are coming. This is from President Donald Trump in response to the attack on a key oil facility. Michael pompeo
Highs. If you look at what is happening with the treasury market, this is the one to watch as we get the cpi later this morning. Yields are lower. Tenyear yield at 4. 09. Twoyear yield at 4. 53 . If you have been watching the price of gold, that has hit a new high yesterday. Bitcoin is flat. Just below 7 72,000. Lets talk about the concerns at boeing. Faa saying during the audit, it found multiple instances, many, in which boeing and Spirit Aerosystems failed requirements. Now the report is revealing details of the issues citing materials from the slide presentation that it reviewed on it. Reports said boeing failed 33 of the 89 audits that looked at aspects of the production process. Spirit aerosystems failed 7 of 13 such audits. At one point, the faa observed mechanics using a Hotel Key Card to check a door seal. It showed mechanics applying a liquid dawn soap to the door as a lubricant and cleaning with a cheese cloth. When asked if these were appro appropriate, the representative s