At 1 00 p. M. Today. Time now for global exchange. Tom hong kong to beirut, berlin, brussels and washington come our bloomberg voices are on the ground this mornings top stories. We want to begin in china. Chinese vice premier liu he will travel to washington next week to sign the first phase of a u. S. Trade deal. Ranthe current enda cur joins us. In some ways, no surprise. Enda no surprise, but is the first indication that we will find this next week. It will be a pretty heavy delegation with the vice premier. Other trade and commerce related officials. We dont have much more detail be on. The Foreign Ministry didnt give much more detail. That agricultural goods are part of the agreement, but we dont know what else. While this is obviously a positive sign that the trade deal will go ahead, a lot of people will be looking for any final hiccups in the days before the signing, and of course, when the details come out, there will be a lot of scrutiny. Alix thank you very much. In beirut,
The pound is leading the way across the u. S. Dollar. Thes up about 0. 7 against dollar. It is time now for the global exchange, where we bring you todays market moving news around the world. Our bloomberg voices are on the ground with todays top stories. Lets start by going over to hong kong, bracing for more this option after christmas protests led to clashes between demonstrators and riot police. Igh joins us on the telephone. Give us a sense of what is in store. It sounds like theres more planned for friday and going into the new year. Karen theres protests planned for this evening in an area of the city that has seen some of the worst protests over the past six months, and again over the weekend in an area near the chinese border. All of this is leading up to a day, rally on new years led by organizers that have led some of the biggest protests since this began. The level of anger we are going to be seeing at the clashes willen protesters escalate, and we are looking for what this
We start with the u. S. Senate bill aimed at supporting hong kong protesters. Ministry said in a statement that it blatantly interferes in Hong Kong Affairs and other china internal affairs. Bloombergs great at china editor karen leigh, walk us through what happened. Karen this follows chinas line telling the u. S. To back off when it comes to hong kong. The into options that it could take. Sees a bit hong kong of a more normal daytoday after many days off, and a standoff between protesters and police is coming slowly to an end. Looking ahead towards district elections on sunday. Should the government delay or postpone them, that could lead to more protests, so all eyes sickly turn to next weekend. Eyes basically turn to next weekend. Alix thank you. Bloombergs matt miller joins us from frankfurt. Walk us through the highlights of the report. This twice a year, as you said. They think this is a part of the responsibility they have for setting Monetary Policy, to also point out the risk
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The economy shrinks in the Second Quarter. In september, china is sticking to trade talks after untildelays some tariffs the christmas period. Airport injunction, Hong Kong Police at the City Transport hub after a chaotic night when protesters were beat and detained suspected infiltrators. Yen,a look at the japanese just to illustrate what happened yesterday when donald trump tweeted that maybe some goods do not need tariffs on september 1. It would help the christmas period. As a result, you see the safe haven bid come off the japanese yen pretty substantially. We were down almost at 1. 05 even, now you can buy more than 106 for your dollar. We have futures turning more positive in europe. U. S. Futures are down for the most part, but nasdaq futures are rising. That support has shown through index futures. That support has shown through dax futures. Hong kong police have posted an injunction notice saying protesters will be leaving the premises or restrained. This followed a night of