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Exchange. This is where we bring you todays market moving news from all around the world. Frombeijing to beirut, istanbul to washington, our bloomberg voices are on the ground with todays top stories. We have chinese pmi numbers that beat expectations, a positive sign as the sectors improvement is crucial to stabilizing the chinese economy. Joining me on the telephone is beijing. s bureau chief how much encouragement should we take from these numbers . Reporter it was slightly higher than what economists expected. New orders also moved into expansion for the first time pointing toall signs that economic slowdown may be reaching a bottom. Looking into 20 20, we also have indications that Infrastructure Investment is going to increase, and hopefully some of that takes. Of course, if this socalled phase one trade deal with the u. S. Comes to pass, that will involve tariff rollbacks, which will also be a boost for exports. Positive signals here in china. Thank you so much. We go now to the
From friends to frenemies, President Trump with a bone to pick with tim cook and something that has not been done since 2012. That and more as Worldwide Exchange begins right now good morning. Welcome to the show. What you are seeing are live pictures on your screen of our nations capitol where in hours, the u. S. And china will sign that highly anticipated trade deal set around 11 30 a. M. Eastern time Steven Mnuchin spoke to reporters last night weighing in on the news that the u. S. Will maintain tariffs on chinese goods until the completion of a phase two u. S. Trade agreement if the president gets a phase two quickly, hell consider releasing tariffs as part of phase two, if not, there wont be any tariff release. There is nothing to do with the election or anything else. No secret agreements youll hear more on sn from Steven Mnuchin on squawk box around 7 45 a. M. At 9 30 a. M. Eastern in a first on cnbc, National Economic Council Director larry kudlow will join squawk as well ahea
The u. S. And the consumer at times. And did somebody say recession . Let us talk about these issues with larry kudlow. Please welcome them. [applause] hello, larry. Please take a seat and make yourself comfortable. Let us jump right into it as we have a lot of news this morning. They pelosi Just Announced democrats and administration have reached an agreement on the deal. Exicocanada how good is this for the rest of us . For the u. S. Economy . Will this make a difference . And is it any better than nafta . Mr. Kudlow i think it is better than nafta. I think it is broader than nafta. It updates nafta. Particularly in some important new economy ways. The way this was designed by ambassador like kaiser ambassador robert lighthizer, in a bipartisan sense, you have domestic content and labor issues which have been resolved. You also have new economy issues in particular intellectual Property Rights which have never been put in one of these trade agreements before. I think financial and Di
The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The the clerk i hereby appoint the honorable Henry Cuellar to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Igned, nancy pelosi, speaker perfect house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2019, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties. All time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. Each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. Aguilar, for five minutes. Today,ilar mr. Speaker, i rise to honor the life of tim husband, devoted brother, son, and teacher. Working to life save the life of another. Volunteer for the intesan countys search andres could you team, tim searche