We have the brexit show coming up, brexit negotiations over last week. Beopean stocks seem to pretty steady. There hasnt been that much move over the last five days. Study after yesterday. Concern that of the u. S. Tax reform plan is encountering stumbling blocks. Gains, asng back some theres not so much of a risk. You can see the vix index up 5 . Heres nejra cehic with first word news. Nejra President Trump has arrived in vietnam and delivered a speech. He said that washington will only make trade deals with countries that play by the rules. Not formally will meet with Vladimir Putin. There has been speculation that the president and his russian counterpart what cost talks today. Letident trump will not the United States be taken advantage of anymore. Put americagoing to first, the same way i expect all of you to put your countries first. The u. S. House ways and Means Committee has approved intervention of tax cut plans. Bill costs have been trimmed, while adding limited Liability Co
A legal case for failing to crack down on fiat over the emissions scandal sending shares in the carmaker lower. Ubisoft shares sink as the french video gamemaker trims its midterms sales guidance, despite playing down its reliance on new launches, saying it can boost profitability from older games. Good morning, everyone. Lets kick things off with our top story. President trump asked former fbi director james comey in february to end the agencys investigation into former National Security adviser Michael Flynn, thats according to a report by the New York Times. Nbc news has confirmed that comey wrote a twotaj mpage mem detailing the conversation immediately following the meeting. The white house denies the version of events saying the president never asked mr. Comey or anyone else to end any investigation. Nbcs blayne alexander has the story from the white house. Reporter tonight more damage control for the white house, now denying new reports that President Trump urged former fbi dire
Race. S tailwinds and headwinds Earnings Growth thanks to cost cuts, while British Airways efforts to slash spending are blamed for the epic holiday meltdown. An half hour away from the european open, the start of cash trade trade lets look at futures, down ross the board to reject it down yesterday rita looks like we can have a softer open, your stocks futures down 2 10 of a percent. With the futures ftse didnt trade yesterday because of the make holiday down 3 10 of 1 . Futures us little changed train take a look at the gym in, some very interesting moves to see them yesterday. I got index is still open here. 2 and you have the Chinese Renminbi gaining a little bit. Thats really losing a little bit of strength there. To watch currencies survey. Especially want to see the euro british pound. A bit have those big moves. Interesting to watch, neck asked sugar down as well, 4 . To watch this contract. Here you can see sovereign bond most are in really the asian markets over the action is
From bloomberg asia. This is Bloomberg Markets. Asia market extending, u. S. , rashaad oil continuing its best winning streak of the year. China and russia say they are getting on famously and the u. S. Is warned about new negativity. Fits,d if the face use facial recognition to unlock the new iphone. Happened, it left a , a mood oflanned about a billion dollars traded, china Corporate Bonds and government Corporate Bonds. What has been happening in the last few years when it comes to the bond market, it seems to have been grinding to a halt in terms of that growth. This will hopefully get this a buit of a fill up. We may see that spread between china tenure Government Debt and 10 year treasuries, perhaps that narrowing. Is this something to watch out for . Haidi the key is really patience here. Give it a couple of months over the next year or so to heat up because ht we are about 30 minutes away from the open of china and hong kong. Sentiment is starting to pick up globally. That is g
President trump will tell you about it. He has made commitments and the and we will Work Together. My commitment to work with the United States and the president is a major topic. It is important to save jobs but we shall lead the United States of america to work on its roadmap and continue to talk about it. , otherwisething new we would have told you about it. I believe there was a joint willingness to talk about this and try and find the best possible agreement. As far as i am concerned, i remain attached to the framework of the paris accord which has been Major International breaks through. Within that framework, i am working on priorities Going Forward for the european union. Never, as you know, i ont to comment very much what we are doing, personally. This evening, dignitaries will be at a dinner between friends because we are the representatives of two countries which have been allies for forever. And because we have built a strong relationship, which is dear to me because it mat