Economy. Eu budget faces more delays after hungary and poland double down, as the polish Prime Minister urges them to reconsider this will lead to a breakup of europe and the European Union. And President Trump moves closer to conceding the u. S. Election saying that he will leave the white house if and when the Electoral College confirms joe bidens win well, it is friday, we made to the end of the week happy thanksgiving thank you very much great to be with you on black friday and lets talk about markets and the price action were seeing on this final trading day of the week, capping off a week of solid gains the stoxx 600 and most of the european indices will ending the week about 2 higher than where we started off this is where we are for the broader european a indices as a whole, you can see the only one trading in negative territory is the ftse 100 down about and a half a percentage point. And we are getting to crunch time on brexit talks it doesnt appear like they are getting clos
Also in the programme who will be the next governor of the bank of england . Andrew bailey has emerged as the favourite. And legislators in the us have approved a new trade agreement with mexico and canada to replace the north america Free Trade Agreement. And working with businesses to confront stereotyping at work and in society. How one man is challenging the narrative surrounding black men, through his photography. And you can get in touch with us about anything on the programme. Let us know what you think just use the hashtag bbcworklife. A warm welcome to our new business show. We start with brexit, because today a crucial period for british and european businesses begins as the uk takes a major step towards leaving the eu. The Withdrawal Agreement negotiated between borisjohnsons government and brussels goes before parliament with a vote expected later. And given his large majority, its expected to get through without many changes. Under the agreement, britain is due to formally
Protesters are being taken away by some of the officials there. We heard Philip Hammond to starting his speech praising mark cerny. We understand they were protesting about Climate Change. Of course its unclear how the protesters managed to be there at such a prestigious event where normally security is pretty tight. Certainly been at those occasions and very close to becoming an out. But it looks as though here the protesters are being taken away by the staff at this occasion. Clearly it seems hes been unable to continue with his speech for the time being. The protesters we re for the time being. The protesters were making quite a bit of noise. And they are being escorted out of the grand it looks as though one of the protesters is still there inside the venue. And making her point very vociferously, others their are being taken outside. Very unusual to have disruption of this sort at such a big annual event which is attended by lots of captains of industry, senior city figures, of co
At this point to go live to british Prime Minister theresa may. Shes speaking to the house of commons liaison committee. We believe we can achieve that in the overall relationship and we have put forward some ideas as to how that can be. Done. Were able to discuss those specific ideas. This is about no physical infrastructure. Surely Prime Minister, if it doesnt cover all goods, those that are excluded would then of necessity subject to checks and your commitment that you have given to there being no hard border, no checks, no controls could not be delivered. Either everything is in or everything isnt in. Its a very simple question about how this would work. It is a very simple answer. What we are going to deliver is no hard border. No physical infrastructure at the border. So then you cant confirm what it would cover. Can i move on now to timing. Now the Eu Commission has published this morning has said that the transition arrangement should last no longer than the 31st of december 20
Surveillance. We will be joined bygood mornind welcome the irish Prime Minister for exclusive interview. Ursula vontalking to. We will also speak to theresa may. Earlier i spoke to Philip Hammond. Now, before we get to more talk from davos, lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Imfs managing director has urged Steven Mnuchin to explain his comments in which he appeared to back a weaker dollar. To its lowestd level since december 2014 after mnuchins endorsement. We have said an hour presentation on monday that the u. S. Tax reform is likely to strengthening and the mediumterm in the mediumterm. I really hope that secretary mnuchin has a chance to clarify what he said. Nejra donald trump has said that he quote would love to talk under oath to robert mueller. He is investigating whether anybody close to him colluded with russia. The met last month with special Prosecutors Team and have been speaking by phone as part of a continuing it changed continuing exchange. Donald trum