Results of another how will investors react to the second scandal of the year . Warm welcome to daybreak europe. Nejra cehic absconded on a holiday. Can we spell that word . A wood. S diverged in chinese equities and u. S. Equities. We are trying to make sense of what this rolling back of tariffs by china really means. There is a platform for a phase one deal . The u. S. Equity markets are set, correction,ity for 15 . It is time to become guarded. Perhaps we have become irrationally exuberant. Positive news flow on tariffs eking out again. The 200 dayby moving average. Wti, the uae oil minister saying things are good, they will talk about the expansion of the deal. Let us talk trade. The u. S. China says it is cutting import tariffs on certain goods from january 1. Expanding imports. The news comes from beijing and washington finalize the signing of a first phase of their trade deal early next week. Lets get to simon french, chief economist. Good to see you on this beautiful, crisp day
Of child nudity and sexual abuse. And. The secret weapon in the war on waste. How packaging could soon be telling you how to recycle it fitness apps on your mobile are now a multi billion dollar industry well be talking to one entrepreneur for whom exercise really is a big money spinner so in the interest of pay equality would you be happy with your colleagues knowing what you earn . Let us know just use the hashtag bbcworklife. We start with the gender pay gap because campaigners here in the uk are calling today equal pay day. They calculate that from today because of the pay gap with men women are effectively working for free for the rest of the year. The Fawcett Society which does the calculations each year says there has been a slight improvement on 2018. But female full time workers earn on average 13 less than their male counterparts. A group of 100 top uk businesswomen including former royal mail boss dame moya greene, and glaxosmithkline boss Emma Walmsley want a change in the
European stocks are down a little bit, a lot of focuses on trade. A lot of focus on what happens next. We heard from donald trump saying hes not ready to roll back tariffs, some and we heard from his advisors last week. The focus is on alibaba as a litmus test of the strength of the chinese economy for a single day and the numbers are staggering. China approving new loans coming it 661 billion yuan. Pound at 1. 2805. We will be speaking to u. K. Chancellor, that interview was later today. Lets getntime straight to bloomberg first word news here in london. Spain has left more ungovernable than ever. Their leader now has fewer lawmakers than before, he now faces torturous negotiations to form a government. Australia is bracing for another week of devastating bushfires, flames in the eastern seaboard and even areas of great sydney are facing catastrophic threat. More people have died and than 150 homes destroyed as fires rip through areas hit by a two year drought. Chinas consumer inflati
Francine lacqua is at the london event. We will join her later in the show. Lets get you through some of the Wild Movement in Global Markets. It was risk on. Believe that the chinese delegation was looking at a broad area of subjects, but now the latest lines coming through around basketball broadcasts. Now a warning from the chinese side. China sang stay tuned for a retaliation when it comes to the blacklisting of Chinese Companies by the u. S. Government. The market in the last five to 10 minutes is clearly turning. U. S. Equity futures 0. 1 lower. Gold, same story, flipping around, now higher. Trepidation percolating throughout the classes. The aussie dollar coming off the highs of the session. Other surveillance points to look out for. Francine. K. Time will be speaking to the chief executive of Fidelity International. Dodds half past 9 00 london time. Chinese state tv halting broadcasts of the National Basketball association games, saying the backlash intensifies over a tweet expr
We are seeing a little bit of psychiatry and a lot of focus is a alive have and what that is on the fed and on a repo rates and the global reaction. This is the stocks europe 600, unchanged. Pretty much flat. U. S. 10 year yield will move does next. At the fed we are 42 days away from exit brexit. It is the second day of the Supreme Court hearings to see whether Boris Johnson programming parliament was illegal. Coming up, we speak to the chief executive a chief of a retail and Global Supply chains. But first, lets get news. Neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or his rival look to have a clear path to form a clear government. Exit polls indicate the two blocks are neck and neck. Official results are not expected until next thursday. There will not be and cannot be a government that leans on arab, antizionist parties that negate the very existence of israel. Parties that exult and appraisal bloodthirsty terrorists murdering our soldiers, citizens, and children. Carney mayu. K. , ma