Begin with china where Foreign Trade continue to fall in october exports dropped to north point 9 percent compared to the year before while imports plunged 6. 4 percent even worse trade with us is down almost 16 percent. Now thats in the midst of an ongoing trade war between the worlds 2 biggest economies and its unclear if theres an end in sight one day after china announced an agreement between the 2 governments to roll back trade tariffs reports about opposition from the white house. And while im clearing my throat im happy to welcome my colleague Chelsea Delaney at the front for dough in Frankfurt Germany financial how to find out more about this latest tariff truce is it going to happen the white house doesnt seem to be too happy about it. I think the mood among investors among trade and this is certainly confusion today there by the end of the day yesterday the comments from the white house for contradicting not only chinas agreement announcement but also each other one of the co
Begin with news from germany where exports rebounded more than forecast in september dampening fears that europes biggest economy could stumble into a recession the German Statistics Office said seasonally adjusted exports increased by one and a half percent on the month was their biggest increase since november 2017 data published earlier this week painted a mixed picture of the industrial sector with a panel of economist advising the government saying germanys long term upswing had to come to an end. And for more im joined by Chelsea Delaney in frankfurt chelsea german exports posting the biggest rise in almost 2 years how big a surprise is that. Its certainly a surprise certainly relieved its about a percentage point more than economists had been expecting looking at the details of the report this is really driven by increase exports to the u. K. And the u. S. Which both of those have been struggling with bracks and trade tensions they did see a decline in exports to china and anoth
Brave new world. Like it or not our future is definitely digital but is it also sustainable we look for answers here on tomorrow today. The rain forest is home to a huge number of plants and animals. The species diversity is astounding. But tropical forests are under threat from logging making way for fun plantations so in indonesia the island of sumatra still has a tropical lowland forest in the book he took up to National Park a team that is looking for a very special animal. Were on a mission to find dora shes here somewhere deep in the sumatran jungle. So want to just create a party or to steam release feel run a tie. And into the wild equipped with a transmitter. Dora has been in the jungle for quite a while now so we can no longer predict where she is we have 2000 square kilometers of forest here so it takes time but then suddenly you hear a rustling in the trees. And its if you go. In the end doris curiosity gets the better of her and she appears. Shes now 80 years old. 3 years
But is it also sustainable we look for answers here on tomorrow today. The rain forest is home to a huge number of plants and animals. The species diversity is astounding. But tropical forests are under threat from logging making way for farm plantations so in indonesia the island of sumatra still has a tropical lowland forest in the book National Park a team that is looking for a very special animal. Were on a mission to find dora shes here somewhere deep in the sumatran jungle. As want to just create a party or to steam release the orangutan into the wild equipped with a transmitter. To me dora has been in the jungle for quite a while now so we can no longer predict where she years we have 2000 square kilometers of forest here so it takes time but then suddenly you hear a rustling in the trees and you find her again of the woods if you go through in the end doris curiosity gets the better of her when she appears. Shes not 80 years old. 3 years ago she was released into the wild. But
Chinas late rate cut. The asian market had to wait to this morning to react to that. Lets get to david inglis. The s p 500 futures in indication of how the u. S. Might go. How was about playing out in asia . David similar. What we saw in asia was the futures down. As the morning progressed, things did get slightly better. Lets talk about the shanghai composite first. It is having one of those violent sessions, it opened slightly higher, swung down 3. 5 , went down to about 5 , now we are up 2 for the day. One cut, thank you, but analyst pointing out for us that he is saying yes, rate cuts help. But trading will 29. 93 is the, number for the shanghai composite. Japan is the big player right now. This is what is really listing the asiapacific benchmark at this point. Have a look of the japanese currency weakening right now. Money is getting out of risk back into the securities. 119. 69 is the number right now. That being said, you put all of this together, it should be a much better day