Or no deal. Time is running out for brussels and london to ensure smooth trades come january the 1st. Hello and welcome to do business on what to johnson berlin. Good to have you with us. The chinese president xi jinping, hits back against suggestions china could be looking to go it alone amid a rise in protectionism and trade tensions speaking at a virtual Asia Pacific Economic cooperation forum. She said global collaboration on issues from free trade to Vaccine Development is needed now more than ever. Critics, however, were quick to point out chinas increasing aggression towards trade partners such as australia and its lack of progress on long pledged commitments to open its economy. As most of the worlds Major Economies struggle to deal with, the coronavirus pandemic repeated his message. Thursday, our doors are wide open. At a video meeting with asia pacific c. E. O. s, the chinese president pledged to Carry Forward with efforts to open the chinese economy and warned that the risi
Topped 500. Experts monitoring the situation in the capital say the latest sevenday average is about 326 daily cases, up from 244 the week before. The metropolitan government raised the alert. It is not asking businesses to reduce operating hours but the governor is asking residents to take thorough prevention measures when they dine in a group as they plan yearend gettogethers. Translator we advise people with preexisting conditions not to dine in a group. Anyone to lives with family members with a higher risk of falling seriously ill are advised to refrain from such outings. Osaka, aichi, hokkaido, and other prefectures also reported a Record Number of daily cases on thursday. The recent spike comes as residents take advantage of government subsidies on dining, lodging, transportation. Officials say the goto travel and goto eat campaigns are necessary to get the economy back on track, but as nhk worlds Shirakawa Marina reports, the Japan Medical Association is speaking out. Translato
Fears. Republicans are sounding more optimistic about fresh fiscal support while u. S. Virus cases spiral. Good monday morning. 6 00 a. M. In london, 7 00 a. M. In brussels, where brexit negotiations are taking place over the weekend. Lets see where we trade this monday morning. We did not get a brexit deal. What we do see after the friday rally, the s p 500, the doubt, the russell the dow, the russell, all hitting new highs. The u. S. Plans to add sanctions on about a dozen chinese officials. The msci down about 0. 2 this morning. Many futures are down 0. 3 . 10year yield on friday inching closer to 1 , a level we havent seen since march, steepening on the t the largest steepening since 2017. This is on fresh stimulus talks. The pound, we saw some softness. The pound is the barometer for brexit, and brexit negotiations resumed in brussels yesterday. Signs one of the biggest obstacles to a trade deal is close to being resolved. U. K. And eu are hoping to finalize the deal, but another
Tom keene is away and no doubt he would like to talk about this, the redhead blind across the bloomberg with continuing eu trade talks year coming from a spokesperson. Lisa, you asked about deadlines. According to the lease latest deadlines, what do we do about trade talks . Lisa i love that you say the tomo want to talk about this, the implication being that you will not. Thats a very, very not subtle subtext here as you talk about what is a deadline, after all. Jonathan he is of course are chief exit correspondent and he will be interested in the headlines, as will many in the u. K. They are rolling up continuing trade talks next year with the Prime Minister engaging with a phone call with the Commission President later on today. Thats the story for the markets. Otherwise not paying much attention to this whatsoever. The rest of the world has been focused on the headlines around the pandemic. Its a record high in the s p right now. Record high and the nasdaq. In the nasdaq we had eig
A pandemic recession. So millions of voters in between afonso casting their ballots this sunday in an election, which is taking place under the shadow of violence and allegations of voter fraud. President obama is seeking a 2nd 5 year term in office, but 2 of his challenges have accused him of trying to rig the vote. Hundreds of thousands of people in the north and the east will be unable to vote in sundays elections polling stations. There are closed for fear of attacks by armed groups. Lets talk to following the elections from nigeria today. Maybe ill start with that actually made the point about the north in the east where all these people simply cant vote just their voice just not get heard. Absolutely hundreds of thousands of them have been disenfranchised because of the ongoing violence in the north and the east. These people have been forced out of their villages. Some have moved to safer areas. Some have travelled as far as to the capital. Were going to go to seek safe havens.