bloc known as mercosur likely to dominate. both blocs have entered the last stretch of negotiations to seal a trade deal that has been over two decades in the making. so what progress will be made this week? let s discuss this withjimena blanco chief analyst and head of americas research at the risk intelligence company verisk maplecroft. it s company verisk maplecroft. a really big week for ti eu it s a really big week for the eu and for south america. remind the viewers, mercosur what is it and who is involved with that and why is it taking so long for this trade pact to be aligned? be aligned? good morning, sall . be aligned? good morning, sally- the be aligned? good morning, sally. the mercosur - be aligned? good morning, sally. the mercosur and - be aligned? good morning, sally. the mercosur and eui sally. the mercosur and eu talks have been going on for a couple of decades, but in 2019, the south american block that comprises argentina brazil, uruguay and paraguay
one weekend in march, and now we ll see two cultures colliding. there are likely to be manyjob losses, staff will be bracing for those. however, as you say, the boss of ubs has said, look, we have a lot of opportunities here as well, and of course it does mean that ubs is able to access key markets in wealth management that it would have taken years to do had it not taken over credit suisse. and of course the deal reached with the swiss government effectively for the government to back around $10 billion of losses that it could see when it sells of chunks of credit suisse s business, will have helped sweeten this deal. it is going to have a fight on its hand but arguably, credit suisse s footprint does mean that that is probably going to be easier to at leastjoin the fight now that it has all of these assets under management and of course, has already established partnerships around the world. so certainly that will be the ambition. it s a big ambition. i don t think necessar
Welcome to countdown. I am caroline hyde. Breaking across the terminal. Do intend to make an offer for vodafone and we were running a story earlier. Talking to regulators about potential takeover with the vodafone off. It is no surprise was that at t has made it clear they are looking across the atlantic to make purchases and they want to expand their market. You have sprint and tmobile really hitting them hard in terms of price and in the united states. They wanted to come to europe and much speculation with the vodafone. Maybe some other European Companies. When of the story first broke at the end of october according to people familiar, bloomberg ran a story. A statement has been released that has quashed speculation that an attempt to make an offer for vodafone. Our International Correspondent has been of the story this morning. Hans, quashing speculation . It looks like the speculation the at t is going to make a bid for vodafone is over and it looks final. That makes them beating
I think it is surprising and concerning that we are not doing any of it at all when we have just four weeks before we get to the stage that italy is at. The latest advice is for anyone with a new, persistent cough or High Temperature to self isolate for seven days. Youre watching bbc newsroom live. Its midday and these the spread of the virus are the main stories. Continues to cause big swings on Global Stock Markets. The premier league and English Football League will suspend european markets have rebounded all matches until the 3rd of april slightly, after tumbling yesterday over fears of a global recession. At the earliest as the coronavirus spreads. All Football Games in scotland have also been suspended until further notice. The canadian Prime Ministers wife tests positive for coronavirus. Justin trudeau says he has no symptoms but will the government defends its approach self isolate for m days. To slowing the spread of the coronavirus, as new official measures come into place. A
With a new, persistent cough or High Temperature to self isolate for seven days. Well have more at 9 15, when well be speaking to a director at nhs providers. The spread of the virus continues to cause big swings on Global Stock Markets early trading bounces up in europe after devastating falls yesterday over fears of a global recession. The canadian Prime Ministers wife tests positive for coronavirus. Justin trudeau says he has no symptoms but will self isolate for m days. And in sport after the arsenal manager mikel arteta and chelsea star Callum Hudson odoi test positive for the virus the premier league will hold an emergency meeting on whether future matches should go ahead. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine the governments chief scientific adviser sir Patrick Vallance, has defended the countrys new approach to slowing the spread of the coronavirus. In a press conference yesterday, Boris Johnson announced that the uk was formally moving from the contain to the delay