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Surveillance. Thee a lot going on in markets. After this attack on an iranian tanker, you can see crude oil gaining 2 . Is at 64. 53. Gaining andrently the pound is at 1. 2 460. We are also getting headlines outlook iea cutting its as the economy eclipses the saudi attack. They are pointing to a little bit of Downside Risk in the worldwide economy, saying that will impact demand. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news in new york city. Quote very well. Thats how the first day of trade talks went according to donald trump. Today, he plans to meet beijings top negotiator. These are the first highlevel talks since july. But sides are working to end the 18 month long trade war. Besides appear willing to agree to a partial deal and would leave controversial issues for the future. And two associates of the president s personal lawyer are accused of violating Campaign Finance laws as part of a plan to oust the u. S. Ambassador. This scheme is part of the u. S. House impeachment in
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The 2 sides enter the 13th round of trade talks hopes are muted for a grand bargain although investors would like to see a reversal of plans u. S. Import tariffs scheduled to hit next week and begin in simberg the trade dispute between the worlds 2 largest economies has spread uncertainty across the globe and contributed to a larger economic slowdown. And lets go to our financial correspondent in new york he ends quarter for more on this now yes from an investor perspective what exactly does success look like in these trade talks. Well i mean certainly investors are hoping that we wont see an escalation of trade disputes but if you look at it realistically and at the real economy if you look at the big u. S. Corporations they will probably have to live with the uncertainty because china is not going to change their industry strategy overall meaning for example that there will be subsidies for chinese corporations and that means a whole lot of uncertainty for the u. S. Corporations we h
Word for clues on the direction of us Interest Rates. The chairman of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell will later give evidence to congress. Lets look at the markets right now. They are all headed lower in europe, we will be talking you through wife. Why. And making it all add up getting kids to enjoy maths at an early age. Well get the inside track on the maths board game designed to encourage more children to embrace maths. And so today we want to know is there such a thing as a math of is maths just a skill which needs practice . Do you have a phobia about algebra, geometry and equations . Let us know just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Why do you need any of that stuff these days when youve got a smartphone . Thats not what i tell my children hello and welcome to business live. We start in brazil, where the countrys lower house of parliament is due to vote today on a long awaited overhaul of the countrys generous pensions system, which analysts say is critical to improving brazils pu