I am Francine Lacqua here. First to the markets because there is a lot going on. We are covering brexit. It is not only about brexit. There is a lot going on in the wider market. I am looking at oil. The implication of the Saudi Arabia Oil market, because the king will meet the minister for oil and petroleum. We will see what impact that has on their policy going forward. 6. 92 for oil. You can see the index unchanged. Chiefiller speaks to the executive at the herbert motor show. About brexiteaking with lord adonis soon. Said the Prime Minister plans to defy legislation requiring him to ask eu for brexit delay. That comes after the resignation why she couldnt stay on. I supported Boris Johnson and his approach and i was right to do that. The consequences now, one senior. Olleagues expelled this made my position untenable. Francine joining us now is andrew adonis. Roles in thes labor government. Lord adonis, thank you for coming on. We are back to two years ago where there is a multiple
Opened. It looked like we were headed for 1 plus drop. Lets get the details on what happened overnight. Time now for Global Exchange to bring you todays market moving news from around the world. Joining us on the phone from france is bloombergs maria tadeo. From hong kong, we have enda curran. Here in new york, bloombergs michael mckee. We start in france with the g7 summit wrapping up. We just heard from President Trump and indian Prime Minister narendra modi. The highlights from this morning, and what happened over the last 72 hours . Maria the conversation here was mostly about trade. European officials were concerned that perhaps donald trump would go off stripped would go off script and could signal a recession in the trade war. Goodid he had a very meeting with angela merkel. Remember, the relationship between the two of them has been rocky at times. He also said hes looking forward to working with the european union. The other big surprise was that very short trip from irans for
Data check for you. Stoxx 600 pretty flat this hour. Fourth of july low volumes waiting for payroll data from tomorrow. Outperforming. Yields areyear certainly worth talking about. Yields have dropped below the 0. 4 level, below the ecbs deposit rate. Weve got gold still acting as a haven above 1400. The dollar index not moving all that much. President trump doesnt like the strength of the dollar. We will talk about that. Wti not reacting positively to the production cuts extended by opec. Lets take a big picture look at what is going on in these markets now. The u. S. Stock market closed for trading for the july 4 holiday. In europe, equities continue little changed while investors search for direction and await u. S. Jobs data. We are joined now by paul markham. Very good morning afternoon, in fact, here in london. Valentin, lets come to you first. It does feel like risk off is back on. Currencies are outperforming low yield ors. It remains to be seen whether that positive feeling wi
Your question. Think you, everyone. Thank you, everyone. Good afternoon, everybody. Thank you for being here in thank you to the several hundred people joining us virtually as well. And president of the council on Foreign Relations. Today is a rare occasion because we are joined not by one, not by two but by three ambassadors. As a former ambassador, i can tell you how ambassadors time is how valuable ambassadors time is. We are honored the three have agreed to be with us today. All of our panelists today. The ambassador from france, the ambassador from singapore, ambassador from australia on the screen. They know china exceedingly well from prior experiences. Ambassador rudd spent the last eight years at the asia society looking enviously at the council on Foreign Relations across the street. [laughter] comes to washington after having served as Prime Minister and foreign minister and a longtime china expert. Indeed, during covid, ambassador rudd decided to go back to school and get h
we start here in the uk where later today, prime minister borisjohnson will promise new measures to rejuvenate the flagging economy. as part of a visit to the northern county of lancashire, he will pledge reforms to help with the soaring cost of everything, quote, from food to energy to childcare to transport and housing . it comes as fuel prices hit a new record, rail workers threaten strike action over pay, and the oecd think tank warns the uk will be the worst performing economy in the developed world. our business editor simonjack reports. it s a shocking site but maybe not for long. fuel prices continued their relentless march upwards with the average price of unleaded seeing its biggestjump to one pound 78 but many are paying more. i pen; but many are paying more. i pay £2 a litre- but many are paying more. i pay £2 a litre- i but many are paying more. i pay £2 a litre. i do but many are paying more. i pay £2 a litre. i do deliveries, - £2 a litre. i do de