Largest economy in europe for 2019. There are more concerns about the global trade deals than there was yesterday. You can see european stocks pretty much flat. The dollar pretty much a steady. We are getting some data out of germany shortly. We also speak to the dallas fed president , Robert Kaplan at 3 30 p. M. London time. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Now, u. S. Story for tariffs on china staying put. The Trump Administration is likely to keep them in place until after the president ial election. Any relief is also contingent on compliance. Steven mnuchin and says tariffs wont be removed until the next stage of a trade deal. These tariffs will stay in place until there is a phase two. If the president gets a phase two quickly, he will consider relieving tariffs as part of a phase two. It has nothing to do with the election or anything else. Today, the u. S. And china are scheduled to sign their phase one trade deal. 1 billion is the figure by which jp morgans
Across markets trying to figure out what the latest tariffs mean for some of the allies of the u. S. This after moves against an array of trading partners. Lets check in also on crude. Opec starts in a couple of days. We also have a great lineup of guests today. Later the brazilian environment minister and a 10 00 a. M. U. K. Time we have the chief executive officer of. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news in new york city. We begin with this, no impeachable offenses, that is the conclusion of the report of the investigation of the republican report of investigation. The democrats are expected to release their findings, that is ahead of the u. S. Judiciary Committee First public hearing on wednesday. Possibly the worlds most ambitious policy to combat Climate Change. European leaders are set to bringing net emissions to zero. Eu is also considering over the hong kong, the chief executive is planning more relief measures as ongoing unrest continues to impact the economy. S
I am in for francine lacqua. Lets check in on the markets and get a quick look at what is going on. Yield see an allnew low on the u. S. 30 year bond. The long bond came down to one point 1. 90 . It has bounced back, but still, that paper is weighing on the yield. You can see that across the curve. Brent crude is rising. The nymex wti is as well. It has been a rally for oil as as u. S. Stockpiles came up better than anticipated. And gold, coming off of its highs just a little bit but very little change to the bottom. 1541. 64 as u. S. 10 year yields are negative, making gold more attractive. Now lets get bloomberg first word news in new york. Sees an opportunity to restart bta european union. German and french counterparts. Officials tell as they appeared to relax len which on the need for the irish backstop. Dropping the position language on the need for the irish backstop. These requests are related to Financial Information on donald trump and his family but whose returns are still a
Everyone. Good afternoon if you are watching from asia. This is bloomberg surveillance. These are your markets. We need to watch out for the u. S. 10 year yield and eurodollar. Augustgetting some services pmi rising to 53. 4, little better than expected. ,ut if you have a breakdown also manufacturing is better than expected, but what you need to are member is germany is not doing so great. France is a little bit better remember is germany is not doing so great about frances olympic better. Great, france is doing a little bit better. You can see our interview with Esther George 12 30 london time. Tomorrow, a stellar lineup. We speak to James Bullard all here on bloomberg tv. That may move the markets overall, but now, lets get straight first word news in new york city. The chosen one. That is how President Donald Trump described himself to reporters. He said it is his job to wage a trade war with beijing. Somebody had to do it. I am taking on china. I am taking on china on trade and we