Today, without question, on washington. Jonathan absolutely, and the response from washington both inefficient and insufficient with the president and a series of executive orders painting the democrats into a corner. They dont want to be seen challenging this legally. They need to find a way to get back to the negotiating table fast. Tom the executive order and the news out of hong kong as well. He didnt have time to get to it with kevin cirilli, but we may have a Vice President ial candidate today . Jonathan it has to happen at some point this week and the readthrough for this market will be interesting. Many people think this will be the next candidate for the presidency because the former Vice President will be a oneterm president if he even wins in november. Everybody will start reading into the vp pick. Itching to sayre this man is a trojan horse for the radical left. The cbs poll shows things tightening up a little bit off of democratic enthusiasm. Paper, theitmus system of Fore
Brexit could make it worse. Good morning. This is bloomberg surveillance and im Francine Lacqua in london. Lets get to your markets. European stocks are down a little bit, dragged down by basic resources. They seem to be cooling off after recent gains, but the single currency is edging higher. Oil is significant because opec and nonopec producers are meeting in abu dhabi, talking about compliance cuts. Government bonds are bixed with the dollar. Meanwhile come over in south africa we need to look at rand. There is a secret ballot vote on jacob zuma, the president. I think we have the results of that voting at 1 00 p. M. U. K. Time. Reporter chinas trade surplus widened for a fifth month in july. It keeps the spotlight on a trade gap President Trump aims to narrow. Japan has recorded a 36th consecutive surplus, beating economist estimates. That was supported by returns on overseas investments and a trade balance the return to positive territory. North korea condemned the latest round of