Reduce our trade deficit very substantially, promote fairness and reciprocity, unlock the vast opportunity for growth. In United States these deals are a became changer for our farmers and our ranchers. We love our farmers, we love our ranchers. Weve been working very hard on this, providing them with significantly enhanced access to a critical foreign market. In a moment ill be, really honoring a lot of folks in the room that are here with us from farm country, ranch country, and were going to be witnessing a historic signing by ambassador Robert Lighthizer, ambassador from japan, a long trip but just got here. Sojiyama of japan. Grateful for the outstanding job youve done with both of you, your staffs, representatives thank you very much. Bob, thank you very much. A lot of work. Were also delighted that secretary of transportation elaine chao is here. Where is elaine . Where is elaine . Hi, elaine. She is busy doing a fantastic job, thank you. Thank you very much. Deputy secretary of
Leaving a trail of destruction and devastation of the bahamas for at least five people have been killed. More than 2 million americans and florida, georgia and carolinas have been warned to evacuate, the category two storm makes landfall is still unknown. For the latest on Hurricane Dorians path, Senior Correspondent rick joining us tonight life from Atlantic Beach florida. There are still long sections of the 40 coastline that could be bondable as dorian makes his way north, we are told is further east from the coast in the worst the residence could be spared the worst. We could get brushed by Tropical Storm just possibly even hurricane just as the storm makes its way north. Theyve taken a lot of precautions across the cours coe and lotto schools remain close and shelters to open, several air force close, more than 1800 flights were canceled alone, 650 flights are already canceled for tomorrow, the coast guard has moved assets in and out of position trying to protect ships and other e
Are slowing down, the Manufacturing Sector in this Country Contracting a little bit. To the wall street journals Jillian Melchior who follows this very closely. Our own susan li as well. Susan, one thing surprised folks with the china data, this was not something to be expected and were seeing more and more data like that, less ominous than thought. Now stronger than thought. Reflation as well in the month of august. I love to remind people that china is no longer just a manufacturing hub. Services like here in the u. S. Account for more than 50 of the economy now. So it is not cheap factory floors. If you go to shanghai, beautiful skyscrapers, really fast train this is very positive, especially for an economy that saw the weakest growth in 2years. Neil one of the reasons why the futures was up. Hang seng was up 4 . It owed itself as well to the talk that they will meet some of the protesters demands. Well get into that in a second. Couldnt you flip it around, say Better Things look fo
Three categories. Despite tariffs and trade uncertainty business is still optimistic about the outlook. Not a whole lot of evidence of inflation in this report, which is interesting in light what we see of feds inflation page. In new york, manufacturers say input prices at a moderate pace. Selling prices flattened out. Reports of impact of pricing as it relates to tariffs were a bit mixed. Respondents feel like it will take a couple month to shake out to see the evidence there. Now i should note that this report does come before the president decided to enact a new tranche of tariffs on chinese imports that mostly target consumers. So take that as you may but bottom line here manufacturers continue to take it in the chin due to trade uncertainty but the Services Sector right now appears to remain intact. Back to you. Deirdre jennifer, thanks so much. Jennifer schoenberger there. President trump speaking moments ago on the trade tensions with china. The president says china wants to mak
Massive rescue efforts, hearing from victims and those rushing to help. Plus, upsetting Boris Johnsons plan. The new move from the uk Prime Minister following his second brexit defeat. New details in the College Admissions scandal. The latest allegations of paytoplay, what it means for the dozens of parents charged. Connell more on all the stories, fox Business Team coverage, top stories with gerri willis on the floor of the new york stock exchange. Edward lawrence in d. C. But gerri, with this rally in the markets we start to with you. Reporter global rally going on really started with the comments from the hong kong leader carrie lam, saying they would withdraw a bill that had sparked all kinds of protests in hong kong, calling for extradition of hong kong residents to face china, what wall street journal opaque justice system. She pulled away. Off to the races for stock markets across the globe. Facebook adding to the upside as well. Oil purchases for a second, settling up 4. 3 . An