Im carl quint knanilla along w sara eisen technology is one of the leader sectors and President Donald Trump is on his way to meet with g20 leaders in germany later this week, including the oneonone with russian president Vladimir Putin all this amid growing concerns over north koreas growing tension. That escalated over the weekend. Joining us to discuss is john rutland, and math chthew mcgwir former director at the world bank welcome to you both. Thank you for joining us good morning. John, your expertise is china. You have studied china for a long time. We have been trying to dissect the tweet this morning, trades between north korea and china grew over 40 in the First Quarter. So much for china working with us, but we had to give it a try. That was from President Trump as he embarked on this journey. What is the prospect of a risk factor for investors escalating tensions between china and the u. S. The two biggest economic superpowers right now . They look like they are going that
Infrastructure and agriculture. Also this morning Natalie Portman on playing Jackie Kennedy in her new film, and preparing for the oscars hype. And carol has the weather. Good morning. For some of us it is a cold and forest the start. Patchy fog but in the south and south east in particular there will be some sunshine frosty start. For the rest of the uk, fairly cloudy with some light rain or drizzle but some sunshine. I will tell you where in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story the Foreign Secretary has said countries are queuing up to sign free trade deals with britain when it leaves the european union. Borisjohnson also suggests that agreements could be achieved quickly after the article 50 negotiations are concluded, and said the uk would not be hauling up the drawbridge, despite the new Migration Controls promised by theresa may. Our Political Correspondent tom bateman has more. Theresa mays Brexit Speech brought the most clarity yet on her approach to the negotiations
Posts a 3. 5 billion euro loss on charges related to its cleanup of toxic property assets. Skanska rises to the top of the stoxx 600 after the Construction Companys fullyear 2016 operating profit and orders top analyst expectations. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to the show. Im glad youre with us. We have an hour together. Once again, super busy day. Busy wires right now. The eurozone markets, pmi data for january hitting the wires. Composite pmi, 54. 4, a hair above the flash estimate of 54. 3. And bang in line with what we saw in december, 54. 4 reading at that stage. The final composite new business pmi, 54. 3, just a tad down on the flash estimate. But still being the highest readings since november of 2015. Services pmi, 53. 7, which is a little bit higher than the flash estimate, but again, completely similar to what we saw, the final reading for december be. And the final Services Employment pmi, 52. 8. Just a bit higher than the december final reading of 52. 2. The highest s