On. If we dont get more cuts, presume believe that is negative for oil prices. Eurosterling around the 0. 85 level. Got closer to it a little later on. This is a big line of sand for that pair. We are now up by 0. 2 . The hong kong story absolutely front and center. President trump signing a bill expressing u. S. Support for the protesters in hong kong. It is a move that threatens to complicate trade talks with china. There was a lot of reaction around the world. Not a welcomet is news, but the Market Reaction so far has been pretty calm, so to speak. Basically, its just another thing like having the tariffs. Its a thanksgiving present for everyone. This too shall pass. This was more posturing than substance. This is a real headache for them to try to figure out what is going to be a violation of human rights. How are they going to decide that . It is a foregone conclusion that he would sign, so china is prepared or was prepared for this. The new bipartisan consensus from both the u. S
Ready to go. The Halftime Report starts right now. It is great to have you with us on this wednesday our Investment Committee today, joe terranova, jon and pete najarian, carrie firestone, kevin oleary, and also with us on set, Kathy Entwistle weve got a full house of advice today. Stocks on track to recover their losses from last week. Being driven by strong earnings from target and lowes target hitting alltime highs topping 100 bucks for the first time ever. Do we continue to bet on this consumer, carrie are there enough unknowns in the back half of the year to make you cautious its a great question and what the market has been telling you for the last year is that its a battle its a tugofwar between deal or no deal recession or no recession. Interest rates up or down. And do we put the money in the mattress or the market this week its the market. So if you have earnings growth, which weve been seeing this quarter, and the consumer is strong, people forget that we dont have a trade d
Thats already been generated about this program. We have over 100 people who are going to be here today with us in person, and many more who are watching it over the web. Dentons is pleased to be presenting this program, and with its presence in the u. S. , canada and mexico, we have extensive capabilities and experience at the critical intersection of business, Public Policy and crossborder relations. Many of our practitioners are here today to share their experience and perspectives. And were so happy to also be joined by key members of industry and governments who can also add their valuable perspective. With that, im going to turn things over to scottie greenwood, who is the co lead of our federal practice. Scottie. Thank you, joanne. Welcome, everybody. We are really delighted to have you here. This is what its all about gore us in Public Policy, bringing together, policy leaders, thought leaders, our clients, our prospects. Everybody that is looking to understand what could happe
Implications for ongoing trade talks. This portion featured a Panel Moderated by a former canadian ambassador to the u. S. With current and former government officials from mexico and canada. This is about an hour. Good morning. Good afternoon. Bon jour. Welcome. Over to you, joann. Okay. And my name is joann zimolzak. Were pleased to welcome you to the Washington Office for the nafta 2. 0 summit. Given our topic today and who we have here with us, it seems appropriate not only to say welcome, but beinvenidos. Were pleased to have you here and present this Great Program today. Which is streaming live, even as we speak, and will be available afterwards on the dentons website. Change can be unsettling, but it also presents a lot of opportunity, which im sure will be part of the discussions today. And theres so much interest thats already been generated about this program. We have over 100 people who are going to be here today with us in person and many more who are watching it over the w
Officials are getting ready to discuss the upcoming negotiations. Were live at the Wilson Center in washington. The program is expected to start at any moment. Youre crazy and no one is going to come and maybe this is sort of important enough. Maybe our existential questions will bring an audience and we had the idea bringing the mexicos negotiator ken smith to come, and it was a cheeky question, and he said yes, this is extraordinary and ken said last week, i dont think i can do it. So i apologize for misleading you. It was not intentional, but we have got an absolutely fabulous panel for you nonetheless. And let me just run through very quickly from left to right, as i see it, fred burkeson, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for international economics. Thank you for being with us. Its great you agreed to provide a repost to some of the mexican perspectives near. Very welcome. And secondly francis, known to most of you here, currently a partner at white and case and previousl