has an impact on our business. francine: good morning. this is bloomberg surveillance . i am francine lacqua in singapore for the new economy or. forum. tomorrow we will speak to the new chief executive of global science, and the former treasury secretary hank paulson. in on let s check markets, we are seeing a little bit moving sideways especially when it comes from europe. i am looking at what is happening in europe and putting it into context at what is happening in asia. it is a little bit of a mixed picture across global stock markets. investors are entering into a holding pattern while they wait for the u.s. midterm elections. on your screen, edging lower with american futures. the pound extending gains under brexit hopes. the dollar is pretty much steady. let s get to the bloomberg first word news. has repeatedtrump that he will clinch a trade deal with china because both sides want a solution. he told a rally he is certain beijing wants to talk, and he will insist o
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thwaite. he was editor-in-chief of the economist magazine, which is where i first got to know him. i am pleased to have him back at this table. welcome. explain this to us. long beenbritish have in the state of angst about europe. cameron decided to offer them a referendum. huge debates about whether he should have done that. but that is the starting point. the british have not voted this since the 1970 s. i think there was a lot of pressure on cameron to give them a chance to have another say on this. it has been building and bigley building, particularly in the conservative party. within the conservative party, the easiest way to think about europe is it is roughly a can to being akin to being pro-life in the republican party. if you want to be selected, being skeptical about europe is part of being elected. cameron s deal has always been he would go to europe and come back with improvements in the relationship. charlie: he negotiated with? john: angela merkel efron saw
i am pleased to have him back at this table. welcome. explain this to us. john: the british have long been in the state of angst about europe. cameron decided to offer them a referendum. huge debates about whether he should have done that. but that is the starting point. the british have not voted this since the 1970 s. i think there was a lot of pressure on cameron to give them a chance to have another say on this. it has been building and building, particularly in the conservative party. within the conservative party, the easiest way to think about europe is it is roughly akin to being pro-life in the republican party. if you want to be elected, being skeptical about europe is part of being elected. cameron s deal has always been he would go to europe and come back with improvements in the relationship. charlie: he negotiated with? john: angela merkel and francois hollande. he brought the package back to parliament and said we will have a referendum on whether to stay or go