Its wednesday 18 january. Iamjoanna i am joanna gosling. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. 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 assistant Political Editor norman smith is in westminsterfor us. Over to you. Thank you. What is striking this morning is the confidence oozing from number ten about yesterdays Big Speech By theresa may on brexit, insisting there has been a positive reaction from other senior eu leaders such as Angela Merkel and francois hollande, both of whom theresa may spoke to last night. This despite the fact that she has thrown down the gau ntlet that she has thrown down the ga u ntlet to that she has thrown down the gauntlet to the rest of the eu say
At formula one recently. And a little later in the programme well be speaking live to the boss of one of the big teams in the sport mcclaren. Zach brown also has lots of other roles. So today we want to know, what would you like to ask him . Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. 0k, everybody is going, what does trump on, trump of mean . I would explain why we get to the markets welcome to the programme. We start with facebook, because despite predictions of a slowdown, the worlds Biggest Social Network keeps getting more popular, more profitable and more powerful. Late on wednesday it reported quarterly numbers that were much better than expected. They round off another year of rapid growth that has seen it become one of the biggest advertising businesses on the planet. Its massive reach has also raised concerns about the amount of influence it can have, and the reliability of information thats shared on it. So we put a Little Something together for you. Just how big is facebo
And those trump promises pushing wall street to more record highs. And as President Trump orders a review of the financial rules designed to stop another nightmare on wall street, well be getting the inside track from our economics editor Kamal Ahmed On that and the rest of the stories hes been covering this week. As snow hits new york city, how much do you think it costs to clear an inch of the white stuff off the streets . One dollar . One hundred dollars . A Million Dollars . well give you the answer at the end of the show. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. We start in the us where, as youve been hearing, japans Prime Minister shinzo abe meets President Trump later. Trade will be high on the agenda. Remember, one of mr trumps first actions as president was to withdraw from the 12 nation Trans Pacific partnership trade deal signed by obama and strongly supported by the japanese. Mr trump called it a terrible dealfor the us. He wants a fairer trading relations
Making sure everyone gets in on the act. Well meet the woman putting disabled Actors Centre stage. Supermarkets say were buying more organic fruit and veg. Do you think its worth the extra money . Do you buy organic . Let us know. Just use the hashtag, bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. The us Vice President mike pence meets the president of the European Council donald tusk in brussels this morning. They will try to mend fences after throwing rhetorical Fire Crackers at each other in recent weeks. While mr tusk described trump as a threat to europe, mr trump has praised the uks decision to leave the union and angered many nations with his travel ban. Between them, the us and the European Union are the worlds two biggest trading blocs. Figures from 2014 put the value of all goods and services traded between them worth over 1 trillion. And that favoured the eu. It sold 91 billion more stuff to the usa than the other way round. Something the Trump Administration would like to change. A
For the dow in the us. Well talk you through all you need to know. We will be getting the inside track on how our cities might look in the future when we meet the head of the Worlds Largest property fair. Today we wa nt Worlds Largest property fair. Today we want to know, do you love snatch at, or do you have no idea what it is . At, or do you have no idea what it is . Snapchat. Welcome to the programme. The programme is jam packed day, so we will make it as snappy as we can. We start on wall street where investors are gearing up for what could be the biggest and certainly the most hyped Technology Flotation since twitter in back 2013 or even facebook the year before. In a few hours time shares in snap the owner of photo messaging app Snapchat Will Begin Trading on the new york stock exchange. Will it end up a Stock Market Giant like facebook or like twitter a bit of a flop . The flotation has been hugely oversubscribed, allowing snapchat to up the price. Late on wednesday it priced it