You are up to date with the headlines. Now its time for a look back at the day in parliament. Hello, and welcome to tuesday in parliament. The main news from westminster. The government insists its still trying to reach a deal with the eu and accuses the labour party of Holding Things up. Faced with a delaying, disruptive and denying tactics of the opposition, we say on behalf of the 17. 4 million, enough, enough, enough we need to leave. Theres irritation over the disruption at westminster caused by the Climate Change protests. It seems to me that the demonstrators are already in control of the police. And when is that going to change we are going to have sensible methods of getting into our work and carrying on the democratic process in this building . And as parliament is suspended, one mp hopes there wont be a repeat of the angry scenes at the last prorogation ceremony. I sat here and in the end, walked out so disgusted to have members opposite on their feet screaming shame at memb
Was checking in around 6 00 a. M. To squawk box but still looking up road map this morning, it starts with a potential trade boost, stocks as you saw pointing to what would be a pretty good open at least if youre long after treasury secretary mnuchin said there is a path to a deal with china. Plus, trade head winds hitting home, fedex saying the ongoing disputes are creating, quote, significant uncertainty for its business outlook. Micron surging this morning, this on strong Quarterly Results. The chipmaker also resuming some sales to huawei and forecasting demand recovery this year. Stocks are looking to rebound this morning, this after treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin expressed optimism about trade talks in a cnbc interview. Here is what he told hadley gamble in bahrain. Im hopeful we see a deal there needs to be the right efforts in place this isnt a deal for having the sake of a deal we were about 90 of the way there. There is a path to complete this but well see where we get. Quo
Taking on rivals tesla and setting up projects in hurricane hit areas. And as a car finance firm issues a profit warning because of falling new car sales we want to know would you still buy a new car . Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to business live. Would you boy a new car not a used one, especially not from jamie. Today marks the last day of the five yearly congress in china, which has confirmed xijinping a second five year term as it ends. Xi will even have his name inscribed in the partys constitution, placing him alongside mao in the chinese pantheon. But as xi consolidates his power, america is ramping up the pressure. On monday, the white house said that on his forthcoming trip to asia next week President Trump will press china to cease what the white house calls its predatory trade practices. And he will do that by addressing the problem of chinas trade barriers. And there is a lot at stake. So far this year, the us has imported goods worth over 319 billion
And one of europes best known businessmen. Sir Stelios Haji Ioannou will be talking us about being a trailblazer and why its important to give back. And reports say pets are the latest victim of the uk housing crisis, as houses get smaller with little or no outside space. So we want to know do you still find space for your pet . Let us know, preferably with pictures of your pets just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to business live. To get the ball rolling ive already tweeted a picture of my dog in the sea so tweeted a picture of my dog in the sea so have a look at that. Lets start with the top business story. Five countries, nearly two weeks, and billions of dollars in deal making. Well that is the line from the white house. After all, the president is known to be a deal maker. So much so, in fact, that hes promised a major statement on trade before he arrives back in washington. That means the clock is ticking. The white house is touting the rather whopping figure of 30
Cspan 2 and watch anytime on cspan. Org. And listen on the free cspan radio app. Next, a discussion on the future of u. S. Trade policy and current trade Protection Measures proposed by President Trump. Well hear from former clinton and obama trade officials as they talk about protectionist policies. The role of the u. S. In the World Trade Organization, and President Trumps proposed renegotiation of the north American Free trade agreement known as nafta. This is an hour and a half. Glad to see everyone here. I am john mayo, a professor of economics, business and Public Policy at Georgetown Universitys Mcdonough School of business. I am also the executive director of our Host Institution for today, the Georgetown Center for business and Public Policy. I will tell you that we are delighted today to have a discussion on something very important, near and dear to the Georgetown Center, and that is the subject of trade policy. And in particular, we are going to examine the issue of whether