Barriers. Now on bbc news, all the latest Business News live from singapore. Negotiators from the us, canada and mexico meet today to lash out a new north American Free trade agreement. One of the worlds Biggest Shipping Companies releases its latest earning numbers. What will this tell us earning numbers. What will this tell us about the state of global trade . Good morning, asia, hello, world, glad you could join us for Asia Business report. Im rico hizon. Later today in washington, dc the first round of negotiations will start for nafta, the north American Free trade agreement, a pact between canada, the us and mexico. The us president made a campaign to promise to renegotiate the deal signed in 1994. Any other disagreements are between the us and mexico, but there are also issues in canada, one of them Softwood Lumber. To get to the root of this problem we sent our correspondent to the state of maine. Theres a lot of uncertainty. Nobody knows where this will go. Theres a lot of tal
The uk government says therell be no return to a hard border with ireland. A trillion dollar problem. Later today, the us, canada and mexico will sit down to renegotiate the nafta free trade agreement. Welcome to World Business report. Im ben bland. The British Government has unveiled its second brexit position paper, ahead of the third round of negotiations planned in brussels at the end of this month. This time, its about minimising disruption at the irish border. Under one option the government has proposed, thered be no Customs Border at all between the uk and ireland. This would enable goods to flow freely between Northern Ireland and ireland. mix screen 2 the paper also highlights protecting the paper also highlights protecting the Common Travel Area and associated rights for uk and irish citizens. Thanks to the current arrangement, people can move freely between Northern Ireland, the republic and the rest of the uk without passport checks. The centre for cross border studies est