The Uks International trade secretary meets his us counterpart to talk trade. But hes not allowed to strike a deal, before brexit. The International Monetary fund keeps its forecast for World Economic growth. But It Cuts Prospects for the uk and the us, while china, japan and the eurozone gets a boost. Welcome to World Business report. Im ben bland. Also in the programme, well learn the Success Secrets of another ceo. But first, later on monday the uks trade secretary liam fox will be in washington to discuss a preliminary trade deal ahead of britains departure from the European Union. A final Trade Agreement cannot be signed until the uk formally leaves the eu, but the two nations are keen to lay the foundations for what the us president expects to be a very, very big deal. In an interview with the bbc, mr fox said that uk us trade is currently worth nearly 220 billion dollars. But this could increase by as much as 52 Billion Dollars if Trade Barriers between the countries are removed