A surprise appointment at the head of ubs. The ceo of ing to take over from Sergio Ermotti. He is known for the Digital Transformation at ing and a eran of the dutch banking banking a comparison to whats been happening here, hamers is a relative outsider to the rarefied world of swiss management. He has climbed the ranks. He was the head of the dutch and belgium banking units. He has been ceo since 2013. What he is known for is leading the Digital Banking push in an effort to win customers and he is also known for cost cutting, and thats what he has been doing, bringing ing back to profitability by reducing costs. Sergio ermotti recently cut the banks financial targets for the second time in as many years. We were reporting that the search for a successor was starting on friday. That news came through. The International Wealth management cohead was widely seen as an eventual contender for the top rule. His run in with his former boss, Tidjane Thiam, apparently dimmed his standings with
We bring you todays market moving news from around the world. Our bloomberg voices are on the ground with this mornings top stories. We want to begin with china. The government has agreed to cut import tariffs on a wide range. F goods joining us is stephen engle. Break down what we know about the tariffs, why now, etc. Stephen this comes fresh after a trade one agreement a phase one trade agreement. A gesture, yes, to show its lowering trade barriers, but it also wants to spur domestic spending for those 859 products he mentioned, from smartphone parts to food, in particular, frozen pork. All of these products will enjoy lower tariffs, and it comes as china hosts a critical trilateral summit this week that has already kicked off in beijing between china and japan. South korea will also take part. Trade, territorial disputes, military maneuverings, of course, exacerbated by north thoses posturing, and all historical animosities still persist. So those talks should be welcome. Been korea
Timeline solidified for putting the max back into air, and get everything going again. Guy why now . Why not later, and why not earlier . George this is sort of the season where you see some of these changes happen. It seems like it was a little earlier than we thought it would happen. I personally think the faa timeline we got a couple weeks the pushing things into earliest midfebruary to get the max back into fleet, i think that had something to do with it. I think the star liner might have accelerated some of this. I think the star liner makes boeing look bad. It makes it look like things arent getting executed correctly at the company. Maybe that accelerated the change. Guy does this excel or at the process of getting the 737 max back into the air, though . George i dont think it shortens it at all. The risk we had is without boeing working for the faa, you extended that timeline, and i think they dont want to extend that timeline. To have a new face in the ceos chair and approache
And we speak live to the former white house chief Economic Advisor gary cohen. Up, a new Community Pro or a new economy for a new economy. We bring you exclusive interviews with the Credit Suisse chief executive, ubs, and many more. Welcome to bloomberg surveillance. I am a Francine Lacqua. Before we get to any of those interviews, let me just have a quick check on the markets for you. Look at stocks dropping in europe. Asia was a mixed session. Fromcomes as support congress for protesters, kids prospects of a trade deal. We are also looking at bonds edging higher. Beijings chief negotiators says he is cautiously optimistic after a phase one trade deal. Lets get straight to first word news in new york city. Rudy giuliani and donald trump demanded a quid quo pro from ukraine. Is astunning admission damaging testimony for President Trump. He went on to say giuliani was holding up a white house meeting unless ukraine announced investigations. The latest debate, democrats focused on Presid
Billion euros. It is cutting the delivery target. Lowering the outlook for deliveries this year. This is amid economic jitters in europe and also in an unprecedented slump in autos in china. The world eats biggest car maker, lets remember, thats hat v. W. Is. Also got an upbayer. They are saying the plaintiffs have more than doubled to 42,000 plaintiffs. That is an important update there. It is confirming its outlook and it is aligned to continue operations. The agreements have been signed im trying to get my head around that. The plaintiffs more than doubled to 42,700 plaintiffs. Coming up, just to get back to v. W. Well be speaking with the c. F. O. After the german automaker reported Third Quarter results. Dont miss that interview at 8 00 a. M. London time. Of course in the car makers state, the other interesting story in terms of watching the start is the talks between chrysler and p. S. A. That we have been reporting. Back to jim mccormick. Looking through v. W. In terms of readin