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daybreak australia. i'm haidi stroud-watts. i'm annabelle droulers. >> i'm kathleen hays. president biden says his administration is weighing action on chinese imports tariffs. he is said to speak with xi jinping in the coming weeks. >> japan ruling coalition. nasdaq had a gain of .2% on the day but 5% on the week. investors are starting to buy big tech.

not apple, not energy. the s&p 500 was down fractionally friday but up to present on the week. it just had its worst selloff in the first half of any year since 1970. the focus is on corporate earnings. the jobs report was stronger than expected convincing most economists and former fed officials that a 75 basis point rate hike is coming in july. the two-year was up to 3.14% at the most dramatic part in the day ending at about 3.10. yield curve diversion is deepening. slow down, if not recession, expected. oil closing over 104 dollars a barrel down 3.5% for the week. the fed have recession fears on one side but we have good demand and supply on the other. the dollar was a little stronger friday. now we are seeing the signs say it's continuing to move.

annabelle, look at the asian markets now. annabelle: speaking of what you are saying about the job support, we are certainly helping to alleviate summer session fears in the market. how that sets us up for trading in asia at the start of the week we are seeing futures pointing higher. china is the exception pointing to declines at the open. we had chinese inflation data at the weekend. we saw a pickup for inflation. overall, demand is looking fairly slack in the economy there. in the fx space we are keeping an eye on the dollar trading in a fairly trite band this morning, keeping an eye on the japanese yen as we have the result from the upper house elections of the weekend showing the lbp taking more hits than projected. there could be a benefit for markets there. that's what strategists are saying. the aussie dollar is under pressure. we can see where it is looking to head from ear.

hitting the key level of 6829 will -- well, strategists say that sets us up for birther losses. further losses. commonwealth banks as the aussie could hit $.65 by the end of the year. rba, rate hikes, concerns about the overall trend of growth in the economy. haidi: as well as the strength of king dollar. we will continue to look at how asian markets open for the trading week. we are still deciphering jobs numbers from friday. there is still seems to be a disconnect between recession and slowdown fears and the robustness of the u.s. labor market. we saw more jobs 372,009 payroll in june. we saw participation also rising. we saw the unemployment rate near the five decade low. so, that tells me there is a strong demand as well as tightness in the market that will keep the fed on track, one assumes.

we get a big inflation print from the u.s. this week that might meet a fuller picture of what the trajectory will look like. >> cpi year-over-year 8.8 percent. we heard from raphael bostic being very supportive of a 75 basis point hike at the july meeting. china's inflation hit a two-year high. what other strong economy in the world would have -- would give to have an inflation rate that low? or prices continue to drive inflation higher. food price inflation was 2.9% versus 2.3 in may. a core up 1.0 percent after being up 1.9% year-over-year. the bottom line is, covid zero policies continue to suppress demand. economists expect a contraction in second-quarter gdp for china. the head of pboc said they

aren't worried about stimulating growth or fighting inflation. it's more about boosting credit. we will have more later in the show. starting off with a top story. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken revealing president biden and xi jinping are set to speak again in the coming weeks. for more let's bring in u.s. national editor craig gordon. greg, what are the competing forces biden is weighing here? craig: he is thinking very seriously about tariffs. the challenge is key is facing 2% inflation in the u.s.. he would love to have the chinese rate, but he doesn't. he's battling that. we are seeing five dollar gas. everything in the store costs more. it's a daily reminder of how inflation is hitting the american consumer and american voter to the med terms -- midterms in the fall. he would love to knock down inflation. we know joe biden is a fed of

labor unions. they were a big supporter of its run for president and supported him in the white house and they like tariffs because they keep foreign products expensive at american products a little cheaper. anthony cook is with the president taking a weekend three hours outside of washington. he asked about this. he said they are still looking in. -- looking at it. we are waiting for the possible call with xi jinping. there's a light on the agenda provided. haidi: there is the ongoing ship or for asml as well. craig: that's been a great story. we know that the u.s. has been telling people who make chips to

cooldown sales to china. they are doing a more aggressive stance. they ask them to cut off sales to china. that's a very big step asking a company in another nation to change its entire policy dealing with an individual customer. that is how seriously the biden administration is taking the chip or. it is yet another thing weighing on the presidency. the shortage of chips, the higher prices, it's a lot to contend with right now. >> u.s. national editor craig gordon there with the latest on u.s. and china. japan's ruling coalition expanding its majority in sunday's election two days after the assassination of the former prime minister shinzo abe. let's bring in our tokyo bureau correspondent. shinzo abe looms large right up to his death when it came to the impact of campaigning in the parting dynamic -- party dynamic. how do we see his assassination having impacted this election?

kana: it seems like the tragedy friday has impacted some constituencies. i saw a local television the day after the assassination airing commentary around the legacy, commentary from world leaders that showed how influential he was on the global stage. there mayor have -- there may have been an impact emotionally on voters. that said, the results seem to be broadly in line with some of the projections that were made before the shooting by the local media. so, the impact may have had some impact, but not a significant extent. but, the voter turnout was a little higher than the 2019 house election. it seems like more people than expected went to. annabelle: when you talk about world leaders, praising shinzo abe, one of the thing that the

top, abenomics. what happened to that policy now? super stimulative monetary policy? also, his geopolitical positions uniting agent to try to get a new trade block on the table. how he questioned china's position on taiwan. these are all things in geopolitics and the economy that affects the market. what do you expect now? kana: with the ruling coming to party, they want a comfortable majority. what is significant is the party backing constitutional reform now take up about two thirds of the upper house paving the way for discussions around changing the part of the constitution that is renouncing war, and also, paved the way to allow more explicit language mentioning the self-defense boards -- force under the constitution. shinzo abe was one of the strongest proponents to increase military power.

so, this would help with that. but, that said, this topic is very divisive among the voters in government. it's not a main priority for voters. it's covid. inflation, the yen. the energy crunch. those are the main focus is for the voters. haidi: very enduring but also a very complex legacy. kana nishizawa there. the speaker of sri lanka is parliament says the president will step down this week after months of protests over steel shortages, surging prices and financial mismanagement. the president fled saturday to an undisclosed location before demonstrators stormed his official residence. inflation is set to hit 70% with

the imf saying it will continue discussions on a loan program. macau is shutting down casinos and other businesses beginning for a week monday at the covid outbreak worsens. at the measures returned to gambling hub to its toughest pandemic restrictions including limits on people entering public markets and daily pcr tests for service workers. account last shut its casinos due to covid in february, 2020. shanghai reported its first case of the ba.5 omicron subvariant. the financial have set up vast testing measures with residents in at least nine districts required to beat screen -- to be screened twice a week. there is very high risk raising concern of returned a lot down. the city reported 57 doing section saturday. the race to replace boris johnson as uk prime minister is heating up with several conservative mps jostling for the top spot including former cabinet members who have put

taxes at the heart of the campaign, the issue a key one for that the -- for the conservative party core that will choose the new leader. those are your first word headlines. kathleen: bloomberg has learned that twitter hired a heavyweight law firm to sue elon musk for moving to dump his $44 billion takeover. bloomberg's su keenan joins us. it looks like both sides are preparing for a legal battle. you know a lot about legal issues. su: you know, muska has been signaling for a while now that he would walk a while that away from the deal. he made it official friday with that after the bell regulatory finding -- filing and now both sides are heading to court according to sources close to the matter. bloomberg learned twitter hired this merger law heavyweight firm. they plan to file a suit only this week in delaware.

delaware is the corporate home to more than 50% of u.s. public companies. it's where a lot of mergers are settled. the firm they have hired is strategically connected. by hiring this firm, they get access to two live its top lawyers, former chancellors or so-called business experts in that court. it is business experts and not jerry's that decide these cases. musk brought in the same firm that led a defense against a defamation claim in 2019 and is. monday will be the first time that investors will have a chance to react to this development since elon musk scrapped the $44 billion deal. there a lot of focus on this stop once the u.s. opens. haidi: it was highly

anticipated, elon musk's arrival at sun valley but he completely dodged questions related to the deal. su: he was the marquis on saturday at the annual sun valley media conference. many stuck around just to hear him. he focused mainly on the future of mars. no answers regarding the deal which had been scrapped 24 hours earlier. elon musk accused twitter of misrepresenting data not comply with the contractual obligation about the use of bots. twitter has said it will hold his feet to the fire on the terms of their deal. haidi: the drama continues. next on daybreak australia, this week u.s. inflation brands are set to reach a new four decade high, boosting even more the chances of another jumbo fed hike.

we look at what to expect with jason janco of prestige economic next. this is bloomberg.

haidi: inflation and growth data is in focus at this week. there are a few key central bank decisions. india and the u.s. will release inflation readings this week. investors track rising price pressures. in the asia-pacific we have new zealand's reserve bank likely to deliver another bigger hike and we could get the largest move ever from the bank of korea. china over the coming days we have data due friday expected to show a contraction in the second quarter though the domestic activity readings for june should show the green shoots of recovery. we will get credit numbers that could signal government spending is kicking into gear, kathleen.

kathleen: energy ministers from the quad group comprising the u.s., japan, and australia. president biden is due to travel to the middle east with the goal of convincing allies in the gulf to lift oil production. on the earnings front look at the latest numbers from u.s. banks. jp morgan and morgan stanley kicking off the reporting season thursday. that your week ahead. now let's get analysis and bring in schenker -- jason schenker president and chief economic at prestige economics. unemployment is still near a 50 year low. there were downward divisions. there were little noodling signs of potential weakness. what you take away jason? jason: it's one of the biggest

downward revisions we have seen for two months. that's something we keep. the challenger layoffs data showed a 58% year on year, 57% month on month. you can see that the month of june is not good. in the next few months we are likely to see job gains, payrolls, slow significantly. kathleen: how much do you think that will come from an aggressive fed? we had another fed president, rafael bostick saying he is very supportive of a 75 base height -- point based in july. they are holding the door open to 50 points ahead. is that baked into the recession or is the fed right that they can get a soft landing? jason: the fed does not really target gdp. the dual mandate is full employment and low inflation. at that point, equity, a home prices, gdp, does not matter.

something has to give for the fed to slow down. inflation has to ease or the job market has to get markedly weaker. one of those things has to happen. unfortunately, the expectation of only a recession can save us now is the bad news. the good news, we probably don't have long to wait. that's also not good news. kathleen:[laughter] if the recession is baked in, how much upside doozy to the u.s. dollar? jason: a lot of this is tied to what we see in inflation and in europe. what we see against the euro there stagflation situation, their growth risk is arguably bigger than ours. especially as we go to the winter there natural gas price exposure to the upside is adding a lot of cost to manufacturing and power. that's much bigger for them, although, we do hedge some

secondary risk because of that for lng exports. we could still see the dollar go up even though we are going to get this friday u.s. consumer confidence. last months number was the lowest number in the 70 year history of the index. the one we get this friday is likely to be a new all-time record low. consumers are less confident now than during the financial crisis of 2001, then do wearing the -- then during the cuban missile crisis, the korean war. haidi: king dollar will have a massive impact when it comes to emerging dollars today. i want to talk about your lockup. look at -- i want to talk about sri lanka. look at the sri lanka misery index. the unemployment rate and the inflation rate. if the u.s. is worried about 8% or 9% inflation, 70% inflation is what we are seeing for sri lanka.

how do you view this as potential contagion across the rest of the em space, given we have seen investors turning their eyes to local asian e.m. bonds for opportunity reasons. this is not likely to be an isolated incident. four months i have been talking about iron maiden economics. not that heavy metal band, the late medieval torture device where you get squeezed from all sides. that's what's going on in emerging markets. commodity prices in energy and food are very high. those are dollar-denominated and the dollar is very high. they took out a lot of debt during the pandemic. they did not have the same wealth effect we had in the u.s. and now as interest rates go up the emerging-market credit spreads have blown out and there are a lot more contagion risks that we could see going forward. that is something i think we will have to worry about for a number of months. kathleen: bond yields. look at the treasury. the two-year up 51.4 on friday.

what will this mean for global capital markets? in particular, a country like sri.

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grip means he probably will not face another international election for three years. the new zealand prime minister will attend a meeting with leaders in fiji this week days after he called for more regional cooperation to counter china. it follows a report that can be bought take -- kiribati has withdrawn from the form after being sidelined on a number of issues. she plans to make announcements on climates. the french finance minister says europe must prepare for russia to shut off gas supplies in retaliation for sanctions. he says france is trying to avoid power shortages and should be careful with energy consumption while building stockpiles. the eu will meet later this

month to discuss winter contingency plans. >> we have to be prepared for all options. that is the responsibility here for all politicians to take into account the geopolitical situation. we have to take into account that getting gas from russia is one of the key options. kathleen: novak djokovic one his 21st grand slam tennis title. the wimbledon men's singles. it was the first major final four the temperamental and very skilled australian. djokovic one in four cents after went -- losing the first. he becomes the first man to win four straight victories at wimbledon. those are the first word headlines. haidi: we are setting up for asian markets to open higher following a solid u.s. jobs report. let's bring in annabelle. certainly the tightness in the labor market is helping

alleviate some slowdown concerns. annabelle: that's right. we are running some numbers. we saw more jobs added then forecasted in the month of june. we also saw the unemployment rate around that five decade low that indicates tightness in the labor market into signs of strong demand. it's a really sharp contrast we are seeing between the resilience in the job market versus what we see with fears of recession. but, what it means for the fed, meanwhile, is it does give it that impetus or push to hike rates again by 75 basis points. the land -- atlanta fed president said he backed another supersized hike. we spoke with the well-known markets watch her mohamed el-erian for his views. >> this fed will do 75 basis points. wooden beads this month. this fed needs to catch up. they are not just reacting, they are catching up. that is why they simply cannot

wait. annabelle: he highlighted we need to see the participation rate rising in the economy. that is what stood out in the jobs numbers, particularly what we are seeing with men in the workforce. they are leading women. we saw a decline in the participation rate, 62.2%, below what had been forecast in the 55 plus category. we have seen the lowest number of males per dissipating on last eight months. what this means for the job market is really what higher productivity means for the broader economy. kathleen: when you have more workers you have to keep getting higher wages. higher rates are out of favor with investors? >> that has been one of the more interesting turns of events. we had seen lower yielding bonds from places like brazil and china leading the hiking cycle.

now we are seeing a reversal of that. we are seeing emerging market bonds leading this month. investors are starting to prepare debt from indonesia, china, and even india with the rvr have a delivered only one rate hike this year so far. we change now to look at why they are seeing this. basically, they say these countries are in a better position to really find a global slowdown because that is because inflation in those markets is pretty subdued in those countries in the first place. so the central banks and their have not needed to hike rates as aggressively as the fed. haidi: annabelle droulers in hong kong where australia expanded availability for two antiviral treatments to combat a surge in covid cases across the country. this is one of the health care announcements. there has been a lot of criticisms of the consistency of the advice given we are seeing a

big surge in the new subvariant. : that's right. -- emma: you are seeing a real lack of action in many places that have "reopened." and are trying to move on from the pandemic. australia is the exception. it had pretty much of the toughest border regime of the pandemic just six months ago. now, very few restrictions are in place. that's leading to unbridled surges in covid here, particularly, in the southern hemisphere winter. you are seeing at uptick in the number of people going in the hospital, pressure on hospitals, leading to this decision to expand the usage of these two antiviral treatments, particularly, as you get these more contagious subvariant, that ba.5 is. kathleen: let's move on to china and shanghai. if i was a resident there i would be having a hard time

doing anything. they found 24 infections recently. any other place in the world, it would have to be shrugged off. it could be lockdowns, the economy still showing signs of weak demand. what can we expect to see their, emma? emma: groundhog day when it comes to china, a stark contrast to australia. 57 new cases saturday for shanghai. that's significantly higher than what they were seeing a couple weeks ago when they were declaring victory over covid. it does show that particularly with new subvariant, it will be a constant challenge. china will have to be constantly visit -- vigilant if it wants to keep up the covid zero policy that xi jinping has recommitted them to, not only in shanghai, but we have restrictions and

mass testing in high not, the island off the south, guang joe also doing mass testing there. the agricultural and auto making hub in the north there. that is also seeing a big surge. definitely, not out of the woods for china with more than 300 new cases reported over the weekend. haidi: we are seeing the situation worsen in macau. including all casinos shutting down. emma: almost 100 new cases reported there in the latest numbers. they have had to give in on the not closing the casinos, something they were really trying to hold the line on. but, they had to do it to really adhere to covid zero, which, as kathleen said, is having to sort of chilling effect on the economy even though xi jinping has ordered officials to try and stem the impact of it on the economy. kathleen: emma o'brien with the

latest on the virus and more in australia and shanghai. australia and china's top diplomats meant for the first time in three years as of the two nations try to reset relationships marred by tensions and tariffs. a delicate procedure. ben, what progress has been made so far? what is on the table next? ben: it seems very much like one step forward and two steps back to a certain degree because although they have had this first meeting which is usually significant, we had an entire term of an australian government, there is the downside the chinese government has now issued more demands or something similar so what needs to happen for australia's relations with china to become normalized? something that has been holding back australia and china for many years now is a list of demands that was put out under the previous government that has

things like stopping criticizing hong kong. stopping criticizing actions in chin jang. things the liberal the market that -- liberal to he will currently do. look, it is a step forward. at least both sides are talking. haidi: the narrative seems to be wiping the slate clean, beijing putting the blame on the coalition government. ben: absolutely. beijing is saying they will make these steps if australia makes slight changes. australians want to trade tensions put in place by the chinese government lifted. sanctions were put in place on australian exports like barley, coal, meat. major australian exports, wine especially to china. those all face sanctions after

australia's former prime minister scott morrison called for an investigation into covid-19. that infuriated beijing. they put sanctions in place. basically, australia said they want to see sanctions lifted if there will be a normalization. but, the only mention china has refused so far, the defense ministers have met and the foreign ministers have met but they have refused a meeting with the trainmaster. that suggested any lifting of sanctions might still be a way off. >> midwest -- next, we discussed australia's move towards a sustainable future. this is bloomberg.

♪ >> communities continuing to clean up from the fourth major flooding event in 18 months. policymakers are meeting at an energy form.

our new climate reality is one of increasingly severe consecutive disasters. alan finkel joins us. what is the backdrop for global leaders of energy and the climate transition? alan: we have had a series of events in australia going back to bushfires a few years ago. three floods this year, for floods in the last 18 months for new south wales, southeast queensland. it's quite unusual. it's impossible to attribute a single event to climate change, but, there is a new science called attribution science that shows statistically these events are attributable to climate change. >> when it comes to the easiest and cleanest way to get to the transition, clean hydrogen is becoming a vector for future energy. how easy is it to get there? it's long-term.

>> there are two reasons it will take a while. the goal is to electrify everything. we will undertake what i call the biggest challenge for humanity ever since we first tamed fire and set up houses and created farms. that's to convert from using fossil fuels and would to using electricity for all of our needs. but sometimes, electricity is not ideal. so, you need a liquid fuel. you can use electricity by cranking water into hydrogen. hydrogen burns. it's a fuel. it can be safely managed. so, the challenge on the production side is to reduce the cost, cheaper electricity, cheaper wind, cheaper devices for making hydrogen. then there is the challenge of using it. you can't just use hydrogen as a simple substitute for natural gas or oil. we knew -- need new cars,

trucks, boilers for industrial heating. work is underway globally to drive the transition. haidi: is there enough investment in renewables and batteries? that's one thing you has been -- you have been supporting because australia culturally employment wise priorities are so correlated with fossil fuels. annabelle: they are. but i would be surprised if there was a coalminer today who wanted his or her children working in that industry. they understand a transition is underway for good reason. communities have to be well supported during the transition away from coal-fired to electricity generation. that will happen. most important, we cannot erase that. we have to do that once the investment and solar and wind, batteries, and transmission lines reaches sufficient levels. this will happen more or less in some sort of lockstep.

so, as we invest in solar, wind, batteries, and transmission we will have more reliable, clean electricity and coal-fired generators will retire and communities will be taken care of. but solar has to be cheap. wind has to be cheap. you need lots of storage. mostly that will be battery. the fourth thing we need, often overlooked, is transmission lines bringing solar and wind electricity from renewable energy zones to metropolitan zones in industrial regions. we need transmission lines across borders share electricity from states that have plenty to those that have a shortage. and we need the capability of shipping renewable energy internationally as that's a whole other story. kathleen: cairo at -- read -- i read a piece you wrote recently for the sydney morning herald. you talked about the

transmission lines. you talked about coal. isn't natural gas much cleaner than coal? you seem to be saying everyone will have to realize you cannot get over every fossil fuel overnight, particularly natural gas. if you build this capacity storage, you will need backup? . do the greenest advocates understand that? alan: that's a very important point, catherine. i think there's no role for coal because coal is too slow to respond and does not support solar and wind. in australia our transition is from coal electricity to solar and wind. but at the moment it's predominately cold. natural gas is small. natural gas can ramp up very, very quickly, within minutes. you can quickly ramp up natural gas. just run it as long as you need

it. then switch it off again very quickly. natural gas is helping us accelerate the deployment of solar and wind. it can be very important. it will only operate for a small number of hours a year, a couple hundred hours a year. per hour, it is less emissions than coal and it's a very small number of hours per year that call on the gas generators. i don't think everybody appreciates that. there is a pursuit of perfection to say get out of fossil fuels completely. and eventually we will. but for the next 10, 15, 20 years, being able to call on natural gas to firm up the solar and wind electricity in a country like australia will enable us to develop and deploy solar and wind at enormous scale more quickly than if we cannot call on natural gas. i personally believe we will have a transition to lower emissions by using a little bit

of natural gas when needed to support the department -- deployment of solar and wind. haidi: the government has recommitted to double down on the climate pledge. are you encouraged by the talks happening so far in terms of what that actually translates into action? alan: i am. you know, you need to talk and action. we are coming off a pretty good base. australia is the world leader on installed solar capacity and solar generation per year and we have had a number of very good years of investment in solar and wind, but there's a long way to go. one of the things the government has recognized is the importance of transmission lines. there is now a $20 billion fund to assist the industry in deploying those transition lines. that could be transformational. haidi: allen, great to have you with us. in sydney there are key energy meetings taking place.

that was the former chief scientist for australia, dr. alan finkel in sydney. tune into bloomberg radio to hear more from the days biggest newsmakers and get in-depth analysis from daybreak. live from hong kong, listening via the app, radio plus or on bloombergradio.com. this is bloomberg.

u.s. jobs growth last month's top estimates signaling it will keep the fed tilted towards another jumbo rate hike. marty walsh spoke to bloomberg after the numbers came out. secretary walsh: we are seeing the economy moving forward. the wage growth, we are seeing some of the biggest gains in the lowest income earners. that's good. obviously, we are still dealing with inflation and in the wage growth is not quite keeping up with inflation. but what we want to do is bring inflation down. we will continue to move forward. but, this shows where the country is with president biden laying out the plans when he took office, still moving forward on the job side. but there are still a lot of unanswered questions about the economy. it is in an interesting place. >> i've relied on you to give me updates on what have -- what is happening on the west coast. you have said a few times on

this program that you are not concerned. are you concerned now? secretary walsh: i'm not. both parties put out two statements now letting people know they will continue negotiations when the contract expires july 1. i did not speak to them this week. i spoke to both last week. they both said it's moving in their right direction -- in the right directions, the unions and companies. we have not had that issue yet that will cause a little indigestion for both sides. but i like where it is going. of the interesting thing about this negotiation is it does not start until six weeks prior to the expiration of the contract. that's different from most contracts. some contracts you can start negotiation at six months prior to expiring. i know there's a lot at stake. clearly we don't want any issues like last holiday season, last fall with ships out in the harbor not getting supplies in. i feel good where we are today. >> as you know, this is a really

important topic. i take your word that you felt good but other members of the audience might not. can you help them understand what is at stake and the details of the negotiations? what is stopping this one from closing? how big is the gap and what is it over? >> when they do the negotiations on the port, they go on for a long time. in 2014 it went on for a long time. there were no strikes, slowdowns, or lockouts. but what we want to do now in the time we are living in, making sure that people who feel price pressures at home and are feeling -- paying for goods and services, seeing inflation impacting their families, i want to make sure and president biden wants to make sure that we don't have a breakdown of negotiations at the port to add additionally to inflation, additionally to cost. the contractor they are negotiating is everything from wages to working conditions everything you can imagine. it's a massive contract. there are tens of thousands of workers there.

nine shipping companies are involved in this negotiation. so it's a very long negotiation. it's a very challenging negotiation at the table. but, when i hear from both sides the same exact thing, that it is moving along, i am pleased with that. i am not concerned about the contract expiring on the first of this month. certainly. next month, if we don't have a contract and we are not close to a contract, you and i might be having a different conversation. but right now, i feel that. haidi: marty walsh there the u.s. labor secretary. that's it for daybreak australia. daybreak: asia is next. this is bloomberg. ♪

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