i spoke earlier to catherine bennett, the company's uk earlier to catherine bennett, the compa ny‘s uk uk boss and asked her why he airbus had chosen to speak out in such relatively undiplomatic terms now. we felt we were getting to a crunch time. there were a lot of false allegations that a managed no—deal could work and we just wanted to be clear that, for us, it would be catastrophic. we would see chaos at the borders and our wing and satellite parts could potentially get held up. for me, as a uk business person, i don't want to see my country causing a great international company, like airbus, being affected. that was the uk chief of airbus. obviously people who favour a hard brexit will accuse the company of scaremongering. they have done this in the past. airbus said they have 14,000 in the past. airbus said they have 111,000 employees in this country, another 110,000 jobs rely on them. can they afford to take that risk? thank you. and later in the programme — if you're baffled by all that brexit jargon you're hearing these days, we'll be explaining it as part of a special day of

ceo -- as catherine bennett reports. >> judges in tokyo denied his appeal. he will likely remain in custody for another two months. the longer the case drags on, the longer french companies become more uneasy. we spoke to the president of medef. itif he is found guilty, puts us in a bad position. some people will take it to mean l ceos are l like that. hashe french government beenen downplaying r reports its focusing onns, protecting the reputation on the french carmaker. >> the subject is not on the table today. what is on the table today iss the governance o of renault. the mosost important thing is to have solidid, stable, stable governmements. is isolated in his jail cell. the government has all but pressed the e eject button for ghososn. trading check in on action. pessimism is spreadiding. european shares are in the red. majorentasis are off -- indexes are off. >> we are hearing about financial losses due to drones at gatatwick airpoport. the budget airline is the largest operator at gatwick and says the disruption affected 82,000 lion air customers. t

i am joined by catherine bennett. negotiators are in beijing for another round of trade talks. firstis the official meeting since reaching a trade truce. >> negotiations are underway in beijing as the u.s. and china seek to end their trade dispute. president donald trump is confident a deal can be reached. >> i really believe they want to make a deal. the tariffs have heard china very badly. our country has taken in a lot of money through tariffs, a lot of money, a lot of tariffs. i think china wants to get it resolved. >> angry over what he said was unfair trade practices and intellectual property theft, donald trump began slapping tariffs on $250 billion of chinese products. rebalanceo trade deficit with china and for beijing to change its practices regarding industrial subsidies and cyber theft. china responded with tariffs of its own. already one month into a 90 day truce, the stakes are high as talks focus on state owned enterprises and the issue of forced technology transfers. we are going to spend a lot of time talking about industrial policy, what kind of subsidies will

up the rhetoric with those words like disgrace, and the madness of brexit, and here in the uk catherine bennett urged them to make clear the damage that that could do. in fa ct, the damage that that could do. in fact, business minister richard harrington said he was glad that airbus had come out and spoken like this and almost dared the prime minister to sack him by saying if he wasn't the right man for the job, so be it, but he thought this was an important message to get across. the question is will this have any effect? senior government sources tell me that theresa may has had a light bulb moment about the impact that a no—deal brexit could have on manufacturers. liam fox has said eve ryo ne manufacturers. liam fox has said everyone is getting too complacent about the no deal not happening, but i have to tell you that the business leaders and the political ones gathered here do think that leaving without a deal is getting less and less likely. the head of the trades union congress, frances o'grady, has told the prime minister to "stop playing to the bad boys at the back of the class" over b

his words were reinforced by catherine bennett who spoke to the bbc a couple of hours ago.d be catastrophic. we would see chaos at the borders and our wing parts and our satellite parts could potentially get held up and for me asa uk potentially get held up and for me as a uk business person, i don't wa nt to as a uk business person, i don't want to see my country causing a great international company like airbus. what have the government said in response? that the uk is the world leader in aerospace, the home of thejet engine, the wing factory of the world. it remains our top priority to leave the eu with a good deal, a deal that is good for business, protect jobs and deal that is good for business, protectjobs and prosperity. that was the statement from the government. in terms of warnings about leaving the eu on a no deal basis, warnings are coming thick and fast. yes, they need for an orderly brexit. yesterday, burberry, the luxury goods brand, said it really could cost 88 if there is a no bricks —— no—deal brexit because of its supply chain. sony said it is moving its

released it away from, in the run—up to the vote next tuesday, but that the other word from catherine bennettuld see chaos at the borders and what's essential parts could potentially get held up. as a uk business person, i don't want to see my country causing trouble for companies like project. the reason it matters is because airbus is one of the biggest employers in britain. it employs about 40,000 people, about 3000 in wales and 6000 elsewhere. it builds helicopters, satellites, planes, all sorts of things. it's also the nucleus for a massive supply chain, thousands of thousands of jobs. it massive supply chain, thousands of thousands ofjobs. it isn't the first time that they have said things like this. last year, the issued a bit assessment but this is far stronger language that suggest a new sort of urgency. they give for that. it comes at the same time that we are hearing about other companies moving operations, panasonic, sony. we will have more of that through the course of the day. more on today's main stories coming up on newsroom live here on the bbc news channel. but now we say go