well for more on that i'm joined now by craig allen senior market analyst at or wonder in london good to have you with us craig what can we just say that add one practically demanded a great car to even sacked the previous central bank chief because he wouldn't comply how problematic is this kind of political interference in monetary policy well it's extremely problematic is the reason why in central banks are independent if the politicians or effectively dictating monetary policy the naturally you are busy going see attempts by certain politicians to try and drive short term political benefits at the expense of longer term economic growth potentially risking recessions of course it's in every politician's best interest so out of the 0 percent interest rates that stimulate the economy the reason why we don't have those levels of interest rates on a permanent basis is because it does so the seas for boring and therefore future problems so naturally when you're seeing issues like this and you're seeing president overstepping the line demanding lower interest rates sucking governors and

see the appreciations of the currency and much more damage economically ok very interesting there craig allen there from in london thank you so much. and for the 1st time the you case royal academy of engineering 200-9000 african prize for engineering innovation worth 25000 pounds has been awarded to a south african isn't mentioned down queuing times for patients with chronic conditions collecting medication a simple idea that will improve the lives of thousands of patients. in many parts of africa getting speedy access to medical care is a luxury too often the nearest hospital is several hours drive away and getting there can be a problem. then there are lengthy waiting periods especially hard on chronically ill patients who require special medication from hospital pharmacies this is what happened to neo who teary in 2014 the electrical engineer became sick with the burka loss' every time you have to wait 2 hours for medicine so he decided to do something about it. i was trained to build solutions and product the idea was to then say can we build a product that is patient centric that speaks

/china business council president craig allen, who was talking about how huawei is a separate issue,security versus oh, they are certainly a big competitor to our telecom and phone makers here in the u.s. well, you could call it schroedinger's spat, whether huawei is or isn't treated as a national security threat depending on president trump's trade posture that given day. the chinese tech giant has been taken off the blacklist when it comes to u.s. companies being able to sell to it. now we will see because that did bring china back to the negotiating table. we need to clear up the confusion here. is huawei a security threat or not? in a fox business exclusive, we are joined by ambassador rufus yerxa, president of the national foreign trade council. do you think that this was in the cards all along that huawei maybe or maybe not inserts some spy equipment into the equipment it sells here, but that the administration could use it as a bargaining chip? >> well, look, this is in my opinion, liz, this is what happens if you are not careful about distinguishing sort of commercial objecti

claudia craig successfully campaigned for legal home—use of abortion pills after her traumatic experience. laura mann had an abortion but says she regrets it. independent mp heidi allenher abortion experience in the house of commons, ajmal masroor is an imam who wants the limit reduced to 17 weeks. dr caroline gazet is an abortion surgeon. caroline, first of all, why do you think attitudes are liberalising in this country? i think we realise that a woman has a right to choose what to do with her body, and we need to trust that women know what they want to do with their body, their body and their lives. as we go forward in the 21st—century, this is the right attitude. it is not a universal attitude, we look to what is happening in the united states and attitudes are reversing there, the law is reversing there. i think this is fundamentally wrong, i think we need to trust women, it is chilling that in america they are reducing it and making it very restrictive. we do not want to go down that route in england, we have an elected parliament and a law that is safe and we should not be reducing the limit at all. let talk more about statistics, in our poll, 30% of those we

craig will join us from melbourne to talk about the markets. stay with us. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ >> good morning. i am paul allen in sydney. markets are about to open for trade. >> i am shery ahn. welcome to daybreak asia. paul: our top stories, washington ramps up pressure on the administration proposing additional tariffs on $2 billion. oil enjoyed a lift as opec extends the curbs into next year, however there is concern weakening demand around the world. shery: hong kong protest take a violent turn. police fired tear gas and pepper stray at the government condemned vandalism. started with a quick check of the markets. we are starting trading in japan and south korea. we are seeing a mixed picture. you take a look at the nikkei. there is pressure as we see the japanese strengthening for the first time in four sessions. still holding at a low level of 108.37. this has a lot to do what is happening with the trade front. the u.s. was considering adding more tariffs to $4 billion of e.u. goods. take a look at korean stocks falling 0.5%. this after a big rally selling the previous engine. we heard trade tensions were easing b