alan o‘brien, a former us trade negotiator. —— eleanor brian.ther brands have called on the us administration to cancel ta riffs the us administration to cancel tariffs hurting themselves and other businesses. uber‘s license to operate in london expires wednesday. authorities rejected their renewal request in 2017. they said they found problems with uber‘s approach to reporting criminal offences and driver background checks. on thursday, we get the us growth numbers for the three months to september, as economies look for signs of impact of the trade war with china. earlier, i asked the chief investment officer of e—spring investment what impact she was inspecting on america‘s economic growth. it is likely to have some impact, but if you look at the way the business is constructed, 23% of their footwear is made the business is constructed, 23% of theirfootwear is made in china. however, a small portion of that only is then sold to the us. so they have a —— have already, in a pre—emptive way, if you like, build capacity in vietnam, et cetera. so