good thing activists say that's not the case for the country n.g.o.s say miners like swiss giant glencore are responsible for environmental degradation and air pollution at the end of last year the charity bred for release a report which said glencore is not fully exercising its due diligence in the democratic republic of congo the scale and number of air and soil pollution incidents remain high in addition in some cases the group did not initially acknowledge its responsibility for environmental and human rights problems glencore says it has been working to reduce the damage to the environment but the swiss minor is just one of many players in congo where more than 90 percent of exports a mineral extractions all fossil fuels. our reporter. who filed this report has dug a little deeper into the subject for us is there's been no talk about carbon emissions from flying and driving while emissions from mining more prevalent in the news well i mean of course we've seen a bit about coal mining in the news when we're speaking of copper mining or mining like was measured in the report or diamond

mining company glencore is also feeling the heat — is the technology we use secretly spying on us?in to our conversations, in order to send us targeted adverts. now a team of cyber—security experts has carried out an experiment to try to work out whether the claims are actually true. joe tidy reports. i was talking to a friend about trainers. about a watch. holidays. a car. and within five, ten minutes it was one of the adverts that popped up on there. it seems everyone's got a story like this. strange incidences that make us ask, are our phones and apps listening to our conversations? for years the big tech companies have denied this is happening. does facebook use audio obtained from mobile devices to enrich personal information about its users? no. but now a cyber security company has carried out a thorough scientific study to look into it. mobile security experts took four phones, two identical samsung samsung androids and two identical iphones, all with major apps like facebook open. they kept two in silence. the other two were played a series of pet food adverts at the same t

. >> what does that mean to glencore a company like ibm that has a sizable business in japan?> it gives us a framework by which we can be very confident as we build our business in these two it that economies are going to operate in a digital way that we think is the right way to do it. more importantly, as we are out talking about digital trade with all of the other places we do business, it is very clear and we can point to the gold standard. in the usmcats agreement. we have been very active promoting usmca am a digital trade perspective. now we have two good examples. challenge now is we have to get many more countries to adopt these digital trade standards. >> we are very far from any kind of trade agreement with china. perhaps we can dream. what would a digital trade agreement with china look like? >> input only, i will do them in reverse order because i think there are elements of this that will be important in that discussion. that is all about protecting intellectual property and protecting algorithms. any regional trade agreement between any countries needs to protec

we also see glencore down this morning, fickle bilbao, a lot banco- finkel bilbao -- bilbao down.tse is getting slightly as investors monitor latest elements entry talks -- latest trade talks. you, howart by asking do you think the trade talks are kicking off to start the week? >> well, some noise a bit earlier about cancellation of visits on farms, but it seems like that was part of the scheduling. and so, so far so good. both sides have made good gestures to create a right environment. a massiveexpecting grand bergen here. but so far, so good in terms of getting some agreement not to escalate things further. that's all the market needs at this point. talks andtructive canceled farm visits. we plough on. let me ask you about fed part to see -- fed policy. what are you expecting from the fed? we've had a little time to reflect on the meeting and press conference. eric says he disagrees with the market that the economy needs a rate cut to continue expansion. what are your thoughts? hani: i think it's clear now, there's some division within the fed. the centers are being quite vocal

glencore is also higher, that basic materials moves higher in the sector -- lower in the sector suspectede anheuser-busch and ab inbev of higher this morning up on1.9% as we get started thursdays trading session. wehe downside, halston, reference to this are the on the and the trade. the french company selling a third of its stake in the store. group,ntinental hotels if you ex-dividends, ramy and a few others could appear on the list. 1.6% inaccor down by the hotel space. so that is the story will be watching the next couple of days. interesting, the latest brexit talk could have an impact also on some u.k. exposed businesses. let us talk about whether european markets are higher, generally this morning, based on good news from washington and beijing on trade. president trump and an increase on tariffs, china allowing companies to start agriculture imports, that is what we are bloomberg.m i am joined by the ceo of latitude investment management, freddie lait. conversationwith a with a calligraphy on, this might be style, and not much substance but it could be a substantial style change, a

rough for them overall here other european stocks, big names that are out there, seeman's, glenco glencoreost of the autos are weak as well on the news of the week pmi numbers. we'll get them here in a few moments here ipos trading this week, interesting ones, i think. some of your european banks as you see on the weak side let's talk about some of the ipos another big unicorn, peloton is coming we'll see how that does on thursday at the nasdaq deborah group, one of the big global entertainment groups, they do representation for talent, they'll be over at the -- here at the nyse on friday 19 million shares at 30 to 32. the ipo parade continues finally, the first lady was here as you saw she was talking about be best, an anti-cyberbullying group, walking by here. pleasant, of course, woman, talking by us. and asked her how she was doing. she said we're here to promote the be best organization and they're, of course, with fourth grade students at the united nations. she was here with a group of them earlier today nice to see her down here on the floor. guys, back to you. >> to the bond pits