i'm stephen beard slumberland thanks for joining us u.s. employers added just twenty thousand jobs in february the smallest gain in nearly a year and a half unseasonably cold weather slowing global growth a trade dispute with china and increased caution among consumers weighed on job creation but the labor department said the unemployment rate fell to three point eight percent average hourly pay surged three point four percent from a year earlier as employees stepped up their competition competition rather for workers. chinese exports took a nosedive in february sending asian markets down earlier friday beijing reported that exports tumbled more than twenty percent from your earlier that's well below forecasts investors see the figure as another sign of a global economic slowdown analysts however caution that the timing of the lunar new year holiday makes that interpretation difficult this year but the overall trend remains significant in tokyo the nikkei index lost more than two percent in hong kong the main index there the hong song fell

i'm stephen beard slumberland thanks for joining us.washington will end its preferred trade status for india and turkey expanding president donald trump's effort to overhaul what he considers bad close trade deals the decision to target india is a surprising one conventional wisdom holds that the u.s. needs good relations with the south asian nation as a balance to china but some exporters there are now there now stands of pay more for the change going into effect in sixty days it's a move that has observers scratching their heads. one hundred and ninety million dollars in import fees saved on five point six billion dollars in goods the trade concession known as the generalized system of preferences or d.s.p. was meant to help developing countries like india compete in a crowded u.s. market now it's drawn into present trumps anger over u.s. trade deals. i think if it is imposed which i am hopeful it will not be then we will become to that extent uncompetitive indian products will become uncompetitive in a way the move isn't surprising i

i'm stephen beard slumberland thanks for joining us u.s. employers added just twenty thousand jobs in february the smallest gain in nearly a year and a half unseasonably cold weather slowing global growth a trade dispute with china and increased caution among consumers wade.