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tom: the european trade commission speaking to bloomberg's vonnie quinn and jennifer a little earlierg up, i will speak to the chief executive after earnings come in better than expected. that exclusive conversation is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ tom: welcome back, happy tuesday. the earnings of the first four-year result since the french company joined last year. this is a company that has about 950,000 corporate clients that focuses on things like catering, services, employee benefits. it is a broad business with a lot of different components to think about. let's bring in the ceo on the back of these results. thank you for joining us. how do these results that you and the company up ahead, what is the outlook for 2024 for eden red? >> the outlook for 2024 is really good because we have a lot of momentum. in 2023 we could achieve the results with the growth of almost 24% with a profit growing at 31%. so we have a lot of momentum behind our digital solutions. and as you know, we are the leading global digital platform for business services. whether in fact on the engagement, we have b

tom: hsbc's ceo, of course, there. let's bring in will shore. what was your take from what we have been hearing from hsbc's ceo? >> we heard noel quinn.ing the positive, trying not to dwell too much on the q4 earnings, which have disappointed investors. she dismisses those as noise which have no real value as to understanding the results for the year. he talks about strong confidence in china. he thinks that the chinese real estate market might have bottomed out and the bank says also that it has-risked the u.k. and crucially the u.s. commercial real estate exposure it had. he is talking about the possibility of more bolt ons, particularly in the wealth management space. tom: you kind of not to it there, will. what are the bank's plans moving forward? was should we be watching for? >> he is keen to emphasize this further share buyback of $2 billion worth of stock. there is also indications in their earnings themselves that the bank will be keeping a tight eye on costs, which may grow 5% this year. tom: ok. and investors currently, you are seeing the stock down 3.3% in hong kong. what do you make of the investor reaction? they seem to

tom: welcome back to daybreak europe. trade ministers are wrapping up their meeting today with fishing subsidies and government spending. t's go to vonnie quinnu dhabi who has been across this. the director general has been speaking, has there been any progress made? >> yes. today will see what else we can get out of the system. the doctor saying she was sleeping and there had been negotiations. the ultimate outcome would mean an agreement on some issues. or there could be more negotiations into saturday. what is clear is delegations are speaking to each other. you could divide this into two areas. policy and procedure. they want the moratorium extended and then there is procedure. quite happy to talk about disputes and suggesting there are unjustifiable tariffs related to climate change. paraguay did not name the adjustment mechanism in the statement, but it says trade related measures should not be before them. the european statement is it is not something that gets, you know, tagged when it comes to tariffs. then i would suggest there is the india position in which is that these things should be treated separately and should not come befor

tom: that was the dubai airport ceo speaking to vonnie quinn. at what else is ahead next week. we will hear from the bank of englert governor tuesday and see if he shed any light on his expectations around where rates go for the u.k.. we are now in recession officially in united kingdom, plus u.k. pmi thursday. the latest fed minutes coming wednesday as markets align with dot plots closer to 75 basis points. jobless claims appear thursday and fed speak through the week, including the ecb meeting minutes thursday, followed by eurozone cpi and pmi thursday. checking these markets, it has been a lackluster session in europe after close to a record gain friday. the european stocks inc. mark is down. u.s. futures pointing to gains so far on the s&p. coming up, market views. stay with us. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ tom: -- guy: good morning from london. i am guy johnson. it is the presidents' day holiday, so no trading. the year of the dragon starts with a whimper rather than a roar for chinese stocks as pressure mounts on beijing to do much mor