vivienne nunis there. president trump says trade negotiations are moving right along. shara njit leyl is following the story. there you are, sorry, too many screens around me. it's been a to psy—tu rvy screens around me. it's been a topsy—turvy week with this because it seemed as though there was fading hopes of a deal, renewed hopes of a deal, where we are well, you're right. to be fair his assurance, those stray talks were moving along, it is actually helping push asian markets here higher. and data out just a few hours before, very likely, made him quite happy because it really showed that american firms we re it really showed that american firms were buying fewer chinese made consumer goods in october, and that was following a week of new tariffs. it's been one of the key goals of the us president trump and his administration's trade talks with china, the two as we know have been embroiled in a fatuous trade war for months. that trade between the two nations is unfair, trump says in the chinese need to buy more us products, and the us needs to do the opposite. the

vivienne nunis in new york is following the story.he united states. sony ‘s merchandise division has signed a deal with the beatles company apple corps to become the sole provider of the bans branded items for american consumers, t—shirts, toys, even a beatles pinball machine emblazoned with john, paul, george and ringo are said to be among the new product lines developed. stockists are set to include target for over 21 and hot topic as artists unless from record sales thanks to streaming, virgin dice is being seen as an increasingly important source of revenue among contemporary musicians as well as those who have been popularfor as well as those who have been popular for generations. time now for our daily look at some of the newspaper and website stories which have caught our eye. joining me is emily taylor, chief executive of oxford information labs, a cybersecurity consultancy. welcome to the programme. looks like you are about to be interrogated by two taxmen, really sorry about that. i have nothing to hide, nothing to hide! tha

vivienne nunis is in new york for us. good to have you with us.he federal communications commission last month when it decided that us mobile networks and carriers that operate in remote and rural areas can no longer have access to a pool of federal funding worth a and a half billion dollars a year to provide their services in those areas if they were going to spend that money on huawei equipment. today we've seen huawei trying to launch this legal action to overturn that decision because it says that with the us has done there violates federal law and says u nfa i rly violates federal law and says unfairly paints it as a national security threat. i want to bring our viewers more aspects of this and i will come right back to you. and — this lawsuit — is just one front in the trump administration's battle with huawei. they're also trying to get america's allies, to block huawei from their 5g mobile networks. so they wont be happy with this picture which has been trending on social media today. it shows uk prime minister boris johnson using a huawei

vivienne nunis has more from new york.bout the us economy to be seen at the moment. unemployment is incredibly low, and, overall, the economy is growing steadily. but there's been a big exception to this in the past few months. and that's in the factories and workshops that make up the manufacturing sector. now, a lot of people have blamed us president donald trump and his trade war with china for that, as tariffs have taken their toll. well, now that there is at least the first part of a trade deal in place, might there be a bit of a turnaround for manufacturing to look forward to? well, on monday, the first estimate of december‘s purchasing manager index for manufacturing comes out and that will tell us how manufacturing bosses are feeling about their business outlook. it has started to look up in recent months and we'll see if that continues. that was not vivian. that was samira. time now for our daily look at some of the newspaper and website stories which have caught our eye. joining me is professor birgitte andersen,

vivienne nunis is in new york the president often says one thing about the china deal and then anotherf. it can be. i wasn't that long ago that we were all expecting a trade to at least phase one trade deal to be reached, we saw optimism from both sides of this dispute, a press conference in the oval office, everybody was smiling and it looked like we really were heading toward some kind of truce on trade with china. then today we see the president saying he might not seek some kind of trade deal until after the 2020 election. that cost stocks to follow on wall street, all the major us indices in a good day in the red. what is the thing that donald trump thinks can i get resolved in the next 12 months? this is an indication that the talks between the two sides are not progressing. if you remember last week we saw the president signed off on legislation supporting pro—democracy protesters in hong kong. later today we are expecting senator marco rubio to introduce a bill to the house that would shine a light on human rights abusers of. we i china didn't take kindly to what he sees as int

vivienne nunis in new york has been following the story.national community it saw as failing to adequately tax the billions in dollars in sales made by google, amazon and facebook overseas. the country's senate approved a 3% levy on revenue earned in france from digital services that's due to come into force on january 1st and will last until an international agreement is reached. the new levy is expected to bring in $550 million a year for france, mostly paid by us tech firms. facebook has such unilateral measures are damaging to the digital economy. while amazon announced 10,000 french businesses selling on the site will be subject to extra fees. the levy has also upset president donald trump who says us companies should be taxed at home and threatened tariffs on french wine. the united states' trade representative has been investigating france's digital services tax. it will release its finding and announce any possible retaliatory measures on monday. time now for our daily look at some of the newspaper and website stories which have cau

vivienne nunis has more.on times on youtube, shows the woman receiving and exercise bike. she then participates in peloton's live streamed exercise classes. the advert has not gone down well online. some users have filled their own satirical versions, whereas others have accused it of being sexist and classist, since the bikes are priced at over £2000 each. the ad has attracted so much criticism, the compa ny‘s the ad has attracted so much criticism, the company's share price closed 9% lower on tuesday. but it is worth pointing out that although the ad may be cringeworthy, it has done itsjob the ad may be cringeworthy, it has done its job creating the ad may be cringeworthy, it has done itsjob creating publicity the ad may be cringeworthy, it has done its job creating publicity for peloton. so there you have it. a bit of a pr disaster for peloton, i so there you have it. a bit of a pr disasterfor peloton, i have so there you have it. a bit of a pr disaster for peloton, i have to say. now, we have got with thi

vivienne nunis in new york.ome with their shares. talk us through what happened. yesterday, when the story really started to break, we sought the shares actually dropped 9% by the shares actually dropped 9% by the clothes that wiped out $900 million of the company's market value and today, things are not so bad, there was a drop of around 5% at one point but it recovered to be one and a half percent down. but certainly people poking fun at this and online, but i did have a real impact on the company. but this is a product that is loved fiercely by some. how did they get it so wrong? i think of the problem was with this advertisement was the question of authenticity. this is a woman who was given a $2000 bike by her husband and she over the looks very fit and there she was by the end of the add telling the audience that this really changed her life and i think that left them open to some criticism. people were uploading satirical versions that they made themselves and other people really feeling that it was eithe

vivienne nunis new york. what kind of impact will this have?that brazil and argentina have been devaluing their currencies and officially. there is a list by the us treasury called the currency report and neither country is listed on that but because of this, president trump says effective immediately the two countries will no longer be exempt from global ta riffs no longer be exempt from global tariffs on steel and aluminium imports so if brazil and argentina export those to the us they will be hit with those tariffs are effective immediately. the president's tweet suggest that the countries are deliberately suing the devaluation of their currencies, is that reasonable? as i say, most economists don't think that is what has been happening. they went listed on that report and many economists say that simply is the us currency has strengthened, emerging economies have weakened and there has been interest cuts as well and that is what they say is behind this, not an intentional move to devalue their currency. e—cigarette users could see their ins

. -- vivienne nunis.l still retain majority voting rights on the board of alphabet so they are not really stepping aside altogether and have assumed this —— described this as assuming the role of proud parents. it would be 21 today, 1998, they say will offer love and advice and will not carry on with the daily nagging! also, no great surprise as to who will be the successor, sundar pichai, becoming ceo of alphabet, many would say that he is actually, he had that role in all but name for a while, now. yes, they would, sundar pichai took over as ceo of google back in 2015 when the transition took place, since then, he has been the public face of the company, larry page sergey brin and have been taking a back—seat since then. —— larry page and sergey brin. he migrated to the united states where he too attended stanford university, then joined google where he too attended stanford university, thenjoined google in 2004, rising up the ranks, all the way to ceo, so i don't think it is a surprise but he has a lot

the recent release of an all round stellar jobs report vivienne nunis is at the nyse for us.t was well above a nalyst here in the us. that was well above analyst expectations. if you look closely at the bigger, 40,000 of those jobs can be treated to the gm workers. we talked a lot about that strike in the month of october at general motors factories. they return to work in november, so that asa return to work in november, so that as a little bit of a bounce to this figure, but if you take out of the equation, we are still looking at something like 226,000 newjobs out in november, particularly in transportation, health care and restaurants. analysts say that is a sure sign that the us economy is cushioned from a global slowdown, or any kind of weakness we are seeing in the manufacturing sector from the trade work. so some very significant figures. there was one negative aspect. that is wage growth. given that tight labour market, we would expect to see which is growing. they are only by 3.1% year—on—year, so thatis are only by 3.1% year—on—year, so that is not that strong give