in 2007, vietnam became a member of the world trade organisation. member of the world trade organisation. while kimjong—un has been meeting a lot with the chinese president she's in thing last year, because of its size, vietnam may be an example for north korea to learn from —— xijinping. now, let's brief you on some other business stories. the us court of appeals has rejected an appeal by thejustice department against the $80 billion merger between at&t and time warner. the court ruled the deal was unlikely to reduce competition despite concerns from the justice department, who believe the merger could lead to higher prices for consumers. fiat chrysler has announced plans to invest $4.5 billion into the state of michigan, which will create 6,500 newjobs. the carmaker said it will build the first new assembly plant in detroit for almost three decades. it is a boost to the area after general motors announced it would shut two michigan sites as part of a wider restructuring plan, leading to the loss of 14,000 jobs. weight watchers shares dipped over 30

joined the association of southeast asian nations and in 2007, vietnam became a member of the world trade organisationting a lot with chinese president xijinping --xi jinping last year, because of its size, yet narmada beale more releva nt exa m ple size, yet narmada beale more relevant example and china for north korea to learn from. we spoke to the singapore international business school and they said we should look at this summit is another strand in the us — china trade negotiations. with north korea looking at vietnam's as a model and the us encouraging it in offering incentives and saying, we will work with you, you can become like vietnam's, this is a whole new approach to this whole dynamic in the region about denuclearising north korea. but if this happens, we actually see north korea going down this path, taking in investment from the west, this changes the dynamics of china a little bit and it becomes less dependent on china, becomes more integrated in the overall regional and global economy so this plays into this whole west versus china kind of dynamic. the british pound rallied to a 21—

apply the obligations they have within the world trade organisation.ard but nobody really wants a unilateral solution. when there is a unilateral solution. when there is a decision in both countries. particularly across supply chains. the global aspect of this, the intellectual property aspects of this, forced technology transfers. the problems of china and trade extend well beyond the us. they've got other wars waging elsewhere. that's true. china is in a transition. it's a huge economy with an awful lot of people. you can't just change china overnight. everyone has been aware of ip issues over time but china is making progress in key areas like ip. brazil tension between what they can do and how fast it takes to change their approach. there is no question china does need to play by the rules. that's what rating the tensions and what the us is reacting to. perhaps different rulebooks. but stay with trade tensions in china. the australian dollar and mining shares have been hit hard in the last few hours on reports that the northern chinese port of dali

potentially put the us in violation of certain global agreements, agreements it has with the world trade organisationnot seem that is likely to go anywhere. you have people within his own party who have expressed their discontent with this legislation. you also have lawmakers trying to put forward proposals that would give him less power to impose tariffs. that will be one to watch. just quickly, michelle, a word from you when his suggestions about women in the workplace, the fact that there are more than happy for a long time and how he felt that. well, i mean, if you looked at this speech it isa mean, if you looked at this speech it is a big piece of theatre and you have members of his party standing up have members of his party standing up to applaud. there was a question going into this evening whether the democrats would stand up to applaud. this particular point, when he talked about the fact that you have huge progress in terms of the number of women filling jobs, he specifically referenced the number of women in congress, which is higher than it has been in the past. that drew huge applause f

if britain leaves without a deal, the country will fall back on world trade organisation rules. another question on the list: if there is no deal, there will be no transition period or backstop, that would mean the uk becoming a country with which the eu has no trade deal, so, that would require border checks. 0n trade deal, so, that would require border checks. on tuesday, the governor of the bank of england, mark carney, warned of an economic shock to the uk economy in the event of no deal, he said business investment in the uk had fallen 3.7% over the past year. 0ver over to the noisy duo, we were making all the noise in the background there... laughter ...20 background there... laughter 20 questions, sounds like a game show, give us your take on what the bcc has had to say. unfortunately this is not a childhood game, and i absolutely support the bcc in their call for clarity. businesses need to plan, and the horizon for doing that and the array of outcomes, instead of shutting down options, we are just proliferating options, this makes it very difficult, especially for small

and in 2007, vietnam became a member of the world trade organisation.year, because of its size, vietnam may be a more relevant example than china for north korea to learn from. she is in singapore trying to get in that because she has done an early shift but the neighbours are too noisy! hi, there, good morning. yesterday was the warmest february day on record, 21.2 celsius recorded in greater london. now, today, we‘re going to see the last of the really warm sunshine, it‘s all going to change from tomorrow. the to change from tomorrow. jet stream will become to change from tomorrow. more westerly, cooler conditions become more westerly, cooler conditions and a change as we go through tomorrow. today is the last day of the warm sunshine. we start this morning with mist and fog across southern areas, the vale of york, that will most likely away and like the last couple of days, lots of blue skies in the afternoon. a bit of cloud around the isle of man and west of scotland but temperatures are similar to yesterday, 14—18. we could reach 20 in the capital

what i am also saying is that the majority of trade in the world takes place on world trade organisationve already been agreed under the withdrawal agreement so those withdrawal agreement so those withdrawal over with an agreement between the eu and the uk so we are only talking about trade. 0nly between the eu and the uk so we are only talking about trade. only 8% of businesses in the uk export to europe, 8%. 92% do not and 90% of our economy is service and there is no single market in services in the eu anyway so that will continue as it is at the moment. click start on those comments apparently overheard from all the robins, the chief negotiator, indicating a no—deal brexit is not going to happen and there will be a lengthy period of delay. what is your reaction? i'm surprised about all the robin's comments. i have a sense of both him and the prime minister i tedious remainers. they do not have the wool pulled over their eyes. —— they are devious remainers. they have couuded devious remainers. they have colluded to be in the position we are in at the moment. i hope the parliament reje

they call it project fear and they say it would be fine to leave the eu and go onto world trade organisationption but they claim it would be short. that runs counter to warnings we have heard from businesses, business leaders and not least the governor of the bank of england, who talked about the damage to the economy leaving without a deal could do. it is not right to say this is just a negotiating tactic for some brexiteers. they believe that there is not ideal march the 29th, as is currently the situation, we should leave without a deal come what may. they do not want an extension of this brexit negotiating period and they do not wa nt negotiating period and they do not want a delay or another vote. i think that is where mines are being focused in westminster. some people are pushing for the process to be delayed and more time given, and some people are strongly opposed to that and those two positions might shape the way people vote when it comes to any deal theresa may can bring back. but there are conservative mps who believe a no—deal brexit is the best option over and above an agreeme

trading with japan on wto organisations. in relation to the trade deals which have been agreed between the eu and countries around the world,continuity in those agreements at the point of which we leave the eu. we've also been working to see continuity where we to leave with no deal. but we also want to ensure that we can enhance our trade arrangements with a number of countries around the world. and so then build our own trade agreements with those countries. i think that's the best and most sensible approach, to maintain trading relations as they are, as we leave the eu, and then build and enhance those trading relationships with our own independent trade agreements. sometimes i think the prime minister must live in a parallel universe. we have just heard from the prime minister that she wanted this concluded in december. mr speaker, talk about rewriting history. it was the prime minister that denied us the prime minister that denied us the right to have the meaningful vote and to try and rewrite history, and she sits there laughing. sometimes you should be honest with yourself, never mind being honest with the people of