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A visit to canada and protests for independence in spain with our economics editor later in the programme. And as some of californias cities sue Major Oil Companies for rising sea levels because of Climate Change we want to know whos really to blame. Let us know on twitter . Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to business live. We start in florence, italy, where british Prime Minister theresa may will set out her position on brexit in a speech later. With just 18 months to go before the uk is set to leave the eu, she hopes it will break the stalemate in negotiations. So what are we expecting . Sources have told the bbc that theresa may will ask for a transition period of up to two years after the uk leaves in march 2019. She will offer to keep paying into the eu budget during that transition so other ....
Are shaping up. And harnessing the power of sd printing in health care. We meet the firm thats revolutionising the way artificial limbs are made making them cheaper and easier for those who need them most. And as you are hearing. Like it or loath it facebook is bigger more profitable and more controversial than ever. What do you think about that . Has it got too much influence . Just use the bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. We start with facebook because despite the ongoing controversy over everything from fake news to extremist and violent content the Social Networkjust keeps getting bigger and more profitable. Facebook has been warning for some time it cant keep growing at this rate but the latest results show no sign of a slowdown. Facebook made profits ofjust over 3 billion in the first three months of this year. Thats a jump of more than 76 on the same ....
Downbeat session in asia. And well be getting the inside track on alipay, the chinese Digital Payment giant owned by ecommerce giant alibaba. The ceo will be joining us later. And as jay zs digital only album goes platinum in under a week we want to know, what was the last physical album you bought . Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. In a few hours time, the eu and japan will sign off on a major trade deal in brussels covering everything from cars to cheese. It comes despite doubts around the world about Free Trade Deals and the rise of Trade Protectionism in the us under the trump administration. Japan and the eu account for about a third of global gdp thats over 21 trillion. Both sides believe their Trade Relationship ....
To put lebanons vineyards back at the top table. And, bad maths skills could be costing us as much as £1 billion a year. Let us know, have your maths skills ever resulted in you getting a bad deal . Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. Us President Donald Trump has only been in office for 12 days but hes already turned every president ial convention on its head. Temporarily banning immigration from seven countries may have emboldened the president s supporters but it has been condemned by many nations. Leading experts now say those International Relationships could be further tested and even result in a trade war if mr trump follows through on his radical plan for tax cuts. There are around 2. 5 trillion worth of us profits currently overseas held by some of the biggest us Companie ....