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House of representatives before being elected senator. You are a regular, to use for the first and particularly on the u. S. And china relationship. For transparency, you and i have done each other for many, many years. I think prior to you entering politics so thank you very much indeed for your time today. Can i just say on a wider note we are very conscious that we meet during a challenging time for the u. S. Following the tragic death of george floyd. Our thoughts are very much with those impacted by this tragedy. The u. S. Is not alone in needing to do more to tackle the underlying issues but our thoughts and prayers are very much with those who are directly affected. Could i invite you to say a few words as an opening statement, then well move into questions. Thank you very much indeed. Thank you, mr. Chair and thank you for this kind words about some of the strife on our streets today. Of course we all want justice for george floyd and we are all deeply disturbed by that horrifi ....
Eamon javers joins us this morning with the latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning, carl. Its oddly quiet here at the white house today. We dont see Senior Administration officials out here defending the president or making arguments we dont see any events scheduled with the president publicly, other than his departure later on this afternoon. Nonetheless, the president has been venting some of his frustration that we saw boil over in that letter to nancy pelosi yesterday and continues in tweets this morning the president saying can you believe that ill be impeached today by the radical left do nothing democrats and i did nothing wrong. A terrible thing read the transcripts this should never happen to another president again. Say a prayer and, carl, having covered the last impeachment, so far today this day feels very different than the day on which the president president bill clinton was impeached back in the late 19 ....
Brexit could make it worse. Good morning. This is bloomberg surveillance and im Francine Lacqua in london. Lets get to your markets. European stocks are down a little bit, dragged down by basic resources. They seem to be cooling off after recent gains, but the single currency is edging higher. Oil is significant because opec and nonopec producers are meeting in abu dhabi, talking about compliance cuts. Government bonds are bixed with the dollar. Meanwhile come over in south africa we need to look at rand. There is a secret ballot vote on jacob zuma, the president. I think we have the results of that voting at 1 00 p. M. U. K. Time. Reporter chinas trade surplus widened for a fifth month in july. It keeps the spotlight on a trade gap President Trump aims to narrow. Japan has recorded a 36th consecutive surplus, beating economist estimates. That was supported by returns on ov ....