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infrastructure and agriculture. also this morning: natalie portman on playing jackie kennedy in her new film, and preparing for the oscars hype. and carol has the weather. good morning. for some of us it is a cold and forest the start. patchy fog but in the south and south east in particular there will be some sunshine frosty start. for the rest of the uk, fairly cloudy with some light rain or drizzle but some sunshine. i will tell you where in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story: the foreign secretary has said countries are queuing up to sign free trade deals with britain when it leaves the european union. borisjohnson also suggests that agreements could be achieved quickly after the article 50 negotiations are concluded, and said the uk would not be hauling up the drawbridge, despite the new migration controls promised by theresa may. our political correspondent tom bateman has more. theresa may s brexit speech brought the most clarity yet on her approa ....
wall street puts its doubts aside as the dowjones finally hits 20,000. plus, tax wars. can brexit britain and trump s us beat the likes of ireland at their own game and lure back the multinationals and their billions? welcome to world business report. i m sally bundock. we will be checking how markets are doing in asia injust a moment. we start in the us where president trump has been provoking more controversy over his plans to wall off mexico. meanwhile, traders at the new york stock exchange are cheering the trump effect. here s what they have been celebrating: the dow jones industrial average of top us shares ended here, finally closing above 20,000 points for the first time in its isi year history. it s a huge psychological milestone for traders, the dow has now risen some 9.5% since the election in november, one of its biggest rallies on record. it got within one point of 20,000 back on january sixth before nerves caused the rally to fizzle out. but since presiden ....