southeast asia is gaining —— belt-and-road initiative. because of the trade war, lots of companies are moving their manufacturing and supply of chain operations down to southeast asia. examples would be thailand, which has established itself as an automotive manufacturing hub, as well as vietnam, which has a growing textile and electronic manufacturing sector. investors are also cognisant of the slowdown in china and are looking at new investmentjurisdictions slowdown in china and are looking at new investment jurisdictions for driving their investment returns. in southeast asia, with its rising population and middle—class, represents huge growth opportunities for them. so anything related to the consumer or infrastructure or power are consumer or infrastructure or power a re key consumer or infrastructure or power are key investment destinations. let's now show you the markets before we go, because asian markets have opened higher. in fact, japan's nikkei upi have opened higher. in fact, japan's nikkei up i almost 1%, reversing the los

figure it out. >> >> it emerged as we got to know asia. and became clear what a statement that was in commercial mainstream entertainment. >> reporter: that moment, damian says, is helping bring the gender nonbinary conversation into a broughter context. >> a lot of us are meeting gender nonbienry people for the first time. >> reporter: behind the scenes, asia is equal parts serious and sweet. do you have a favorite part about it? >> i love that the desk was custom made for taylor and this office, which does feel very special. >> reporter: it does. that appeal is what show runners brian culpleman says helped asia win the role. >> it has been very male and very white male. though it's changing a little. somebody like taylor mason completely upsets that applecart. >> reporter: was taylor always written as a non-binary role? >> 100%. we wrote it before she auditioned for the part. >> it's like asking a magician how to do their tricks. >> one of the things that's gratifying about playing taylor is the feedback. young people saying i never thou

welcome to do business asia. good to have you with us thailand is heading to the polls this sunday after nearly five years of military rule the economy has recovered since the coup in twenty four team growing four point one percent last year and while the upcoming election means political uncertainty most international investors are optimistic including german car parts manufacturer g f. o. it's the moment michel vika turned his team have worked hard for over the past two years the grand opening of s g f first manufacturing plant in asia including the traditional bali who. is a global leader in the production of drive shaft couplings a medium sized company from the variable started thailand operations with sixteen employees its main customers are auto makers from china japan.

shery: plenty more to come on daybreak asia. we will be joined by the chairman of astrazeneca for an exclusive interview. the market open is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: good morning. shery:idi stroud-watts in sydney. good evening from new york, i am shery on. sophie: and i am sophie kamaruddin in hong kong. welcome to "daybreak asia." haidi: our top story, u.k. lawmakers vote on brexit options, but failed to pass any of them. sterling falls and a brexit hardliner refuses to back theresa may. more evidence of a recovery in china. equities and small business are leading the pickup. shery: u.s.-china trade talks resume later in beijing. both sides they say they want to deal, but important obstacles must be resolved first. let's get to the market open in japan and south korea. how are we setting up? sophie: we are taking a look at tokyo. the nikkei 225 off i went percent. the topix seeing declines as we saw wednesday, more than half of cut -- more than half of companies on the benchmark. weakn

sophie: welcome to "daybreak asia." >> wall street slides that to extend in asia. s&p 500 falling for a fourth straight day. investors further spooked by grim news out of europe. mario draghi cut forecasts and offered more stimulus. and tesla is one step closer to making model 3's in china. >> we have breaking news from .outh korea this is much narrower than from decemberous month of when it had come in at $4.8 billion. in the previous month of december, it came in at over $6 billion. of course, we have seen risks in the export market, also in investments. we have seen some slumps in the korean economy, declining overseas sales in china, not to mention weakness in shipments of semiconductors and oil products and the current account surplus coming in at 2.70 $7 billion, which is smaller than the previous month. the good trade surplus also at 5.60 one billion dollars. let's get a check of how markets closed in the u.s. we saw more downside pressure with the s&p 500 falling for the fourth consecutive session. the longest losing streak this year. also below that 200-da

welcome to "daybreak asia." haidi: out of story this tuesday, theresa may loses control of brexit after conceding she did not have the votes for her unpopular bill. the commons will decide. investigate the investigators. president trump says some people behind the mueller inquiry will be "looked at." -- announcing a challenge to netflix. a credit card with goldman sachs. shery: let's get you started of howquick check markets closed on this first trading day of the week. ending almost close to where they started. we saw the s&p 500 being weighed down by financials. the focus was on the u.s. rates market. we saw the 10 year yield fall at one point. for the first time since december of 2017. investors betting that the fed will need to cut rates as we see mounting risks of recession coming. u.s. futures at the moment unchanged. let's see how we are setting up for the market open in asia. tohie: it could be a day take a breather after the worst session for asian stocks since december, which saw the nikkei 225 drop. i

jean-paul: i went to asia, started all the subsidiaries in asia, in china, korea. david: in china, people were using cosmetics and other beauty products, they've were just not using l'oreal? is that right? jean-paul: at that time, no. because we had no subsidiary, no team, no nothing. and by the way, it was a bit late, because we started everything in 1997, which was a bit late. many competitors was already there. so we started with a team of 10 people in an apartment. and i am very happy to say now that we are number one in china, and china is a major part of our growth and business. david: and then after china and asia, you came to the united states. you were put in charge of the united states? jean-paul: yes. david: and was your english perfect then as now? jean-paul: thank you for the perfect. [laughter] jean-paul: for example, psychiatrist is still difficult for me. [laughter] jean-paul: i have a few words that are still a bit difficult, but i am working on it. david: it is pretty good. how long did you live in new york? jean-paul: five years. in fact, i just

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good morning, asia, hello, world. how are you today? glad you could join us for another exciting addition of asia business report. i'm rico hizon. we start off with brexit. at another night of high drama in west mr uk mps have rejected all eight proposed alternatives to trees may brexit deal ——in westminster. she said she would stand down if parliament backs a plan to leave the european union. let us look at the currency boards in mid—morning trade and how this is impacting the pound. ba rely and how this is impacting the pound. barely changing on that news. earlier, i spoke with peter maguire from xm .com and he told me why, despite all the political directions, the sterling has remained relatively stable. directions, the sterling has remained relatively stablelj directions, the sterling has remained relatively stable. i don't think there has been any definitive movie from government and in turn that hasn't been interpreted from the market. the market has kept the range bound activity, that 130 the market. the market has kept the

asia." haidi: how top stories. robert mueller finds no collusion, but doesn't clear the president of obstruction of justice. trump says it is a complete exoneration. president trump: there was no collusion with russia. there was no obstruction, none whatsoever. and it was a complete and total exoneration. haidi: elsewhere, theresa may meets top brexiteers as she tries to save her bill. no deal has been taken off the table, reports say. asian stocks are set to fall amid concerns that momentum is slowing in the global economy. haslinda: i'm live in bangkok with the first elections since 2014, but the outcome will not be known with both parties running neck and neck. i will have the details later in the show. kathleen: time to look at how the stock market closed on friday. we will start-- at the bottom. there was a hefty gaining futures about an hour ago. it has just about disappeared. i think you can see why. it looks like the pessimism after the u.s. yield curve inverted for the first time si

this is d w news asia coming up on the program running out of beds the philippines is in the middle of a measles outbreak and children are dying plus. one country two systems that's what china promised hong kong but residents of the territory say beijing has not kept its word. i'm melissa chan great to have you with us nice little outbreak words public health officials and parents never want to hear but the highly infectious disease is on the rise around the world the latest figures from two thousand and seventeen show missiles killed one hundred thirty six thousand people globally as a significant spike in deaths compared to the year before the measles vaccination has saved over twenty million people since the start of the millennium making it one of the best buys in global public health but discredited claims linking vaccines to health problems have meant some parents are choosing not to vaccinate their children including in the philippines the country has seen one of the largest year on year increases in new infections on a santos sent this report from manila. tents have been erecte

. ♪ jessica: "daybreak asia this is "daybreak asia." -- this is "daybreak asia." tosident trump continues sound optimistic about the trade talks. some u.s. officials are becoming concerned time is pushing back at american demands. we are told beijing shifted its position because after agreeing, they have not received assurances from the u.s. that export tariffs would be lifted. we are told china is trying to bring in wording to the agreement that complies with chinese laws. former vice president joe biden is said to have decided he is ready to enter the 2020 democratic race. if so, he is seen as being the instant front-runner, having led in early polls for some time now and because of his link to president obama. many donors have been holding off, awaiting his decision. google will get android phone users in europe a choice of browser and search apps. that is as it tries to close out almost a decade of e.u. antitrust investigations. it will change the way it displays ads for shopping searches to appease smaller rivals that blame google for phone web traffic. the c

now asia is strong too. asia, china will become bigger and bigger. there are billions of consumers there. david: let's talk about how you came to l'oreal. you grew up ion -- jean-paul: paris. david: did you say i want to run l'oreal one day? jean-paul: not really. when i was 15 years old, i was trying to understand what job i want to do. i had three ideas. one was to be a psychiatrist. how you say it? david: a psychiatrist? jean-paul: yes, or a movie director. david: ok. jean-paul: or business. i chose business. in my job every day, i do a little bit of the three. [laughter] jean-paul: marketing is understanding the desires and dreams and wishes of the people. it is a lot about movie direction too, because you create the images and everything. i was it able to put it all together. david: i think you took a finance class in school. the professor said you are good in marketing, not finance, right? jean-paul: yes, yes. i know you are a finance expert. i have to admit i am very bad and finance. i chose the finance major because it was trendy at the time.

and some of the asia e.m.'s a lot who are facing starting with thailand this weekend geopolitical and domestic political uncertainties. where do you see opportunities when you look across that part of the world? >> yeah. i think in general, starting point is -- as mentioned before we like all forms of kind of higher quality credit. we're not really at this point post the rebound and what you see in economic data trying to take a significant amount of earnings risk in the credit market. but if you look at what you're seeing in the data, obviously in 2016, post the commodity cycle a significant amount of stimulus that came in from central banks and specifically the chinese central bank. and you have really seen a rebound of that sense. the data that you're seeing today is softening. there's a maturity of that, that cyclical nature of the rebound there. on top of the tightening that you saw from really the central banks early on last year that really had an impact on e.m.'s. so i think what you're seeing now, not

see how we are shaping up in asia? sophie: regional central-bank decisions from the philippines, taiwan, indonesia and thailand this week. see aof that, we positive start to the week, asx 200 advancing after faltering on friday. technology among the leaders so far at the start of cash trade in sydney. 50 continuing to climb, at fresh all-time highs even as we see several economists from the new zealand institute of economic research lower their gdp growth prediction for 2019 for new zealand. we are seeing japanese stock futures gaining. they open in less than two hours, which comes after the boj kept things unchanged on friday. haidi: let's get you the first word news with ramy inocencio in new york. ramy: a new bloomberg survey expects the federal reserve to bring rate hikes to an end after one more increase in september, marking the peak of the cycle with the upper end of the target range at 2.75%. in december, the same survey expected two hikes this year with the cycle peaking at three point 25%. saudi arabia says o

now asia is strong too. asia, china will become bigger and bigger. there are billions of consumers there. david: let's talk about how you came to l'orÉal. you corrupt -- jean-paul: harris. david: did you say i want to run l'orÉal one day? jean-paul: not really. when i was 15 years old, i was trying to understand what job i want to do. i had three ideas. one was to be a psychiatrist. how you say it? david: eight psychiatrist -- a psychiatrist? jean-paul: yes, or a movie director. david: ok. jean-paul: for business. i chose business. in my job every day, i do a little bit of the three. [laughter] jean-paul: marketing is understanding the desires and .reams and wishes of the people it is a lot about movie direction too, because you create the images and everything. i was it able to put it all together. david: i think you took a finance class in school. the professor said you are good in marketing, not finance, right? jean-paul: yes, yes. i know you are a finance expert. i have to admit i am very bad and finance. i chose the finance major because it wa

welcome to "bloomberg daybreak: asia." haidi: trade talks resume in beijing with big issues on both sides. the white house says there is no rush. talks could run on for weeks. ceo tim sloan steps down with immediate effect and continued criticism of the bank's corporate culture. a big day for japan, did on a planet factoring upward. we are live in tokyo. shery: let's turn to south korea. industrial production numbers coming in worse than expected. 2.7% afterr, falling barely growing .1% in the month of january. falling much more than expected. the expectation was to fall half a percent. it fell 2.7% year on year. 2.6%, which is much more than expected at .7% decline. it is also turning negative for the first time since december. we have seen lots of risk for the south korean economy, including demand for chips has been slowing down. we had a profit warning from samsung and the south korean economy being supported by fiscal stimulus at the moment. let's get started with a check on the u.s. market close. inrsday, we had more

this is detail the union asia coming up on the program final campaign rallies kick off in thailand as a divided country heads to the ballot box but some claim the vote may be rigged plus. as japan is slammed for its transgender laws we speak to a tokyo based activist who's fighting to keep her marriage status. i'm melissa chan and welcome to news asia good to have you with us voters in thailand will head to the polls on sunday after five years of military rule a decade ago major street protests divided thailand on the one side where the yellow shirts backing the military and the monarchy on the other side the red shirts they backed the former prime minister who was overthrown in a coup after years of turmoil the army seized power in two thousand and fourteen and its leader is now running against a slate of old and new faces sunday's vote is being framed as a contest between democrats and dictators bastian hartig has been on the campaign trail. where. undertones wrong wrong wrong is something of a political rock star in thailand. a son of one of the country's richest families he set up

let's see how we are setting up for the session in asia. sophie: not seeing much positivity this morning. that we haved up from wall street. let's check in on how futures of setting up in asia because we could be looking at a mixed session for the region. this after asia's benchmark climbed the biggest since january. as we can see from wall street, it was a mixed session with what happened with the dow and s&p 500 adding one third of 1%. in japansee the rally with futures notching lower. futures also looking to a softer start as the rebound in korean stocks has pushed to the highest valuation in two years. it is not attractive given profit prospects. in australia, keep an eye on financials limit speculation that major banks are considering their operations. living the board to check in on the british pound which is holding losses after may's brexit plan met defeat in the house of commons. we can check on how sterling is faring in asian. we are seeing it holding on to the losses. it did drop as much as 1.1% going into the vote, the biggest d

trajectory across south east asia. what my book suggests is that this story of the wider region focuses tightly on the fate of china. scholars suggest retreating from vietnam is the short lived american empire. it transformed into u.s. predominance into the region. this became an informal empire for america. strategic arc to circle china. that is why my book is titled the arc of containment. it reflects what u.s. officials had been intending. europehitect of nato in whatoutheast asia a connected japan to india. malaysia, thef singaporeof malaysia, , they believed the creation of malaysia would complete a wide anti-communist arc. the johnson administration called it a great arc of asian and pacific nations. nixon fantasized of a long belt of u.s. allies that stretched from japan to india. what is the base of this? what was the base of this empire of former dominoes? what was the connecting issue neocolonialism to mesh with anti-communist nationalism? in looking at the dominoes that surrounded china, i argue that the con

look at the sea of red in asia. broad-based losses. the msci asia pacific dropping 2%. joining us from our bloomberg partner in mumbai is near russia. let's kick it off with you. we have talked at other times about indian markets outperforming the rest of asia. india has not been able to escape the risk off today when it comes to equities. talk to us about the bond market. >> you nailed it.

asia event. we wrapped up our conversation with an executive not too optimistic about the breakthrough in the u.s.-trade tensions -- u.s.-china trade tensions. fedhat we got out of the was something the doves would not even dream of. we have that dot plot moving. looking like we are not going to get interest rate hikes this year. even that has been discounted by some. where goodsituation news has been treated as bad news because of the economy is in that sort of state and it does not need any hiking, it could mark a fairly deep slowdown taking place, not discounting a ultimately recession -- ultimately a recession. where we dotuation have moves taking place right now. there we go. that is the picture for us. the shanghai composite up. china also moving to the upside. a quick word on the hang seng. seeing what is going on as far as that. this is moving to the upside by 0.1%. a quick look. just bringing up this chart from the bloomberg. it is showing us that of the past 50 years, no u.s. recession

asia where the markets have underperformed. rallies in china, korea and japan. why the you think this is? why are the markets that should be outperforming not? jim: i think to a certain extent, they are neglected. if you look at a country like singapore, there are only nine stocks with a market capital over $10 billion. $10 billion is a threshold for a lot of u.s. managers. there was not enough liquidity. the big markets in north asia, you can get in and out of these markets quite fast. that is one of the reasons why they are doing better. rishaad: right, so you are not seeing that people are throwing money out of emerging markets. explain this chart. yvonne: it is basically showing the diversions. rishaad: essentially, they are sucking the money of what would have gone into -- it's going into china. fundamentally. jim: it is going into china, but be mindful that korea, despite the fact that results have been quite bad, very tech heavy. 20% of index. they have been disappointed in terms of index. china has been more than compen

i'm melissa chant welcome to get over news asia it's great to have you with us in just a few weeks the biggest exercise in democracy in the world will begin in india about nine hundred million indians are eligible to vote in elections that take place over several weeks now one of the top issues is the economy unemployment is up growth is slowing down today we speak to one man who knows the indian economy better than most professor rug. john from two thousand and thirteen to two thousand and sixteen he was governor of india central bank in his new book the third pillar how markets and the state leave the community behind rajon warns about the crisis of global inequality and the anger it is feeling let's hear the author explain. so the three pillars are really the pillars that hold up society one hand is the political pillar there is the konami. and then there is the society logical communities people democracy and together these pillars essentially me car society what it is. what happens when one or two pillars get overly strong is that it creates an imbalance and that imbalance has to

welcome to "daybreak asia." paul: all caps or this tuesday, theresa may gets -- our top stories this tuesday, theresa may and brexit. opec plus agrees to stick with curbs. pressure at the bank of japan. sources close to the board say some members think 2% inflation is years away. shery: let's get you started with a quick check. gained a quarter percent despite the fact that boeing was hit by more news around the 737 max 8. we saw the s&p 500 gaining ground for a second consecutive session. energy stopped getting ground as wti pushed towards the four-month highs. we did see pressure on communications and military sectors. the nasdaq gained. the s&p futures really not doing much, but of course, investors have a lot on their minds right now. tons of central bank decisions coming up this week, including the fed, the doe, and -- boe, and south asian banks. sophie: it could be a tepid session in asia. added $2 trillion market cap this year's through for -- this year through friday. a mixed start. shares extending the

to daybreak, asia. >> our top story, and low slow start for equities in asia. is cutting its forecast for europe and asia. president trump wants a swift trade deal with china to give the markets a boost and to drive his campaign for reelection. -- we will beo live this hour in vancouver. quick check of our markets close in u.s.. we saw the stoxx falling for the third consecutive session. the s&p headed for its worst week at this year. health care and energy stocks led the decline. reports that u.s. stockpiles ballooned up more than expected. we also have the nasdaq dropping 9/10 of a percent. on the statecerns of the global economy. we saw private companies here in the u.s. adding fewer jobs than expected. the u.s. trade deficit in 2018 that 10 yearo high. s&p futures are under pressure at the moment. let's see how we are shaping up for asian trading. at there seeing pressure start of cash trade in sydney. we have some mixed moves when it comes to the former so far in sydney. foot.oup is on the back keep in mind that the stock is trading ex dividend. we are see

lots more to come on daybreak: asia. this is bloomberg. ♪ this is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: a quick check of the latest business flash headlines. they agreed on an $806 million deal, extending the recent run of dealmaking's in the sector. they will acquire a 70% interest in the mine. in january the forecast 2019 production of up to 38,000 ounces of gold, 76 million pounds of copper. ramy: a merger of deutsche bank and commerzbank is a step closer as germany's largest listed lenders are running out of time to show they can grow as standalone companies. they are intensifying talks as their turnaround efforts sputter and the ceo is said to has ended his opposition to a deal. deutche's management board has approved it. theresa may faces another difficult week with another brexit vote and reports she has lost her cabinet. this is bloomberg. ♪ w?w?uhi?só'ñó kathleen: this is daybreak asia. china's credit growth slowed after a seasonal surge in january with the first two months showing signaling recovery. the pboc said finan

he says the bags transit through a number of other cities by darussalam and to bar before entering asia. shipments we're told end up in his home country of malaysia where they are then sold on to buyers around the world. of india. sirus a honda resort says she was once an unwilling participant in long criminal dealings a student from madagascar desperate for money she says she agreed to meet him at this hotel. back in twenty ten sara says she and another woman were taken to a room and offered four hundred dollars each to carry shipments for wong to malaysia the cases she says were packed without her involvement. subtlety tooley knew it was animals i didn't ask the details as to which kind of any laws were inside. while their first trip in two thousand and ten proved uneventful sarah says it was her second trip to malaysia a few weeks later that things went wrong. soon after. touching down customs officials singled her out. so soft and before we could take away the luggage it was picked by suspection and they saw it was not simple luggage but less full of enables. among the cash authorit

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shery: much more to come on daybreak asia. this is bloomberg. ♪ shery: this is daybreak asia. 's pick: president trump for an open federal reserve's should cuthe fed rates by have a percentage point. he told the new york times the fed was wrong to raise rates in september and december. he insisted if he is confirmed, he would not be a dead -- not be a dud or a sycophant to the president. trade talks resumed with president trump promising an excellent deal. robert lighthizer and stephen mnuchin fly to beijing for talks thursday and friday. their counterpart traveled to washington next week. the u.s. is concerned china is backtracking on earlier pledges while aging is pushing back on proposals they see as one-sided. two new bloomberg servers -- steady -- maintaining injections of liquidity. the median estimate of 29 economists and traders say policymakers will continue to reduce the amount of money lenders must keep in reserve. the earliest that is expected next quarter with two more in the second half and 350 basis point moves. israel has moved tanks to the after with gaza thre

any views on how this will impact asia? i think it is a very localised issue, shall be called that, towards europe. for asia, the bigger picture here is the us china trade talks and the direction of interest rates around the globe this year. brexit isa around the globe this year. brexit is a very localised issue, with the exception of the british pound, asia will not really be paying a lot of attention. for asian businesses, they just want a brexit attention. for asian businesses, theyjust want a brexit in any shape oi’ theyjust want a brexit in any shape orform. theyjust want a brexit in any shape or form. they want certainty. yes, and this is what markets actually prefer. they prefer uncertain —— certainty. you look at the thailand election, they prefer certainty and this is what they want from brexit as well. we just want to know what is going to happen one way or another. is there quite a fatigue right now among investors when it comes to brexit? if you bring it up ina comes to brexit? if you bring it up in a conv

you often hear that outside of asia. growth isonstrated, strong in many other parts of asia, philippines, indonesia, the asean bloc. that is one of the luxuries in asia, a lot of markets to choose from, good growth and good fundamentals in many of those markets. the current situation for us is ,hat china and north asia including taiwan, maybe korea, maybe hong kong, have been left behind in terms of valuation as people have sought refuge in other parts of asia, because they have been worried about a china slowdown, so that has created for us more valuation-driven opportunities in north asia and southeast asia , not to say they aren't good markets, but better opportunities at the moment. yvonne: we will leave it there. on the way, carlos ghosn may walk today after a court rebuffed calls to keep them in jail. we had to tokyo live next. this is bloomberg. ♪ loomberg. ♪ david: let's talk about carlos ghosn. he could walk out on bail later today. he has been behind bars for 100 days since being arrested on allegations of

good morning, asia. hello, world. it is a monday. glad you could join us for this as action packed edition of asia business report. i'm rico hizon.. delegates are gathering in beijing ahead of china's annual national people's congress, which gets under way tomorrow, tuesday. moving on to thursday, and the european central bank is due to make its latest announcement on monetary policy or interest rates. and the geneva motor show opens its doors to the public on that same day on thursday. and the following day it is international women's day, the annual celebration a focal point for gender equality. well, catherine jung from fidelity investments in hong kong told me what to expect from the national people's congress in beijing. 50 all eyes are focusing on in beijing. so all eyes are focusing on what the government can target from a growth perspective. china is one of the only economies that forecast gdp growth and many saying it will go down from 6.5% to 6%. there is also a focus on any tax cuts we could see announced by the government

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to daybreak, asia. >> our top story, and low slow start for equities in asia. is cutting its forecast for europe and asia. president trump wants a swift trade deal with china to give the markets a boost and t

emily: that was twitters asia-pacific vp. i want to bring in selina wang, who covers twitter for us. how big is asia-pacific for twitter? selina: international revenue in general has been big. if you look at the active user base, while it's been flat or negative in the united states, it's been pretty good growth internationally. and japan is twitter's second-largest market. and growth has been bolstering some of the declines in the u.s. the past several years, just in the fourth quarter, revenue grew 30%, outpacing domestically. they are all very important markets for twitter, and increasingly so. emily: we saw during that interview with juliette saly this question of how they will ofable to stop the spread faking news. have we seen them take measures to increase security and prevent that kind of thing from happening? announcer: there was an interesting disclosure from twitter that, compared to the 2016 presidential election, there was less interference from foreign actors. twitter did still find activity from iran, venezuela

jean-paul: i went to asia, started all the subsidiaries in asia, in china, korea. david: in china, people were using cosmetics and other beauty products, they've were just not using l'oreal? is that right? jean-paul: at that time, no. because we had no subsidiary, no team, no nothing. and by the way, it was a bit late, because we started everything in 1997, which was a bit late. many competitors was already there. so we started with a team of 10 people in an apartment. and i am very happy to say now that we are number one in china, and china is a major part of our growth and business. david: and then after china and asia, you came to the united states. you were put in charge of the united states? jean-paul: yes. david: and was your english perfect then as now? jean-paul: thank you for the perfect. [laughter] jean-paul: for example, psychiatrist is still difficult for me. [laughter] jean-paul: i have a few words that are still a bit difficult, but i am working on it. david: it is pretty good. how long did you live in new york? jean-paul: five years. in fact, i just

asia space. we are seeing dollar on the back foot on those headlines that we are getting closer to some type of deal. they have been on the phone with lighthizer and mnuchin, talking about the wording of documents and getting to the next step. dollar china is up today. you will see the likes of the indonesia rupiah as well as malaysian ringgit having a good day today. let's take a look at this chart. perhaps we could pour some cold water on this rally. we are tracking when it comes to the emerging markets currency index what it has hit now. the differenceis between what you are seeing in terms of the different moving averages. last week, we saw the emerging market currency index breakdown word through that cloud. the last time that happened, it forecast the five-month slide in emerging-market currencies, and predicted the beginning of this year's rebound as well. is it a sign of things to come? let's ask sue trinh. i know we don't look much at the technicals, but are you seeing flashing red signs