Monday, December 16

FT News Briefing

Forhecz Topher

Daily News, News & Politics, News

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🗓️ 16 December 2019

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

A deal to implement the new USMCA trade agreement was under threat after Mexico said it did not agree to certain provisions, Apple will face a shareholder vote next year calling for the iPhone maker to publicly commit to respecting freedom of expression as a human right and Boris Johnson plans to pour billions of pounds into the midlands and north of England after his election win. Plus, the FT’s Leslie Hook explains why UN climate delegates in Madrid could not reach a deal on the last article of the Paris climate accord.

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0:00.0	The UK's energy partner.
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0:10.0	Good morning from the newsroom of the Financial Times.
0:12.0	Today is Monday, December 16th. Good morning from the Newsroom of the Financial Times.
0:12.6	Today is Monday, December 16th,
0:15.0	and this is your FT news briefing.
0:18.2	Mexico is unhappy with how the US is handling
0:21.1	the new North American Trade Pact.
0:24.0	Apple is going to face a shareholder vote on its human rights policies.
0:28.0	And Boris Johnson is promising billions in investment for a part of the UK that helped deliver the Tori's
0:34.2	sweeping victory last week. Plus we'll take a look at why an extended
0:38.9	deadline at the UN Climate Summit wasn't enough to lock down an agreement on carbon trading. I'm Mark
0:45.2	Filipino and here's the news you need to start your day.
0:50.8	Last week the US, Canada, and Mexico signed the deal that would replace NAFTA, the US MCA.
0:59.0	But now Mexico is angry about the version of the deal that the US Congress is looking at in the first
1:04.7	step of its ratification process. Mexico was saying it didn't agree to some of the provisions
1:09.8	in the bill. The F.T.'s Jude Weber is in Mexico City, she has more.
1:15.0	On Saturday, Mexico's chief negotiator for the USMCA,
1:19.0	Hesuseiade, came out and said that Mexico was very upset with some of the things that are included in this bill
1:26.8	and that they've been slipped in without Mexico's knowledge and he was flying on Sunday up to Washington to meet Robert Lighthouse
1:33.8	the US Trade Representative to iron out the differences.
1:37.0	Now the US Trade Representatives Office last week
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