:00:00. > :00:17.Talking trade - Trumps Vice President is in Brussels meeting
:00:18. > :00:19.with key leaders from the European Union -
:00:20. > :00:21.but will the worlds two most powerful trading blocks
:00:22. > :00:28.The American food giant, Kraft Heinz, walks away
:00:29. > :00:30.from its proposed merger deal with rival Unilever.
:00:31. > :00:40.It would have been the largest merger ever.
:00:41. > :00:45.Also in the programme, a nose for talent.
:00:46. > :00:47.India's perfume industry takes on a unique hiring approach.
:00:48. > :00:54.The US Vice President Mike Pence meets the President
:00:55. > :00:56.of the European Council Donald Tusk in Brussels this morning.
:00:57. > :00:59.They will try to mend fences after throwing rhetorical fire
:01:00. > :01:11.crackers at each other in recent weeks.
:01:12. > :01:14.While Mr Tusk described Trump as a threat to Europe,
:01:15. > :01:17.Mr Trump has praised the UK's decision to leave the Union
:01:18. > :01:19.and angered many nations with his travel ban.
:01:20. > :01:21.Between them the US and the European Union
:01:22. > :01:23.are the world's two biggest trading blocs -
:01:24. > :01:27.figures from 2014 puts the value of all goods and services traded
:01:28. > :01:29.between them worth over one trillion dollars.
:01:30. > :01:32.And that favoured the EU - it sold 91 billion dollars more
:01:33. > :01:34.stuff to the USA then the other way round.
:01:35. > :01:36.Something the Trump administration would like to change.
:01:37. > :01:50.And since 2013 the EU and US have been trying to broker a free
:01:51. > :01:53.and Investment Partnership - TTIP - that would eliminate tariffs
:01:54. > :01:57.But President Trump has said nothing about it since his election
:01:58. > :01:59.- many though expect TTIP to be scrapped.
:02:00. > :02:01.Where differences have emerged its been over currency
:02:02. > :02:03.valuations, car exports and financial regulations.
:02:04. > :02:06.With me is Jag Singh, a political strategist and former
:02:07. > :02:11.Special Advisor to the Democratic National Committee.
:02:12. > :02:22.Good morning. Interesting because we have the outlined the various
:02:23. > :02:33.rhetorically going on between the US and the EU, it's not been
:02:34. > :02:40.particularly a -- amicable. We have to look at Mike Pence's visit to
:02:41. > :02:46.Europe. He is the tolerable face of the administration. We have to view
:02:47. > :02:49.it in the context of one trying to reassure European allies that
:02:50. > :02:55.America is committed to Nato but also that Mike Pence is a safe pair
:02:56. > :03:03.of hands. For all of Trump's rhetoric on the campaign trail about
:03:04. > :03:08.EU and Brexit and Nato, there is the team in place and Mike Pence is part
:03:09. > :03:14.of that team. We have outlined how important the two parts of the world
:03:15. > :03:19.are in terms of trade but today's talks are to do with security and
:03:20. > :03:24.Nato. Numerous American president since the 1970s have railed against
:03:25. > :03:27.what they see as the freeloading of European allies with regards to
:03:28. > :03:35.defence budgets and military spending. It is not illogical to see
:03:36. > :03:39.that it is probably not fair for American and British taxpayers to
:03:40. > :03:43.foot the expense for Nato. There are only four countries within the 28
:03:44. > :03:48.member Nato grouping that actually have committed to spending 2% of
:03:49. > :03:54.their annual budget on defence spending and only four countries are
:03:55. > :04:03.only matching or meeting the self-imposed number. Today, although
:04:04. > :04:06.they will talk about security and Nato, it does lay important
:04:07. > :04:13.foundations for future will relations between the US and Europe.
:04:14. > :04:22.How will that go in terms of trade? We don't know. The US - EU
:04:23. > :04:26.relationship at the moment is marred by uncertainty. Nobody really knows
:04:27. > :04:32.how President Trump will treat any given issue on any given day. The US
:04:33. > :04:42.trade has just gone through the confirmation process. There is a big
:04:43. > :04:48.free trade component. There is called stop optimism with people
:04:49. > :04:58.like Mike Pence who are staunch free-trade believers. -- there is
:04:59. > :05:04.optimism. Uncertainty looms large. We appreciate your analysis, thank
:05:05. > :05:06.you for coming in. We will have more discussions when we have a look at
:05:07. > :05:08.the newspaper. The biggest potential merger deal
:05:09. > :05:11.in corporate history is not happening - after the American food
:05:12. > :05:14.giant Kraft-Heinz said it was dropping its bid
:05:15. > :05:16.to buy rival - Unilever. The Anglo-Dutch company,
:05:17. > :05:18.which makes Marmite, Lipton tea and Dove soap,
:05:19. > :05:21.rejected a $143 billion bid Now Kraft has said it has amicably
:05:22. > :05:34.agreed to scrap the plan. It will not pursue further and come
:05:35. > :05:38.through with another deal. We will talk about that in a bit more
:05:39. > :05:40.detail, as I say, when we reviewed the papers. It's dominating the
:05:41. > :05:42.financial press today. China is stopping all imports
:05:43. > :05:45.of coal from North Korea in a move that effectively cuts the secretive
:05:46. > :05:48.regime's exports in half. The ban will remain in place
:05:49. > :05:52.until the end of the year in a bid to ramp up the pressure on Pyongyang
:05:53. > :05:55.after its missile test last weekend. Last week China rejected a one
:05:56. > :05:58.million dollar shipment of North Korean coal -
:05:59. > :06:00.the country's biggest export. Single malt Scotch whisky topped
:06:01. > :06:03.?1bn worth of exports for the first A New Zealand judge has upheld
:06:04. > :06:09.an earlier court ruling that flamboyant internet entrepreneur
:06:10. > :06:11.Kim Dotcom and three of his colleagues can be
:06:12. > :06:13.extradited to the US Sharanjit Leyl has been
:06:14. > :06:29.following the case from our The decision is coming five years
:06:30. > :06:35.after US authorities shut down Dotcom's website Megaupload and
:06:36. > :06:36.filed charges of conspiracy, fraud, copyright infringement, racketeering
:06:37. > :06:42.and money laundering. Three other and money laundering. Three other
:06:43. > :06:49.people of Megaupload could also be extradited. All four of them have
:06:50. > :06:53.said they will appeal against the decision. Mr Dotcom has long argued
:06:54. > :06:58.he was not responsible for the content that others are shared on
:06:59. > :07:01.his site Megaupload which was shut down in 2012. It essentially allowed
:07:02. > :07:09.millions of people to download movies and songs for free. We know
:07:10. > :07:12.he was born in Germany but he now has a flamboyant lifestyle after
:07:13. > :07:17.changing his name to Kim Dotcom. There was a massive police raid in
:07:18. > :07:21.his mansion. When he got out on bail, he released a music album and
:07:22. > :07:26.he started another Internet filesharing company and launched a
:07:27. > :07:30.political party with a -- which unsuccessfully contended in the 2014
:07:31. > :07:34.election. He has been fighting this extradition since the start and says
:07:35. > :07:37.that today's decision won't be the last. The case is likely to be
:07:38. > :07:40.appealed right up to New Zealand's Supreme Court. All right, Sharanjit
:07:41. > :07:41.Leyl, thank you. India has among the largest number
:07:42. > :07:45.of blind people in the world - more than five million according
:07:46. > :07:47.to government numbers. The country has few employment
:07:48. > :07:49.opportunities for them, but now a private firm is training
:07:50. > :07:53.blind people to work in perfume and fragrance companies,
:07:54. > :08:13.using their sense of smell. This man became blind at the age of
:08:14. > :08:16.three due to a smallpox infection. Last -- like most visually impaired
:08:17. > :08:21.people in India, finding work has always been a struggle. One year
:08:22. > :08:28.ago, he got a job with a company that makes fragrances. His role is
:08:29. > :08:29.to ensure that the aroma is going into that Perkins are pure by
:08:30. > :08:42.selling them. -- Perth Demons. TRANSLATION: People respect me at my
:08:43. > :08:52.workplace, I am now living with dignity. -- perfumes. It is in a
:08:53. > :08:56.course like this that he was trained. It found that people that
:08:57. > :09:01.can't see have a keener sense of smell but the general population. In
:09:02. > :09:04.India, there are laws that mandate that a small percentage of
:09:05. > :09:08.government jobs should be reserved for people with disabilities but
:09:09. > :09:14.they are often difficult to get and there is not enough of them. That is
:09:15. > :09:20.why perhaps the solution lies with the and new opportunities like this
:09:21. > :09:24.one but are being created. Initially, his employer hired people
:09:25. > :09:29.like him for corporate charity but the company now says it also makes
:09:30. > :09:38.good business sense. Still, finding suitable jobs for all of the
:09:39. > :09:43.students have been cast. -- tough. It has been hard. We need to go
:09:44. > :09:47.door-to-door and ask to hire these people. They wonder how they will
:09:48. > :09:51.get to work, what kind of support they need to give, how will the
:09:52. > :09:57.surroundings be like? How will they adjust to other people. Those are
:09:58. > :10:01.all the apprehensions. Ravi has a long commute to work on public
:10:02. > :10:07.transport that is not very easy for him to use. But, the promise of a
:10:08. > :10:15.salary at the end of each month is enough to make him go the distance.
:10:16. > :10:25.In Asia, it is a mixed picture in the markets. A slight gain for
:10:26. > :10:32.Japan. Japan publishing news of its biggest trade deficit since the
:10:33. > :10:37.month of January. It has impacted Japan. That is all from me for now.
:10:38. > :10:44.The UE in a minute when we look through the papers.
:10:45. > :10:47.People who abuse animals should face up to five years in prison -
:10:48. > :10:51.instead of just the current six month maximum in England and Wales.
:10:52. > :10:54.That's according to Battersea Dogs and Cats home -