ECB Negative Rates, EU’s Man on Trade, French Strike: Eco Day

(Bloomberg) --

Welcome to Thursday, Europeans. Here's the latest news and analysis from Bloomberg Economics to help get your day started:

Five weeks since Mario Draghi retired from running the European Central Bank, finding an outright fan of his legacy of negative interest rates has become a lot harder
Everything you need to know about Phil Hogan -- the man Europe picked to confront the U.S. on trade
In what has been the undoing of previous French governments, unions representing everyone from transport workers to lawyers, doctors, teachers and students are going on an indefinite strike, starting Thursday
- France's economic prospects rest on working smarter, not longer, Maeva Cousin writes
The U.S. and China are moving closer to agreeing on the amount of tariffs that would be rolled back in a phase-one trade deal despite tensions over Hong Kong and Xinjiang
House Democrats said that a deal on the stalled U.S.-Mexico-Canada free-trade agreement is within reach and urged Mexico to accept a compromise on labor-rights enforcement
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced a stimulus package to support growth after an export slump, natural disasters and a tax hike hit growth
India's central bank unexpectedly kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged as headline inflation breached its medium-term target for the first time in more than a year
Divergent views on the Hong Kong protests are fueling workplace tension among the city's financial workforce, amid an increasingly difficult business environment

To contact the reporter on this story: James Mayger in Beijing at jmayger@bloomberg.net

To contact the editors responsible for this story: Jeffrey Black at jblack25@bloomberg.net, Zoe Schneeweiss

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