anna: shweta, thank you very much. shweta stays with us. prime minister boris johnson's demands are rejected by the eu. more on brexit next. we just heard live from the u.s. ambassador to the u.k., woody johnson, commenting that president trump is keen to negotiate a trade deal with the u.k. i guess we knew that. i wonder how he is going to be negotiating with orest johnson, not theresa may. more on that next. this is bloomberg. ♪ anna: welcome back to the european open, 25 minutes into the trading day, and the stoxx 600 fairly flat this hour. the weather a little calmer today. will the perhaps's politics be any -- will the politics be any calmer? according to the prime minister's office, boris johnson told the president -- the commission that the withdrawal agreement will have change to pass the british parliament. they are said to have rejected that, saying it was the best and only deal possible. shweta singh is still with us. i was going to say let's leave the politics to one side, but it's impossible. let's focus on the economics. wha