SQUAWK BOX, TUESDAY 27TH AUGUST, 2019

Global markets surge on fresh hopes of a resolution in the trade dispute between Washington and Beijing after President Trump says that China is ready to agree a deal, backing up his tough style of negotiation. We are live at the G7 in Biarritz, France where host President Emmanuel Macron has said he was willing to broker a pact between the U.S. and Iran over nuclear tensions following suggestions from both President Trump and President Hassan Rouhani that they were ready to talk. And in Italy, the Partito Democratico and Five Star inch towards forming a government as Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte meets with party heads.