serving the biggest auto market of the world the beijing motor show kicked off in the chinese capital it comes as the skyrocketing growth of new car sales appear to be slowing for the first time still chinese than sooners drove more than twenty nine million new vehicles off lots around the people's republic last year chinese drivers love their s.u.v.s which make up around forty percent of sales but electric cars also booming they jumped by more than fifty percent last year to seven hundred eighty thousand units now that may be a fraction of total new car sales but it still makes china the world leader in the evy he told business and with beijing's thailand quote us for electric cars sales are likely to increase further german manufacturers want a piece of that pie although having been slow in that he caught of element in you had a false flag and has even made the china business a freestanding unit within the company. and d.s. is exactly where he wants to be leading vokes wagon and just like his predecessor his sights are set on china this is where big bucks are made with a brand new s

beijing says it will never submit if the u.s. launches a trade war and says that tariff increases are in line with world trade organization rules to protect its interests still the scale of china's new tariffs is modest the move looks more like a warning shot than a major counterattack the u.s. is china's largest single market a full blown trade war is the last thing china would want. over to our asia correspondent andrea hing who's based in singapore and ray let's crunch the numbers first of all beijing's hitting back but just how hot well not very hot if you look at the numbers and the big picture three billion dollars of u.s. imports is in and bite compared to the total import annual import number and one hundred fifty billion in u.s. imports ok so there is a big difference john is obviously testing the waters but technically a trade war has broken out even if they're moving little by little both parties when when could things really get ugly. well then you may not have to wait too long for that to happen trump has already ann

of jaguar land rover, beijing auto show. getting a flavor of the markets, a lot of news being digested and people almost waiting for an excuse ultimately right now to actually sell off this market. going to be looking at that and where the markets are going at the moment with treasury yields also and breaking that 3% level. this is all painting, well, what sort of picture is it painting? >> it is a painful market with equity markets. asian stocks are taking a hit tracking losses on wall street when it comes to segments under pressure, industrials, and tech, leading declines. currencies looking mixed as the dollar resumes gains. the 10-year treasury yield hovers just below the 3% mark. check out the korean lower, for the third day ahead of events. optimism ahead of that, the stocks seemed to benefit from a piece dividend but not everyone is buying it. templeton global adviser's c.i.o. has reduced exposure to korean stocks and said he would sell on a rally. it's all just talk for now. part this of is the outlook for samsung wh

us aircraft carrier sails into the south china sea — we report on washington's growing concern over beijing's growing naval power. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: the self—styled defender of christian culture viktor orban is set for a landslide victory in hungary's general election. and a marathon like no other — runners from around the world compete on the streets of pyongyang. good morning. it's 8am here in singapore, 1am in london and 3am in the rebel held town of douma in syria where an apparent chemical attack has caused a global outcry. scores of people have been killed and it is president assad of syria who is widely blamed. donald trump warns there will be a big price to pay. the un security council will hold an emergency meeting on monday to discuss the crisis. our middle east correspondent, martin patience reports. this was the scene at an emergency clinic in douma. medics hosing down children, after an alleged chemical attack. these pictures were filmed by activists on the ground. some children were barely conscious. this baby is alive, but struggling to bre

tom mackenzie, joining us from beijing. we will talk more about the eco-data plus the outlook for the second quarter. chief economist taimur baig joins us to talk more about that. haslinda: also, finance minister joins us to discuss volatility in the simmering trade tensions. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ it has been a rocky first quarter for global markets. simmering trade wars and a chairman at the fed. record high treasury yields were among the many things making investors nervous in the asia-pacific index. it fell for the first time in five quarters. markets were mixed. let's bring in olivia joining us from singapore right now. olivia, seems like we are getting a bit of a refresh into the second quarter. what do you think will be some of these paint trades? really volatility reappeared this quarter after the relative calm we saw last year. the asia-pacific index benchmarks fell slightly. in the regional markets, they were quite mixed. a was the best performer with 19% well japan fell for the first time after three consecut

sealing the south china we go on board a us aircraft carrier as washington worries about beijing's rowing naval power. —— sealing the south china sea: we go on—board. church services are held across canada, following the deaths of 15 young ice hockey players in a bus crash. coloured welcome to the programme. —— hello and welcome. the united nations security council meets later on monday to discuss an alleged chemical attack on a rebel—held town outside the syrian capital, damascus. dozens of people were reported killed by poison gas in the town of douma, in eastern ghouta. the us has now said it has some confidence that chemical weapons were used, but details are still being looked at. this report from our middle east correspondent, martin patience, contains distressing images from the start. this was the scene at an emergency clinic in douma. medics hosing down children, after an alleged chemical attack. these pictures were filmed by activists on the ground. some children were barely conscious. this baby is alive, but struggling to breathe. the medics are doing what they can.

was real you know anger here in beijing in fact beijing was almost as concerned about sad as it was about kim's missile test but you know move forward you know the weird thing now is that china a year ago was really concerned about the outbreak of war on the korean peninsula now in a sense it's concerned about you know what will happen if it's truly peaceful on the korean peninsula because peace could mean unification and that's something as i say the chinese leaders are very hesitant about one thing i do want to mention martin is what's being said on social media here in china that's always interesting one comment that really caught my eyes that. the two koreas are making nice china risk rude another says after this we hope taiwan can be reunified with the mainland so just the selection of some of the comments on social media here in china and where we're looking at live pictures adrian all of the leaders have had a fairly lengthy and what appeared to be a fairly good natured talk sitting there on that symbolic floor pledge and then out walking back. to get on with the next stage o

ambassador to beijing is from iowa, as well. i don't think he will be enthusiastic about soybean trait being interrupted. but don't forget china is really exposed on the soybean issue. they do not want to put tariffs on it. two countries, brazil and the u.s., about 90% of the soybean imports and china -- if the price of soybeans goes up, that could feed into food prices in china, which is an existential issue for the communist party. they can't easily switch from the u.s. to brazil. cunning, butn chinese are smart and well-prepared, they have their political allies in the u.s., but it is not all going their way, i would say. an interesting point relating to that, the effect this would have on china. the soybean industry, processing industry in china is grossly overcapacity and this is a separate problem they have been worried about. they are recently large players in that market. one thing i think maybe interesting is that even if you hit a 25% tariff on that stuff, most processors are still making a decent margin on u.s. produc

beijing says it will never submit if the u.s. launches a trade war and says that tariff increases are in line with world trade organization rules to protect its interests still the scale of china's new tariffs is modest the move looks more like a warning shot than a major counterattack the u.s. is china's largest single market a full blown trade war is the last thing china would want. the white house has just released a statement accusing china of distorting global markets and warning it should not target fairly traded u.s. exports a spat is taking its toll on financial markets equities falling by two percent and the dollar sliding as trading got underway on wall street analysts say investors are bracing for president trump's next move if ministration is set to announce big tariffs on chinese tech imports by friday in europe investors have a day longer to digest the developments stock markets here are closed the easter monday holiday president of the federation of german industries has lashed out at trump saying he's just trying

from beijing, special correspondent katrina yu reports. >> reporter: on the outskirts on beij dinner is served for some of farmer yang fuli's 800 pigs. china's growing middle class has meant a bigger appetite for meat. but his pigs wouldn't grow or survive without soybean meal, much of which is iorted from the u.s. >> ( translated ): soybean meal is a feed which provides nutritional balance and protein. >> reporter: and now, farmer yang could be paying a lot more to feed them, after china announced it would be slapping.s imports of u. soybeans with a 25% tariff. the levy will also be added to more than 100 other american goods, including planes and cars.te >> rep china is firing back in response to st of items released by the trump administration yesterday. president trump save it's about ng the playing field. >> china is going to end up treating us fairly. for many years, theyree rein. they don't have free rein anymore. >> reporter: the political pressure will be high p, president trnd his base of support in many soybean-growing states. and farmers will be hit hard, says paul burke,

tom mackenzie, our china correspondent in beijing. no one will win if there is a trade were between china and the united states. we spoke with andrew for the form for asia. the ramifications of rising trade tensions and the xi jinping's response to president trump's terrorist threats. ff she has said -- tari threats. likee has said it would be cutting a piece of arm from your own body and expected to grow back. your credibility is everything. morning, youis cannot be harmonious with someone who does not do what they say they are going to do. with australia's run into nontariff trade barriers, such as we can't get it free. there are various hurdles in life which, according to china, should not be having. it is more than my new chef. that, tomore than respond after the economy like the united states, we are about to start a trade war. they are saying knock yourself up, we will open up our economy even more an hour trade bind even more. that is really a clever response, but a response a has been in the pipeline for many decades. as a sea

we are live in beijing. manus: the fed's new faces, president trump intends to we are live in beijing. manus:nominate the vice-chairma. anna: netflix's blockbuster earnings. despite hiking prices, the streaming giant posted it strongest subscriber growth since going public 16 years ago. ♪ manus: good morning everybody. anna: it is just past 6:00 in london. a little later in the morning in dubai. let's talk about what has been going on in the asia session. a little bit lackluster in the asia session, the strength of the data we saw come out of china. perhaps online sales. a little lackluster on the old economy, industrial production. we will talk about that through the progress. the dollar index is pretty flat, but a little bit of ground. we have seen the dollar near its lowest in two months. president trump, of course, has been active on twitter in the past 24 hours. one of those has been none of the f -- has been on the fx subject. the affected that had been dollar weakness. the focus this week is going t

carrier sails into the south china sea, we report on how washington is increasingly concerned about beijing's growing naval power. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: a landslide victory in hungary's general election. victor orban says his re—election was an opportunity to defend the country's borders. and a marathon like no other, runners from around the world compete on the streets of pyongyang. good morning. it's 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 2am in the rebel held town of douma in syria, where an apparent chemical attack has caused a global outcry. scores of people have been killed and it is president assad of syria who is widely blamed. donald trump has called him an animal on twitter, warning there'll be a big price to pay. the un security council will hold an emergency meeting on monday to discuss the crisis. from beirut, martin patience reports. this was the scene at an emergency clinic in douma. medics hosing down children, after an alleged chemical attack. these pictures were filmed by activists on the ground. some children were barely conscious. this bab

tom mackenzie there in beijing. the cteead, china's blocked from importing tech to the u.s. -- exporting tech to the u.s. to shrugchina starts off their sluggish start to the week. this is bloomberg. ♪ rishaad: back to bloomberg markets. i am rishaad salamat in hong kong. haidi: i am haidi lun in sydney. zte has been barred from exporting sensitive technology from the u.s.. let's get more on this story from peter elstrom. the contextting in of the broader trade tensions. why is the u.s. taking this action? peter: cte got in trouble for allegedly fire leading export bans, sending sensitive equipment to a rent and north korea. thatagreed to a settlement put them on probation to make sure they did not have any further violations. the u.s. commerce department is finding out that instead of reprimanding the employees that were involved in violating sanctions a year ago, they found these employees were kept on, they were paid their full onus is, they were essentially rewarded for this paper. the commerce secretary ross

hello again it's not cold in beijing yet but it is going to be and here's why well this area of cloud hit it's gradually thinking its way southwards it's a cold front and it's certainly living up to its name the temperatures behind that front a far lower than they are ahead of it so look at what's ahead of it then but yang you're there up at thirty one degrees in four years in beijing temperatures today have been around twenty five or twenty six but as that front slips its way southwards and drags in the cold air the temperatures start to tumble so choose day on maximum in beijing is eighteen degrees rather pleasant you might think but then as we head into wednesday our maximum suddenly is down to ten so it's a drop of fifteen degrees in just two days of a change you from thirty one we've gone to seven that is a real change you know weather and it looks like that cold weather is also pushing across other northern parts of asia as well in fact it's so cold that some of us are even going to see some snow so beijing the everyday eighteen degrees but not too far up the road we're seeing s

also on the program big big mega big s.u.v.s dominate the beijing alter show and german com makers know how to police. a department store in germany for goes its online business and goes instead to where the action is. welcome to do w. business german government sources are expecting that the european union's accenture in from high u.s. metals terrace will not be extended when it expires on may the first the news comes as german chancellor angela merkel is scheduled to meet with u.s. president on a trump on friday that's tomorrow to discuss the tariff trump announced higher terrace for u.s. steel and the minium imports in march but granted the e.u. and certain other countries exceptions pending the outcome of new trade talks the e.u. has said it will apply counter measures if the u.s. threatens its metal industries so considering that i'm going to america is on her way now to washington why would the german government mention their concerns regarding the may first deadline now well that's what i asked our financial correspondent in frankfurt. well it certainly looks like the government

direct links from china to india through mountainous nepal are a key part of beijing's belt and road initiative and would mean being able to avoid even less hospitable to rein elsewhere. india and china also have disputes over the borders they do share. nepal hopes that it can be a middleman and bring its two giant neighbors together as yet speak to some initiatives who contribute to the development of physical and that success in hunting possible connectivity in agreeing to louise in groups some of treat him and the investment into people people who listens for now in china's charm offensive seems to be working at least on nepal but for beijing the real interest lies on the other side of the mountains. that's it you're up to date with the latest role in the world all business will find us on facebook follow us on twitter dita body business i'm that too at head and that's the humphrey is my handle tweet me all tweet you back and of course as always our website slash business way back to our same time same place right now here's a look at the world markets at this hour thanks to your

direct links from china to india through mountainous nepal are a key part of beijing's belt and road initiative and would mean being able to avoid even less hospitable to rein elsewhere india and china also have disputes over the borders they do share. nepal hopes that it can be a middleman and bring its two giant neighbors together has expected some initiatives who contribute to the development of physically and that success in hunting possible connectivity in agreeing to louise in groups of to meet him and they miss me and and the people the people are listens for now and china's charm offensive seems to be working at least on nepal but for beijing the real interest lies on the other side of the mountains. that set you up to date with the latest from the world all business will find us on facebook follow us on twitter data buddy on the school business and that head of the sea home free is my handle tweet me all tweet you back and of course as always our website they got ready slash business i'll be back tomorrow same time same place right now here's a look at the world markets at t

used to have your business i'm gaggles as welcome serving the biggest car market of the world beijing motor show kicked off in the chinese capital that comes as growth of new car sales that has to be slowing for the first time still consumers drove more than twenty nine million new vehicles of showrooms around the people's republic last year chinese drivers love their s.u.v.s which make make up around forty percent of new sales but electric car sales are also booming they jumped by more than fifty percent last year to seven hundred eighty thousand vehicles that may be a fraction of new registrations bought it still makes china the world's leader in the business and sales are in for an extra boost next year with beijing's plans to tackle smaug with an electric car quota german manufacturers' wants a piece of that pie although having been slow in the econ development the new head of fox saga has even made the china business a freestanding unit within the company he has. and their ideas is exactly where he wants to be leading vokes wagon and just like his predecessor his sights are set o

news we still have a lot more to tell you about including beijing tariffs on major american export goods including soybeans and cars the trade showdown between the economic superpowers is growing and our very own been facing we'll have a roundup of financial markets reaction to this is a. spat thank you so much for watching. movement in fighting for the taking seriously in the world of work here's what's coming up women strong double. the female superheroes smart women more towards smart state religion rank recently dangerous time for w. and for my. street by street. colorful. the winds really are just. the most traditional find at any time. check in with a web special. take a tour of germany street by street on d w dot com. global shares take a diverse as the u.s. china trade war escalates more retaliatory tarps including american agricultural exports beijing takes the dispute so the world trade organization. and how billions of euros in e.u. funds end up in criminal hands in slovakia. i've been physical and let's do business president donald trump says his country's notion in a trade w

harm advisor to china's government on our tank and says beijing's response is likely to hit the americans voted for trial. in this is a very targeted list i mean one hundred twenty eight items but you know when you'll note none of the big ones are on there are no mention of boeing or airplane parts no mention of so any beings or wheat or other areas that could be devastating to a lot of the farm committees targeted in the sense that these are small areas where a lot of these things are coming from trump country the people who voted for trump are going to feel this first now keep in mind this is three billion not in tariffs but three billion dollars worth of goods last year which will be subject to new tariffs china was the eighth largest exporter of steel and the fourth of aluminum to the united states so this was really a very measured response by beijing. been accompanied with a lot of rhetoric about let's stop this madness before it goes on we want to have go back to global rules all of these things what's missing here though is the voice of the rest of the world remember the u.s. is o

you heard from your correspondent in beijing that beijing is keen to have dialogue around this issue, so we will see how it plays out. rishaad: the point is does the white house want dialogue and how much are they doing this for politics and ideology rather than anything else? battles, andth these may be the early battles. >> i would not go that far. u.s. administration has an agenda. clearly they are keen on america first, but the trade relationship between the u.s. and china is obviously very big, very significant. i don't think it is in either sides interest to damage that to significantly come a but clearly the u.s. administration does have an agenda it is trying to achieve. haidi: richard, i was reading through your column, clearly this is a relationship that has been tencent the best of times tensee are looking -- at the best of times. do you position yourself and these domestically focused markets in asia are looking more appealing? areariffs, obviously they company-specific and industry specific. as an investor, i care about which companies are impacted positively or negativel

beijing says it will never submit if the u.s. launches a trade war and says that tariff increases are in line with world trade organization rules to protect its interests still the scale of china's new tariffs is modest the move looks more like a warning shot than a major counterattack the u.s. is china's largest single market a full blown trade war is the last thing china would want. whether threat of a trade war monica that has to have companies on both sides of this pact worried absolutely and in between sunni as well for one there is growing criticism off donald trump's trade policy among german business leaders the president of the federation of german industries has lashed out against u.s. trade policy calling it an attempt by the trunk of ministration to weaken the world trade organization and asked for market reactions stocks in china kicked off the new week with slight losses amid lingering worries of a full blown trade war with the united states while here in europe investors have a day longer to digest the latest devel

china trade what escalates regulator tariffs including american agricultural exports beijing takes that dispute to the world trade organization. also coming up fifty years since the assassination of martin luther king jr the disappointing economic opportunities for black america. and how billions of euros in funds end up in criminal hands in slovakia. this is your business update on how to have free in berlin thanks for joining me markets plunged in the united states at the opening on wednesday spooked by the words trade war that despite the fact that u.s. president donald trump says his country is not in a trade war with china he says that war was lost many years ago by the foolish or incompetent people he represented the united states that still he's doing his best to stoke tensions announcing new duties and a whole range of tech products and as fit china has retaliated. american soybean farmers need china the vast country buys thirty percent of their produce and has a huge park in the stream and we've had on soybeans the beijing has included soybeans on its list of punitive tariffs t

the pboc and beijing is comfortable with this. we are seeing manipulation accusations from donald trump in the white house. what gives here and what is the trajectory you are seeing? >> president trump has indicated he is comfortable with a weaker dollar, and we are seeing that in the dollar index relative to renminbi. you have a difference and fiscal position between the two economies. china is targeting a smaller deficit as percentage of gdp, where the u.s. is looking to head in the other direction. perspective, they have been willing to tolerate this so far, but the pboc probably does not want to see substantial appreciation from here given the negative impact to exports. it is something to watch. haidi: i did want to bring up the chart i had a before, this doubling when it comes to e-commerce sales. i think it is so impressive and points to the broader picture of that the government has been attempting to rebalance towards domestic consumption for the best part of the last 10 years. given that we have the strong retail sales n

beijing welcomes the chance to resolve their spats. protection asns it threatens the global economy. things are still good but the risks are out there. not, now it isas water. korean air apologizes and says they are leaving the company. hello from sydney where it is past 8:00 a.m. i am paul allen. we are two hours away from the open here of asia's first asian market. -- major market. kathleen: it is past 7:00 in tokyo. i am kathleen hays. we are looking at the action on wall street playing into the asia-pacific trading day. and you know, i am here mainly originally because the bank of japan is meeting this week, a big decision on friday. the big question had been how any uncertainty around the strength of prime minister abe's leadership in japan might affect his guidance of monetary policy, but it seems to me all is back in president donald trump's court after he got the ball rolling again tweeting on north korea, denuclearization, kim do this.lanning to that seems to be the information for the trading week ahead. paul: we will be gett

direct links from china to india through mountainous nepal are a key part of beijing's belt and road initiative and would mean being able to avoid even less hospitable to rein elsewhere india and china also have disputes over the borders they do share. nepal hopes that it can be a middleman and bring its two giant neighbors together in a pile as you expected some initiatives who contribute to the development of physical and that success in hunting cost we're going to be integrating the enemies in groups of three to three m. and investment into people people who listens for now china's charm offensive seems to be working at least on nepal but for beijing the real interest lies on the other side of the mountains. that's it you're up to date with the latest role in the world all business will find us on facebook follow us on twitter data buddy on the school business i'm that head of the sea home free is my handle tweet me all tweet you back and of course as always our website they've already slash business back to our same time same place right now here's a look at the world markets at

we will show you the latest trends from the beijing auto shows. as facebook grapples with the fallout from the candied scandal, we will hear from another company caught up in allegations of data misuse —— can be. —— cambridge analytica. good morning, asia, hello, world. it's thursday and glad you could join us for another exciting addition of asia business report. i'm rico hizon. we start with a motor show in the world's biggest car market, china, global automakers are unveiling some of their new models while chinese automakers are showcasing their increasing ability to make high—quality vehicles. robin brant is that the beijing motor show and hejoins us now. —— is at. robin, what are the latest trends and what is the buzz at the auto show? well, rico, 28 million new cars were sold in china last year, that is a vast market, as you say, the biggest in the world, that's why this event and others across the country in shanghai are such a big draw but there are signs growth in the car market is slowing gradually in line with the trend in

could bee fields beijing's next turf target as these tensions intensify. beijing is a big buyer of american oil or lng. our correspondent joins us. likelihood china would bring energy into this dispute? actually china has already brought energy into the dispute when they announced the latest round of tariffs. what was included work petrochemicals as well as liquid propane, the first time china has brought in energy. when you look at petrochemicals and liquid propane, that is not a large part of u.s. exports to but a lot of analysts i have spoken with see it as a the across the bow to show u.s. that we are up to include other types of energy, oil or lng come in the future. -- or lng, in the future. rishaad: who needs more from whom in this energy relationship? i think across the board it is definitely the united states, according to analysts i have spoken with. the u.s. recently started upping the exports of oil and lng, and china has been the biggest buyer for both of those things in asia. when you look at the amount of oil that is being exported from the

direct links from china to india through mountainous nepal are a key part of beijing's belt and road initiative and would mean being able to avoid even less hospitable to rein elsewhere india and china also have disputes over the borders they do share. nepal hopes that it can be a middleman and bring its two giant neighbors together has expected some initiatives who contribute to the development of physical and that success in hunting possible connectivity in agreeing to louise in groups of twenty three jim and a new miss mint and to people to people who listens for now in china's charm offensive seems to be working at least on nepal but for beijing the real interest lies on the other side of the mountains. that's it you're up to date with the latest role in the world all business will find us on facebook follow us on twitter data buddy on the school business i'm that at head of the c humphrey is my handle tweet me i'll tweet you back and of course as always our website they've already slash business way back to our same time same place right now here's a look at the world markets at

auto market.ve >> d around beijing and you see them everywhere, ndvs cars built in the u.s. and sold in china. teslas, edmerces, bmws, all popular in china and all facing a popular doubling of the tax chinese buyers may have to pay in the future. >> it'stt a p severe tariff, and the current proposed tariff ifle inted is going to double that to 50%. now it goes from severe to much more radical. >> right now the bmwx5 built in south carolina costs just over $57,000 in the u.s. but the current 25% tariff drives the price up to $120,000 in china. a tesla model x built in california starts at just under $80,000 in the u.s. but sells for over $50,000 more in due to the country's tariffs on u.s. autos. tack on an additional 10 to i $20,000 china's auto tariffs were about to double, you can cseesumers may not be able to pay that much. s> i think a lot of buyers would say at t price i'll look at a locally produced model. that could be potentially german but perhaps more likely would be chinese. >> another factor for chinese buyers is the possibility the chinese government may actuall

china trade what escalates more regulate her tariffs including american agricultural exports beijing takes that to speech to the world trade organization. also coming up fifty years since the assassination of martin luther king jr the disappointing economic opportunities for black americans. and how billions of euros an e.u. funds end up in criminal hands in slovakia. this is your business update on how to have free in berlin thanks for joining me markets plunged in the united states at the opening on wednesday spooked by the words trade war that despite the fact that u.s. president donald trump says his country is not in a trade war with china he says that war was lost many years ago by the foolish or incompetent people he represented the united states that still he's doing his best to stoke tensions announcing new duties on a whole range of tech products and as feared china has retaliated. american soybean farmers need china the vast country bias thirty percent of their produce it has a huge park in a stream and we've had on soybeans that beijing has included soybeans on its list o

complaining trade negotiations with the united states are impossible under the current circumstances beijing has pledged to counter attack of great strength if the u.s. follows through with tariffs of an extra one hundred billion dollars in chinese goods president dong trump tweeted today that there are arrangements to stupid trait meanwhile china is trying to improve relations with japan chinese premier league met the head of japan's trade commission a corner in beijing it's a first economic dialogue between china and japan since twenty ten maybe it could lead to trade flows moving in a different direction. now the diesel emission scandal hits two whole years ago and yet the germans are still struggling to catch up on the global shift towards clean automotive technology fuel cells are just one example and if the germans don't have it motorists will just switch makers. it's where lives and works and like many norwegians she loves german cars even her grandfather swore by the v.w. beetle. i've always been driving german cars. this so this is actually my first asian produced car and i never th

troops currently in south korea so cautious overall from beijing and you know beijing is on the sidelines let's be honest it's not used to being in this position especially as this is a summit that's happening right on its doorstep but eventually china is going to have to play some role in this process in the negotiating process because of course china is a signatory to the one nine hundred fifty three armistice and would therefore feel that its signature would be crucial if any peace treaty is to be signed so china's role ultimately very important but where do we go from here well kim and president trump a jew to have their meeting sometime in the next few weeks but after that is it possible that china the united states and the two koreas will also talk and then after that perhaps the two other players in this russia and japan will they also join and we get back to a situation of the six party talks remember those six party talks were last held here in beijing in two thousand and seven and beijing would very much like that to happen again peter adrian you'll keep us chris posted i'm sure

complaining trade negotiations with the united states are impossible under the current circumstances beijing has pledged to counter attack of great strength if the us follows through with tariffs of an extra one hundred billion dollars in chinese goods president on tweeted today that their arrangements to stupid trait meanwhile china is trying to improve relations with japan chinese premier league young met the head of japan's trade commission a cornal in beijing it's a first economic dialogue between china and japan since twenty ten maybe it could lead to trade flows moving in a different direction. now the diesel emission scandal hits two whole years ago and yet the germans are still struggling to catch up on the global shift towards clean automotive technology fuel cells are just one example and if the germans don't have it motorists will just switch makers. it's where big it lives and works and like many norwegians she loves german cars even her grandfather swore by the v.w. beetle. i've always been driving german cars. this so this is actually my first asian produced car and i never tho

twenty four temperatures into the twenty's across the korean peninsula and pushing thirty degrees in beijing heading into friday for medicaid across japan but it should stay dry and those temperatures to the mid twenty's for beijing further towards the south is also fine in shanghai in through towards hong kong but more western areas seen some outbreaks of rain in those expected to continue as we head through into friday with quite a lot of share eight to fifty also expected across indochina so vietnam showers likely in annoy them as the southeastern parts of asia weather conditions remain fine across much of the philippines highs of thirty four in the never we got showers across the border and some heavy showers affecting western parts of china with highs of thirty one in jakarta. he was the world's most wanted man and last moving ahead with him was often. bin laden was very nervous about meeting had not met a western reporter before him part one of an exclusive two part documentary al-jazeera speaks to the met osama bin laden he never showed hostility towards me of the west by you bin land

china trade what escalates regulator tariffs including american agricultural exports beijing takes the dispute to the world trade organization. also coming up fifty years since the assassination of martin luther king jr the disappointing economic opportunities for black americans. and how billions of your is an e.u. funds end up in criminal hands in slovakia. this is your business update on how to home free in berlin thanks for joining me markets plunged in the united states at the opening on wednesday spooked by the words trade war that despite the fact that u.s. president donald trump says his country is not in a trade war with china he says that war was lost many years ago by the foolish or incompetent people he represented the united states that still he's doing his best to stoke tensions announcing new duties on a whole range of tech products and as feared china has retaliated. american soybean farmers need china the vast country bias thirty percent of the project it has a huge park industry mainly fed on soybeans but beijing has included soybeans on its list of punitive tariffs t

beijing motor show is shining a light on china's push into automated driving we speak folks wagons new boss to find out how are the new power foreign firms are adapting to the fast growing market that. i'm daniel winter and this is your business update it was the deadliest accident of its kind five years ago on tuesday the collapse of a textile factory in bangladesh killed over eleven hundred workers the rana plaza disaster shed a painful light on the budget fashion industry with sweatshop conditions and little regard for workers' health and safety brands unions and the government pledged to improve factory safety but the risk of another deadly disaster remains. every step hurts she hasn't been able to walk without crutches for five years. need to forbid was working as a seamstress at ronna plaza when the nine story building collapsed pinning her legs under the rubble for ten hours the compensation she received thirty five hundred euros wasn't enough to cover her multiple operations her family has had to scrimp and save. what i want compensation from the government none of the affected

and beijing imposes duties on more than one hundred u.s. products less than eleven hours after president trump unveils tariffs on chinese goods. events are being held across the united states to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the assassination of civil rights leader martin these are king jr at his memorial in washington d.c. dozens of people gathered for a rally calling for an end to racism king was standing on the balcony of a memphis motel when he was shot dead on april the fourth one thousand nine hundred sixty eight wilson jordan his life is now in memphis tennessee plenty of celebrations going on ross how are people really choose. to celebrate the anniversary of this huge figure in u.s. history. you. will see people who have gathered here in memphis to mark the anniversary of martin luther king's assassination are doing so in a number of ways they are visiting the national civil rights museum which is what is the building behind this it was one of the lower a motel it's now a museum people have taken the day off from work what

the latest twist to the trade row between the us and china, beijing has announced it is changing gears when it comes tojoint it is changing gears when it comes to joint ventures with foreign auto manufacturers. officials say they will ease the restrictions that require companies such as vw and general motors to partner with domestic companies in order to do business on the mainland by 2020 to. joining me now is a chinese industrial analyst. i'm joined now by webcam from new york. thank you for joining by webcam from new york. thank you forjoining us. what do you make of this latest initiative by china? does it make sense? i think it makes a loss of sense. it was a little bit ofa a loss of sense. it was a little bit of a surprise in terms of the timing but not a total surprise. president she spoke about this at a forum earlier that this is the first time we have heard a schedule associated with the programme and there will be a full phase—out by 2022 on foreign ownership permits, that is about four years from now. what is surprising is that as soon as this year they may lift the forei

beijing has announced reciprocal tariffs on u.s. products roughly in line with the duties ordered by president trump. china is targeting soybeans, automobiles, and aviation, and says the measures will take affect when the institute -- when it institutes its own tariffs. >> china will not back off from its 2025 program. they will work very hard. they developure their economy and future technologies. we will not be able to slow down that much. some of their practices in pursuing that 2025 are not fair. a lot of them are fair. -- has to start developing our technologies at a much better pace. >> fed officials morning the potential trade for ads uncertainty to a bright economic outlook. early to says too what it might mean for jobs, inflation, and policy, james bullard says there is downside risk. lyle brainard also things trade tensions at uncertainty to the outlook. on chinaares fell tariffs, but then a raised losses on the news that its upgraded 737 will be exempt. would escape levies based on weight limits outlined by beijing. the b

and china continues on wednesday beijing announced additional tariffs on one hundred six u.s. products worth around fifty billion dollars including cars and soybean meaning that farmers many of whom voted for u.s. president donald trump are most likely to be hit beijing is yet to announce when the terrorists take effect. now before the trump administration had rolled out its own list of proposed chinese imports to be hit with fresh terrorist thirteen hundred products worth roughly fifty billion dollars would be subject to an added import duty of twenty five per cent now the list includes various industrial components for airplanes like launching gears turbines flight data recorders and even tires the medical and pharmaceutical sector is also affected with extra terrorists to be put on different later and many medicines interestingly the mobile phones which constitute about forty percent of u.s. imports from china are exempt from the long list with the u.s. government likely to be fearing an outcry among consumers over higher prices for their favorite gadgets earlier i asked ou

beijing says it will never submit if the u.s. launches a trade war and says that tariff increases are in line with world trade organization rules to protect its interests still the scale of china's new tariffs is modest the move looks more like a warning shot than a major counterattack the u.s. is china's largest single market a full blown trade war is the last thing china would want. all right that does it for us and rolling on behalf of all of us here thank you so much for spending this part of the day with us news continues at the top of the hour. we make up of what we watch as afaik there under. the surface. they want to shape the continent's future. part of it and join our youngsters as they share their stories their dreams their challenges the seventy seven percent platform for africa majority.

the beijing motor show is shining a light on china's push into automated driving we speak to folks logons new boss to find out how a new power foreign firms are adapting to the fast growing market that. i'm daniel winter and this is your business update it was the deadliest accident of its kind five years ago on tuesday the collapse of a textile factory in bangladesh killed over eleven hundred workers the rana plaza disaster shed a painful light on the budget fashion industry with sweatshop conditions and little regard for workers' health and safety brands unions and the government pledged to improve factory safety but the risk of another deadly disaster remains. every step hurts and she hasn't been able to walk without crutches for five years. need to forbid was working as a seamstress at run a plaza with a nine story building collapsed pinning her legs under the rubble for ten hours the compensation she received thirty five hundred euros wasn't enough to cover her multiple operations her family has had to scrimp and save. for what i want compensation from the government none of the affe

beijing imposes new import taxes on us goods, as donald trump increases tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. israel reject international calls for an investigation into the killing of 15 people during violent protests. in his easter message, the pope appeals for an end to conflict and what he calls the "carnage" in syria. welcome to the programme. a defunct chinese space laboratory has re—entered the earth's atmosphere, breaking into pieces over the south pacific. china's space agency said the vast majority of the tiangong—i spacecraft burnt up as it made its descent shortly in the last couple of hours. lebo diseko reports. heavenly palace blasting off. china's first space station was supposed to be a launchpad for bigger and better projects. but since then, the eight—ton spacecraft, around the size of a school bus, has stopped working and come crashing down to earth. to the speculation to where the call. -- to the speculation to where the call. —— there was much speculation that as to where it might fall. in the end, the south pacific is where it came down. all this is a

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the beijing motor show is shining a light on china's push into automated driving we speak walk ins new boss to find out how are the new power foreign firms are adapting to the fast growing market that. i'm daniel winter and this is your business update it was the deadliest accident of its kind five years ago on tuesday the collapse of a textile factory in bangladesh killed over eleven hundred workers the rana plaza disaster shed a painful light on the budget fashion industry with sweatshop conditions and little regard for workers' health and safety brands unions and the government pledged to improve factory safety but the risk of another deadly disaster remains. every step hurts she hasn't been able to walk without crutches for five years. was working as a seamstress at ronna plaza when the nine story building collapsed pinning her legs under the rubble for ten hours the compensation she received thirty five hundred euros wasn't enough to cover her multiple operations her family has had to scrimp and save. what i want compensation from the government none of the affected workers have b

in beijing. president trump said he would abandon plans for a historic summit if he thought it would not be successful. kimweeted that convincing to give up his nuclear weapons would be great for the world. switzerland and sweden are possible locations for talks. >> if we do not think it is going to be successful, we will not have it. we will not have it. if i think it is a meeting that is not going to be fruitful, we are not going to go. if the meeting when i am there is not going to be fruitful, i will respectfully leave the meeting and continue what we are doing. >> new york fed president bill dudley says he does not see a compelling case for rate hikes. he added that the social neutral rates, which the fed says will keep prices steady, it's probably 3%. dudley retires in june a - -and is being replaced. wil have to street complyl not --not have to comply with obama era broker conflict rules. means that investment buyers have to put their client's interests first. spacex has launched nasa's mi