. >> next, former u.s. ambassador to china j. stapleton roy talks about u.s.-china relations over the past year and china's political and economic influence over the years. from the wilson center this is one hour and a half. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning, everybody. look into the wilson center. i want to thank you all for being with us come to her audience in the real, those of you watching the webcast live and in the future, which applicant includes my parents are watching this in scotland and to our c-span viewers who are joining us today. we are delighted at the wilson center ceo jane harman here with us. my name is katie stallard-blanchette. i may fellow at the wilson center. until for this year i was in beijing as asia correspondent for the british broadcaster sky news, so this boating is on the back of this room, from xi jinping and phone trump when the net in the great hall of the people last year. i've been fortunate to look at this from both sides of the relationship. before that is based in russia where my coverage was only by the ukraine crisis and were recovere

china. and a senate foreign relations subcommittee hearing. >> this hearing will come to order. let me thank you all the witnesses to the 11th and final hearing on the east asia pacific international cybersecurity policy in the 115th congress. i first want to again thank senator markey for being an incredible partner on this subcommittee. you couldn't have asked for anybody better to work with. the east asia pacific subcommittee has held the most hearings of any foreign relations subcommittee in the 115th congress. quite an achievement for the american people who sent us here to conduct vigorous oversight over our nation's foreign policy. and i want to thank senator markey for the work that we have done together throughout the indo-pacific region we authorize the asia reassurance initiative act, a landmark legislation to strengthen our alliances and deter our adversaries in the indo-pacific for years to come. we conducted five hearings, examining a range of national security economic and rule of law challenges in the indo-pacific. we concluded with a hearing on may 15th, 2018, featu

progress on denuclearization and china and u.s. held off on a full blown trade war for now. but at home it was another year of divisive issue and rhetoric we have a lottery contested midterm election which produced result that almost perfectly capture hads part end divide in the nation the democrats took house of representatives by comfortable margin. while republicans increase their majority in the senate. in the meantime, the fighting raged on over everything from the mueller investigation, to a supreme court nomination, to fund for wall of mexican border to gun control and host of other issues where passions run hot. we even managed to fall out over lyrics of a popular christmas melody. what will 2019 bring? welg i have no idea. butt i'll offer one hope and one fear. it will be too much to hope for an a outbreak of civility in washington in the nation at a large. but at least we can hope for continued american prosperity. the u.s. expansion ten years old next summer making it one of the longest ever let's hope it lives to see 11 and yongd. my one fear concerns the gulf that continues to

china over the past year and whether a comedic described as a new cold war. you are watching live coverage here on c-span. >> live coverage this morning from c-span at the wellness center in washington, d.c., ,aking a look at the past year the relationship between china and the u.s. and should it be described as a new cold war. coverage should begin shortly. >> good morning everybody and welcome to the wilson center. those of you watching the webcast live and in the future, which i believe includes my parents watching this in scotland and to our c-span viewers joining us today. we are delighted to have the wilson center ceo with us. i am thrilled to be a current fellow here at the will of -- at the wilson center. until earlier this year, i was based in beijing as the asia correspondent to sky news. i have been fortunate enough to look at this from both sides of the relationship. before that i was based in russia where my coverage was dominated by the ukraine crisis and the crew -- and the annexation of crimea. none of which as was as daunting as my knock on the door of the ambassa

on c-span . >> next, the push by china to establish development projects in europe, asia and africa, and challenges to china's international outreach. posted by the heritage foundation, this is one hour 40 minutes. host: good morning, everyone. thanks for coming out. have years ago it would been necessary for us to talk about what the belt and road initiative actually is. this is not the case today. so much coverage, so much commentary, so much press on the everyone has an idea about what it is and what it is attempting to do, what the chinese intentions are behind it. itterms of nomenclature, wasn't be all right, at one point it was called silk and belt, maritime economic road, one belt, one road initiative for a little while, until i think beijing came to the conclusion it sounded too exclusive to call it one belt, one road, although it made perfect sense to call it that, and then finally settled on bri. but none of these changes in nomenclature changed the substance of the initiative. it is that substance we are here to talk about. from a geopolitical perspective it is a big deal

are big changes in the relationship with china and people talk a lot about that no one talks much about what the effect is on our allies and friends of what we are doing with a china, and we have three excellent panelists here to help answer that question. .. a security council. following the agenda. and for ten minutes that doctor provided at the top that that is a more wholesome explanation. so without further ado. >> so that was to talk about the us china relationship and to reaction to the situation. but the hand out what i use around the country to groups to help them understand the change of us chinandan relation. i find the public well-informed audiences and i like doing this sort of thing and i'm grateful for the c-span audience as well. the way that i look at it today, to focus on the agreement i would like to start and then look at the context to come up with a way of looking at the situation. and that is my approach today. how big of a compromise was it? and i am referring to the china us understanding on december 1.. but then with that lack of pressure you give it up a

national interest for a discussion u.s.-china relations and the recent relaxation of trade tariffs if we joined in progress. >> if you are here and interests in the subject so it hasn't escaped your attention that there are big changes in our relationship with china. while people talk a lot about that nobody talks much about what the affect is on her allies and friends of what we're doing with china. we have three excellent panelists here to answer that question. dr. robert souter, professor of practice at george washington university elliott school, former national intelligence officer for east asia. scott snyder, senior fellow and director of u.s.-korea policy at the council on foreign relation relations. author of two books written in the past couple years, south korea the crossroads, and japan-south korea identity clash. dr. michael green, senior vice president for asia and japan chair at the center for strategic and international studies. in his spare time director of asian studies at the school for foreign service at georgetown. his past history as a former senior director fo

>> trade ministers from australia, new zealand and japan talk about u.s.-china trade relations at an event hosted by the global business dialogue in washington, d.c. they focus on have trade disputes between the two nations are impacting other countries in the asia-pacific region. >> okay. i'm going to count to three or four and then will be underway, about us on close the times we've ever done. so good morning. good day. thank you all for coming. i'm with the global business dialogue and it's a real pleasure to each of you here today. we'll get to the heart of this bonus program in a minute, but just a two thoughts first. it's january of course that is named after the two face god janus conflict both ways come forward and backwards here really though that's a better description of december than it is of january. i december 31 you are singing old anxiety and you're worried about next year, but when jennifer second comes around its just fully hard charging towards aching the first quarter of 2019 as good as it can possibly be. that will be especially true in trade this year we have

-span2. >> next, look at just china relations over the past you. speakers include j. stapleton roy who served as u.s. ambassador to china. from the wilson center, this is an hour and half. >> good morning, everybody. welcome to the wilson center. i want to thank you all for being with us come to her audience in the room those of you watching the webcast live and in the future which i believe currently includes my parents are watching this in scotland, and to our c-span viewers for joining us today. we are delighted to the wilson center ceo jane harman here with us. hopefully have, go to later on. i am thrilled to be a current owner ofrr the wilson center. until early this year i was based in beijing as asia correspondent for the british broadcaster sky news, this podium from the back of this room, from xi jinping adult trump ornament in the great hall of the people last year and been fortunate to go to look at this from both sides of the relationship. before that is based in russiato were my -- covers only by the current crisis and a coverage to the annexation of crimea. none of wh

there is a new attitude in the us largely from the degree that us is oriented much more to china and china is the peer competitor europe more and more should be on its own. now that snot to say that the nato alliance is going to. disappear but you know us is would share his both sides of the aisle would share his view that the europeans need to do more for their defense so we'll get to defense in nato but what you're saying basically is that. under the disguise of his erratic behavior trump is actually a gateway to what really americans want in terms of their relationship with europe yes ok well then there is not just of course the british prime minister but trump and the french president and then michael now also someone had a spat trying to criticize the french government policies in light of the clashes that were challenging his country and then the french foreign minister was like just leave our nation be in back off. terms twitter diplomacy actually fewer more anti micron protest and friends what do you think you know i think. you know i don't think she lay joan as are cold

china at a senate foreign relations subcommittee hearing. this is one hour and 15 minute. this subcommittee has held the most hearings out of any subcommittee in the 115th congress. that is quite an achievement for the american people, who sent us to conduct vigorous oversight over our nation's foreign-policy. i think senator markey for the work we have done together. in conjunction with this hearing, we are discussing aria, which will does or our adversaries in indo pacific for ages to come. we are examining the rule of law and challenges in the indo pacific. may 15, 2015on with the state department and department of defense officials. secretary pompeo and secretary mattis formally endorsed aria in a letter to this committee. aria passed this committee unanimously on such over 26, 2018, and i am hope will it will be signed into law by the end of the year. in this subcommittee, we also held to could -- two hearings on north korea on our strategy of maximum pressure and engagement policy. clearly much more work needs to be done to complete verifiable -- irreversible deification

consolidate the revolution. at the time only a few europeans were living in china how did the revolution affect their lives. the wave of political renewal in china served as inspiration for many young europeans they demonstrated against their own governments. the grange proletarian cultural revolution has often been romanticized in europe but what was it really like in china back then and. these apartments are located at the foreign studies university in beijing. paul crook is british and lives in london but he grew up in beijing his mother isabel who was born in one thousand nine hundred fifteen has spent most of her life in china pulled visits whenever he can isabel was an enthusiastic supporter of communism from an early age so it was paul's father david who arrived in china in one nine hundred thirty seven he and isabel were married in one thousand nine hundred forty two together they experienced the social and political upheavals brought about by the communist revolution. it picks back memories of what was happening then and i'm just glad that some of that has been captured that's v

called you the leading authority on china. what is your background? guest: i was born in california, that is why i am naturally friendly. i went to stanford and got a phd from columbia university, and was sent to study chinese were a couple of years. in those days, everyone thought that was insane. that china was poor, backward, angry, and seen as the cause of the vietnam war. there is a secretary of state when i was an undergraduate that said we are fighting in vietnam because a billion chinese will be coming south into the rice bowl of asia, so why not study chinese, is what i thought. this is the great enemy of our time. everything changed beginning with president nixon and pushed further by president h w bush. now we are shifting back towards seeing china as wary. knowing mandarin chinese and having this expensive education has been helpful. i'm no longer thought of as being completely insane. host: would you describe china as the great enemy today? not.: certainly our cooperation outweighs our competition. president trump has a different vision of china. he first wrote about it

. >> what is the timeline? >> more about the u.s. china relationship now. policy experts consider the announcement over the weekend by president trump and chinese president of the steps to ease economic tensions between the two countries. hosted by the center for national interest in washington, this is one hour and 20 minutes. good afternoon. welcome to the center for the national interest. you may notice if you've been here before we have a few more cameras than usual and that is because we are on c-span so therefore the other question to be answered is yes we are on the record for this conference. [laughter] if you are here you are interested in the subject so it hasn't escaped your attention that there are big changes in the relationship with china and while people talk about that, nobody talks much about what the effect is on our allies and in what we are doing with china and we have three excellent panelists here to help answer that question. talked to the professor of practice at george washington university elliot school and former national intelligence officer for east asia,

radio app. >> trade medicines from australia, new zealand and japan, talk about the u.s., china trade relationship at an event in washington d.c. the discussion focused on how trade disputes affect the entire pacific region. ninety minute discussion was hosted by the global business dialogue. >> will be underway. about as close to on time as we've ever done. good morning. good day. thank you all for coming. i'm with the global business dialogue. it's a pleasure to our commute here. at the heart of this morning, for a minute, let's bring a few thoughts first. it's same after the two-faced god, looks both ways, forward and backwards. really though, that's a better description of december then it is of january. but as somebody first, you are seeing that, bring about next your, but when january 2 comes around, it's just fully hard charging towards making the first quarter of 2019, as good as can possibly be. that will be especially true in trade this year when we have a march deadline for the u.s. china talks, current ones. the first we have the ruling of 29th of march. it's decembe

paying issues of warning to the united states he says no one can dictate economic policy to china as his call his party celebrates forty years of meteoric growth under a policy of opening to the west. all that and more coming up in just a minute with. momentum in a timeless way discover the bones of both house world starts january fifteenth to double . time for an upgrade. of their clothes on buying. a house with no roof. or design highlights you can make yourself. in stoops and tricks that will turn your home and special. upgrade yourself with t.w. interior design channel on you tube. china will be told how to do business that's the bottom line of president xi jinping speech marking forty years of economic reform in the communist country. also coming out but not company in china that benefited in a big way from economic reforms and now has to shine. the business model of producing fakes. welcome to the business model for us today china marks forty years since the communist party opened the economy of economy to the rest of the world which ultimately turned china into a global eco

north korea's denuclearization. can do so from call. the u.s. china trade war seems to verdict for the time being but will the truce last while i ask robert manning former advisor to the us government and a participant of the twenty eight hundred international conference. as the global trade between the u.s. and china is pushed on hoped the parties stay poised for the next round in talks with the site showing any real desire for major concessions what will the washington beijing standoff leads to world powers how will it continue to trade conflict between economic giants impact on the rest of the world and chemical. planning great to have you with us on this program and our pleasure right so after the g. twenty summit president an incredible deal with china has been made now the chinese they announced rolling back some tariffs and they're being ready for another round of talks but they're not giving any specific details out do you think the deal is really that incredible. despite the fact that it might be true. and i think that this was worked out for the g. twenty by various cabinet o

chinese leader xijinping have reached a temporary truce on the trade war between the us and china. the agreement was made after the two leaders met at the 620 in argentina. us and china have agreed to halt new tariffs for 90 days, according to the terms of the deal outlined by the white house. the us had threatened to ratchet up tariffs on more than $200 billion of chinese goods from 10% to 25% injanuary. china says it will buy a "very substantial" amount of farm, energy and industrial goods, though the amount was not specified, to reduce the trade gap with the us. and there'll be fresh talks on the thorniest issues for donald trump. claims of china's intellectual property theft and forced transfer of technology. the us and china set a deadline of three months for to resolve differences, or there'll be new escalation of tariffs. japan's finance minister has spoken to the bbc, giving us his take on the trade war. the us and china set a deadline of three months to resolve these differences, or there will be a new escalation of tariffs. japan's finance minister has spoken to the bbc,

delivered a speech in beijing on the 40th anniversary of china's move to a more open economy. who also serves as a general secretary of the communist party of china talked about his country's economic and political transformation, modernization of the chinese military and the future of trade relations. this 50 minute portion is courtesy of china global television network. [applause] president xi: in the past 40 upheld theave absolute party leadership over the armed forces and a modernization of national defense and military. we have seen a revolutionary restructuring of the people's armed forces, historic breakthroughs in weapons and equipment, a fundamental trance formation -- transformation and , and thegrounds modernization of standardization programs. the people's armed forces has required a significantly great ability to interestsr developing . [applause] president xi: in the past 40 we have submitted to the ratification of the motherland. we have implemented the basic principle of one country, two systems and resume to the emphasis of sovereignty, wiping out the century long

by any substantive progress china and us held off on a full-blown trade war for now but at home was another year of divisive issues and rhetoric a hotly contested midterm election that almost perfectly catches the part of the divided nation and the democrats took the house by a comfortable margin while republicans increase their majority in the senate in the meantime fighting from the mueller investigation to the supreme court nomination to funding for the wall and the mexican border and a host of other issues where passions run hot even pulled out the lyrics of a popular christmas melody what will 2019 bring a have no idea but it's too much to hope for an outbreak of civility the least we could hope for continued american prosperity us expansion will be ten years old next summer making it the longest ever let's hope it lives to me 11 and bill beyond but what continues to define her life not talking about partisan politics but what worries me is between the leaders political corporate and courtroom one - - cultural elites and the people responsible for the so-called populism that el

. eastern on c-span and c-span.org and listen with the free c-span radio app. >> next, a look at china's infrastructure project to provide transportation across asia, europe and africa. it's called the belt and road initiative. panelists talked about the project and what it means for china at an event hosted by the heritage foundation. this is an hour and 40 minutes. >> good morning, everyone. thanks for coming out this morning. a few years ago it would have been necessary for us to talk about what belt and road initiative actually is, what does it mean. that is certainly not the case today. so much coverage, so much commentary, so much press generally on the whole concept, everyone has an idea about what it is and what it's attempting to do, what the chinese intentions are behind it. in fact, in terms of nomenclature, it wasn't bri in the beginning. it was silken road, maritime silk road, as they rolled those things out. they called it one belt, one road initiative. for a little while, until i think beijing came to the conclusion that it sounded a little bit too exclusive to call it the

thousand on t.w. and online. this is either we news line from berlin china strikes a defiant tone as it marks an economic milestone in a veiled jab at the west prison judging thing warns other nations not to dictate the rules to beijing this as china celebrates forty years of market reforms. also coming up in sports english premier league giants manchester united fire coach jersey morning new york the football club pulled the plug on the controversial manager after the worst start to the season in nearly thirty years and thousands of anti-government demonstrators in budapest rallies for a fifth night in a row the protesters want controversial overtime waiver loss drops in a return to an independent state media. thank you so much for your company everyone china's president xi jinping has told rivals to respect beijing's growing role in the world in a speech marking forty years of market reforms she warned the west beijing would not be dictated to even as he tried to play down fears of china trying to become the world's dominant superpower while i was a defiant message at a time of height

happens to be china's effort to overtake the united states as the world preeminent superpower in all phases of society and economy. made no bones about doing this through any and all means, whether be president xi's stated goal of becoming the world's biggest superpower by 2015 or the program made in is an2025, and that activity that calls for a 10-your overhaul of china's manufacturing high-tech industries, the plan for including even economic dominance. remains thetates most creative, innovative society honors, although china has made significant strides in very a sectors like technology, telecom, advanced robotics come artificial intelligence, and scientific research. one tool continues to be pervasive, that is economic and other forms of espionage. in simple terms, it is called cheating. it is only getting worse. in the past nine months alone, the department of justice has investigated, charged, and convicted at least 16 individuals and 4 corporate entities in eight separate cases involving theft of trade secrets over the past five years. six more individuals have been investigat

, new leaders. watch it live on c-span. starting january 3rd. >> now a discussion on u.s.-china trade relations. panelists consider steps that could potentially ease tensions that have strained certain sectors of both country's economies. they also talk about the perspectives of u.s. allies, south korea and japan in terms of their trade relationships with the u.s. and china. from the center of the national interest this is just under 90 minutes. >>. >> good afternoon. welcome to the center for the national interest. you may notice if you've been here before that we have a few more cameras than usual. that's because we'll be on c-span so therefore the other question to be answer side yes, we're on the record for this conference. the -- if you're here, you're into theed in subject so it hasn't escaped your attention that there are tensions in our relationship with china and while people talk a lot about that, nobody talks much about what the effect is on our allies and friends of what we're doing with china and we have three excellent panelists here to help answer that question. dr. rob

the g 20 summit, trade relations with china, russia and north korea. this was part of the wall street journal ceo council held in washington dc. [applause] >> good morning, thank you very much, john, thank you very much, ambassador, for being here this morning. you just got back from when is there is at the g 20 meeting. it looked like a good and productive discussion between donald trump and president xi which was described in almost never chamberlain type way, peace in our time. >> i wouldn't say that. >> might not be the right analogy but can you explain what the steel does represent? >> this is an extended discussion of the nature of the relationship between china and the united states, the focus of the conversation was largely over trade issues. we view this as a fundamental strategic question and how china takes steps to correct what we have seen consistently with abuses of the wto, there up session with intellectual property from a forced technology transfer, cyberattacks, espionage against american companies which contribute to the trade deficit, all of which represent a funda

be especially true in trade this year when we have a march deadline for the u.s./china talks, the current ones, and, of course, we have the looming brexit deadline on the 29th of march. now it's december, in which we get to pause for a moment and look both ways. hanukkah just passed, but judging from all the christmas tree lights around arlington, i would say that the whole business of lights is interdenominational and so is reflection. i would like to reflect on three things with you. first, the global business dialogue. second, diplomacy. third is friends. gpd has been a going concern for 19 years now, it's amazing to me. it was founded in the belief that trade policy is important. put differently, if economic activity is the clay of trade policy, then conversation is the potters wheel in which it is shaped. and for us, nothing symbolizes conversation more than a hot drink and given its special history in trade, tea is particularly apt. so that's why our logo is a teapot. but you can't do things like this without a lot of help. i can't thank everyone today, but two of our sponso

china and argentina. they will be getting together amidst the intensifying trade war. officials have been carefully downplaying expectations of any kind of a deal at the meeting. joining me now to discuss this and some other topics is larry summers. treasury secretary for president barack obama. larry, thank you very much indeed for being my first guest. thank you for being here. we are in the early stages of a cold war with china. >> i hope not. we might be. certainly on both sides the rhetoric and the actions are getting more and more confrontational. there is no reason why we need to have a cold war with china. the world can accommodate our defining, our greatness in china defining its greatness. unfortunately, right now, it, it looks very confrontational in both the economic realm and the security realm. >> treasury secretary. china entered -- president trump says china does not play fair. he said just this week in an interview i just want our country to be treated fairly. he has a point. >> sure. some of china's practices, intellectual property, problematic. stories about c

propriety. i am very interested in hearing about china's world bank and its voting power. remaining well below the share of its global economy and really talking about the importance, or lack thereof, of that development. mr. chairman, i want to yield the balance of my time to our ranking member, soon to be chairman of the full committee, ms. waters. >> thank you very much. i would like to think undersecretary malpass for coming before our committee again to discuss the role of the united states in ensuring the effectiveness of the international financial institutions. this committee has a long history of supporting the important work of the world bank and the regional development banks. we have also been strong advocates over the years of reforms that were not only important to furthering the mission of the developing banks, but also critical in helping to ensure broad congressional support for these institutions. we have also in the past worked in a bipartisan fashion to support the imf in times of crisis. at the same time, it repressed the fund to pay more attention to the social

and u.s. agency for international development officials testify on u.s. policy towards china. the hearing is expected to focus on democracy, human rights and the rule of law as they relate to strategic competition with china and how the united states should advance those values. a senate foreign relations subcommittee holds the conversation live here on c-span 3. >> an achievement for the american people who sent us here to conduct oversight our over nation's foreign policy. i thank senator marquee for the work we've done together throughout the region. in kug conjnkiconjunction we au landmark legislation to deter our adversaries for generations to come, to inform this legislation we conducted five hearings, coming a range of national security economic and rule of law challenges in the endo pacific. we concluded with the hearing on may 15th, 2018, featuring state department and department of defense officials. on june 21st, 2018, secretary pompeo and secretary mattis formally endorsed aria in a letter to this committee. they passed the committee on september 26th, 2018, and antici

the initiatives. china's foreign diplomacy. this is an hour and 40 minutes. >> thanks for coming out this morning. a few years ago, it would have been necessary for us to talk about what it is. that is certainly not the case today. it's so much commentary, generally on the whole concept. everyone has a an idea about what it is. the chinese intentions are, in terms of that, it wasn't from the beginning. a couple of different things. the role those things out, the call it a one felt, one road initiative. for a little while until i think that beijing came to the conclusion that it sounded exclusive to call the one felt, one road. it made perfect sense to call that. then some settlement the arrive. none of these changes that they actually changed substance of the initiative. some from a legal perspective, i understand it's a big deal. a friend of mine in singapore, by the chinese to create a common political space that the l money. for me, a lot of politics minutes politics from the political science. all at the audience judge what that means. how important it is. i concerning testify th

. where the next about still ahead on al-jazeera china launches the wilds fast driver to explore the dark side of the main. from the clear blue sky of the doha morning. to the fresh fruits and breeze in the city of love. hello again welcome back what we have seen some rain showers causing some flooding across parts of the western of on over the last few days also affecting parts of turkey the good news is a lot of that rain is going to be making its way towards the northeast over the next few days residual showers will be a problem across iraq here on saturday so baghdad twenty aleppo fourteen degrees but we do expect that when that rain pulls out still it's going to be quite cool across much of the area beirut the rain is coming into play for you with the temperature there on sunday of about nineteen degrees well down here cross the gulf really not looking too bad as we go through the rest of the week in and into the beginning of the week so doha a beautiful day for you at twenty seven degrees here on saturday down here towards muscat seasonal for you at twenty nine and really not changi

see him walking it back a little let's let's bring this back into the realm of u.s. and china relations because i do agree what you're saying the europe and japan but i want to talk more about china and the u.s. because meanwhile look at the talks are in progress and second round of talks are somewhat close but meanwhile the daughter of the founder of the tech giant weiwei is also second in command there has been arrested at a request for american requests for violating u.s. trade rules and in tehran sanctions i mean why ways they were china's government and even though china says that they arrest want to stop the trade talks with washington why the need to complicate things i mean these weren't just getting better you're just about to hammer out a deal or so. what this arrest do really negotiations well i think you're assuming more coherence within the u.s. government than might be. prudent. we have in the pension edition area the justice department does the fact trump didn't even know she was arrested at the time he was having dinner with she had the g twenty cannot tell bol

in the conflict with christian clergy among those targeted by armed groups. that china has warned canada or a severe consequences if it doesn't believe a top executive from one of the world's largest telecoms companies the foreign ministry has lodged a diplomatic protests calling the case quote extremely nasty who our ways chief financial officer among one june was arrested last week on charges of evading u.s. sanctions against iran the canadian courts are deciding whether to head to the united states but she could face thirty years in prison. activists of march to the polish city of kassovitz where a two week u.n. climate summit is underway there calling for more action from governments to tackle global warming but attempts to incorporate a key scientific study into the talks itself failed after it was blocked by countries including saudi arabia and the united states and the reform. protesters deliver their message to delegates meeting in poland the un climate change talks known as cop twenty we need something we need action right now not tomorrow not in eleven years but delegate

a good thing? we'll find out friday. then number two, china trade tensions continue to be a major head wind for stocks while gaucnegotiation the week january 7th wield results. remember, we have a march 1st deadline for a deal. finally number three, what will earnings tell us about the strength of the economy. consumer spending and corporate growth steve least mann is following the fed. elon and bob will give us a preview of earnings coming up this hour. >> we're going to start with elon who is in d.c. right now. the latest on the trade tensions china. >> morgan at least for the moment, they seem to be easing we know president trump and xi spoke over the weekend here's what president trump tweeted about the phone call he said that the deal is moving arong very well. if made, will be b comp h comprehensive. covering all subjects, areas and points of dispute. big progress being made. now the white house did not provide an official readout, but there's more about the conversation generally, that report did back trump's version of the call, but also said that xi characterized their ta

policy. president xi who serves as the general secretary of the communist party of china talked about modernization of the chinese military and the future of trade relations. this 50-minute portion is courtesy of china global television network and has simultaneous english translation. >> translator: in the past 40 years, we have upheld the absolute party leadership of the armed forces and have steadily advanced the modernization of national defense and military. we have seen a revolutionary restructuring of the peoples armed forces, historic breakthroughs in weapons and equipment, a fundamental transformation in the way our military is run and awareness of the revolutionary tasks and modernization and standardization programs. the people's armed forces have acquired a significant great ability to protect our sovereignty, security and development interests and have become an invisible force defending the lives of our people, the mother land and the world peace. in the past 40 years, we have stayed committed to the great calls of peaceful reunification of the mother land. we have imple

tariffs. president trump says china is cutting taxes on american cars amid a trade war truce. live from london, that's our top story on monday the 3rd of december. the change of gear comes after a weekend which saw the world's two biggest economies agree not to increase tariffs for 90 days so they can talk through their differences. also in the programme... qatar pulls out of the oil cartel opec, as prices rise and the country says its going to put even more of its focus into gas. we'll be live in the middle east. we will also keep an eye on the markets for you, after the breakthrough in the trade war a p pa re ntly breakthrough in the trade war apparently between the us and china. and cleaning up in the men's beauty sector — we'll speak to the man behind a new range of grooming products with a natrual twist and today, we want to know about your unexpected big bills. it's reported transatlantic passengers on aer lingus flights who do not turn off their phones or switch to flight mode risk being hit with sky—high roaming charges. so we'd like to know what unexpected big bill have you

i mean why ways think they were china's government and even though china says that they are us want to stop the trade talks with washington why they need to complicate things i mean these were just getting better you're just about to hammer out a deal or so. what this arrest derail your lot of negotiations well i think you're assuming more coherence within the u.s. government than might be. prudent. we have an independent judiciary the justice department does it in fact trump didn't even know she was arrested at the time he was having dinner with she at the g twenty cannot tell bolton said that he didn't pass the news of imminent or asked her present trauma to understand that you know president shouldn't be looking into every single detail or things going on with this but this is a big deal well it's like bill gates daughter being arrested in china or something like that. right but i don't i don't think you have a similar situation that something the chinese have a lot more control over all those sorts of things i think also the justice department announced a whole range of sanction

human rights abuses in china. a discussion about turkeys influence in the middle east and later a house hearing on the war in syria and the searing refugee crisis. >>> state department and usaid officials testified at a senate hearing on human rights in china, expressing concern about the detention of religious and ethnic minorities and restrictions on press freedoms and civil rights. senator cory gardner chairs this hour and 15 minute foreign relations subcommittee hearing. >> the hearing will come to order, let me thank you all, this is to 11th and final hearing for the senate foreign relations subcommittee on each asia -- east asia in the 115 congress. i want to thank senator markey for being an incredible partner on this subcommittee. i couldn't have has -- have asked for anyone better. it is quite an achievement for the american people who have sent us here to contact -- conduct, excuse me. vigorous oversight over the in the form policy and i want to thank the senator for what we have done together throughout the the pacific region. in conjunction we authorize the asia reassu

china on our trade and investment concerns. and the problems caused by their one belt, one road initiative. it often leaves countries with excessive debt and poor quality projects. if countries default on these debts, china often gains influence over the host government and may take ownership of the underlying assets. we have influence over the host -- i'm sorry, we have built a common awareness of these concerns in the g-7 and the g-20 in lending, china often fails to adhere to international standards in airs such as anti-corruption, expert credits and finding coordinated and sustainable solutions to payment difficulties, such as those in the paris club. in addition to that work on china, we built a common awareness as i mentioned and the concerns in the g-7 and g-20, that's important. secretary mnuchin has pushed forward on debt transparency, that will increase disclosure beyond traditional bonds and loans, we'll be working with the imf and world bank in this initiative, it should reduce the frequency and severity of developing country crisis. and push back on china's over len

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brexit headache will not be going away. china may delay its global tech ambitions as the u.s. calls on beijing to do more. recent trade war optimism is draining away. tencent music it's a good note on its first ipo day in new york. let's get you started with a quick check of the markets close in the u.s. a risk on day for equity markets as the dow gained .6% and the s&p 500 gained the most in a week. more positive sentiment coming from more positive headlines on trade. prime minister may surviving the no-confidence vote. the nasdaq also gaining for the third consecutive session. s&p futures not doing much at the moment, but the narrative throughout the session was on trade and brexit. the risk of a hard brexit rising. prime minister may facing that challenge to her leadership. but sterling now looking like this after falling to the lowest level since april. throughout the session, it gained more than a month. sophie? sophie: we do have political and trade developments to consider in asia. also the eu and japan approving a draft fda deal that eliminates virtually all tariffs. but the fa

ready to address his party delegates, gathering on the 40th anniversary of china's reform. ,he chinese leadership led then unleashing those changes that would open up and transform a beleaguered economy. the chinese financial market reform continues even to this day. that is the scene as we await for xijing ping. let's get outside the venue. very cold. sideackenzie is out beijing itself. tom? tom: it is slowly warming up. i'm outside the permit in city. -- for bidden city benin city -- forbidden city. the question from business leaders we have been hearing from his will president xi use this opportunity around the 40th anniversary of reform to announce further measures to lower trade barriers, to lower access, and increase the ability for bond companies to operate in sectors here? but also drive enterprises in the domestic markets. will he talk about trade and the tensions that china is facing with washington? reallindustrial policy? there is also concerned about the indebtedness of some of the nations participating in the project. is that something he will try to adjust as wel

from the australian, new zealand and japanese embassies talked about u.s.-china trade relations. this event is hosted by the global business dialogue. >> okay. i will count to three or four and then we will be underway to be about as close as longtime s we've ever done. so good morning. good day. thank you all for coming. i'm with the global business dialogue and it's a real pleasure to welcome each of you here today. we'll get to the heart of this morning's program in a minute, but just a few thoughts first. it's january of course that is named after the two face god, looks both ways, , fortson bath court. really though, that's a better description of december than it is of january. by december 31 you are seeing auld lang syne and worrying about next year but when january second comes around, it's just fully hardcharging towards making the first quarter of 2019 as good as it could possibly be. that will be especially true in trade this year when we have a a march deadline for the use china talks, the current ones, and, of course, we have the looming brexit deadline in the 29th