honor and a pleasure for me to be here to talk about the japan-u.s. economic relations, and the future of tpp 11. i think i want to get a bit closer to the slide since i cannot -- i don't have it just in front of me. maybe the best way would be to -- i see. okay. okay. thank you very much. ok okay. so president trump withdrew from tpp on day one or two after assuming his presidency, and japan started to lead negotiations on tpp 11. japan was then the largest economy among the 11 countries, so japan was a natural leader to do so. in the meantime, mr. trump started to focus on trade issues to reduce trade deficits, and particularly he focused on china. he has been very tough on china. people around him were probably tougher toward china than mr. trump himself. but mr. trump also wants to forge fdas or trade agreements with the eu and japan which would be very favorable from the u.s. perspective, and he has been using the threat of imposing additional tariffs on automobile imports. japan now started to work with other ten countries within the tpp 11 context to expand membership. japan als

u.s. negotiators start trade talks in china yet again but few hope things will really change can the world's top two economies find a way out of their trade war and calm down financial markets. and the makers of scotch whisky fear breck's it will hurt their global business i'll tell you why export barriers are not the only thing producers are worried about. it's time for business on the w.b. and how you know gas welcome to the program as china and the u.s. resume trade talks both powers are using very positive rhetoric china says it's willing to work together with the u.s. to resolve the months long dispute between the two countries the foreign ministry expressed optimism as talks resumed in beijing and the meeting is the first since u.s. president donald trump and his chinese counterpart she agreed to a ninety day truce in their trade war last month. the u.s. and chinese representatives will need one key quality staying power these trade negotiations are set to be long and difficult nonetheless there's real hope that the trade conflict may finally be brought to an end china has

the u.s. says the pullout on hold until encourage guarantees the security of kurdish fighters. and the joint u.s. russian plan for a space station orbiting the moon is under threat after a visit by the head of russian space agency is blocked at the request of american senators. by the allies world wide international is now mid day here in moscow on call and bright welcome to the program first for you a u.s. destroyer has sailed near disputed islands in the south china sea just as an american trade delegation is trying to find a solution to the ongoing trade war being waged between washington and beijing the islands claimed by china but also by vietnam and taiwan a longstanding u.s. ally a spokeswoman for the u.s. pacific fleet says the move wasn't about making a political statement however china's reacted with fury calling it a provocation stressing that it's in violation of international law now all this comes as the two sides meet in beijing right now trying to reach a solution in the economic that look last month the world's two largest economies agreed a ninety day truce in their t

syria the u.s. says the pullouts on hold until ankara agrees the security of kurdish fighters. and the us russian plan for space station orbiting the moon is under threat after a visit by that of russian space agency is blocked at the request of american senate. either monday morning right here in moscow start of a new week aaron r.t. international i'm calling brevity well as the south korean the united states and china are due to start talks to see if there's a solution to the economic deadlock they've reached last month the world's two largest economies agreed a ninety day truce in their trade war which is so fast say more losers than winners isn't a day richard and i explained. well the next round of the u.s. china trade battle begins and both sides appear to be quite enthusiastic just had a long and very good coal were present she of china deal is moving along very well if made it will be very comprehensive covering old subjects areas and points of disputes big progress being made us trade negotiators will optimistically and constructively communicate with the chinese delegatio

ahead is rough. it has lost his crown as the most valuable u.s. carmaker. ramy: let's get a quick reminder of how u.s. stocks ended last week. they were clearly in the green. all gaining. the dow up by 1.4%. s&p almost as much. highs we have not seen in the past six weeks. december 6 was the last time we saw the indices at these levels. some optimism here was because china was saying listen, we are willing to actually put the trade deficit down to zero by 2024, but then the white house said we might do an executive order possibly against chinese telecoms. we will see how that goes into the asian trade day. sophie later on today in about three hours time, four hours, we are looking at chinese data coming out. sophie: that is the highlight of the date when it comes to the eco-agenda. seeing aay we could be start looking positive for asian stocks. we see a pop of 1.4% at the nikkei at the start. china offering to go on a six-year buying spree of u.s. goods, helping to buy some relief. in australia we are watching for it the u.k. post-brexit. folks will be anxiously awaiting on a chin

let's talk. how: a reminder have -- of u.s. stocks ended friday. it was green across the board. s&p futures now in positive territory. the dow and nasdaq are up. what happened in china, they said they could theoretically take down u.s. deficit to the zero by the down to year 2024. economists say it is not likely. there is a possible executive order from the u.s. white house about chinese telecoms in the u.s., and we have yuko data coming out. -- ecodata coming out. we are watching for gdp from china. sophie: we are awaiting that data dump, and asian futures are pointing to a positive start. aussie shares up .2%. in japan we could see a pop of .ver 1% for japanese stocks the boj is holding a policy meeting and investors are watching for potential cuts to the bank's buying to attract the nikkei 225. we are seeing oz drill rise on the updated has secured $151 million australian worth of contracts in new work. looking at the china data dealers, the offshore yuan is holding recent losses after the biggest drop in two months. the aussie looking weaker after holding a three-week winning st

zero zero. where ever you. the democrats take control in the u.s. house with the standoff with president trump over funding for a border wall showing no signs of ending. a long. live from doha also coming up evidence the announced pullout of u.s. troops from syria triggered more fighting there. taking the reins brazil's new president to advance his policy agenda. saudi arabia says eleven men suspected of being behind the murder of. have gone on trial in riyadh five of them facing the death penalty. although the new u.s. house of representatives now controlled by the democrats has passed the package of bills to end a partial government shutdown but the republican majority senate will likely block the legislation and the president is refusing to sign off on them because they don't include funding for his border war with mexico earlier the new house speaker nancy pelosi vowed to keep the trump presidency in check and end the stalemate jordan reports from washington. do you solemnly swear it's a day of firsts for the one hundred sixteenth u.s. congress do you solemnly swear that yo

partial u.s. government shutdown may be over for now but predatory lenders are still on the prowl bartlet naylor public citizen joins us to analyze the industry and how they target the most vulnerable among us and later here inside the washington beltway huawei has been charged with myriad crimes as senior u.s. government officials ramp up the rhetoric in the ongoing conflict with china on the eve of the u.s. china trade negotiations here in washington they begin wednesday alpha male edition the owner of which you join us to discuss all that in our sights but first we had right to some headlines let's go. rex that brinkmanship leads our globe report today is u.k. prime minister theresa may opens her draft agreement to amendments from the british house of commons ms may effectively conceding that parliament has disregarded past precedent and elbert their way to the breakfast table. spent a full day of rollicking debate in an editing session on her draft or exit plan ms may is especially anxious for changes on the matter the so-called backstop issue on the irish border changes to th

. we don't think they have done it enough. >> i think the u.s. economy will grow at a lower rate than last year, and china will grow at a lower rate. >> although we have downgraded our forecast, the two countries that we have not downgraded are the u.s. and china. >> you have a growth that kicked up to a higher level and is coming down a little bit. that makes people nervous. >> we see an economy that is absolutely slowing in terms of growth but not stalling by any means. >> uncertainty is the greatest enemy of growth. >> the shutdown will ultimately start to affect economic activity. >> political uncertainty certainly doesn't make our job as business leaders easier. >> there is no question there has been an economic cost paid by the u.k. consumer and industry because of this uncertainty going on so long. >> all eyes are on the trade talks, and hopefully in 90 days we hear some good news. i hope something positive comes out of the latest round. >> now you have all of this uncertainty and the possibility that the world is a lot slower than people expected last year. to see a weakly fir

union is agreeing to business dealings with iran skirting u.s. sanctions so transfers have leverage over you run and iran of course its allies hezbollah they hold political power in this country all sides made concessions but it was a demand by hezbollah that it's suddenly ally hezbollah being a force the shiite party it's certainly allied be given a ministerial portfolio hezbollah more has had a more conciliatory. attitude in the past a few days so a new government parliament is going to me to give it a vote of confidence that is expected to happen but the political power the balance of power does not changed hezbollah and its allies control control the parliament they control political power in this country and by extension that means iran and its ally the syrian government are if you really have influence over lebanon. still ahead for you on al-jazeera. found. the british government is paying a one point three million dollars penalty to a group of people inside. press and a brutal chill sweeps through parts of the united states in what is being called the worst freeze in a genera

u.s. central bank raises its key interest rates the financial crisis the us federal reserve cut interest rates to virtually zero sheep money stimulates the economy but that's made investors go looking for higher returns elsewhere many found opportunities in merging markets like south africa or nigeria now the u.s. federal reserve has said it will raise interest rates again over this year and that will draw money back to the u.s. with consequences across the african continent. seen from india the u.s. federal reserve is more than ten thousand kilometers away but u.s. monetary policy has consequences there as well the rupee lost heavily against the u.s. dollar last year imports have become more expensive for companies that are indebted in u.s. dollars the mountain of debt is growing and for governments as well today emerging markets with a volume of three point seven trillion dollars have more than twice as many dollar loans outstanding as a decade ago if currencies lose value against the dollar that means that loans in dollars will become more expensive other countries such as in

that kim jong un could be discussing plans for a second round of talks with the u.s. also coming up. u.s. security advisor john bolton is in turkey to discuss american plans to withdraw from syria and iran has welcomed the move but kurds in syria you're turkey is planning to attack the. body and the actor kevin spacey appears in court to face charges of sexual assault of a man so spacey groped him two years ago when he was eighteen years old. and born to be wired germany's b.m.w. hopes of driving motorcycles could end traffic jams as one of the innovations of this year's consumer electronics show will go live to los vegas. i'm dr thomas thanks so much for joining us north korean leader kim jong un is in beijing for talks with china's president xi jinping now this visit was announced nearly simultaneously by north korean and chinese state media camp traveling to china in his armored train under heavy security it's his forces. is it to beijing in a less than a year likely to be high on their agenda the negotiations currently underway for a second summit between kim and us president do

w news coming to you live from berlin u.s. files criminal charges against chinese telecoms giant hallway it accuses the company of industrial espionage and violating sanctions against iran this as the u.s. and china are trying to calm the recent trade tension. also in the program the fate of a christian woman in pakistan all the line again as if bibi was acquitted of blasphemy after spending eight years on death row but now pakistan's supreme court is reviewing its decision to set her free. hello i'm terry martin welcome to the program the u.s. justice department has charged chinese telecoms giant huawei with violating sanctions against iran and with industrial espionage the charges are linked to the arrests in canada always chief financial officer main one shoe who is also the daughter of the company's founder the move comes a time of heightened tensions between washington and beijing due to a simmering trade conflict. the announcement was a long time coming if you believe the rumor mill the u.s. has officially cuse chinese telecom giant huawei of a bevy of crimes a grand jury i

relations with the united states that's in response to u.s. vice president mike pence declaring support to government demonstrators and opposition leaders as more. energized protest is in caracas rally the a movement hoping to push the president from power. out with the usurper as unrest happened last year our armed forces the country soldiers many of them began to demonstrate their own happiness and today there are over four hundred officers in jail who have been tortured simply for raising their voices against the regime has broken the constitutional order. venezuela's opposition has momentum over the weekend twenty seven soldiers rebelled against the government they were later to tank by security forces. and on monday they moved through caracas the streets with pots and pans a statement that reverberated all the way to the white house by mike pence the vice president of the united states. and on behalf of president donald trump and all the american people let me express the unwavering support of the united states is you the people of venezuela raise your voices in a call for freedom nic

and differences between the u.s. and europe, after several fines were levied against u.s. tech companies by the european union. this is about an hour and 45 minutes. >>> welcome to this hearing of the subcommittee on antitrust competition and civil rights. today we are pleased to hear from five distinguished witnesses who will be testifying about competition law approaches to monopoly in the u.s. and the european union. we welcome each of you and thank you for your time. we are grateful you are willing to spend time with us today on some of these matters. ascension has been prevalent in certain circles, including some of our colleagues on capitol hill, that america has a monopoly problem. armed with this assumption, politicians confront these monopolies. often proponents cite the u.s. as a model for how we should proceed. the question of whether america has an extensive monopoly problem is a topic for another hearing and not for today. today we will focus on how european competition law compares to antitrust law on the subject of monopolization. what the europeans call abuse --

another isolette attack against u.s. and kurdish forces in syria was off to israel fired missiles as a rainy and targets near damascus. hello i'm the star and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up dozens are killed in a taliban attack in afghanistan ahead of another round of direct u.s. negotiations with the group. to resume a present another version of head breaks that plan but it's not terribly different from an old ready rejected proposal. and the family of a sudanese doctor killed while treating injured protest his says be assured he was killed by the government. well u.s. troops based in syria have become the targets of i still fight says for the second time in less than a week a bomber rammed his car into a checkpoint in syria's kaddish controlled northeast just as a joint convoy of u.s. and coalition forces passed by at least five people were killed no u.s. troops were among the casualties the incident comes just weeks after the u.s. president announced a pullout of troops from syria monday's incident happened in a province where residents say there's been a surg

plans to put u.s. missile defense systems into orbit it's ultimately going to be a very very big part. and obviously. really is interior minister here to add france accusing the country of harboring dozens of dangerous fugitives and demanding their extradition. this is funny old dot com three hundred feet from the government's front piece of this house has expressed its confidence in the government. and the british prime minister narrowly wins a confidence vote in parliament the day after he was decisively rejected her new divorce. party dot com is your one stop shop for world news updates next stop so if you can code takes a closer look at the partial government shutdown gripping washington. hello welcome to so if you're in. the us has been shattered by the longest ever government shutdown in the u.s. history how grave can the consequences when i talk to laurence kotlikoff professor of economics in boston university and write in candidate in twenty sixteen u.s. presidential election. and american politics is paralyzed the president congress. over the mexican. government shutdown who

plenty to digest as a parade of u.s. banks march out earnings reports. >> goldman had its worst quarter since the crisis in terms of financial trading. >> there is nothing to get excited about, one way or the other. kailey: the standoff deepens in d.c. and the government shutdown drags on. kevin: the bickering and back and forth continue. kailey: carmakers come together at the global auto show. >> american business will be solid. >> you used to have to worry about the car business. now you have all these macro issues. kailey: hanging on a fed presidents every word. the chicago fed president gives exclusive insight. >> i do not think there is a hurry, and you would not want to make a mistake. kailey: it's all straight ahead on "bloomberg best." hello, and welcome. i am kailey leinz. this is "bloomberg best," your weekly review of the most important business news, analysis, and interviews around the world. let's start with a day by day look at the top headlines. a big week for u.s. bank earnings began with quarterly results from citigroup on monday. >> citigroup kicking off a week

could cut u.s. call import tariffs is part of a trade pact we'll find out how traders on wall street are reacting. also on the program coming from all directions now while weighs under fire an american criminal probe into the chinese tech giant and germany considers barring it from five g. networks. and they call it sri lanka's new body china is building a brand new poll just off sri lanka's assures the country's leaders hailed it as a great achievement but it's not everyone's going to. this is your business update on how to humphrey a glad you could join me there appears to be some movement in the trade dispute between the u.s. and the european union now brussels says it's prepared to get rid of industrial tariffs and tariffs on u.s. made cars the proposals are seen as the e.u. taking a step toward u.s. president donald trump's demands the office would benefit the u.s. in particular. american industrial firms that export products to the european union would be the big winners of import duties are abolished as proposed by the hue. u.s. firms currently pay a five point two percent tar

united states has kicked out u.s. diplomats from the country we will go one to caracas for more on this breaking story also coming up the men who would make peace in syria the turkish president heir to one says that he and russia's vladimir putin have agreed to setting up a security zone in northern syria and germany's chancellor has doubts about the future of our world order and the americans says change and reform will help counter what she calls the fragmentation of the multilevel whole world. i'm bring golf it's good to have you with us we begin and minutes where you live where the picture of power is unclear at this hour hundreds of thousands of taken to the streets of the capital caracas and in cities across the country demanding the resignation of president nicolas maduro they saying the government is illegitimate and they are demanding he return power to that it's where he lives national assembly the opposition leader a one go i though has declared himself the. country's interim president he was swiftly recognized as the new president by the united states and several south

the group for mother while the u.s. argentina brazil and colombia are for fry they brought free flow in the violence that has engulfed venezuela over the last three days it's been three days of protests mostly in the slums surrounding caracas which you saw before which used to be for chavez but now they come out every night protesting friday it looks in this part of her aka caracas very tranquil but we don't know how much this piece is going to last and it just cements corrupts incompetence that's how the u.s. is calling majoris regime as the standoff continues to escalate in the finest wailin capital we spoke to for me u.s. congressman ron paul he feels it's ironic that washington times is fighting for democracy in venezuela but implementing off our tarion at that. i think it's going to end up in violence and you could have a civil war some countries are lining up with him but we've been antagonizing and threatening them and decide that we're going to install a president for them and i would think even the people that might not like madeira should like i said ling the dispute is int

kurdish allies which it regards terrorists meanwhile the u.s. secretary of state might bump a zero has reassured regional allies that withdrawing troops from syria won't jeopardize efforts to put pressure on iran the pompei o is in jordan's capital and on the first stop of his eight day middle east tour the us state department envoy to resolve the blockade of qatar anthony zinni has resigned the retired general says he quit his job after realizing he could not help the dispute is the solution comes eighteen months after four nations saudi arabia the u.a.e. egypt. imposed the land sea and air blockade on. attempts at peace talks in afghanistan have failed because the taliban has refused to meet with u.s. representatives for years all parties including the kabul government have tried to meet for reconciliation but to no avail someone about it explains. taliban leaders canceled a meeting with u.s. officials only a few hours after telling the media they were willing to hold face to face talks in qatar in the coming days and the reason is differences over inviting the afghan government

want u.s. tariffs on china but the treasury denies a plan. as mixed earnings reports adjust it is spending free on content may not pay off as quickly as expected. china raises the stakes with canada, beijing says banning huawei from 5g networks will have repercussions. shery: let's start with a check of the markets, the close of the thursday session in the u.s. as the s&p 500 rose for the third consecutive session, moving past the 50 day moving average. every sector on the s&p 500 was in the green. the headlines boosting stock markets in late trading. we have positive act of data out of the u.s. including -- eco data out of the u.s. andid see morgan stanley reaction to their earnings being negative. financial stocks managed to gain ground for another session. u.s. futures unchanged at the moment. let's see how we are setting up for the markets in asia. couldtralian shares extend gains point fourth straight day and we're watching to see if the gains can crack 5900 points. gains in tokyo and seoul. it may turn out to be another choppy session as markets dissect conflicting reports o

the anti trafficking law agadez has lost over one hundred million u.s. dollars in income in response to e.u. has spent three point one million dollars financing projects that include training schemes and cash for work rebuilding our goddess all city but many feel it's too little and too slow. meanwhile the e.u. funded compensation scheme for migration workers has come to a halt after less than ten percent of successful applications received business start up kits. we've come back to see businessmen mandelamine more sell at his compound to elders are voicing their grievances the pair are soon. when a particular job is. easy but the most i to do are for the name for the person to tbilisi. they show me lists of names. these are all drivers exam today is sadness only. to move well these are the two who drive us ok you know in paris you do companies out there didn't get any compensation. so excuse all that to have a theist reputation gained by fighting a series of rebellions against the central government some girlfriend in a more liberal. lucilla killers are going to be. the elders say t

. meantime, the u.s. imposing tough new sanctions on that guy, venezuela's nicolas moduro will russia or china bail him out? we're going to find out. theresa may staring down another big brexit vote in the u.k. parliament apple fixing a major security bug that lets facetime users eavesdrop on others. yikes. it is tuesday, january 29th, and worldwide exchange begins right now. skbrienchts welcome do cnbc and world wooitd exchange. i'm brian sullivan here's how your money and global markets are setting up not a big move in stock futures. we're down 39. s&p and nasdaq are down just fractionally in the red. its going to be all about earnings today earnings, a lot of numbers rolling out, and this has the power certainly to change over the next couple of hours as always, much more on your money and the markets ahead. first, we have some big breaking news out of california pg&e filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy prengz. this comes as the company faces billions in potential liability in the wildfires adidi has been covering the story us from from the beginning, and she's live in california i know

value in pg&e. i want to look at the pound, i know we are focused on the u.s. markets, but in about one hours time we are getting another key may's newtheresa brexit plan she is trying to pitch to brussels. you are seeing a weaker pound ahead of that vote, relative to a stronger dollar. try to get some key demands so she can go back to brussels and see if she can negotiate an ever-changing deal that i can barely keep my head around because it changes every day. vonnie: taylor riggs, thank you. brexit, british prime minister theresa may is warning the european union that if they don't come back to the negotiating table, chaos will ensue. parliament trying to rattle but control of brexit from the prime minister with a range of amendments. withohnson is at once mr. a -- westminster with a key mp. by the mp from the labour party. good evening. , theye seven amendments will start being voted on around 7:00 this evening. are any of them going to pass? ? >> the honest answer is we don't know. clearly, the crucial ones are on the government side, the brady amendment, which seem to have brought

what you think. up. a probe finds the u.s. military is linked to sites in yemen where jailed terror suspects have reportedly been tortured but the pentagon tonight claims made by the associated press. the british prime minister suffers another humiliation in parliament ahead of next week's crucial vote on a plan. the deal is dead. and for good to see just. president trump storms out of his latest meeting with democratic leaders describing the talks as a total waste of time after they refused to fund. the better an american civil rights activist is left stunned after an award recognizing coworkers revoked angela davis suspects it's because of her open support for palestinians. with your world news this hour a first for you the pentagon is denying allegations that u.s. personnel witnessed or were complicit in in torture. secret yemeni prisons which are overseen by its ally the united arab emirates the investigation by the a.p. news agency uncovered some gruesome details it's kind of morbid now explains ports highlighting torture and scandalous practices the associated press and human

the worsening humanitarian crisis stop the crackdown on chinese companies beijing reacts to the u.s. filing criminal charges against telecoms john way and reaches the final of the asian cup there thrashed the united arab arab emirates for nail in the so-called blockade. so the u.s. will allow the leader of venezuela's opposition to control some of his government's assets that are in u.s. banks however the country's attorney general has now frozen one gotos assets and barred him from leaving the country that's after the white house ordered sanctions on venezuela's state owned oil company to block around seven billion dollars of assets president nicolas maduro is accusing washington of trying to steal then as well as oil reserves the latest with alessandro who is in bogota to bring us up to date with this decision from the attorney general sounds like a pretty serious development. absolutely come out of the power struggle continues in business well with the news turns every hour practically this latest one came from the country's attorney general projects i have been who just minutes

collusion scandal besides the fact that president trump has actually been tough on russia. u.s. officials say there's no detail record even unclassified files of trump's files of trumps face-to-face interactions with the russian leader in five locations over the last two years. the article notes such a gap would be unusual in any presidency, let alone one site to install three u.s. agency has described as unprecedented campaign of election interference. this is not the only article raising questions about the president's behaviors related to russia. the report in "the new york times" claim the investigators into president trump after he fired fbi director james comey to try and determine whether or not mr. trump is working for russia without realizing he'd fallen under the in lengths of moscow. when asked if he's ever worked for russia now or in the past that president trump told fox jeanine the question was insulting. >> i think it the most insulting thing i've ever been announced. i think it's the most insulting article i've ever had written. if you read the article you've ha

new charges filed, while china called on the u.s. to stop the unreasonable crackdown. plus, apple is not the only tech company reporting earnings. we will look ahead at what to expect from tesla and facebook. our top story, apple's first report since tim cook let investors know the company was it -- ists forecast out. shares are up. revenue was higher at $84.3 billion. the number we were waiting for was china revenue, a steep drop-off. apple brought in almost $5 billion less revenue during the holiday quarter in china been a year prior. $13.1 billion versus $17.9 billion in the same quarter last year. to discuss, we have our guests. i have to zero in on china. how bad is it? >> we have seen a couple of macro indicators collapsing the last two months of the quarter. november, december. consumption tax down dramatically. let's not forget that apple was up 16% into q3 last year. we went from going up to down 17% or see her -- 70% or so you're on your. it was a dramatic collapse in china. it's not just apple. what we are seeing is a collapse in consumer confidence over all. emily: the qu

court system. lawyers and litigants reflexively assume that the u.s. supreme court has all the answers. the role of the state court and state constitutional law and protecting the individual liberties is been embarrassingly and then deliberated. according to a poll half of americans another state had a constitution. i'm a lawyer and i confess that only recently did i read ohio's constitution for the first time. i won't tell you how recent, it is very long by the way. i won't tell you how recently, but it was last night. [laughter] >> few of the nations accredited law schools even offer portion state constitutional law. it's an essential and no blot of those are taught by judge sutton. justin would like to correct this imbalance. his latest book tells about equal protection, criminal procedures, privacy and free speech speech and religion. as he engagingly explains traditional accounts of these constitutional issues ignore half of the story. the important positive role that state courts have played in the laws development. judge sutton's book is nothing if not timely, americans

than winners that era chewed it takes a closer look well the next round of the u.s. china trade battle begins and the both sides appear to be quite enthusiastic just had a long and very good call were present she of china deal is moving along very well if made it will be very comprehensive covering all subjects here is and points of dispute big progress being made. u.s. trade negotiators will optimistically and constructively communicate with the chinese delegation on the important agreements achieved by the two leaders during the meeting in argentina this is the first formal meeting since presidents donald trump and the xi jinping agreed a ninety day truce last month when washington hit the pause button on the shuttle to increase in tariffs and beijing vowed to buy more products from the u.s. and there's no doubt that for both countries this ongoing trade war has stirred up the financial markets and dampened their economic outlook so we saw a number of companies who have suffered financial losses and they are finger pointing towards the top political dogs for being responsible

accusations he committed tax fraud. also on the show as officials from china and the u.s. continue their negotiations in beijing we'll see how american companies are trying not to lose valuable chinese customers because of a trade war. and the c.e.o.'s electronics show in las vegas looks into the tech future despite the global trade dispute. it's time for business on the w how you know it's good to have you with us got to go on was considered a legend in the automotive industry seen as a visionary and credited with turning nissan into a powerhouse that was until he was arrested charged with financial crimes two months on he's now finally had his first hearing in court but his lawyers say it could be another half year before his case goes to trial. cameras ready they were waiting but carlos gone never had a chance to make his case to the media a police bus delivered him to the talk your district court handcuffed and with a rope around his waist. was described as thin he is set to last more than ten kilos over his last two months in prison the charges tax avoidance and under reporting his

trade dispute between the u.s. on the european union now brussels says it's prepared to get rid of industrial tariffs and tariffs on u.s. made cars the proposals are seen as the e.u. taking a step toward u.s. president donald trump's demands the office would benefit the u.s. in particular. american industrial firms that export products to the european union will be the big winners of import duties are abolished as proposed by the q. us firms currently pay a five point two percent tariff to sell their goods in the block in the other direction european firms pay a three point five percent import tariff to american tax authorities brussels plan would also see the end of june on cars and car parts an area in which american firms are disadvantaged they pay ten percent in tariffs while it is only a mere two point five percent on similar european goods. we are prepared to put our vehicle tariffs on the negotiating table this as part of a broader agreement if the us agreed to work together to would see a tariff for all industrial goods the new proposals come as brussels faces considerable

passed the democratic controlled house passes a plan to end the u.s. government shutdown but without any money the president from sport. you're watching al-jazeera live from doha also coming up the u.s. ramps up attacks against isis in syria as the trumpet ministration prepares to withdraw its troops. a powerful tropical storm makes landfall in thailand raising fears of widespread flooding and landslides. and taking the reins brazil's president moves to advance his policy agenda. the new u.s. house of representatives which is now controlled by the democrats has passed a package of bills to end the partial government shutdown however the republican majority senate is likely to block the legislation and the president is refusing to sign off on them because they don't include funding for his border war with mexico earlier the new house speaker nancy pelosi vowed to keep the trump presidency in check and end the stalemate she remains the only woman to hold the post in the most diverse congress in u.s. history roslyn jordan reports now from washington. do you solemnly swear it's a day of

war as democrats accuse him of holding americans hostage. the taliban calls off told with the u.s. prompting afghan and pakistani officials to consider the next move. north korean leader kim jong un wraps up a visit to china a day ahead of schedule. so sudan's president omar al bashir is addressing a pro-government rally in the capital khartoum trying to counter mass protests against his rule and the demonstrations has spread across sudan since mid december and began over the rising cost of food and fuel and government corruption payments meanwhile are organizing what they say will be another massive push for to resign let's bring now to the moment he joins us live from called team and pro-government rally ongoing right now and the president keen to demonstrate the support that he has. yes nick he did speak to protesters a few minutes ago and he basically sang the armed forces for standing by his side and he said that sudan has been quite well off and that if people continue to protest then there would be destabilizing sudan his words and say he said it was going to be like revolu

we're glad to have you coming out today chinese and u.s. trade negotiators have been meeting in beijing today we'll look at what could be accomplished and markets too will look at that with steve malzberg and danielle sherry who are standing by and it's the final countdown to bret's that on march twenty ninth only eighty days away we'll get a brecht's an update from the c.e.o. of pro mark hillary forward with plus we take our first look at energy in twenty nine thousand what types of energy are beings produced and which are being used around the world will answer those and take us a couple of more questions about canada and u.s. energy specifically what parties science have injured and alex much pile of it all of it in our sights but first we get right to some headlines let's go to. the latest major merger to reshape the world's drug and health care sector leads our global report today as i literally in company of indianapolis indiana acquires the lock so on college e. for eight billion dollars in cash locks on college is believed to be on the verge of major profits from a numbe

stock market in the u.s.. talks in beijing will continue on wednesday. set to takeump is the border wall fight to prime time tv. marketsck chart of the in the u.s.. u.s. stocks rallying about 1%. offaw investors shrugging concern over a government shutdown which is now on the 18th day. also, optimism over u.s. china trade talks are helping to boost sentiment. the s&p 500 gained 1%. there was skepticism over technology and financial stocks yet the optimism over trade really offset those concerns. the s&p futures unchanged. a little bit of pressure at the open but still we saw energy stocks gained ground in the last session. we saw oil move toward $50 a barrel. output givenhter opec's production cuts. we are talking about cuts from saudi arabia to libya filtering into oil prices. gold is unchanged but that is after falling in the last session. the dollar gained a little bit of ground after weakening to an october low. we are seeing safe havens retreat on a better risk sentiment. the euro is also unchanged but we saw some weakness in some lead up to this session. you have some figures

. could an indictment be coming soon? u.s. authorities are investigating whether the smartphone giants huawei stole trade secrets. cook's privacy push in the middle of an iphone downturn as the apple ceo is sounding the alarm on protecting user data. we are breaking down suggestions for congress. netflix shares slipped after fourth-quarter revenue came below wall street estimates. that is a sign that an explosion of programming has not reeled in viewers as quickly as expected. the company faces a crowded -- field in streaming with new offerings from disney and at&t's warner media. now slower than expected growth will put more of the spotlight on a price increase. here to discuss are analysts. they added a record number of subscribers and investors do not like the results given what we are seeing with revenue. what is your take? >> it is primarily the guide and not the actual. they sent some false signals, bird box numbers. believingrness into -- old us into believing so many people were active at the end of december that they would blow away domestic subscriber addition numbers. they w

departments of homeland security, the department of commerce, the fbi, and from our u.s. attorney's offices, both in the western district of washington and the eastern district of new york. before i get into today's announcements, i want to remind everyone that the defendants in these cases, as in every case, are innocent until proven guilty, and they deserve the due process of law. first, i am announcing that a grand jury in seattle has returned an indictment that alleges ten federal crimes by two affiliates of telecommunications corporation huawei technologies. huawei began effort to steal information about a robot that t-mobile used to test mobile phones. in an effort to build their own robot, huawei violated confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements with t-mobile by secretly taking photos of the robot, measuring it, and even stealing it -- stealing a piece of it. i am also announcing today a grand jury in new york has returned an indictment alleging 13 additional crimes committed by huawei, its cfo, its affiliate in iran and one of its subsidiaries here in the united states.

as the u.s. state deinrtment weighs plus, it may look like a snowman, but the images of ultima thule, most distant object ever seen by a spacecraft. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the world. president trump had a lot on his mind today, and for over an hour and a half he sounded off to reporters. from claiming he effective fired general mattis to relations with north korea, there was something for everyone. but of course, topping the tdagenda was the partial sn, which has now reached day 12. this afternoon lmakers went to the white house for a briefing. when asked how long th could go on for, the president had this response. pres. trump: as long as it takes. look, i am prepared. i think the people of this country think i am right. the people of this country think i am right. i could've done nothing. i could've had a lot ecyier presidy doing nothing. but i am here. i want to do it right. laura: after the meeting at the white house, democrats pressedga backst the president and urged him to pass the bill they le proposing which would reopen the governme

recognizes the opposition leader and waives u.s. oil sanctions while nicolas maduro faces a violent protests. saudi arabia's lng bet for the future. wizards down with the saudi aramco ceo. -- we sit down with the saudi aramco ceo. trade war bite. a company prepares to take a hit of $100 billion. soybean prices dragged down. competitor cargill weighs in. ♪ alix: i am alix steel. welcome to "bloomberg commodities edge." 30 minutes focused on the companies, physical assets, and the trading behind the hottest commodities with the smartest voices in the business. first, we begin with spot on, it is our take on the big story, and today it is venezuela. president trump pledged his support to opposition leader juan guaido. he says quote it's only role as the legitimate branch elected by the people of venezuela, and declare nicolas maduro illegitimate. vice president mike pence also signaled the administration's support for venezuelan citizens. vp pence: we say to all the good people of venezuela, "estamos con ustedes." we are with you, we stand with you, and we will stay with you until de

, good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us for the second panel for the japan-u.s.-south korea symposium. today, we have some very exciting guest here to talk with us about areas of collaboration in the trilateral, in addition to security issues. to my left, i have someone from the center of the new -- president of the center for american security. we also have someone who is part of the korean american student conference, and we also -- we have the someone with the congressional research service, a specialist with asian affairs. a student from, the japan american student conference. to started us of them i wanted to hear the panelists opinions on this topic, a very important issue. considering all the changing the nymex in the region. since the 2016 election, a lummis happened. rise ofthe china, tensions between japan and south korea, and also the president of the united states changing the dynamic of the trilateral. took a off, mr. fontaine. >> thank you for having all of us and for convening this, it is actually nice to applause and think about cooperation in asia, bec

u.s. lawmakers seek to ban chip sales to china's hallways at t. and other telecom companies they say violates sanctions good to move be risky business and worsen trade tensions also coming up. the top she hopes a huge nuclear power project in the u.k. it's a major blow to persons plans to replace its aging power plants. how hard will works it hurt business european airplane make a boss fears for supply chain the wings for it's a croft operatives in the u.k. . this is your business update on how the home for you in berlin glad you could join me a bipartisan group of u.s. lawmakers have introduced a bill that would bound the sale of american chips and other components to while ways ed t. and all the telecom companies that violate u.s. sanctions the move further escalate tensions between the two countries it will make upcoming negotiations between u.s. and chinese officials to end the trade spat even trickier. nothing would work in while we and c.t.e. plans without us made semiconductor chips or the mobile phones and network devices made here in china need american technology from t

conditions. documentary on instagram. as the u.s. and china sit down to new trade talks. criminal charges against chinese telecoms giant weiwei the company is accused of violating sanctions against iran and industrial espionage. u.s. sanctions on venezuela's oil prices drives up prices. all over the world china and russia. also. helping to fuel prices in democracy. and why so little progress is made in fighting it. i'm joined on in berlin welcome to your business update the u.s. justice department has charged chinese telecom giant wall way with violating sanctions against iran and industrial espionage the charges are connected to the arrests in canada ways chief financial officer. this as a chinese delegation arrived in washington for talks to diffuse the simmering trade gone like between the two biggest economies in the world. the one way brand in beijing is probably as common as apple is in new york city quality is china's leading to the communications group that's why journalists were eagerly awaiting a statement from the beijing foreign ministry on tuesday from the tone it wou