u.s. and china has deepened in recent weeks after talks fell apart and main the syrian government's ally russia has blocked the un security council from issuing a statement on attacks in the province the member states were expected to sound the alarm over the possibility of a humanitarian disaster because of attacks by the army on rebel controlled areas government forces launched an offensive to recapture in april the province is the last area preventing president bashar assad from claiming final victory after 80 is of war. those are the headlines the news continues here with me on al-jazeera to inside story do stay with us. it's 30 years since chinese tanks and troops crushed pro-democracy protests plus the legacy of the tiananmen square massacre and how have the killings in beijing shaped modern china this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm here dean 30 years ago tens of thousands of chinese people protested in beijing for democracy and freedom the government answered with tanks and bullets that c.n.n. is square massacre is a highly sensitive issue in china secu

china and the tom lantos human rights commission. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> good morning and welcome to joint hearing of the executive commission on china in the human rights commission hosted by the word affairs committee i want to think my co-chair, micah review on the china commission and the congressman chris smith on the human rights commission. i would also like to think ranking member michael mccaul and all the members of the foreign affairs committee for hosting and participating in the support hearing. the title of today's hearing was examining the evolution of repression in china. the hearing will review the events in china in 1989 in the aspirations of the generation and the ongoing censorship and lack of accountability with those victims of the nazca. for first panel we are proud to welcome the speaker of the house representatives nancy pelosi. in 1989 just two weeks after the square massacre in her second term of congress introduced legislation to protect chinese students and nationals who feared being deported back to china. th

protests in beijing china 30 years ago. the senate foreign relations committee examines efforts to hold china accountable for its human rights abuses. this hearing is an hour 45 minutes. >>> the committee will come to order and this morning -- honor all those brave citizens of china who believed in a freer future for their country. please join me in a brief moment of silence for them, including those who lost their lives. in june 1989, the photo of a lone citizen standing in tiananmen square was a snapshot seen around the world of the chinese people suffering. perhaps more difficult to capture in a single image, but are nevertheless pernicious and increasingly brazen. every day is tiananmen square, but you don't see these pictures and you don't see the way that they are treated because it's done surreptitiously. as we sit here today, there are between 1 and 2 million muslims locked up by chinese authorities where they face political indoctrination, isolation, abuse and death. for every person in the camp, dozens more wonder what has happened to their loved ones. in general, freedom

human rights of everyone living in china and around the world. we will show you her speech next. and later, leader pelosi's testimony at a hearing, where a group of panelists talked about china's human rights abuses, including imprisonment of activists and censorship of free speech. recognized for one minute. the speaker: i thank the gentleman for yielding and lifelong commitment to promoting human rights throughout the world. fork you, mr. mall inous ki bringing this the floor today. thank you, mr. mcgovern for your leadership and chris smith who has been working on this issue. i rise in remembrance of the horror perpetrated by the chinese government 30 years ago today. the heroism of those died in the name of human rights and human dignity. i absolute chairman mcgovern, chairman engel, chris smith, mr. mccaul and so many others for bringing this resolution forward which ensures that we do not merely remember that dark chapter of history but we record it in the official proceedings of the united states congress. 30 years ago, one million students, workers, citizens, men and wom

worth of goods coming from china and that was recently increased from only 10 percent now china has also retaliated anywhere between 5 and 20 percent tariff on $110000000000.00 worth of u.s. goods i think it's also important to remember that we buy we meaning the u.s. a lot more goods from china than they do from us so i have some point in time china will run out of terrorists to retaliate on and i and so they may resort to other measures of retaliation outside of tariffs same question to you michael in forest hills here i mean it really is about a paradigm shift one power not wanting that shift to occur and another one feels that it's finally reached its place on the global stage i mean the this is these are piers they are genuinely piers now economically but it's something the u.s. has never had to confront go ahead michael well that doesn't stop you needed. were economic surrender it was china and russia and other countries all could be dependent on united states information technology. dollar and finance. in their culture so that these countries do something america doesn't like it c

located in beijing china and in forest hills we crossed to michael hudson he is a professor of economics at the university of missouri kansas city as well as author of forgive them their debts a financial times 2018 book of the year all right cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate heather let me go to you 1st in washington it seems to me i mean you know we're all covering this so-called trade war you know beat by beat pulse by pulse but you know you and the larger screen scheme of things it's really about who is going to dominate this century economically and technologically the united states is fighting very hard to preserve the status quo its position in the world and we can focus in on the tech sector and this is really what it's more about it's who is going to dominate and that's why it's taking so hard to get an agreement and it's and that's why it's so politically important more so for trump because he's up for reelection but of course the chinese leadership has. it come through for the chinese people because well th

china in hong kong almost 200000 people held a candlelight vigil pro-democracy leaders addressed crowds wearing t. shirts with the message the people will not forget that the scene of the estimated 1000 killings in beijing was surrounded by tight security. the attack in southern yemen has killed a child and wounded 6 others the rebels launched rocket attacks on the areas around tied there's been fighting between yemeni government forces on the whole of these east of the city those are the headlines inside stories coming up next on our jazeera. it's 30 years since chinese tanks and troops crushed pro-democracy protests plus the legacy of the tiananmen square massacre and how have the killings in beijing shaped modern china this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm here dean 30 years ago tens of thousands of chinese people protested in beijing for democracy and freedom the government answered with tanks and bullets that c.n.n. is square massacre is a highly sensitive issue in china security in beijing is tights on the anniversary and any public discussion will land

for a wide ranging interview with china's ambassador to russia. question the china trade is booming and is believed to be at its highest level ever so how washington's tensions with moscow really post russia and china into each other's arms i talk about this and other things with ambassador of china to russia . the united states has started a direct confrontation with its longtime challenger china exchanging tariffs on goods and using diplomacy to keep its competitors economy and trading ambitions in check but with the 2 largest economies entering into a standoff are will the rest of the world cope with the ripple effect the crumbling relations of the 2 superpowers lead to something a lot worse than just taxes. good afternoon your excellent seaward really happy to have you on our program today yes the lots to discuss so let's get started so speaking that the belgian wrote form in china the presidency said that russia and china face similar challenges and you know that they should develop and coordination to this challenge that side is china is developing at a far greater pace compar

-span.org/thepresidents or wherever books are sold. >>> trade negotiations continue between china and the u.s. up next, a look at china's economy and its relationship with the u.s. and the rest of the world. the heritage foundation hosted this event. >> good afternoon. welcome to the heritage foundation. i am riley walters. i'm a policy analyst in our asian studies center for asia economy and technology. i want to plug a couple events the asian studies center is having later this month. on june 7th we're hosting an event on the defensive leaguers in china and on june 12th there's a halfday event on u.s./taiwan relations. today's event, thank you for all coming and joining us today, by the way. today's event is titled the state of china's economy. i thought it might be helpful to take a step back from the constantly moving pieces in the u.s./china bilateral relationship and look at more broader economic trends. china has been the united states' largest trading partner the last four years. last year we traded 660 billion worth of goods. imports and exports benefitted both our economies.

20th d.w. . china is a strengthening business ties with africa i didn't invest a conference and got us campuses across come time when deals are being made boss critics say china's influence on the continent is getting i'm comes to being be. all sold for years off the devastating terror attacks on beach results that left dozens of foreign visitors dead. tourists are coming back to tunisia. this is a business africa. has welcomed china wants to deepen its business presence in africa and establish itself as the largest trading partner of the continent last year alone trade between china and african countries stood over a little over 200000000000 u.s. dollars with china benefiting the most of the country is now setting up trading platforms and events to further strengthen its ties with african economies one such event is taking place in ghana this week china's search from almost nowhere to become ghana's top trading partner with bilateral trade at $6700000000.00 u.s. dollars in 2070. this week in ghana's capital accra is hosting a major trade forum focusing on china and africa the china

" judy woodruff to talk about china's 5g technological advances, artificial intelligence and global security. this hour long event was hosted by the council on foreign relations in washington, d.c. >>> good afternoon, everyone. what a cheerful looking group. i am judy woodruff with the "pbs newshour" and i'm delighted to be here with all of you at this council and foreign relations meeting with senator mark warner who truly needs to introduction. as you know he's vice chairman of the senate select committee on intelligence. i'm going to be presiding over this discussion. the meeting is the annual kenneth a. moscow lecture on homeland security and counterterrorism. this is an annual lectureship that honors the memory of kenneth a. moscow who was a long time member of the council with a distinguished career in the intelligence community. further details on his life and his many professional accomplishments can be found in the booklet that you have at your seat. i do want to extend a special welcome to the members and guests of the moscow family who are here with us today seated at the

senate foreign relations committee hearing on human rights in china 30 years since the student led protest in beijing. his protest ended with a massacre by the chinese army. a former student who wasan aty e protest and human rights advocates testified at the hearing. >> our committee welcome to order. this morning, we are going to on the 30th anniversary, the day after the 30th anniversary of the massacre, all those brave citizens who believed in a freer future for their country, please join me in a brief moment of silence for them, including those who lost their lives. [silence] thank you. june 1989, a low training citizen, standing down a column of people was the snapshot seen around the world ofrl the chinee people's suffering. the chinese government repression today are perhaps more difficult to capture in a single image, nevertheless, on the present, increasingly bravery. every day, you don't see the pictures and you don't see the ways that they are treated because it's done like that. are treated by the chinese army just party for decades, human rights abuses have intensified

deals with homeland security, i want to take a slightly different bend and talk about china. , which goingject from 2008 going forward, i had what i would view as pretty traditional, conventional views about china. i think it was shared by a lot of members in our policy committee, and a lot of folks from the business community. as a former venture capitalist, i looked at china as a rapidly modernized country with the incomes and expectations, and mostly, saw opportunity. i think i saw what a lot of folks saw. a rising china, china that had been brought into the wto, china that was a part of the world good for theuld be overall world order. there would be places where we we be competitors, most likely, partners. the last three years to four years, and many, many briefings later, i have fundamentally shifted my viewpoint. xielieve that president starting with his major consolidation of power in 2015 and 2016, reasserted the country's power and dominance across all fields of business, society, the military, and he is now using that consolidated a role ofring about china that would domin

you when you're dealing in trade everything's on the table. also coming up china has trying to erase all memories of the tiananmen square massacre 30 years ago but in hong kong the lessons learned in 1809 are as alive as . we teenagers we found that the government tried to. try to pass our language try to class identity as a hong kong hong kong and we don't want that to happen and we don't want hong kong just to be comments like and not to see tea in china. or to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world well we begin the day with bricks and britain seen through the donald trump lens of the moment even before he became us president donald trump made it known that he thinks britain's departure from the european union brecht's it is long overdue in fact he has repeatedly criticized u.k. prime minister teresa mayes brigs it policies accusing her of being weak and slow in a go she asians with europe were today on day 2 of his official state visit to the u.k. truong stood next to theresa may and praised her handling of brecht's it even saying that she's done a be

record. china cools on u.s. treasuries, its holdings fell to a two-year orders take, airbus off leading rival boeing $13 billion to zero. we'll hear from boeing's boss. kathleen: and the trade war. it doesn't sound too great when it comes to iphone demand in china. how u.s. stocks, there were small gains across the board. of course facebook, news that it is getting ready to launch a crypto currency helped stocks apple and google moving ahead. you can see the dow jones frill average down 22 points for the s&p 500. again about three points for the s&p. the nasdaq was the biggest gainer. %, you can see the futures point to strength there. another big story today, deutsche bank getting ready to cut back on equities trading. this is something that didn't help the banks much. why are we showing the 10-year note yield? it is holding in around 2.09%. news from china, did have a dampingening effect in the foinl few hours. mostly people are positioning for the federal reserve meeting. how dovish will the fed be. bank of japan meeting this week. bond markets of the u.s. and around the world. could

australia and china and the rba meeting minutes and aussie shorter data bonds nudging lower. all-timeill in -- at lows. they are betting there is more life in the bond rally and expects three year yields to fall by 50 basis points if the rba delivers a second rate cut this year. paul: thank you very much, sophie. let's check in on first word news with jessica summers. thanks, paul. satellite images have been released showing two oil tankers that were attacked in the gulf of oman last week. the pictures were taken on monday. tankersw both the paired the defense department has released more photos of the tankers showing the bam -- the damage from what the administration claims was an attack carried out by iran. breach thet will nuclear deal on stockpiles within days unless europe helps ease the pressure of your resting -- u.s. sanctions. it is threatening to raise it beyond the level intended to prevent the making of weapons grade material. europe is urging iran to stick with he agreed it deal this -- despite u.s. pressure. meanwhile, a federal reserve gauge in new york state fell last mon

. president trump has words. he has no deadline on china and a morning for mexico. threatening germany with sanctions. we had concerns over trade tensions between the u.s. and china dampening the mood. we did have slower than expected inflation. we had two opposing forces. the stock market fell, the s&p .2%. the biggest loser with the energy sector. falling to four months low. u.s. futures up .1%. topie: it might be another recession. u.s. futures are gaining ground. the euro is looking steady after slipping below 113. mexico.actions on the euro and the dollar are holding steady. riskussie dollar is at a for reaching its may low. thes holding steady against dollar. aussie bonds are slipping. a site improvement. --a slight improvement. paul: let's get to first word news with ed ludlow. >> 739 billion dollars in the first eight months of the fiscal year. more than $200 billion bigger than years earlier. on top of that congressional budget, expecting the national deficit to come in at about $1 trillion by 2022 and above that level for about seven years. the watched measure of u.s. inflation tr

representatives that the reserve bank of india will look into this. and often overshadowed by the us china trade war is the brewing trade between india and the united states similarly many may not realize just how intense it is to the global economy while most of us are aware that products are assembled in china and then distributed globally most obvious is the role that india has in terms of business integration in the world where china is widely recognised as an outsourcing destination for manufacturing as workers in the rust belt of the united states can attest to india has shaped itself as a hub for service jobs and the rapidly developing knowledge economy according to the india brand equity foundation or i b e f the service sector made up more than 54 percent of india's g.d.p. which comes out to more than $60000000000.00 worth of net service exports the service sector consists of many areas but notably among them is the communications sector which has seen a boost in the numbers of call service center jobs that have been outsourced to the nation also at the top of the a list of indian

that trade remains strong despite u.n. sanctions against china secretive communist brother country. the chinese president's arrival on north korean soil was a momentous one clearly not everything that crosses the border between the 2 allies is weighted with such excitement most of the exchanges between china and north korea happen here the friendship bridge across the yalu river 70 percent of bilateral trade passes here between dandong and the north korean city of sin nature traditionally heavy metal is made of a big part of that trade the un sanctions imposed in 2017 banned exports of them to and from north korea with electric cars and textiles also subject to restrictions un sanctions have taken their toll in 2800 exports from north korea to china are thought to have dropped by 88 percent trade in the other direction fell by a 3rd. north korea can at least rely on one commodity crossing the border the number of chinese tourists is thought to be at a record high trade relations are healthy enough that a new border crossing was opened in april this year and it's around the same tim

law that would allow extraditions to mainland china they worried about the kind of influence beijing will have on hong kong the erosion of guarantees given by beijing concerning independent judiciary and individual freedoms could undermine investor confidence and threaten hong kong's place as a middle ground between china and the business world. look at some of the us is in a moment but 1st a quick refresher over the special status of kong one of the world's most important financial centers and busiest ports it's an enclave within china and has a special rights that diverged from chinese communist doctrine in $1898.00 britain up to him to 99 year lease on the territory from the chinese and that lease expired in 1970 britain transferred the colony back to china they didn't promise to uphold western style civil liberties in hong kong though it didn't free speech on the freedom of the press the territory was to remain a separate customs entity and operated under a free trade regime so it could retain the status of an international banking center so on call became an important ga

:00 a.m. in beijing, welcome to bloomberg markets, china. >> here are your top stories. mass protests as the extradition buildup before lawmakers. >> president trump claims total control tariffs. personally delay a deal with china and has a great accord with mexico. >> apple supplier talks on says it has sufficient supply cassis -- supply capacity outside of if necessary due to the trade war. ♪ with have gone protests hong kong's legislature over the bill and trump raising rhetoric on tariffs. >> at least gdp with fewer options if he does not meet with them, perhaps more tariffs according to present trump and if the case as well, he risks losing credibility and china as well. kongop story today is hong where protesters are gathering this morning. severalheard of thousands of people out there this morning, thoughts of boycotts and strikes as well. give us a flavor of what is happening. pretty charged atmosphere. or the trees, you can see protesters have flooded out and in the one of the main part of hong kong and police have not enabled to push them occupiedit feels like ter

the free c-span radio app. >>> next, a discussion about the role china plays in the middle east as well as the potential for the operation between the u.s. and china. president trumps policy in the middle east and the relationship between israel, iran and china. at this event hosted by the atlantic council. >>> hello everyone and thank you very much for taking the time to come here to the atlantic council today. were very happy to host this informative discussion. we have a very critical timely question, and even a more important question as the decades are to come. china's role in the middle east. thank you to the folks from c- span who are watching and the folks streaming this live over the atlantic council website. for those who don't know me my name is william wexler and i lead the atlantic count will work on the middle east and the direct of the center for the middle east which is your host for this afternoon. this is a question that would not have been asked a decade ago. china does not have historical ties in the region that china has economic connections that are modest not

the world's biggest nation russia china push for improved bilateral ties i mean growing pressure from the united states. journalists warn of a threat to press freedom and whistleblowers in this trailer after police raids on the media of the disclosure of classified data. was told by hubbard is that the target of this investigation it's about the people who were supposed to keep this stuff confidential. ever get off soon just to mid-air mosco this thursday the 6th of june my name is kevin i'll encourage you live from r t h q today top story then a u.s. senator is demanding an investigation into clandestine nuclear technology transfers from the u.s. to saudi arabia center said tim kaine who obtained the information from the energy department called the news dangerous. i worry that they're trying to hide information that would that would maybe lead us to uncover that there are some you know corruption or or sweetheart deal in this that they don't want the american public to know the concerns around the timing of the approval it was signed off a little over 2 weeks after the brutal k

today as the presidents of russia and china meet in moscow before the it's and these st petersburg economic forum president xi jinping talks with his russian counterpart vladimir putin kick off a 3 day state visit that also commemorates their 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations the 2 leaders will sign economic cooperation agreements on issues including finance and energy in 2018 trade between china and russia grew by 25 percent to a new record of $108000000000.00 china is russia's top trading partner it is building a little deeper into the details of the meeting as r.t. correspondent alex ferrer that so alex what was discussed so far by the chinese and russian leaders related related to their relationships with the u.s. what can you tell us. you know relations between the u.s. and russia and china are strained let's us in the both of them not between russia and china so when you look at this situation china and russia are now reacting for china of course we know about this trade war that's going on and it just seems to be getting worse china has actually g

crosstalk asking whether the u.s. and china can find a way out of better trade for. a low and welcome across talk we're all things considered i'm peter lavelle after a breakdown in negotiations president and she may soon again meet to hash out a trade deal the stakes couldn't be higher both sides would need to proceed to wind failure could witness the global economy divided into rival blocks and a dual internet world. trade war i'm joined by my guest. the zoom in washington she is a financial analyst as well as vice president of vision for fund distributors also in washington we have john gong he is a professor at the university of international business and economics located in beijing china and in forest hills we crossed to michael hudson he is a professor of economics at the university of missouri kansas city as well as author of forgive them their debts a financial times 2800 book of the year all right crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate heather let me go to you 1st in washington it seems to me i mean you know we're all cov

piggy bank, when you have all the money. everyone's trying to get our money, china -- and the china deal's going to work out you know why because of tariffs because right now china is getting absolutely decimated by companies that are leaving china, going to other countries, including our own, because they don't want to pay the tariffs. and china will, in my opinion, based on a lot of facts and a lot of knowledge, china's going to make a deal because they're going to have to make a deal. >> mr. president, the deal that you arrived at on friday with mexico -- there's something you've alluded to that you haven't made clear that you're going to make it clear later on something that was also included and you heard some of the criticism that you then levied some criticism at "the new york times" for them saying that this was all in the works and nothing happened from the tariffs. can you go into exactly what else was part of that deal that you haven't really outlined yet? >> well, i'm going to tell you that most people understand that the people having to do with borders and illegal immi

edition of the program we discuss what drives the russia china relationship critics claim it is a marriage of convenience proponents say otherwise it is the pivotal relationship of the 21st century. and some real news i'm joined by my guest dmitri bobbitt he's a political analyst we spoke nick international and in london we cross to marcus papadopoulos he's the editor of politics 1st magazine hard gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump any time you want and i always appreciate me go to marcus 1st in london we had in st petersburg over the last few days a visit by the chinese president sealed some deal new trading deals with russia at the same time we had this gathering commemorating the 75th 75th landing at normandy which 2 events of the last few days will be remembered most in history go ahead marcus well anyone who's fault and it's nazi is all who falls against imperial japan should be commemorated and should be celebrated its however ever since the end of the 2nd world war unfortunately in the west's instantly american influence and history has been really

china continuing, in fact, china then -- first edward lawrence at the white house with what all of this portrays for trade talks. >> public officials in hong kong are call to go start delay for for reevaluation of fast track of new amendment for extradition to china is on, the amendment calls one to attention one-country two system philosophy that china has adopted. more protests scheduled for this week, past week protests turned violent and 80 people injured on wednesday. law is threatening hong kong's financial stature in the region. reuters reporting that tycoons are moving massive money, $100 million to singapore, chinese are telling to butt out, internal china issue. chinese ministry highlighting that hong kong is u.s. trading partner. >> hong kong's prosperity and stability are in the interest of the u.s. messing up hong kong will do no good for the u.s. and advise relevant party to respect facts and back off maneuvers to interfere in hong kong affairs. >> there are lawmakers here in the u.s. that are saying that they believe that this wrong what china is trying to do, the st

. >>> you get people saying, well, but the increment to china gdp is so large that -- i've been trying to use national wealth as an alternative indicator. it's hard to -- we have a great series. if you want to know how the u.s. economy is doing, look at the federal reserve series on net national wealth or net worth of households. it's more informative than gdp. it's hard to do that for some other countries, especially large countries like china. if you use their data, they say from the end of 2013 to the middle of 2018, chinese wealth grew 26% to near $52 trillion. that's a 4 1/2 year period. in the previous five-year period which included a chunk of the financial crisis, the larger chunk of it, the chinese wealth grew 130%. not my data, right? you might say i'm biased, trying to find chinese stagnation where i look. they do this independent of me. i send them emails all the time. 130% in the previous five years, 26% in the last 4 1/2 years. that's more like what's happened to the chinese economy than the official gdp. u.s. wealth increased 29%. faster than china and to $898 tri

the role that china plays in the middle 80s. panelists examine current cooperation between the u.s. and china and what that means for relationships with iran and israel. this is one hour and a half. >>> hello, everyone. thank you very much for taking the time to come here to the atlantic council today and we are happy to host quite informative discussion. we anticipate a very critical question right now, a timely question and also going to be even more important question as the decades come on china's role in the middle east. thank you also to the folks from c-span watching and the folks streaming this live over the atlantic council's website. for those who do not know me my name is william wexler and i lead the atlantic council's work and i'm the director of the center for the middle east which is your host for this afternoon. this question was a question that would not of been asked only a decade ago. china does not have deep historical ties in the region. china has its economic connections are modest and not that long ago. but now, it is a question that many people are asking mo

basis well china has apparently risen in power and now we've only just noticed it and we're trying to stop it so it's the end of this period of globalization there will be a period of de globalization i believe that's the morning for globalization then there will inevitably be another period of globalization whether a look like the past 40 years 50 years of globalization is yet to be seen yet not when i see that often i think of a giant ice cream sandwich now you got me thinking about that you know that awesome yeah no morning versus morning in america versus morning. cemetery you know take your pick the globalization period that we had is that all over they'll be a new globalization period it will be network driven i predict that america will become a subscription service like netflix you will subscribe to america and they have to offer you a value proposition to keep your subscription alive and they should we should be able to figure this out i think i would happily pay a monthly subscription fee if i got access to america the enterprise and they could pay the occasional didn't l

program here inviting you to a discussion about possible wartime scenarios with russia and china. this panel has a lot of expertise on the subject. i will briefly introduce folks in a minute then hand the baton to my good friend and colleague yunk pak. she will pose questions to my colleagues. the panelists have all been kind enough as well as the moderator, ,o allow me to use my new book "risking great power over small stakes," as a springboard for this discussion. of before it of introduction into the subject before introducing them. just so you know where our starting point is in this project and in our conversation today. i think back to something my good friend lieutenant general john wisler said in 2014 when he was head of the summary expeditionary force based in okinawa. he was a senior marine and one of our seniormost officers based in the pacific. by the way, he was going to be on this panel but he had a conflict. nevertheless, he is here in spirit. he was asked by a reporter where washington from looking our, what would the united states and japan do it wonder we woke up and

china. we gave them $16 billion. we don't give them, they earn it, because they're patriots. we gave them ethanol at 15 which nobody was ever going to do. which biden didn't do in eight years as vice president. the farmers are my best friends. nobody has treated the farmers etter than donald trump. reporter: do you have an agreement with mexico to become a safe country for asylum seekers? president trump: that's the agreement everybody says they don't have. i'm going to let mexico do the announcement at the right time. mexico, they want to go through it. here's the agreement, it's a simple agreement. this is one page. this is one page of a very long and very good agreement for both mention ke and the united states. without the tariffs we would have had nothing. we had nothing. two weeks ago. mexico told us absolutely, i don't know where the times got the story but i think they got it probably from somebody who worked here and said oh how well they were doing. far long time, many years, people tried to get what we got. in a period of a couple of days. and they couldn't get it. that's

on to deter and defeat nato or china in a conflict. russia's stockpile of nonstrategic nuclear weapons, already large and diverse, is being modernized with an eye towards greater accuracy, longer ranges and lower yields to suit their potential war-fighting role. we assess russia would have dozens of these systems already deployed or in development. they include, but are not limited to short and ballistic missiles, ground launch cruz missiles and the missile that the u.s. government determines violates the intermediate range inf treaty. as well as anti-ship, anti-submarine missiles, torpedos, as well as depth charges. for comparison, the united states currently has a single nonstrategic nuclear weapons system, the b-61 gravity bomb. we assess russia possesses up to 2000 such nonstrategic nuclear warheads not covered by the new treaty and because of the lack of russian transparency we have uncertainty in our understanding in the scope and the disposition of the stockpile. accurately accounting for these nonstreak nuclear weapons is not only complicated by the lack of transparency

trump, ratcheting up trade tensions with china, india, mexico. that will make for a concoction of rick -- risk. the gml function in china, a bit of green when it comes to shanghai and today, indonesia, keep in mind, is closed. how mostalking about of the asian markets are on the brink of erasing 2019 gains. we had the likes of korea last week am indonesia, malaysia, japan seems to be the next in line. look at the nikkei, down about 1%. 20,384. this is quite crucial. we are now testing the 20,000 line. also under that kind of pressure. lots of questions about the boj stepping up. if there is aee change in rhetoric. australia under pressure. cost me, slightly -- kospi, slightly higher with chinese equities seeing resilience. we are holding back from the initial gains out of the gate, up 0.5%. moving, losing the haven status given the trade tensions. , relatively speaking, a bit up today. the bond market continues to see more fuel for the bond bulls out there. the u.s. ten-year treasury real -- yield has been interesting, the biggest five-day drop in yields since 2013. about 30 basis poin

right now to say the least in the u.s. china trade war one of the world's biggest employers taiwan's foxconn technology group says that it is preparing to move its production facilities out of china why is that. foxconn is worried about what investors are thinking investors are seeing this long war between china and the u.s. get longer and longer this trade war is something that a lot of people in the business community in the investment community want to see go away and foxconn is one of those companies that is affected by this now what foxconn is saying is listen which is their biggest client and that happens to be an american company there saying we can start moving our operations or productions out of china to one of our many other facilities that we have across the world and we can supply you a valid way now of china is not of when it comes to foxconn foxconn is taiwan base so as you can see here it's a bit of a split moving away all these operations out of china into different parts of the world but again you know these guys make i pads they make i phones they assemble

between the 2 allies. it's been less than 6 months since his handshake kim jong un has visited china north korea's closest foreign ally many times over the years. she jinping on the other hand is the 1st chinese leader to travel to pyongyang and well over a decade. we are ready to work with the d.p. r. k. to continue to carry forward the fine tradition of china d p r k friendship and promote the continuous development of exchanges and cooperation between the 2 countries in various fields. relations between the 2 authoritarian countries have been strained since north korea began amping up its nuclear weapons test. beijing supports denuclearization of the korean peninsula and recently backed the raft of international sanctions against. these talks aimed to relieve tensions. the u.s. will be watching closely a summit between kim and u.s. president donald trump in february broke off without an agreement. south korea said it is hoping talks between she and kim will move things forward opening up the chance of renewed negotiations on the north's nuclear program. as a fellow at the institut

brookings institution recently hosted a discussion on the influence of russia and china and what it means for the united states. we'll hear from former state department and pentagon officials in this 90-minute conversation. >>> good morning, everyone, and welcome to brookings. i'm mike o'hanlon, here to welcome you about a discussion with possible wartime scenarios with russia and/or china. this panel has a lot of expertise on these subjects. i'm going to briefly introduce folks in a minute and hand the baton, so to speak, over to my good friend and colleague jung pak, who will be our moderator. she'll pose questions to the panelists. we're talk amongst ourselves for the first half of this 90-minute event then go to you. the panelists have all been kind enough, as well as jung as moderator, to allow me to use my new book "the senkaku paradox" as the spring board for this discussion, but only the spring board, and the conversation will range much more widely. but let me just say a brief word of introduction to the subject before introducing them. just so you know, at least where our

center to demand the government we tracked a proposed law that would allow extraditions to mainland china police responded with tear gas and rubber bullets the rallies stunned hong kong chief executive terry latham who has now apologized and suspended the unpopular proposal but the protesters want nothing short of her resignation and full cancellation of the legislation they fear that it could become a long arm for beijing to apprehend political opponents and undermine hong kong's autonomous status. hong kong versus beijing power grab postponed that's the question we're posing on quadriga today and here are the guests who will be answering that born in hong kong cherie challenge works mainly for social media department she says the fresh round of protests serves as an important reminder for people in hong kong that they still have a battle to fight until 2047 it's also a pleasure to welcome. he is a freelance journalist and author who formerly worked with the economist hong kong he says despite the heroic resistance of hong kong. china will eventually limit. liberty and finally we're very