stiffing nation that wants to be our part and that will abide by the principles of fair and reciprocal trade. what we will no longer do is enter into large agreements that tie our hands surrender our sovereignty and make me fall in force mean practically impossible. china's president xi jinping couldn't let unchallenged trumps comments albeit in directly by expressing his support for free trade but your solution here over the last few decades economic globalization has contributed significantly to global growth indeed it's become an irreversible historical trend. at the beginning of the year trump's administration decided not to take part in the planned transpacific partnership. but according to the countries that remain t.p.s. is on the way regardless of the u.s.

decision. i believe that's the best way for us to generate wealth. and we've been for everybody concerned. now that america has taken the position to withdraw we respect that decision but eleven countries let by japan now we're trying to come up with new version. but that version will have to wait the planned meeting of the eleven countries has now been postponed off to canada revealed it was not ready to confirm its agreement exactly when or whether it will take place is not yet clear. joined by. the finance correspondent linda hong of friends in singapore linda too important. that couldn't have been further. that's right carol i mean trump is actually

keeping sticking to this but section the silence in stressing for fair and reciprocal trade that would actually put america first and you also criticized the world trade organization for being unfair to the u.s. for letting not dealing with the countries that didn't stick to their rules of open tree he didn't pointedly pointed the finger to china for breaking free trade rules but instead blamed a previous administration for doing this and as you have seen on the other hand china actually embraced goble eyes ation and c h e pledge to open china to be an inclusive region and work towards a groupings goal of having a free trade deal in the asia pacific and if you could just now at home it's different for trump he is having low ratings china has actually emerged as the most powerful powerful leader in china's history so far. and the reaction on the markets briefly if you can well actually all global asian markets actually closed when in

the early closing when. summit took place and these two won't. have seen troubles and she's welcome much about his policy so there's not much for markets to react to yet in the home. thank you very much and now for the latest from the united nations climate summit laugh. at the big topic is how to reduce carbon dioxide emissions while the united states has long been a one of the world's biggest emitters of greenhouse gases but an american city once known for its smoggy skies are showing that it's possible to cut pollution pittsburgh pennsylvania is undergoing a transfer mission as the w. carson phenomena found out. this is the old image of pittsburgh a city of steel and coal where the chimney stacks never stop bedsit smoke and west read lights had to be left on twenty four hours a day because the smog blocked out the sun but today's reality is

a different one the city has cleaned up its act and instead of heavy industry banks and high tech companies are now providing jobs for a growing population more than thirteen thousand pittsburghers i employed in the clean energy sector alone in companies such as ever power which operates wind farms in pennsylvania and new york and is developing projects in other states too for co-founder and we're going to best ski pittsburgh is the perfect place for innovative businesses i think it's the people you know it's great town pool here young people from some of the best universities in the country. also from the cultural standpoint you know there's a lot to offer we have three professional teams we have to l.a. we have to symphony we have the opera so many things that can draw great talent. pittsburgh's transformation as the result of a concerted effort by the city government to attract startups and other businesses while at the same time keeping an eye on environmental and social issues one of the

people working on pittsburgh's turnaround is development analyst sarah yeager. they take a holistic approach as how can we improve pittsburgh why this is creating more jobs more low income housing access to public transportation fossil fuel free vehicles electrifying our fleet access to more bike lanes i really how can we improve the quality of life for everybody in pittsburgh. and the other key factor in the city's formula for success is pittsburgh's colleges like carnegie mellon university many who started here at cmu have established themselves in the new economy founding startups in the vicinity of the campus and turning the. into a vibrant enterprise as professor jean yang a specialist for programming languages is full of praise for the almost symbiotic relationship between scientists and tech companies here for instance do

a lingo was started by lease on and he had this actual office for a long time before he left for doing go all together and so a lot of the duelling of people are involved with cmu they come back here to listen to talks to speak. and everything is quite close so the people are companies they'll show up to talk to here people here they'll spend some time at the company's jean yang grew up in pittsburgh when it was still a byword for the american rust belt as soon as she finished school she moved away like so many other talents and young people at the time and expected never to return now she's back in her hometown and enjoys not only great working conditions but also a new quality of life in her old neighborhood these are places where it was pretty sketchy to walk outside there after dark and i would just wait inside for my parents to pick me up i wouldn't go outside on my own. and when i came back i realize that wow there are all these bars there are now there are restaurants the buildings are outside they still look pretty much the same but what's going on

inside really it's like night and day so pittsburgh clearly is on the way up again with young people flocking to the city and the prospect of even better times ahead for the next generation. phenomenon reporting some soccer news now the playoffs to fill the final european slots for next summer's soccer world cup while there was high drama and belfast as underdogs northern ireland hosted switzerland and it took a contentious penalty for a handball in the fifty eighth minute to give the swiss a one no when all it turns out the handball was more of a shoulder ball but with no video replay in the world cup playoffs switzerland was awarded the penalty converted by ricardo against. but there's a first we'll see you again at the top of the hour.

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