and we're starting with the latest incident in the volatile gulf region oil prices have surged after what is believed to have been a missile strike on and ukrainian tanker in the red sea benchmark brant crude oil rose over 2 percent in trading to reach $60.40 a barrel after this beauty was hits off the saudi port city of jeddah the ship was headed towards iran or in the gulf it was the latest strike by an unknown attacker on oil facilities in the gulf region a bombing office saudi arabia's largest oil processing facility this summer caused a 10 percent spike in the oil price but markets calmed quickly as output was restored. for more i'm joined now by joseph head of oil and gas and alice is at fitch solutions in london good to have you with us so you comparison to this attack on saudi oil processing facility in summer how serious is this latest incident for

the oil market. thank you monica the latest it's the to is relatively minor in comparison to last month's attack on iran co's facilities there was no impact on oil facilities here and we don't expect any disruptions markets you know with the trade of crude going for as you mentioned earlier in the segment prices did rise above 2 percent however they have since moderated about one percent gains off the news so this point it seems to be a relatively minor impact of the oil markets but the international energy agency certainly warns that there is some volatility that is having an effect on energy prices but there are all the also all the factors weighing on the energy market could you elaborate on that. that's correct so from our view here what we see is some definitely bearish sentiment in the marketplace this person

meant is really predicated off the view that the global economy is slowing we're seeing weakness in a lot of key markets fuel demand is down in both the emerging and the developed markets in addition to u.s. china trade war tensions escalating with the kind of tit for tat tariffs that we see going forward the geopolitical risk premiums that we would have expected from tensions in the middle east have failed to hold the gains that they have so the us any kind of disruptions that we see of the type that were announced today with the apparent tanker attacks you know we expect those to have little little weight in prices going forward in terms of upside pressure all right joseph get your head of oil and gas analysis if it's the lucian's in london thank you so much for your time . thank you. well trade talks between china and the u.s. are entering their 2nd day with president on a tramp striking an optimistic note it's described today one of the negotiations in washington as quote there is a very good nevertheless. as

a reminder of what's at stake now so far the u.s. has slapped tariffs on $550000000000.00 worth of chinese products china intern has said levies on $185000000000.00 worth of u.s. goods that amounts to $735000000000.00 in total and that figure could just be the tip of the iceberg but it would have terrorist cover a wide array of goods products from steel and many and to meat and fish vegetables mushrooms and nuts to tobacco and jews many sectors are affected on both sides of the pacific now later today donald trump will meet a chinese vice premier you he passed meetings between the 2 have yielded progress for example in january china increased its soybean purchases and their february talk resulted in a delay in tariffs level less this of course is the 13th attempt to break the negotiation deadlock and earlier we asked rank of berridge from one x.

europe in london to tell us about the main stumbling blocks. so it's pretty clear now that if the u.s. wants the deal to cover every cultural purpose purchases maybe some are juiced tariffs and some changes to for example chinese regulation of foreign investment into china that deal could be struck it's clear that this episode on the trainee side to do the deal the roadblock has always been the u.s. is desire to place binding constraints with the legal mechanism on china's ability to appropriate intellectual property from overseas because this directly ties into chinese ambitions to grow the economy and to increase their position on the manufacturing chain so that's the real roadblock it's the ip provisions. and meanwhile chinese president xi jinping is paying a courtesy call on india's modi the 2 leaders will be looking for common economic

ground together india and china make up nearly one 5th of the global economy china wants to boost straight with india and as its conflict with the u.s. continues to bite india is hoping for chinese investment. situation powerhouses have a complicated relationship and india is putting on a smiling face to welcome xi jinping. the heartfelt hello can't mask the challenges though in the past few years india has been left behind as china's economic growth is shot ahead china's economy is now 5 times out of india's. the 2 leaders will try to break the lengthy deadlock over a free trade agreement china is india's largest trading partner to trade war with the us means china wants to boost trade with india. foreign direct investment into india has risen to about $45000000000.00 and china is keen to be a major player in the growing indian market. indians love chinese

smartphones and other quick meant but india wants more trade going the other way to bring down the $57000000000.00 trade deficit. there are common interests but warm friendship has proven elusive the indians dislike china's close ties with bitter rival pakistan to china pakistan economic corridor is a key part of she's belgian road initiative she met pakistan's prime minister imran khan this week for talks. only if india and china can put these disputes on hold and they face into a future of joint cooperation. in india and china are 2 giants of course in terms of population in terms of economic growth and the huge rivals and for more i'm joined by china expert clifford going to give it someone came up with a term for the 2 of them frenemies what's this summit all about then i think from his very optus scription there are 2 countries that know each other very well their

neighbors their rivals they both for many years they were sort of growing up the same pace and then suddenly in the last few years china's just straight ahead and india sort of in the background a lot they have a lot in common but then they have these huge regional differences as well they've got a lot of this kashmir there they differ on the relationship with pakistan so i guess they're going to me so it looks to me more like a friendly meeting a courtesy call rather than an official summit but they're going to meet and try and at least. you know overcome some of these differences or give the impression that they were able to overcome some of these differences but i said they did 2 rivaling powerhouses in asia what is the common ground where they can benefit from each other well the indians are a bit concerned because at the moment the trade deficit with china is so large at the same time china is worried because india is getting closer to the u.s. and it's keen to bring regional powers together so i think they're both members of brics so along with brazil russia south africa and you know they're keen to sort of

to come together a bit closer to the chinese would be keen for everyone to come together a bit closer and to build on the need for india's need to have increased. trade with china now let's say there was to be closer ties between beijing and delhi what would that mean for the region well it could be very interesting i mean i think india is always concerned that china has now become so far ahead economically that it could leave india very far behind it could become like mexico to the united states as we were discussing earlier and i think. so the result was our concern there but ultimately they do need to grow so i think regionally. if the if they if there are better economic cooperation that can only mean good things in terms of of the geopolitical questions so over the longer term maybe there will be better economic cooperation and just just very briefly is this meeting in any way. having an influence on the relationship between china and the u.s.

i think it's china's looking china needs all their options now as things become strained with the u.s. even if there are signs a we've just seen that there may be they may be getting closer on trade i think that china still needs it still needs to have big partners like india in the way it's also done with russia. does it has these big partners that it can it will some way of opposing the u.s. or standing up to the u.s. so you can put all your eggs in one basket we all know that cliff is going to thank you so much for your time. and now to some of the other global business stories making news. french comma go on or has fired chief executive officer of the boy law it comes after rain also partner this son named a new c.e.o. both car makers want to get past the scandal around former chief economist goan jailed in japan for alleged financial misconduct. the c.e.o. of a german software manufacturer s.a.p.t. bill mcdermott has unexpectedly resigned germany's most valuable listed company has

not given a reason for his departure after 9 years in the post has been replaced by a board members jennifer morgan and kline with immediate effect on. the u.s. federal aviation administration has been accused of failing to properly review the safety system on the boeing 737 max and as you still make an estimate has been play into 2 deadly crashes an international panel of safety regulators says the f.a.a. hadn't been adequate understanding of how it worked. india is considering restricting imports of some products from malaysia as a diplomatic route over kashmir spreads india's plant restrictions are in reaction to malaysian prime minister mahathir mohamad scritches some of new delhi's actions in kashmir malaysian palm oil and other products are to be affected however the malaysian prime minister told reporters on friday he hadn't received anything official from india. a news agency reuters reports apple c.e.o.

tim cook has defended to the company's decision to remove a mapping app used to track police movements during hong kong protests he says the firm made a decision after it received credible information the op had been used maliciously to target individual police offices that means it violated hong kong law and thereby broke the app store rules which bar outs which could cause personal harm apple has faced criticism for removing the app with some say it was bowing to pressure from beijing. business update on g.w. thanks for watching.

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