the latest news in the week's top stories on r.t.e. asia pacific specific could be a pick some of the regions keep ers agreed to start work in a free trade zone that could revolutionize relations. rewriting history and your of you governments being formed by ministers replacing debt ridden greece and italy as both nations race to pull back from the financial abyss. plus a un report claims iran might be seeking to obtain a nuclear weapon but tehran slams the allegations as a u.s. backed smear campaign.

a look back at the past seven days top stories in the latest developments this is the weekly r.t. the creation of a landmark free trade zone dominated talks at this year's apec summit which brings together the leaders of asian and pacific rim countries hosted the get together in hawaii and met up with dmitri medvedev over some pretty hot topics. brings us more now from on a nuke. the final day of the apec summit is a two day gathering here in honolulu and this is really bringing the most important meeting on the whole affair it's one of the twenty one economies get together to sit down around a big table round table for discussion on the topics that they're hearing that they're really here for is treaty relationships between the twenty one economies the issues of lifting custom barriers creating a healthier investment climate and really trying to reach an open and free trade zone by the year twenty twenty and said this is also

a day when they get to mix work with some fun this is when the leaders will be gathering for a photo op when the where the national costume so we're expecting the twenty one leaders to wear some hawaiian shirts so this is really a fun occasion when they get to have a chat have a laugh at each other in the back and really give journalists an opportunity to decipher what all of their body language means and in other events today we're expecting a press conference from the russian president dmitry medvedev who will be summing up the events of the two days and of course next year it will be russia hosting the apec summit so this is certainly something that he's likely to address one of the key meetings of course was the bilateral talks between the russian and american presidents where they discussed whole wide range of different issues but importantly one of them was russia's accession to the world trade organization of course russia has been having a desire to join to join the w t o since one thousand nine hundred three and it should this is something that should be finalized and russia should become a full fledged member by the summer of two thousand and twelve and the russian

president really thinks the u.s. president for helping out in this whole process he did say that this is the first u.s. administration that has actually been positive when it comes to russia's accession to the world trade organization among other issues was of course of course the issue of missile defense where there are still some disagreements between russia and the united states because russia wants the u.s. to provide some legal guarantees that the missile defense plans in europe will not be a threat to russia secure. among other issues of course iran the two leaders said that they want to have a joint plan to make sure that tehran follows its international obligations so that's just a few of the very many topics being discussed here on the ground so far we have nine countries including the u.s. who have signed up to really start working on this part of transpacific plan it's interesting that the united states has been trying to get more countries to join like you mention among them is of course china a major economy that's really making some here over in the united states paranoid

that they might lose their sort of main spot is the number one world economy and it's interesting that china so far has been seeing that these those u.s. plans are a little too a vicious because one of the mean clause of that character in question would include the. need for speed of companies who are get subsidies from the government to be on the same level really as private companies and since so many industries in china are run by. sort of skeet and equities it's really complicated matter for china and would really require a lot of restructuring so this is something that's really for now in the first stages and just includes nine countries for now. just as well with the world economy seemingly on the verge of another recession we cross live to george he's the founder of international strategic alliance just a pick countries as the sport is a strain of the pan the u.s. china and russia are going to do to stop the rot george could see here in this

proposed free trade agreement which could they say revolutionized the relations between the member countries will it have any positive impact on the of the west and of course the world economy in general. well i think in basic principles free trade is good for all parties concerned participates in tree trade unfortunately free trade can be. in the eyes of the beholder it's free for you but protection for me provided that i get to protect my precious certain industries. and personal national interests so it's always a dilemma as to how free it is historically u.s.'s always been a leading promoter of free trade until very recently recent i think the recent years maybe all of us. reckon politicians seem to feel that maybe it's not

such a good idea after all why. it seems that. we are losing our competitors. and in certain situations of free trade and we are actually not being as competitive as we have to be so are we saying actually the competition is getting stronger and stronger from those emerging countries countries yes. and the danger is that the u.s. is losing its position as the dominant financial player in the world and what effect does that have only on the dollar as well well the. dollar is been on a steadily weakening trend for quite a few years i would say since the end of the bush administration beginning in obama administration why because we're printing more and more dollar bills and we're

really only country that has the. ability and privilege to print more money who we need. the national consequence of course is that we can in the other dollar as far as being competitive or not being completed i think. a lot of that is a structural. protection a sense of. different sectors of the economy and that makes it hard to compete on a worldwide market you know in the past we were able to compete we compensate with increased productivity which. is not increased by the wages continue to increase and it's very hard. to be competitive george we talk about that competition from the brics nations but it really china actually in play at the moment it's one of the most stable and prosperous economies and i mean i'll be really seeing china is now the major player in the global economic. well you know i think that made me

a little exaggerated because if you compare the size of the economy between the u.s. and china china is still a mere one quarter. and so to say to china. can swing the world economy around by itself. it's going to. be hoping you could they didn't i mean you were just being recently saying to china give us a hopeless bail us out of this problem yet china seems to be very reluctant to help europe at the moment. well i think china is naturally very conservative in their in their international investments where they make. whether it's euro bonds or a thing they want to make sure. and so whenever a name make it if they do want to make sure it's a sound investment it will get a reasonable return. they certainly learned

a lesson from some of the fannie and freddie. was quite a worrisome until until the. sure they'll make good. just just finally i want to ask you your an expert in international strategic alliances do you think your work could possibly be undermined by what's happening in domestic politics in washington we need has been some tension between washington beijing at this summit and we had reports yesterday of various politicians being very negative about china beijing is this all to do to do with the run up to the two thousand and twelve present presidential elections or is there something more sinister going on that could undermine your sort of work and what's going on with us to mistake policy in terms of its foreign policy in its trading. well in the first place in the native. i say i attribute a lot of native. misting all of the run up to the two thousand and twelve

presidential election which is actually very disappointing because if you're you know i certainly members of congress as enjoy the lowest esteem right now in the american population i think nine out of ten don't think less of them and their lack of leadership and statesmanship but. it's really unfortunate because if they see. differently they will recognize that in my chinese investment into the us would be good for the us would be it would be helpful to the us local economy to be so i don't welcoming and so hostile to chinese investment is actually against our only interest. that seems to be. the easy path to take including president obama unfortunately they're all trying to outdo each other in being. the way i see it though i think this is

a the usual cyclical. until we had a presidential election and everything back to reality after things were ok ending on optimistic note that your thanks so much for your time. and i thank you ok you're welcome. george to that well. the apec summit which i mentioned earlier put the finishing touches on russia's accession to the world trade organization expected next year experts have long debated whether membership will help the versifying strengthen the russian economy or not but is a katrina trove of breaks down the arguments. for the person on the street w. general membership will not be just something we'll read about in the news but it will mean lower prices removing trade barriers between states increases competition prices or when ford of goods drop and the massive companies also grow quicker with

foreign markets opening up. for workers of these metallurgical company it all looks like a win win situation their most recent project is the north stream pipeline should they enter international markets they'll face very little competition. and this is so much the largest plant in russia south producing harvester crushers is order book is food for months ahead and workers who conspired. but the head of the company has a rather different outlook to that of the w t o cheerleaders. oil and gas will be in demand even without entering the well agricultural. agriculture will be among the hardest hit sectors but experts say that a massive automotive industry will be the one to undergo the most he will. the troubled mortgage giant the vase was rescued from the brink of death in the

economic crisis of two thousand and eight by prime minister putin with more than one billion dollars in loans cash and guarantees. i bet is the government's favorite child but not all car makers in russia are cherished this used to be a thriving wants of what screech opened at nineteen thirty its most successful years what if the fifty's and sixty's when hundreds of thousands of my screech cars flooded the soviet and foreign markets after the collapse of the soviet union my speech was in desperate need of money but the government could not afford to loss making car produces a mass creature was cast out. the only way to avoid the collapse of yet another industrial giant experts say is to use the transition period after joining the w chair wisely closely entreats the w.t. doesn't mean you instantly have control all customs and comply straight away

there's a transit so-called transition period roughly thirty years or so protectionist measures will apply for a number of sensitive industries which employ millions of people such as agriculture timber and come making but at a certain point the state's industrial dependence will have to let go of its hand and walk on their own two feet in the world outside it but that should also be a somewhat easier place to do business in lieu or duction of customs tariffs and trade barriers to a more level playing field across international markets exceeding the great sure aren't cheap. well coming up full stream ahead to join the russia opens a brand new gas pipeline direct to germany as moscow moves to cement trade ties with the west. burned thousands of students watch across central london furious over education cuts and a tripling of fees. at stores to recover first mario monti

a former e.u. commissioner has been appointed the head of a new caretaker government in italy to pull the country back from the financial abyss and as far as the resignation of silvio berlusconi he stepped down on saturday having ruled the country's prime minister for a total of ten years in three separate terms this cost forty seven for she's in rome. there is a view feeling bad about start another working week on monday spare a thought for the former aide commissioner mary muncie has just been appointed by the president to form a new government and he now faces the massive task of pulling the country back from the financial abyss into which is currently staring say no your usual chill description certainly but everyone a very much a playing these up t. the job and everyone's going to be watching extremely closely to see what the results of that will be he's currently deciding on who will form that new cabinet around an m.p.

i was speaking to recently told me it was expected that it will not only be a government of many technocrats but also a rather small gathering around him as well that would be with the intention of creating a more streamlined more effective government who is able to push through these are very serious reforms and can then actually have some of these achievements that have been so long awaited for in the country because these reforms long promised and we fail to see them be delivered safe he faces an absolutely huge challenge ahead of him with the feeling amongst the people in italy is certainly with silvio berlusconi resigned as prime minister and with mary monti now at the helm that it's really at least dance a chance at this certainly no one's assuming this is going to be a quick fix to the very serious problems that the country still faces and of course is one thing to pass these measures and it's one thing to now see a caretaker government in the process of being formed and these decisions have

happened very quickly or has to be said this weekend of course they have absolutely desperate right now to send the message that they are able to get a grasp on the very serious situation in the country but there's still a lot to be done and these reforms actually have to be implemented and that's going to take years before you see the results of that are you going to. democratic legitimacy you're going to need support and already there are questions about whether mario monti is going to be able to gain that support in parliament because he's going to need that to push through these measures that's going to be very very important in the coming days and weeks also whether he's going to be able to get the public support that are because they're the ones he face these very painful austerity measures the eighty hikes pension ca's killed cuts all things that a lot of economists vacante said not of course conducive to good use which is exactly what the country needs right now months he's a very well respected economist in the country he says he's going to be watched

very very closely as the man that a lot of people think is the right person to guide the country through a very tough time but as he said the task ahead of him is absolutely huge his nickname here is the primary and everyone's going to be certainly hoping he's going to live up to that and he will need to to deal with the challenges that lie ahead. and investment advisor patrick young has told me little earlier that he thinks that unless the eurozone take serious action know about a power shifting will help solve its problems. i think the real problem here is the idea that suddenly overnight because we changed the brand name of. the door of the office of prime minister we suddenly get a miraculous change in italy and the truth is italy has a huge amount of debt they need to know very near future in order to manage to ensure that they can pay the salaries of teachers and other members of the public service and ultimately it's going to be very difficult because the markets have

lost fear not just in italy but in fact in europe's so-called political leadership who are doing anything doc leading nothing is being led in europe no solutions are being made and everybody is alternately playing politics with the livelihoods of individual workers in europe and that's a disaster for everybody in the euro itself and it's probably going to include by the end of the year perhaps even the end of this month unless we see some serious action. thousands of people took over central london on wednesday to protest against the threefold rise in university tuition fees and public spending cuts and straight as charted angry slogans while around four thousand police officers were deployed along a route organizers plan to link up with an existing occupy london cab outside of some paul's cathedral but were blocked by riot police a number of arrests were made but he said the march was largely peaceful and reports of officers being authorized to use rubber bullets should violence break out protest organizers. people have all sorts of political views and i was under

the impression that that was allowed in this country what the announcement that was my to be incredibly provocative announcement was made that was going to be rather bullets in preparation for this demonstration is absolutely outrageous i mean if anything was likely to increase the level of tension increase that the level of distrust and the level of fear actually of the police it would have been that and they have done that and that's a terrible terrible thing no one in their right mind could possibly say that is about trying to keep the day calm the police the only role the police should be playing is to facilitate the rights to peaceful protests. to syria where the head of russia's orthodox church is calling for unity and an end to the bloodshed petra carroll's visit is the latest effort by moscow to try and mediate a peace deal the move comes as the arab league decided to suspend syria's membership sparking public fury in damascus dozens more people have reportedly been killed across the country on sunday in the latest wave of crackdowns on government

protests author and journalist actually returns he told me earlier that he thinks the conflict in syria is being fueled from abroad and could drag on for some time. many syrian soldiers have died in the conflict they don't normally report here they just said civilians where are they getting the weapons from lockheed martin exhibiting in the dubai air fare said profits are up place and profits are very good in the middle east at the moment what i think i fear and what many analysts may be fearing at the moment is that a saudi backed proxy war will continue and there will be an insurgency that is fighting in syria against the assad government and will continue to cause instability in syria and beyond and this will be a sort of slow burn phenomena with the united states and europe taking a kind of backseat we mustn't also forget the turkey has been actively involved in the even told us diplomatic staff and as i understand it is advise in its own citizens to leave syria to turkey is playing a game here too and the media is playing

a massive game because ours television station al-jazeera very obviously one thing before us at the moment and the western media to. remember you can always find more stories on our website including danger from above a russian interplanetary craft ten tons of highly toxic fuel mobile functions during the flight take a look at our report on the consequences if it falls back to work. plus you can also find a report by placing our team in the trouble to russia's black sea coast to see how the popular resort is attracting growing numbers of daring water sports fans that's a lot of websites an article called. the. a report by the un's atomic watchdog has heightened fears this week that iran could

be developing a nuclear weapon israel is now calling on the international community to act despite being an undeclared nuclear power itself but russia is stressing the need for caution of what appears to be conclusive report iran's brushing the allegations aside blaming the u.s. for putting pressure on the international atomic energy agency really lawmakers are now calling for a review of the country's corporation with the agency political scientists say it mohammad marandi says the findings are biased and deeply flawed the whole report itself it's based on forged documents there is absolutely nothing new in the order of about women are from the year two thousand and four and before appear as a general trend to try to put iran in a corner at the top try to corner iran if you recall just a few weeks ago the americans made outrageous accusations about some murder plot of the sodium sort of to the united states no one in the world believed it because it was so absurd this now comes right after that this report if you if you look at the

western media the corporate media they're all saying that this is new information it proves that iran is trying to produce nuclear weapon when in reality are their documents go back to two thousand and four and the previous years have been refuted in the past the united states has never provided i with the documents this shows that this is basically an attempt to create. pressure and to to move public opinion against iran russia has ushered in a new era of energy security for western europe for the north to the north stream pipeline is not pumping russian gas there really to germany routing out and he rails with transit countries which had previously left european consumers in the cold if you tell your bushel watched as the receiving end of the pipeline was unveiled. wheel of fortune turns in europe's favor a year leaders hailed russia's first ever route that skirts tricky transit nations

bill routes and ukraine where the gas rich middle east also on stable energy chief say the project's a boon in several ways nothing nothing will bring admission of i think. that's. a very important admission a security officer for with that and he's very proud of the world. he said in handcuffs if you read from the. very essence of this security comes with a hefty price tag the project cost some paid billion euro and fake north stream operator goes from was told by many top homeless that the world's longest subsidy gas route was doomed to failure. this is a pipeline they said couldn't be built it's too long too expensive and technical they said it was impossible that it's happening think experts is down to the russian engineering brilliance their use that technique will. be going off the pipeline which is i think the best we have. for guess what

about nordstrom's first line has started successfully and the second goes operational in twenty twelve together they can he twenty six million homes a year but more is needed because use has jumped even through the current e.u. debt crisis and supply can't keep up with predicted demand has given the strongest him so far but a third line could also be built mean that if i will add all the capacity of existing and future by both is still not enough expansion or not scheme will be discussed but it is so some even call this project the first step that could take russia into the e.u. single market there are those who hold nordstrom will make the two sides friendlier . we are trying. to europe even integrate europe and russia into a common energy space and if this space. be successful then we can think about

creating and common economic space and a free trade zone as the first guest began to flow optimistic leaders were all smiles the next few months will show if streams really the start of a new era between the e.u. and russia or just another point dream valuable shorty in germany. well it makes your analogies a recap of this week's top stories of me in today's headlines that will be off for a short break stay with us here tonight in the sky.

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