belton gave it a real go, but do you think france deserved that?belton gave it a real go, but do you think france deserved that? i think they did, it wasn't the thriller we we re they did, it wasn't the thriller we were expecting. but france one, as they have throughout this tournament, with functionality over flair. the image of their head coach, he has been criticised for his tactics, but he got been spot on today. let's look at some of the action today. it was belgium who started the game very well. forcing a really good save from hugo lloris in the first half. france look passive in the first half, but they almost took the lead just before half—time. benjamin covered scored one of the goals in the tournament. a sensational world cup full of excellent saves during this tournament. the key moment was after half—time, it was all about attacking the talent on show, but a defender scored the winning goal. he was excellent at the back and that was excellent at the back and that was a really good header to give france the lead, it turned out to be the

decision that we will continue to expand economic and trade cooperation with countries along the belton road to come in the first quarter of this year exports to these countries accounted for thirty five percent of phocians total for centuries is about the size of. donald trump has already threatened to impose tariffs on chinese goods worth more than five hundred billion dollars the total sum of last year's imports. there's no end in sight for the trade dispute. or united front against the u.s. at that meeting and balin german chancellor angela merkel and china's premier league catch young sick note that commitment to free trade principles cooperation is key to emphasized as both exporting powerhouses stand to lose from a looming trade conflict with the united states let's see some others often but all in the end everybody is affected if the principle of multilateralism is questioned and. that's why we need to make opposition clear and ensure access to each other's markets. will knock off. several german industry leaders signed deals worth a total of twenty billion euros with chinese pa

show has been taken over by my friend because belton egypt should find him sitting with the french fans of mexican descent where he's just taking the stand still playing that he shuns. it's a little bit will kill people to this day sixty five sixty seven. zero zero zero zero. zero zero zero. zero zero zero. zero zero zero. zero zero. zero zero a lot of. it will be shared so many. will. scan. that has. anything up i'm going. to go. live. to four years time and i'm not gonna. belgium france are going to win because of the right is also going to win but both are going to the front you know live it up yeah i think you i'm ok. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics sport this list i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. twenty eight team coverage we've signed one of the greatest goalkeepers of all but there was one more question by the way is going to be our coach. guys i know you are nervous he's a huge star and a huge amount of pressure you have to the center of the beach but how would you. agree. you are the rock at the back nobod

before heading to south africa and the brics summit in johannesburg africa plays a key role and she's beltonoad plan china's africa's largest trading partner of chinese made products a hit with u.s. tariffs there could be a knock on effect africa's share of global exports is low making up just two point four percent of total global exports two thirds of sub-saharan imports are finished products product shipped out to the rest of the world are dominated by broad materials africa's current internal trade is low to where my next guest is the group c. o. of echo bank which has a presence in over thirty african countries joining me now from london is i am a good to have you with us sir so first of all how would the global trade war impact the continent. i think every war is not good but from an african point of view we have very focused on how we can ensure that we continue to participate in global trade board the in bands to our continent and they're our band from our quantum and we're very focused on what we can do to make sure that we continue to trade but how can you continue to trade as a ne

create jobs and help safeguard china's future energy requirements but there's also the trillion dollar belton road initiative this mega project aims to link people in asia africa and europe via an ultra modern trade route it is a reinvention of the ancient silk road for the modern age and middle east plays a vital road so let's take a closer look at what's happening first of all the reason provides more than half of china's crude oil imports to china believes this makes arab countries natural partners of the belt and road initiative their location as well is right in the middle of the ancient trade route saudi arabia's vision twenty thirty and other development strategies have all been linked to it and china's goal is to double its middle east trade to six hundred billion dollars by twenty twenty it is now the largest trading partner with the region saudi arabia sold more oil to china than the united states for the first time in two thousand and nine in twenty eighteen chinese saudi cooperation now extends to space exploration but china is also iran's number one export partner iran is an impo

ties here earlier visited senegal which is the first west african country to be involved in china's belton road infrastructure projects beijing has been expanding its presence in africa in recent years in twenty sixteen alone china invested thirty nine billion dollars in the continent bringing the total to more than two hundred billion. but the initiative hasn't been without its critics the u.s. thinks the countries are not prepared for such huge investment and may end up deeply in debt to china however recent offensive remarks from donald trump have strained relations with the continent. the president of the united states is racist he really is the devil this is an actual quote from the actual president this is the gift that he decided to give the american people they're not whole countries for one donald trump isn't their president. political analysts we spoke to think that countries in africa are turning to china because of u.s. government policy. united states has it varies more outlook towards africa and the rest of the world they do not want to best interest truck which is a long ter

create jobs and help safeguard china's future energy requirements but there's also the trillion dollar belton road initiative this mega project aims to link people in asia africa and europe via an ultra modern trade route it is a reinvention of the ancient silk road for the modern age and the middle east plays a vital road so let's take a closer look at what's happening first of all the region provides more than half of china's crude oil imports to china believes this makes arab countries natural partners of the belt and road initiative their location as well as right in the middle of the ancient trade route. saudi arabia's vision twenty thirty and other development strategies have all been linked to it and china's goal is to double its middle east trade to six hundred billion dollars by twenty twenty it is now the largest trading partner with the region saudi arabia sold more oil to china than the united states for the first time in two thousand and nine in twenty eighteen chinese saudi cooperation now extends to space exploration but china is also iran's number one export partner iran is an

construction that's a big part of why they were one of the first countries to sign up for trying as belton road project that will help build railways and highways throughout the country to help link them to to their neighbors they are the only country in southeast asia that's landlocked and laos also doesn't have the large supply of low cost labor that some other countries in the region have use to develop really strong manufacturing industries so when laos was considered pathways to development one of the things they've really latched on to is this idea of being the battery of southeast asia of using the ample hydro power potential of the country to create an opportunity for them to sell power to thailand to china even as far a fear field as malaysia but that idea has been generating more and more controversy recently because the dams that are planned along the mekong will disrupt the fish flow enormously lot of people in that part of the world depend on that for protein. and they can have environmental impact such as we we've just seen and that's meant an increasing pushback against this

before heading to south africa and the bric summit in johannesburg africa plays a key role and she's belton road plan china's africa's largest trading partner if chinese made products are hit with u.s. tariffs there could be a knock on effect africa's share of global exports is low making up just two point four percent of total global exports two thirds of sub-saharan imports are finished products product shipped out to the rest of the world are dominated by war materials africa's current internal trade is low to where my next guest is the group c. o. of echo bank which has a presence in over thirty african countries joining me now from london is i am a good to have you with us sir so first of all how would the global trade war impact the continent. i think every war is not good but from an africa point of view we have very focused on how we can ensure that we continue to participate in global trade board the in bands to our continent and their band from our continent and we're very focused on what we can do to make sure that we continue to trade but how can you compare it to trade as a new

and that is of course go to be extremely difficult to sort out you know good solutions you say mr belton there's been a lot of talk recently about the norway model for the u.k. would that be a workable option. i don't think the nor a model would be acceptable for them because the normal. use affected your satellite situation where you know we are under more or less formal education to all of the root of the you've been a union but without having any say in reality in the decision making. i doubt that we've been except. for that so in your view in your opinion what kind of model could work for for the u.k. when it comes to things like trade for instance. i'm i honestly don't know because it is a fundamentally very difficult situation that only the only very bad options to choose between. from the point of view they have choose which they want career and then the. so. they won't. thank you very much for sharing your views with this call bill's former swedish prime minister joining us here on al-jazeera thank you very much for your time we appreciate it. or let's move on to another breaking

say their strategy is to push towards other markets especially those within china's ambitious belton road project that's the name of the initiative to boost trade and investment along the former silk trade routes from asia to europe to africa. and we will continue to expand economic in trade cooperation with countries along the belgian road in the first quarter of this year export to these countries accounted for thirty five percent. of our. business. you can check out the online all follow us on facebook and twitter for more. it's more of her. car culture. her. superman. superfood stylish dialogue on. lead a. lifestyle you're of. the moment. where the real trouble that resides. really i come from there and lots of people in fact know that a brilliant if you two blood launches democracy give me that's one reason why i'm passionate about people and aspirations and they can sense. the television the book is righteous in blood and onto the floor of the sun in one am member thinking at the time if the blood in vulcan forward anything can happen if people come together and unite for a cau

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