russia is dependent on china in ways that china is not dependent on russia. but who is standing up for this alternative vision and pushing back most vigorously against the west? it is russia, not china. in that respect, it is not clear to me that they see themselves as russian partners and at some point russian greatness will not allow us to sustain that posture. bay: we have a question in coming from in from a member online. >> we will take the next question from robert hormetz. >> i would like to follow-up up richard's point on the trade issue. because one of the most important elements in trying to contain this grouping particularly in china, and to get other countries who you mentioned might be more attracted to china because of trade relations, the united states needs to have a coherent trade policy with countries other than the g7 oecd countries , which means a number of the emerging markets, global south. the problem is, in this administration, which you would have thought would have been inclined in that direction, it has been the opposite. like the p

china. but that this alliance is short-lived anyway. there is an incredibly good job at showing us this is an illusion, this alliance. it will not just disappear because of internal differences. it is not an alliance that can easily be driven apart. but this is something which very much still exists in the minds of europeans. what have russia and china just don't get along with each other anymore? do we really have to interfere? isn't this something that will not last anyway? there will not be strategic moves to break this alliance apart, but this is the hope which covers up the lack of european action. the last point, let me go back to one of the shapers of this russia and china approach in germany for a long time, angela merkel. there is also a perception of china especially in economic circles in europe that still sees china in pre-xi jinping times, still thinks about china as a main economic exporter that underestimates the utilization of china and also underestimates the military links

very tough on china. but my sense is, china is not freaking out about donald trump. but what is your view of how china sees the coming? trump years, 1st of all, congratulations on donald trump's. when in this presidential election, he actually deserved it. and now he not only has won the presidency of the repub, which is has now be in control of the house as well as the send it. so its sweeping, we for mr. trump as well as the republican policy team a little bit. i mean, not to be too facetious, like one party rule. well, it would never be. well, how do roy in the united states, you know, in 4 years times or a year times, or 12 years time, there will be a change of these issues in the white house. and for the 2 houses, it may change in 2 years, all 4 years. so i've seen good change is the rule of the game rather than uh, no change always continues in the same potty control of the united states. having said that, i think i do a maya. i don't want trump for demonstrating authenticity, indeed issue and contr

china. russia would not be able to conduct the war in ukraine the way it is without chinese support for that war. the same is true of china. china's military is highly dependent on the transfer of russian arms and technology and therefore makes the problem of deterrence from a u.s. stand point in east asia more difficult than it would be in the absence of that relationship with russia. you can look at this on the economic side, on the technology transfer side, on the diplomatic coordination side and so forth. and then the fact that these two are working together and are really glued together by a shared opposition to what they believe is an anachronistic, unfairly western dominated international order that does not accord for them the space and the status and the influence that they believe they deserve by virtue of their history and their civilization and their interest and geography and power means that they're now alternatives they're trying to put on offer, not just for russia and china

most about china? and they are interrelated in terms of those questions. >> david, to the first question, china is both, they're both an adversary and a competitor. but they should be more of a a competitor and less of an adversary then and it's the other way around right now. we want to compete with china. we want to compete with anyone. american greatness is founded on competing in winning on a level playing field but that's not what's been happening and that's not what has allowed china to rise and what we now see from what you talked about the threat report from the intelligence community that china is our greatest adversary in the sense of the only other nationstate that is capable of challenging and even supplanting the u.s. as the world superpower, economically, militarily and technologically. we talked appropriately, david, about the great power competition that has become a term that we talk about in dealing with china and russia and its appropriate but i d a term with in it which is a greater

and the fact that there is only one china and taiwan being part of china on that basis. a lot of flexibility is an adapt ations can be worked out to satisfy the legitimate interests of many countries, especially the united states. because the united states care about free flow of chips and out of taiwan it, which in my view may be a very legitimate consideration. if president trump, who likes to be a president to engage in a lot of 1st goes to tie one, will china be able to live with that? no, i think if that happens, the diplomatic relations between china of the united states will be broken 1st. because china will never allow any country in the world, into the united states of america to have relations with both china on the one hand and taiwan on the, on the if you want to bets on taiwan since the united states has been on tie. while the national, who is the government several times in history, then you need to walk away from china. that's the, a quick pro cold situation. i don't think any real need to all the united states. want to solve it. you as relations with chin

it is on the budget. -- rachel reeves back from china.— back from china.t is a question of _ back from china. it is a question of timing. - back from china. it is a l question of timing. right back from china. it is a - question of timing. right now interest rates have gone up and that will have an immediate effect. it is already affecting how the market is expecting rachel reeves to manage the physical conditions. will she have to announce more austerity or tax hikes? these are offsetting factors for growth. because the spelling has gone down, will the bank of england not be able to cut interest rates as much as the market had been anticipated? and that is another factor. been anticipated? and that is anotherfactor. where is the been anticipated? and that is another factor. where is the ai effect is likely to be a more subtle, a more gradual effect so the timing of the two issues are not necessarily a natural offset. yes, ai will hopefully generate productivity and growth over the medium and longer term but unfortunately hit to interest rates will have a

in china right now?interesting phase and i say that aware that donald trump is about to come into power but ultimately it feels like there might be an opportunity for the u.k. to chart a slightly different path. it's pretty obvious at the moment that we have not put tariffs on electric vehicles and i know that was discussed between rachel reeves and her counterparts in beijing so there are potentially opportunities to carve out a different way of engaging with china and certainly something we saw in our sentiment survey was increasingly british companies are seeing opportunities to support chinese companies going globally. our financial services and legal services are world class and i think that is something where our members have seen real positivity this year and helping china to navigate the global landscape as it goes global. >> what are the remaining challenges that your members bring up for you when it comes to that market share and opportunity in china at a time of slowing chinese growth? >> it's

and china -- u.s. and china, or do we focus on u.s.china coordination on challenges and third countries? and i don't think we landed on one. i think we need to continue to probe where there's more opportunity. but it was certainly a theme of our conversations. and i mentioned on that note that -- we did do some conversations and workshop looking at international institutions aside on how track twos can be made more effective in the new environment. and one of the observations we heard on each side is that sometimes these track twos are more productive when focused on multilateral issues opposed to bilateral issues which are simply too contentious and a third party is brought into the conversation so i think triking alating thinking about conversations bilateral relations in a broader context, might be a common, common thread here. i want to open up to our audience i'll call on the men first -- [laughter] >> but i see we have a question back here. >> my name is roger, and i'm an editorial contributor on technology policy for the hill ne

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china is the u.k.'h $68 billion worth of trade going from china to the uk last year. miss reeves will be the most senior british official to visit beijing in seven years. as you mentioned, a concerted effort by labour to build bridges with china and ties have been strained in recent years, with allegations of chinese hacking and spying and its jailing approach pro—democracy figures in hong kong. ms reeves �*s tavern �*rust�* travelling to china with the governor of the bank of england and the chair of hsbc. as for what is in it for china, one of the main goals is more cooperation on financial services. china is moving up the value chain and the uk could help given its expertise in services and financial services. china is expected to be at the sharp end of donald trump's aggressive trade policy, which could result in tariffs of up to 60% on all chinese goods. chinese officials are already contending with the rapidly declining currency and a stock market sell—off and a protracted property crisis. the uk

the nearly $1.5 billion port majority owned by china's cosco shipping, is china's latest belt and roadtaken the us as peru's main trading partner, a trend that could widen across latin american countries, as donald trump threatens tariffs under his america first policy. critics warn of overreliance on china and jeopardising the existing relationship with the us with some of trump's aids pushing huge tariffs on old merchandise coming through the port. but for peru's minister for foreign trade, ursula leon, it is not a cause for concern. translation: our agreementsj enhance with china enhance our competitiveness without compromising other markets. peru must navigate a delicate balancing act. for now, the port stands at both the beacon of opportunity and a source of uncertainty in a world bracing for heightened trade tensions. apple's board of directors have recommended that investors vote against a shareholder push to abolish its diversity programmes. it comes after a conservative think tank proposed that the company drop dei as it increases the risk of possible litigation. apple has sin

talking trade — the chancellor rachel reeves heads to china to reinforce uk china ties.ut pressure mounts back at home, with the sterling continuing to fall. tiktok�*s last chance — the social media platform will make a final plea at the us supreme court today to block a new law which could shut it down in america. and clamping down on touts — the uk unveils a plan to put a price limit on re—sold event tickets. welcome to business today, i'm tadhg enright. the british government has been defending its handling of the economy after a turbulent day on the markets on thursday saw the pound drop to its lowest level in more than a year and government borrowing cost surge to a 16—year high. today, sterling is down once again as pressure mounts on chancellor rachel reeves. she's on her way to china with a delegation of city executives, as labour seeks closer economic links with beijing as part of its quest for growth. our asia business reporter sura njana tewari has more. rachel reeves under quite a bit of pressure over this trip to china, given what's going on on the uk market

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peace _ translation: china's efforts to promote peace talks _ translation: china's efforts to promote talks and - promote peace talks and political settlement have been well recognised by the international community. facing global challenges only through solidarity and cooperation can we jointly opened up a bright future. china will work with the uk as strategic partners to uphold open cooperation and tap into corporation highlights to achieve results, adding new impetus and positivity to a development of our relationship. past experiences have shown as long as china and the uk respect each other, see common ground or aerial sharing differences, our relationship will be able to achieve sound development. hong kong can become a bridge for even closer cooperation between our two sites. both sides agreed to step up collaboration between competent authorities in economic and financial sector and compare notes on the implementation of deliverables and priorities. to make cooperation deeper and broader. both sides agree also to hold the next dialogue in the uk at a proper time. thank you. t

china can be helping the us in general.

well, rachel reeves has gone to china.unny to see if anything she does there is in front of the same golden boat. well, certainly it's creating as many headlines, this trip, as that one you're talking about. so we'll discuss that on saturday's newscast. newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello, it's laura in the studio. and it's paddy in the studio. and it is saturday, and we are talking about china for a good, serious reason, because rachel reeves is off on her travels, trying to, you know, warm up the connections in order to do business with china, which is, you know, a massive mega economy that she believes very strongly the uk cannot ignore. it's the world's second biggest economy and the uk's fourth largest single trading partner. but she goes there at a pretty sticky time when her political opponents are saying she shouldn't have gone at all. yes, she says, "not engaging with china "is no choice at all." she's written her own article in the papers today, which i've read, and here is rachel reeves explaining why she's t

part of the quality corporation that going from bodycote in china under the belt road and there's a china state own costco shipping company, owns and majority 60 percent stake in the port cruise publicly held volk and companion. i mean eta on so run a partnership. we'll get to a bit later costco shipping is also part owner in numerous terminals across europe, asia, the middle east, and the america costco says it intends for chunk high to be a major transport time that will connect to china to peru and the rest of latin america, costco says that a direct route from trendkite to shanghai, significantly reduced and shipping time. nearly to kilometer long tunnel connects the ports, the pan american highway. goods from china can arrive and be distributed more quickly. it has the potential to dramatically change, peruse economic reality, but not everyone is happy about it. a good for you to bump it up at the new. ok more if you go to the state, use us with how many of us data is to what is the now police department associated? like, do you pick it on a piece? on the other hand or tv knows leads

so like a futures in china. this is creating social boss and really attracting those consumers in china. so when they're reading this kind of social boss is easily attracting those consumers why more price closures and looking for a value in china. but what we see is that at the desk do having us from customers taking us over there. so the strong cosmetic in us is actually supporting the performance of that. but, but if we look at overall pictures, uh, customer ones, you more size change. and also the company shows is really affecting at the, in china, locally. so this is 1000 can see of a preference. what does apple the need to do to regain its foothold and still in the top 5 in china? i mean, i have a time slipped out, but what does it need to do to regain? can see have a preference cuz they have to win back consumers in china. yeah, it need to create more while factors. so right now what we are looking at is a i, but uh, when it comes to a i, when it comes to china, it needs the approval from chinese governme

and china promised a lot. it promised that the existing ways the existing freedoms in hong kong would survive for 50 years own currency tax, administration, government, common common law, freedom of press freedom of assembly, freedom of religion all the freedoms that we in open take for granted. this was further codified the basic law, a sort of mini constitution that china wrote and imposed on hong kong and it did promise as you to move towards full democracy which i mean think about it it's just not a big deal honestly. was electing the city council, electing the mayor, the chief executive of the legislative council, even little things proved to be too much, for china. and as you said in 2014, they, they, they back those promises. and the people of hong kong enough. you know, it's been almost decades and you're moving us. what about all these promises? and that's when the students took to the streets and you know very different dynamic between the students and jimmy and apple daily. but they were all trying

the conflict with china? well, it's 2025. go ahead. i think that's a, again, a china will be definitely a preoccupation of the trumpet ministration via the kind of an interesting because it's obviously going to be in economic conflict. i mean, i don't think it's going to be about taiwan trowbridge show. no particular interest in the whole taiwan issue, any effect on like buying him. he refused to make any commitment to coming to taiwan. was assistance in the event of an invasion. so i think it's going to be, and he's going to wage a serious uh, economic war against china. and particularly he's going to wage a war against china throughout the world. you know, he's going to crack down the countries that are doing deals with china. you know, some of this is going to stop black mainland extorting countries that are assigned onto china, including for including friends and allies. exactly. you know, just you sign on through this with, with china, you know, you're going to have, you know, the china is going to build a portfolio or railway for

including china. supply chain shocks, igloo company opened up factories in south korea, vietnam and malaysia, but most of their production still comes from china. would you move any of your manufacturing to the us? we have manufacturing to the us? - have thought about mexico before but tariffs are probably only going to rise in mexico as well and i'm looking at a couple of manufacturing partners in the region. in the us specifically. are partners in the region. in the us specifically.— us specifically. are you nervous _ us specifically. are you nervous about - us specifically. are you nervous about this? - us specifically. are you | nervous about this? for us specifically. are you - nervous about this? for us, it is or is important _ nervous about this? for us, it is or is important to _ nervous about this? for us, it is or is important to plan - nervous about this? for us, it is or is important to plan for l is or is important to plan for the future, plant of the worst, hope for the best. we are not

and china on climate. not only of the governmental levels, but the nongovernmental levels, academic and research levels. very, very good work. we need to build on that and find the areas of cooperation. what we have to aspire to, in my view, a relationship of constructive competition. it will be competitive. but constructive competition as opposed to cold war and potential conflict. and we have to really go to work at this and be consistent and do it on a professional basis, quietly come every day, day in and day out, and make it a number one priority. brian: i want to turn these folks loose on you and take a couple of questions from the audience. there's a little bit of energy in the room so i'm going to merge a couple of questions. let's start here with barbara upfront and then we will go back to the lady in the black sweater. >> great to see and thank you for your support. over the last 15 months in particular, i've been thinking a lot about international accountability, crimes against humanity, double

china has now drawn the u.s. and europe closer together vis-a-vis the indo pacific than ever before. why is it in their interest to be throwing in their lot with such an excellent group of iran, china, and north korea? >> they would deny the premise. from china's perspective, given the intent and the capacity it has come unlike any other country, to try to reshape the international system and do it in a way that is more reflective of its interests and values, knowing that we are the primary challenge to being able to do that, if another country or countries make life more difficult for us, that is something that it is going to look at and maybe take part in but i do think it puts china in an increasingly difficult position because if it aspires to this position of leadership, if it wants to be seen as a responsible power, it cannot on the one hand, for example, be saying that it wants to make peace in ukraine while on the other hand fueling the ongoing aggression. 70% of the machine parts that russia is importing

we will look at what's in store for us—china relations.lus, trump wants greenland but does greenland want him? we hearfrom a danish lawmaker and some greenlanders in a special report. welcome to newsday, i'm steve lai. we begin in los angeles, where fires continue to rage with attention turning to forecast warnings of an increase in high winds overnight. authorities say they are prepared for the change in weather, which will put the whole of la county under fire threat. so far, 2a people have been killed and several others are missing. tens of thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes and officials say they will not be able to return for at least four days. these wildfires are on track to be among the costliest in us history. accuweather has increased its preliminary estimate of financial losses from the blazes to between $250—275 billion. reiterating those sentiments, california governor gavin newsom said that 1a,000 people are actively working against the fires in what he says could be the worst natural disaster to hit th

china -- china dominated clean energy, critical materials. and create new dependency. the united states must win that contest. we will shape the global economy and planet for decades to come. let me close with this. like many of you, i have dedicated a significant portion of my career on nation's foreign policy. as chair of the foreign relations committee in the senate, vice president for eight years and now president of the united states, put together one of the most competent foreign policy teams sitting in this room before my eyes. throughout my career, the world has undergone tremendous change. but certain things have always held true. at our best, america leads not only by the example of our power, the power of our example. past four years we have used that power not to go it alone, but instead to bring countries together increase shared security and prosperity. to stand up to aggression and solve problems through diplomacy whenever possible. defend democracy, civil rights and human rights because that's who we are. that's who we are. you heard me say it many time

china, by farthe make up 150 of all vehicles sold. china, by far the biggest sold. sold. china, by far the biggest market has seen soaring sales. but in the us and europe, including the uk, demand has hit a speed bump. with around 1 million diesel models still on the road and a big used car market here, there is still a lot of work to be done. norway's electric revolution is shifting up a gear and sales of new fossilfuel cars tail shifting up a gear and sales of new fossil fuel cars tail off. but the journey to zero may take a little longer. adrian murray, bbc news, oslo. in south korea — a trial for suspended president yoon suk yeol is set to begin in less than two hours. the constitutional court will hear arguments on whether to uphold parliament's decision to impeach mr yoon over his failed martial law bid. so far there hasn't been any major effects on markets — as the benchmark kospi index is trading flat. before we go, major hollywood studios have pledged millions of dollars to help with relief efforts for the la wildfires. so far disney and warner brothers dis

into them. government in china open a monopoly enquiry into th nvidia us and china.ht nvidia get caught up? us and china. how might nvidia get caught up?— get caught up? interestingly, last month — get caught up? interestingly, last month nvidia, _ get caught up? interestingly, last month nvidia, the - last month nvidia, the government in china open a monopoly enquiry into them. greater china is about 12% of their revenue so it is significant and interestingly today, the us government named tencent and catl going on to restricted list because of a legend ties with the china military. we will see more tit—for—tat and it is far from over. tit-for-tat and it is far from over. �* ., , . tit-for-tat and it is far from over. ~ . , . ., over. and what is exciting for ou at over. and what is exciting for you at ces — over. and what is exciting for you at ces this _ over. and what is exciting for you at ces this year? - you at ces this year? everything is exciting but for me, really, this concept of making every pc, every smart phone into an ai pc and smart phone, and also go

u runs the risk of falling behind both china. i'm the united states in terms of competitiveness and g, d, p. that comes as both france and germany. the use power houses both face of economic downturn and political crises, despite various measures taken by e. u. member states, stronger growth isn't expected in 2025. so let's review 2024. look ahead to 2025. with our panel of experts we're joined from london by then i'll have phase found a n c o of micro hive from single pool. we're joined by deborah elm, this head of trade policy at heinrich, that's an organization of a 100 foundation, which is an organization specializing and trade research and from london in gold and a professor of globalization of development at oxford university. welcome to you will fill out. it felt like a wild roller coaster at times of what sort of year was 2024 economically was a good, bad, perfectly average. well, you're absolutely right. it was the right across the overall the depends who you ask. but given that stocks were off overall, given the fact th

is going to beat china in ai. does this morning's executive order actually move the needle in a meaningful way, and what does that leave out. >> if you think about ai infrastructure, and am always reminded of a book that i may or may not have read in the late 1990's, "guns, germs, and steel." the book made the case that mason succeeded when they were able to marshal their natural resources to get a competitive advantage. if you think about it i like the electricity of our era. if we can prevail on a key for us to continue to lead the world, that will ultimately be an infrastructure exercise. it's good to be chips, data, talent, it's going to be the energy piece. specifically to your question, i think what the biden administration has put out today sends an interesting signal in the following way -- we have identified that there is roughly $175 billion of dry capital out there globally, looking to invest in ai infrastructure. there is an understanding that there's going to be such a need for it, in part, driven by

in particular on china in the next administration.e are trading flat as we have scoop after scoop from the washington-based colleagues. bitcoin fended off risks intimate. trading 2.2% higher. perhaps looking towards where we can see trump in the next administration eyeing crypto. a look at in terms of the individual movers. a key story of the day. we are analyzing if elon musk could take over the u.s. operations of tiktok. it is being eyed by chinese officials and by meta. there are concerns running the fact that they will be offloading some of the lowest performers at a faster rate. slap off by 6% if tiktok u.s. could be staying for longer here in the u.s. by january 19, it is deemed it has to be banned or divested. good that you divested elon musk? -- could that be divested elon musk? where has this narrative come from that officials, not bytedance but chinese officials might think elon musk could be a good owner of this key social media company question mark sarah -- company? sarah: they have and evaluating options for tiktok shoul

china, china dominates the clean energy and manufacturing critical materials, supply chains.ure the market of the future and create new dependency. the united states must win that contest. we will shape the global economy and plan for decades to come. let me close with this. like many of you i've dedicated significant portion of my career to our nation's foreign policy. was chair of the foreign relations committee as a senator, vice president for eight years, now president of the united states. put together one of the most competent foreign policy teams i would argue in american history sitting in this room before my eyes. throughout my career the world has gone underground tremendous change. but certain things have always held a true. at our best america leads not only by the example of our power but the power of our example. the past four years we have used that power, not to go it alone but instead to bring countries together to increase shared security and prosperity. to stand up to aggression and to solve problems through diplomacy whenever possible here defend democracy

among the biggest is how he will handle china.in his first term, and has promised an even tougher line on beijing this time around. he has touted wide—ranging tariffs on chinese exports. but is he a hawk or a dealmaker making an opening bid? i'm joined now by former pentagon strategist matthew kroenig, now vice president of the atlantic council's scowcroft center. thank you forjoining me to talk about this today. you recently wrote an op—ed with the incoming national security advisor mike waltz urging a stronger focus on the threat from china. what's your biggest concern? china is the greatest threat to us bases, may be the greatest threat ever based it is engaging in daily military coercion against us allies and partners in asia, taiwan, it is aiming to dominate technology of the 21st century. united states and allies in the west have had a technological edge for decades the past century and losing that to china would be a major blow. china also presents an ideological threat, exporting its model of authoritarianism intervening o