ben bland, director of asean, - china or the us.r of asean, thank you forjoining us on newsday. a free trade deal between the united kingdom and the united states, widely touted as one of the benefits of brexit, will not be happening any time soon. the prime minister, borisjohnson, who's held talks with president biden at the white house, insisted there was �*every prospect�* of a major agreement in the future, but said that the focus for now was on �*practical steps', in his words, to help british exporters. our political editor, laura kuenssberg, reports. the most solemn dedication of the pact that spans the atlantic, lives lost side by side. memories fade maybe, but what shape does a 21st—century relationship take? it does not, not now, mean a trade deal, promised when a very different president sat in that cream armchair. the white house dangles cooperation, but a big pact is not in sight. we're going to talk about trade a little bit today and we're going to have to work that through. on capitol hill this morning, there seemed m

there are ten member states in asean, with different interests.which has welcomed the potential for australia to build this new nuclear submarine capability, but we've seen heavy notes of caution from indonesia and malaysia. so different reactions, but i think across the region, there is a sense that people want australia, the us and other allies to balance out china's growing military might. but i also think a lot of governments are concerned that the actions we've seen with aukus and the submarines might prompt china to counteract what the us allies are doing and lead to an escalation towards conflict. there's an ambivalence which i think reflects the complexity of the situation for a lot of south—east asian nations. south—east asian nations are often stuck in that really uncomfortable position of being between the us and china. how concerned do you think that there could be the possibility of real conflict in the region as a result of this agreement beteween the us, australia and britain? this agreement is in the first place about submarines, a

aquÍ es donde se alimentan, donde se asean.ca, la gente continÚa llegando y los nÚmeros son un poco mÁs bajos que los que eran en el pasado. es todo lo que tengo, vuelvo con ustedes. borja: vamos a cambiar de informaciÓn, a primeras horas las autoridades mexicanas iniciaron un nuevo operativo sorpresa contra el campamento de refugiados en ciudad acuÑa para desalojar a cientos de migrantes, mÉxico estÁ trasladando a estos migrantes a su frontera sur con guatemala e iniciÓ conversaciones para realizar deportaciones. seguimos con nuestra cobertura y nos conectamos con jÉsica zermeÑo. buenas tardes, es tu turno. jÉsica: muchas gracias, despuÉs del caos de esta maÑana, el rÍo bravo a esta hora despuÉs de que llegaron los periodistas en esta madrugada y encontramos el parque ecolÓgico donde se encontraba el campamento improvisado de migrantes en ciudad acuÑa, coahuila, pues cerrado, con varios vehÍculos, autobuses. tambiÉn decenas de agentes del instituto nacional de migraciÓn. creÍmos que iniciaba un operativo para detener a los mig

enhance our contribution to our growing network of partnerships in the indo-pacific region: anzus; our asean friends; our bilateral strategic partners, the quad; five eyes countries; and, of course, our dear pacific family. the first major initiative of aukus will be to deliver a nuclear-powered submarine fleet for australia. over the next 18 months, we will work together to seek to determine the best way forward to achieve this. this will include an intense examination of what we need to do to exercise our nuclear stewardship responsibilities here in australia. we intend to build these submarines in adelaide, australia, in close cooperation with the united kingdom and the united states. but let me be clear australia is not seeking to acquire nuclear weapons or establish a civil nuclear capability. and we will continue to meet all our nuclear non-proliferation obligations. australia has a long history of defense cooperation with the united states and the united kingdom. for more than a century, we have stood together for the cause of peace and freedom, motivated by the beliefs we share, sust

we are excited about asean.e of the trends we see about digital transformation will also player in the southeast asian regions as well. from a population perspective. from the adoption of mobile devices to the acceptance of fintech. i think there is an incredible opportunity to grow in southeast asia. shery: how are you factoring in potentially more regulation as well as competition? >> we are built for both of them. we started the business in 2013. have always taken the view it has to be a transparent relationship with the regulators. we pride ourselves on a good two way dialogue in the states. if you look at the united states, each state has its own local financial services. if you look at whether it is asean or other geographies, you have dialogue with regulators, you take into account some of their policy objectives. haidi: we really appreciate your time this week. let's take a look at how we are setting up when it comes to these markets in asia. sophie: the focus on evergrande and the fed decision. we have

our gdp growth is the slowest in the asean region.nda: april, you say the p come could mirror the tencent. that is driven by a lot of money sloshing around. we tell investors pumping in a lot into the stock market. what will drive it forward? >> first of all, the valuations are so cheap. you already mentioned how stocks are trading below the 10 year historical average. if we take out the index it -- i'd say a lot of the big ones are trading at the bankruptcy levels. valuations are very cheap. if you look at the earnings, although there's no not back to pre-pandemic levels, a lot of these companies have done a lot of cost-cutting measures and are doing very well. the chances of being bankrupt are virtually zero. the recovery is there. on the vaccination effort, one thing people are not looking at is the fact that the national capital region, the vaccination program is ramping up. we are already vaccinating -- we have already vaccinated 50% of the population, which accounts for 60% of all covid infections. this is definitely good news a

and the united states will also continue to work with asean and the quad as was stated earlier. our five treaty allies and other close partners in the indo-pacific as well as allies and partners in europe and around the world to maintain a free and open indo-pacific and build a future of peace, opportunity for all the people of the region. we're joining together where partnerships are getting stronger. this is what we're about. i want to thank you all, and i look forward to seeing both of you in person very soon, i hope. thank you. >> mr. president, did you tell president xi when you spoke to him last week? >> you have been listening to a major national security announcement president biden joined by the leaders, the prime ministers of the united kingdom and australia announcing that the u.s. and uk will help australia acquire and deploy nuclear-powered submarines. that's different than a nuclearly armed submarine. this is a serious step about countering the increasing flexing of muscle by china in the pacific. so let's get you up to speed. and, frankly, we need to take a moment

we are engaging with regional institutions from asean to the african union to the organization of american states to focus on people's are just needs for better health and better economic outcomes -- urgent -- we're back at the table in international forums, especially the united nations, to focus attention and to spur global action on shared challenges. we are reengaged at the world health organization and working in close partnership with kovacs to deliver life-saving vaccines around the world. we rejoin the paris climate agreement and where running to retake a seat at the human rights council next year at the u.n. and as the united states six around the world action we will lead not just the example of our power but god was with the power of our example. make no mistake, the united states will continue to defend ourselves, our allies and her interest against attacks including terrorist threats as we prepared to use force if any is necessary. but to defend our vital u.s. national interests including against ongoing and imminent threats, but the nation must be clear and achievable. undert

not just about partnership because our partnership reaches out to so many others, our friends in the asean nations or europe or elsewhere where we share so many likeminded interests so the issues we discuss in our partnership today really do reach out to so many others in addressing the global challenges. mr. president, i want to thank you for your leadership and the focus on the region. there's no doubt you get it. >> i think the last point you made is important. it goes well beyond just our partnership. our partnership is in line with all the other democracies in the world. we got a lot of work to do so thank you all very much. >> thank you! >> and of course the travel pool, the reporters with him trying to get him to answer questions but none answered. richard, pick it up where that leaves off. meeting with morrison from australia with whom they did the deal. $60 billion or something. the french are furious and the brits and french and others not happy with the withdrawal timetable. we know that. tony blinken called to say to the president we have to stretch this out. we think it. the p

we're engaging with institutions from asean to the african union to the organization of american states to focus on people's urgent needs for better health and better economic outcomes. we're back at the table in international forums, especially the united nations, to focus attention and to spur global action on shared challenges. we are reengaged at the world health organization and working in close partnership with covax to deliver life-saving vaccines around the world. we rejoined the paris climate agreement and we're running to retake a seat in the human rights council next year at the u.n. and as the united states seeks to rally the world to action, we will lead not just with the example of our power but, god willing, with the power of our example. make no mistake, the united states will continue to defend ourselves, our allies, and our interest against attack, including terrorist threats as we prepare to use force if necessary but to defend our vital u.s. national interests including against ongoing and imminent threats. but the mission must be clear and achievable, undertaken wit

we're engaging with regional institutions from asean to the african union to the organization of american states to focus on people's urgent need for better health and better economic outcomes. we're back at the table in international forums, especially the united nations, to focus attention and to spur global action on shared challenges. we are reengaged at the world health organization and working in close partnership with covax to deliver life-saving vaccines around the world. we rejoined the paris climate agreement and we're running to retake a seat in the human rights council next year at the u.n. and as the united states seeks to rally the world to action, we will lead not just by the example of our power, but god willing with the power of our example. make no mistake, the united states will continue to defend ourselves, our allies, and our interests against attack, including terrorist threats, as we prepare to use force if any is necessary. but to defend our vital u.s. interests, but the mission must be clear and achievable. undertaking with informed consent of the american people.

partnership because our partnership reaches out to so many others, whether it be our friends in the asean nations or europe or elsewhere where we share so many like-minded interests and so the issues we discuss in our partnership today really do reach out to so many others in terms of how we address the global challenges, so, mr. president, i want to thank you for your leadership and your focus on the indo-pacific region. there's no doubt that you get it. >> i think the last point you made is important. it goes well beyond just our partnership. our partnership is in line with all the other democracies in the world, and we've got a lot of work to do so thank you all very much. >> mr. president! >> come on, guys. thank you. >> all right. we're listening to the president of the united states with the australian prime minister scott morrison. reporters at the end trying to sneak in a question. cameras get shaky when they are being knuckleballed out of the room. cnn's jeff zeleny is standing by for us tracking the president as he visits new york. the president talking with a friend there, talk

and one area that is a subset of that, the asean markets, particularly, it's an area that we think isnteresting in 2022 as those markets have been hit very hard by covid in particular as we start to see some relief from that. could be some interesting leverage plays and recovery there. anna: from what you said, it sounds as if you think that china is in best of all, may be at the right price. is this question about whether china is investable, is it an issue the way that george soros makes it sound? is it still an issue for investors or are they trying to separate out the geopolitics to say that we are investing regardless? bill: i think the events of a lot of the recent months, particularly over the summer, in terms of this reminder, that the prc is a country dominated by a single party and that that party has an agenda that is political. it means that not all of the decisions they make are going to be investor friendly and i think what we have an over the summer is a reminder of that. are we going to start seeing the prc taking steps to make life even harder for some of these big co

and open indo—pacific, - we have made various efforts with the "quad" the u:s., - australia, india , asean mentality�*. this was earlier. the us and uk are about to highly sensitive nuclear powered submarine technology to australia and this once again shows they are using nuclear exports as geopolitical gaming tools and applying double standards which is extremely responsible. extremely irresponsible. so that�*s the view in china. france isn�*t happy either — but for different reasons. the new pact brought an abrupt end to a $36billion dollar submarine contract australia and france signed in 2016. and the french foreign minister didn�*t mince his words. it is a stab in the back. we had established a relationship of trust with australia. that trust has been broken. there is a lot of bitterness about the cancellation. this matter is not over. the criticism continued on twitter —, many french officials lashed out at the us. the french embassy in the us tweeted: "the us choice to exclude a european union ally and partner such as france while the french ambassador to the us philippe etienne had

think for a number of select markets where we have not necessarily seen, places like asean, still beingcovid, still have the potential upside. when we see reopening in those economies and the rebound start to occur. i think it is about being more selective, where you are looking for that opportunity. haidi: is the chip story in japan still one that has further upside? guest: i guess for us, obviously, there is a lot of debate around double booking, whether there are shortages. we have seen commentaries from some ceos, for example of the auto companies, saying they are still seeing shortages. we think is interesting is if we look at maybe some of the players who have been overlooked because they have not been the headline winners, and again, markets like japan, we think there are a number of second-tier players who are starting to see their businesses pick up quite dramatically because of this demand. we are thinking through our opportunities for a number of headline companies. we are getting later -- later in the cycle. shery: where you stand on chinese equities, given we hear more news

we're engaging with institutions from asean to the afterrican un, to focus on people's urgent needs for better health and better economic outcomes. we're back at the table in international forums, especially the united nations, to focus attention and to spur our global action on shared challenges. we are re-engaged at the world health organization and working in close partnership with covax to deliver lifesaving vaccines around the world. we rejoined the paris climate agreement, and we're running to retake a seat in the human rights council next year at the u.n.. and as the united states seeks to rally the world action, we will lead not just with the example of our power, but with the power of our example. make no mistake, the united states will continue to defend ourselves and our allies against attack including terrorist threats as we prepare to use force, if any, as necessary. but to defend our vital interests against ongoing and imminent threats, but the mi mission must be clear and achievable, undertaken with informed consent of the american people. and wherever possible, in partne

we're engaging with regional institutions from asean to the african union to the organization of american states to focus on people's urgent needs for better health and better economic outcome. and back at the table, in the international forum, especially the united nations, to focus attention and to spur global action on shared challenges. we are reengaged at the world health organization. and working in close partnership with covax to deliver life-saving vaccines around the world. we rejoined the paris climate agreement. and we're running to retake a seat in the human rights council next year at the u.n. and as the united states seeks to rally the world action, we lead not just by the example of our power, but god willing with the power of our example. make no mistake, the united states will continue to defend ourselves, our allies, and our interest against attacks, including terrorist threats, as we prepare to use force if any is necessary. but to defend our vital u.s. national interests, including against ongoing and imminent threats, but the mission must be clear and achievable. unde