you're asian economic and unity is considered to be the most successful integration association and the former soviet space. the community has fulfilled all its costs the customs union was most common economic space was formed and their common registry by the eurasian economic commission was created and these here are the foundation for the creation of the few asian economic union was prepared our correspondent reports analysts believe that a close economic system can develop in a stable manner only under certain conditions population of at least two hundred million people direct access to the scene stable geopolitical position availability of sufficient and the river's source is whether this is the best naps and or limited integration was as a sensible alternative he shows he's quite difficult to survive and the world was on regional integration among different countries based on my cooperation organization european union and others more than twelve counties of regional communities. in nineteen ninety four thick president of kazakhstan which the ato tuition project in moscow seeks your

more on the prospects for the talks i spoke earlier with matthew goodman, senior adviser for asian economics at center for strategic and international studies. and he also served as white house economic adviser under the obama administration. these talks have hit some snags. we do have u.s. trade representative michael froman scheduled to meet the economic revitalization minister akira amari on wednesday. how much progress do you think we can expect from these ministerial level talks? >> well, i think the talks are going to be very difficult and challenging. it may be difficult to reach a final agreement in this week, in this set of talks. but, i think with the impending visit of president obama to japan, i think there's a real opportunity to try to drive forward the process, and perhaps reach an agreement between the u.s. and japan. >> okay. talking about things that could give a boost to that, japan and australia, they agreed in principle on an epa. they had mostly beef and auto trade on the table there. do you think this will kind of smooth out the way for japan and the u.s. in their talk

the idea of the establishment of the single you're asian economic space during the lecture in moscow moscow state university in the head of state understood the need of our country's immigration and now years later we realize to support the idea the members of the new association were approaching the integration constantly first that the customs union was created to live there was a common economic space over the recent years the trade turnover between kazakhstan russia and the walrus has doubled and reached twenty four billion dollars export of aquaculture products has increased by seventy four percent as the export of confectionery and chop increased by three times the total for the freight transportation is increased by seventeen times. we'll see a competition issues of our state are also quick question do we have to work on but i must say that as a result of competition are businesses get stronger action which will not let go of the typical quincy was he was nice but the act. according to the new related agreement of the european economic union for their quality of state support

this book of matthew goodman senior advisor for asian economics at center for strategic and international studies and former white house economic advisor. i read your history president michael crow been scheduled to meet up the economic revitalization in a circular maree on wednesday. how much progress she typically expect from these minister level talks. well i think the talks are going to be very difficult and challenging. it may be difficult to reach a final agreement in this. in this week and this set of talks but i think with the impending visit of president obama to japan i think there's a real opportunity to spread to try to drive forward of the process and perhaps reach an agreement between the us and japan. they talk about things i could write a post about japan and australia they agreed in principle on an epa they have trouble sleeping in our trade on the table bear to think that this book and smooth out the way for japan and the us in their talks. well on some level it makes it a little more complicated to have a bilateral agreement among two members of this twelve country agre

arrived to take part in the meeting the supreme you're asian economic council a bilateral meeting of the sultan is a market like sand and shingle was held in independence palace that it is discussed issues of bilateral cooperation. last year trade turnover between the two countries exceeded seven hundred and thirty five million us dollars. in addition the business assets are ready functioning in fourteen joint ventures that led to the extent and to strengthen more on bilateral cooperation in economy industry agriculture education and other sectors with great pleasure we note the development of friendly relations and trust between our two countries. with her to them to do. the years to execute or through moscow to minsk. i think that today there are no major problems in our bilateral relations even in difficult times when what tree faces charges art return of a prosperous. i think it makes sense for us today to exchange views of the eve of the supreme council meeting on prospects of our nation and difficulties that may arise anyway in this difficult new way. yet this town meetings in

thus by arrived wednesday ordinating the supreme you're asian economic council a bilateral meeting other sultan as a buyer of accent and shane co was held in independence palace the leaders discussed issues of bilateral cooperation plaster trade turnover between the two countries exceeded seven hundred and thirty five million us dollars. in addition the business assets our body functioning and fourteen joint ventures i want to. extensions to strengthen the bilateral cooperation in economy industry agriculture education and other sectors with great pleasure we know to develop friendly relations and trust between our two countries. i grew up with her you were to do it. thank you for coming to us that she tore through moscow to minsk i think that today there are no major problems in our bilateral relations. even in difficult times when bo tree faces charges are trade turnover prosperous. i think it makes sense for us today to exchange using the eve of the supreme council meeting on prospects of our nation and difficulties that may arise anywhere in this difficult new way. yet just our meeti

of the three countries will make one point five trillion us dollars to a specialist dusty or asian economic integration provides us with the overall strategic advantage properties events in general we see huge positive role specific result of eurasia integration process. we'll check in with a respectable super from so so caught up in a mental image for a eurasian economic union is not a revival of the soviet union and people shouldn't be afraid by the so called mythical reincarnation is such an appeal of the sultan of them i've addressed to some experts and politicians. the president noted that there are actually no prerequisites to recreate the soviet union. two into the pool. i did a masterful snowstorm of food. there's the institute framework for the reincarnation of the post soviet simple everything has finally passed into history secondly the post soviet nations are built under their own states with their own characteristics and traditions. thirdly the current system of property social structure and economic structure of our societies has gone far ahead the soviet union archaic their i

schoumacher: by 1998, an asian economic crisis hurt food exports, and natural disasters ruined crops.n trouble. if we have a family farm structure in america, with widely varying prices because of market developments around the world and the inevitable march of nature and disease, that sooner or later there would come a time when we would see that if you really wanted a strong market, you had to do more for the family farmers. well, that time has arrived. schoumacher: six years after the freedom to farm bill had gone into effect, this noble experiment in market-driven policy had become a casualty of powerful economic and political forces. the farm security and rural investment act of 2002 sealed its fate, and the debate continued -- are farm subsidies really needed? riedl: there are some struggling family farmers, and farming can be a risky profession. one hurricane can wipe out your entire year's crop. however, a better approach to farm subsidies would be crop insurance, wherfarmers could pool their resources together and buy insurance in cas there is a naturalisaster. among farmers

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perhaps with 2015, with the new association of southeast asian nations economic community, asean, southeastasia will become a pact similar to european union but hopefully without all the flaws. that would have a huge impact in our region. >> its a region of lots of resources, lots of culture, lots to offer to the rest of the world. >> myanmar is so rich in natural resources. there is a danger of the country being pillaged. well, i think the international community does know better. their consumers are demanding more responsible practice, demanding that the welfare of the workers through the whole supply chain, whether its in china, myanmar or in their own country, is of an acceptable standard. that is something that one cannot always be confident in, but that seems to be the trend. a lot of large companies have had to change and improve their practices based on consumers demands. with free media, when companies cut corners, when companies act irresponsibly they are exposed. so there is hope, there is excitement. there is a sense of wanting to do more, learn more. experience more. and most i

with two thousand and fifteen with an air of the association of southeast asian nation economic community arts in southeast asia will become of us similar to the european union but hopefully without all the faults. both have a huge impact on in our region it's the region are also grateful for. lots of culture i lost all the rest go sch the all. the resort. enter all the concrete pillars the international community with that. c'mon being responsible practices to minding. i'm great but the welter of of the workers through the whole supply chain. whether it's in china including me and my boy in the right country his ultimate post on this but it's something that one must always be confident in. but nothing's been the trend. a lot of us companies have had to change and improve the practices. for some consumers of months with the with free media. i am when companies cut corners when companies act responsibly. they are exposed end. for those who are his excitement. there is a sense of love. one thing to do more to learn more experience more and it was the only caution periods. towards the bottom

work with the olympic council of asia two we patrol the registration for the asian games and how no way. his uncle. economical status bar i can instill in them. the soutast asian games. this evening two of many make money as people into a frenzy. the south east asia and the chance i've got to know as the wiretaps the company announced. and then the nice comments he's made us both a fence. i've returned to st to finance my uni tea. the country was hit by end of the picton anwar in nineteen seventy five the economic impact investment for the southeast asian games. speaking of that cent of its annual budget the intense x eskom things the diamondbacks books can bring people together and a half assed and christy the comments prompted be economic to make its bid to host the asian games. but things have changed a lot during the past indiana. and that the economy is heavily dependent on foreign investment and is still reeling from connecticut the impact of the club on a station. the economy is expected to roll my tongue these kind words and ideas i did not do any unknown to science. we are friends to share. the side

once we decide this, of course, all the analysis of the asian economic situations, which is reliant onhat is happening here in japan and china. china, april 16, that's wednesday -- we are expected to get first court a result in terms of gdp. 7.3%, the slowest in quite a while. is that going to be enough to provide some pickup? >> i don't know. a strange animal in china. the publication of gdp is more like an instrument of communication policy. what is true is that china, for what it wants to be, a consumer-based society and a productive society in which strong value-added is produced, ,s it was in the years before needs slower growth. you need slower growth to reach these -- this new economic state, and once you are in a consumer society, you cannot add the kind of growth that you used to have before. is very, the transition delicate. if you go out to the market and tell to the market that china is growing by 4.5% or 5%, the market will crash. the communication by chinese officials of the changes that are needed on gdp to attain economic and structural reform is very, very delicate. th

presence in asia for the last 60 or 70 years has actually been the platform on which asian social economic benefits have taken place. number two, we do have obligations with our allies but a rebalance of our asia strategy is intensive interaction and engagement with china. that is a central part of our asia policy. our allies on partners in the region certainly expected to meet our obligations. they had -- they expect us to help out and be there when they need us, but they also expect us to run a constructive and productive relationship with china. >> do you feel that china may be aggressive? >> there is demand for u.s. leadership in the region because we have a history of 60 or 70 years. today, given this mix of china's rise, history of nationalism, territorial disputes that are unresolved, it's all the more the reason for the united states to be there. in terms of containment, we know what containment looks like. we ran a successful containment policy with respect to the soviet union for half a century. it doesn't look like a $500 billion a year economic relationship with china. that's w

heavily dependent on other investment, lots of companies companies american and european and asian are for economicnd political reasons one to be much more cautious about investing in russia and the capital market. russia doesn't have the capital market to speak of so you have to depend on capital from london and elsewhere. roland that over will not be so easy. liz: would you say people have to get ready if they want to stay in u.s. equities? >> i think the american economy is doing better and better, but obviously things get worse in ukraine, 12 certainly have an adverse effect on western europe and western europe is the biggest investment and biggest trading partner and the capital market linkedin. >> good to see you, bob. saying watch out, this is important, it does matter to your money. thank you for joining us. the vice chair and former undersecretary of state for economic growth. in a fox business exclusive. 37 minutes before the closing bell rings. the nasdaq ceo could be about to face an investor revolt. what is behind the potential rebellion? and could they had it off? exclusive details. s

a growing economic power but not part of the asian trade deal. and experts are split, but the u.s. is watching to see if north korea will try its fourth nuclear test during the president's visit. and even though the president's hoping to go to asia and focus on asia and the economy and u.s. ties, there's really nowhere he can go at this point and get away from the issue of ukraine and russia. japan's been trying to warm up to russia on some economic, some energy issues, while the u.s. and the europeans have been trying to push for stronger sanctions against russia. so that could certainly come up in those discussions today. >> tracie potts, thank you so much. >>> in a powerful response to russia's actions in ukraine, the united states is sending around 600 soldiers to several baltic nations for training and exercises. around 150 soldiers from the 173rd airborne brigade are arriving in poland today. a pentagon spokesperson said that's since russia's aggression in ukraine began, the u.s. has constantly been looking for ways to reassure its allies. >>> it is a big boost to opponents o

a territorial dispute. >> note, the president is not visiting a china, a growing economic power, but not part of the asian trade deal. and experts are split, but the u.s. is watching to see if north korea will try its fourth nuclear test during the president's visit. and wherever he goes, the president can't too far away from the ukraine situation with russia. japan has been trying to warm up to russia over some energy issues, but the u.s., of course, has been pushing for tougher sanctions. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> thank you, tracie. >>> if you get migraines, we have some good news. there may be some relief for you. new research suggests two new drugs could prevent migraines from happening in the first place. the drugs work by blocking the protein linked to the severe headaches. the studies found the drugs help reduce the frequency of migraines by about 65%. the experts say the findings are promising, but larger studies are needed to back up the result. >>> this is strange, the irs has given bonuses to some employees, apparently not realizing those same employees are behind on their tax. a w

the way in china's southernmost province of high not the formal exit from a regional economic integration and bring asian countries close to the development it goes. chinese pray that he contended that a keynote speech at the opening ceremony says asia is that the crew should development stage and got one of them as the dynamic regions. still faces challenges to the team reports. i want is my new ghost writers to feel spacious new future. that's the message premier league coach and has been to asia and the wall. he said a second place in this moment it's isolated and has tremendous impact development potential. but there's still great challenges. most asian countries and developing nations with no capita gdp and i even reach the development of the two hundred million people the nation still live in at the international poverty line. that is faced with huge challenges of growing be connie and improving people's livelihood. he says the contents nice to find a dynamic source of development to re energize excel in kolkata. she did not go to mimi and thinks we should stick to the overarching goal of pulling d

presence in the asia for last 60, 70 years has actually been the platform on which asian social and economic development have taken place and the chinese have been big beneficiaries of that, maybe the bifght beneficiary. our presence there has caused the situation to move in the direction of prosperity and not rivalry. and that's obviously an important thing. number two, we do have obligations toaur of our allies, and we intend to meet those obligations, but another part of our asian strategy is intensive interaction. our allies and partners in the region certainly expect to us meet our obligations. they expect to us have help balance. they expect us to be there when they need us. but they also expect us to run a constructive and productive relationship with china at the same time. >> rose: are they fearful of china? >> well, yes, i think they are. >> rose: they feel china is aggressive? >> they are concerned which is why there's a huge demand for u.s. leadership in the region because we have a history of 60 or 70 years. and today, given this mix of china's rise, of history, of nationalism,

levels the move will be composed of the experts know the countries of the central asian region are in between the economic superpowers china and russia if it is obvious that the country sometimes the conflict of interest. this is where additional potential risk exists which experts are most critical is the possibility of drastic changes in situations in these countries however in the years each year realization of negative forecasts for now it is quite unlikely. also most interesting about that but i did for a pretty popular bahÁ'Í teachings of the books up such as exam is perhaps the most stable countries central asia for three reasons firstly the stable currency which is very important. secondly there is no interact with conflicts and thirteen the last twenty years has it that has been conducting a smart policy of maintaining friendly relations with neighboring states which came from or who would probably be something to get over them. this is done they fit with the success of foreign economic policy the country the kiddies that this is the customs union the takeover of gaza through the union member cou

president's four-nation asian tour for strengthening economic tice with u.s. allies there.e're waiting for the u.s. president to depart air force one. we understand if things stick to schedule, in about 20 minutes there will be a welcoming ceremony for the u.s. president at parliament square in kuala lumpur. let's bring in will ripley in kuala lumpur covering this part of the u.s. president's tour. will, the u.s. president, of course, arriving at a time when malaysia has been distracted, completely inundated with the search for the airline and lack of results. >> reporter: you're right. this is a very significant visit. especially for malaysia, considering president barack obama is the first sitting president of the united states to visit this country in 40 years, since lyndon johnson. he truly will be getting a rock star welcome, as soon as he gets off air force one, you'll go to the arrival ceremony where he'll be joined by the prime minister and many other dignitaries. in addition to the celebration, there is that cloud hanging over this event, and that is mh 370, yet un

if you break on the iphone which the asian development bank is done and the organization for economicoperation and development have done you find there are parts in germany and parts in korea and parts in taiwan and plastics from somewhere else and parts from america and above all intellectual property. it in a world of trade members that assume an object has a final substantive transformation transformation -- trance permission with country we have no way of breaking that down. >> host: also it doesn't sell in this country for the smart down the trade deficit. i think the retail value was $499 and no one pays that much because of agreements with cell phone buyers and carriers. >> guest: you can do this for every manufacture and many other goods that aren't manufactured is heavily like furniture and clothing. you would find the way in which value is dispersed in the global supply chain we don't know how to capture with a set of numbers that assume anything is made in one place whereas today most things are made everywhere. the boeing 707 dreamliner was possible because of technology d

your military in the asia-pacific region is not beneficial to the social, political, and economic development of asianountries. is in thent obama philippines as he considers -- continues his to her. -- tour. the secretive pact would establish a free trade zone among pacific rim countries. it encompasses nearly 40% of the global economy. obama spoke at a town hall event in a group of demonstrators stood up and held placards in silent protest. in a egyptian judge has sentenced hundreds of people to death as part of a continued crackdown of the muslim brotherhood. the 680 three defendants were accused of violent acts. they have been deemed a terrorist group. the defendants in crude -- inclu de many. the judge sentenced others to death and a trial last month. in today's hearings, 37 death sentences were upheld while the rest were changed to 25 years in prison. a government panel in afghanistan says it has uncovered to previously under -- undiscovered prisons. they are said to be on the nato coalition basis of kandahar and camp bastion. they have not declined the cla im. the u.s. has announced new sanction

personal spending slumped, and economic growth slowed. then, the asian financial crisis hit, and things got worse. major japanese security firms and banks went bankrupt. hashimoto faced a crushing defeat in the 1998 upper house election, and resigned. the next year, the government focused, instead, on selling bonds of about $760 billion worth to pull the country out of the recession. every administration since then has issued more and more bonds. experts say politicians believe hiking the consumption tax would cost them at the polls. as a result, japan's debt climbed year after year until it was roughly $9.9 trillion in 2009. the financial meltdown in greece provided a wake-up call. japanese leaders saw how quickly investors could start selling the bonds of countries with huge debt. talking about increasing the consumption tax was no longer taboo. by 2012, japan's debt had already topped roughly 1,000 trillion yen or $10 trillion. senior citizens made up one quarter of the population. social security costs continued to climb. when prime minister abe took

and wealthy asian americans able to have comparable economic and educational opportunities to whiteca, that we would somehow use that as the metric to determine whether or not affirmative action needs to be in place. that seems to be to be absurd. it's very clear that in certain institutions and certain situations amendments to affirmative action need to be made, cross referencing with class, for instance, is one way of making important change, removing quotetas. but to say we should abolish it does not make sense when you look at the metrics that tell us that african-americans and latinos are lagging behind other minority groups as well as white americans. >> it's a really important point you make, james, this is more nuanced and can be more nuanced than a race based metric. victoria, let's talk about the politics. you're attending that summit, a lot of political leaders are there. this is an issue that splits a reliably democratic block, see this as a wedge between the asian population and hispanics and blacks. where do you see this going politically and could it cost the democrat

asian pacific. in the corner stone out of our strategy and the region's security and economic progress is our historic treaty alliances. including with japan. >> president obama is in asia on a four-nation tour that brings him to japan, malaysia, and the philippines. it's a trip that has long been on hold, the president had to cancel his scheduled asian trip last year. during the government shutdown and canceled twice in 2010. the bp oil spill and debate. forcing our traditional asian allies to feel skeptical. about the so-call the pivot. notably the series in syria and ukraine. the president is there to reassure, stop japan where mr. obama was treated to a formal state visit. japan is the u.s.'s fourth largest trading partner with $203 billion in goods flowing between the two nations last year, 2013. but there's an on going trade in balance. u.s. exports, $635 billion while japan exports $138 billion to the u.s. in order to level that playing field, president obama wants to boost the tpp, the transpacific partnership of free trade zone that does not include china. if the tpp were to become reality, i

personal spending slumped and economic growth slowed the event the asian financial crisis hits and things got worse the security firms and banks went bankrupt. the sucker she peed in his nineteen and the upper house election and designs the mix here the purpose instead of selling bonds. sixty billion dollars worth. the country out of recession. every administration since then has issued more and more bonds experts say politicians believe high consumption tax would cost an awful cold the result. stockland here after year until it was dropping nine point nine trillion dollars in two thousand nine . financial meltdown in trees provided a week. japanese piece on how quickly the series could start selling the bonds of countries with huge debts the budding trees and the consumption tax was no longer have to. in two thousand called to trust and has already topped three thousand trillion yen or ten trillion dollars. senior citizens need of one quarter of the population. social security costs continued to climb. when prime minister of the two palmer. thus the impact of the tax increase only candid

. >> translation: barak said this before, to create a large economic zone in the asian pacific wouldng about major benefits to japan, the united states and to the asian nations. the ttp was a farr-sighted plan. as a result of serious exchanges between barak and myself, japan was able to make the transition to the next stage, which was to haept in the ctp talks. it's been one year since then. and japan, along with the united states is in the role to lead in a major way the ttp talks. to make the talks between the two leaders a milestone, and so as to resolve the issues between the two countries, the minister and u.s. traderepresentative decided that they would ernstly continue the talks. president obama and i instructed that the ministers to continue these talks so as to bring to a conclusion the remaining issues to bring about major conclusion of the ttp talks as a whole. today and tomorrow the talks will continue. the joint statement, i believe will see the result of this and we'll formulate the joint statementar this. between japan and the united states we share values such as free

. >> reporter: note the president is not visiting china, a growing economic power, but not part of the asian trade deal. and experts are split, but the u.s. is watching to see if north korea will try its fourth nuclear test during the president's visit. now, the situation in ukraine and russia's influence over ukraine is likely to come up on the agenda today. japan's been trying to warm up to russia on some energy issues, but the u.s. has been pushing for tougher sanctions against russia. francis? >> all right, tracie potts reporting for us. >>> in a powerful response to russia's actions in ukraine, the united states is sending around 600 soldiers to several baltic nations for training and exercises. around 150 soldiers from the 173rd airborne brigade are arriving in poland today. a pentagon spokesperson says that since russia's aggression in ukraine began, the u.s. has constantly been looking at ways to reassure its allies. >>> it is a big boost to opponents of affirmative action. the u.s. supreme court ruled that michigan did not violate the constitution when it banned race from being used

economics leads the way for washington which leads to justify the pivot to american voters. but there is not much urgency for asianernments. they're confident of their growing market, that's been underlined by kurt campbell. who wrote in asia economic insecurity are inextricably linked and the united states will not be able to sustain it's leadership there through military might alone. around 740 million in asia live on less than $1.25 a day. no mention is made of them in the headlines of trans-pacific alliances. they're probably not going to notice obama's visit much but their government will watch closely. it's a critical test of the u.s. strategy so far. >> and first lady michelle obama not with the president on his asian trip. instead she's in kentucky. part of the joining forces initiative they started back in 2011. the goal, helping soldiers transition into civilian careers. >>> less than an hour ago georgia's governor signed into law one of the most talked about gun bills in the country. the bill protects the liberties of residents of georgia, and it's just part of the second amendment right to bear arms. >

economic transition. the exhibition puts together some 160 pieces of the ancient asian art, including some from thailand,tnam, and cambodia. >> kiev launches what it calls program to -- t any signs of force in the region could tip ukraine into civil war. oscar pistorius takes the stand for a second day. and a crushing defeat for the main separatist party in quÉbec, and their hopes for independence. the liberals in favor of canadian unity when the legislative elections. time to take a look at what is grabbing headlines around the world. a lot of the papers are focusing on the elections in india, dubbed the biggest election ever , that started yesterday. >> that is the front page of the hindu times. approximately five hundred 43 -- the number of seats in the lower house of parliament that candidates are battling for, and you can see this epic chase begins. a lot of the international papers are focusing on this as well. it is on the front page of the independent, talking about the biggest election in the history, over 800 million people registered to vote in this election over the next five weeks. "the guar

bilateral cooperation in international arena issues and promoting your asian integration process is aimed at the creation of the eurasian economic union or discussed. it will shed a tear. approval in signing the agreement on the eurasian economic union is going to be significant event this year this is the biggest event calendar for actively preparing for and at the end of this month a meeting of our leaders in minsk is preparing and we expect that this will be an important meeting which will open the way that we keep meeting in austin i may even the school. at the blue co worker stitched it up with the global car she was teaching twisting it into whether the two sides also shared views on current international issues at the larger meeting one of the themes was that the shoes and entered regional cooperation between russia and kazakhstan in particular he was about preparing eleventh for animations in the hydrocarbon sector with anticipation of the heads of state which will be held this year about kazakhstan the two of the new host economic growth of our relations was stated at our meeting. the turnover has increased in the past

region president obama is looking to bolster diplomatic and economic ties and its territorial disputes past a festering between america's asian allies us president barack obama arrived late wednesday in tokyo the first stop was easy to it. this is the first state visit to japan by a us leader nearly two decades. security is tight. some sixteen thousand police have been deployed not all japanese are happy about the bombs visit with some protesters opposed to a planned treat many in japan support protecting the country's foreign ministry including beef and dairy products. so far prime minister shinzo probably hasn't made any firm cmitments. we are forced to do it on in the process of trying to shake the economy and lead the pledge during the election campaign. what about that still doesn't know what jimmy protected areas or targets physicians will be topped with but it's necessary to continue to put the tickets to either another issue is regional security. this is it obama pledged support for japan in its dispute over violence also claimed by china. he said the territory was covered by a japanese us to stay in st. take a short

the goal is to strengthen ties with asian allies and renew diplomatic and economic relations.ghazi terrorist attacks could have been prevented. the citizens committee on benghazi is made up of a group of former military officers and c.i.a. insiders. they claim that the u.s. allowed $500 million worth of weapons to flow to al-qaeda terrorists to fight libyan dictator moammar gadhafi. the report concludes that their rise to power led to the embassy attack that left four americans dead and they dropped this bombshell, saying the attack was actually a failed kidnapping plot. the report says that ambassador chris stevens was to be captured and traded for the blind sheik, the mastermind of the 1993 world trade center bombings in new york. >>> for weeks we watched harry reid go on and on and on on the senate floor about the koch brothers. now according to a new ethics complaint, he may be doing this on the taxpayers' dime. if a congressman wants to launch a partisan attack, they're supposed to use their private web sites and twitter accounts, but not harry reid. he's actually using h

center almost got that one wrong or caught a center and he specializes in global of the asian trade lawn economicsan antitrust economics i sat down with professor boudreau to talk about political choices made public choice theory what's going on today and how it relates to the world today and i first asked him what public choice theory is take a look at what he had said. public choice theory is the use of basic economics to understand political processes and outcomes it's that simple public choice theory it was invented it was invented by. my late colleague jim buchanan who won a nobel prize for this invention in in one thousand eighty six and my other colleagues who's now retired and its basic insight is that is that politicians and people in the voting booth and government ministers and judges they are no different than people in the private sector and they're not better than not worse if not more intelligent than listen teligent and it's up to it says the thesis is to understand political processes better than we do we have to analyze them realistically rather than romantically and that's what

the opportunities stem from the dramatic economic growth in asian pacific nations.itical stage in those negotiations, but the outcome of a long list of fundamental issues remains uncertain. some of these challenges reflect that this is the most complicated multi-party negotiation in 20 years in terms of the issues involved and the number of countries that individually present negotiating challenges. for example, the 12 trading partners include japan, the third largest economy in the world with an export-dependent and notoriously closed market. the korea agreement was hard, and remains hard with a number of disturbing implementation issues outstanding, and in some cases growing. japan will be harder. important markets in japan are even more closed and its economy is bigger. for the united states, tpp is unique in that there are involved one-to-one negotiations with one of the largest industrial nations and competitors. the negotiations also include vietnam, a communist country with a long-standing command economy and a very poor record on labor rights and the rule of

trade agreement that the united states wants to have essentially with every asian country not named china in order to have an economic check against china, called the tpp. whether real progress will be made or not, i'm skeptical of, because of the election year circumstance in the united states. and the second, of course, is what's going on in the ukraine. the japanese are watching this very closely as the russians attempt to redraw the borders in eastern europe. they have their own territorial dispute with china. they want to know how resolute is 9 united states going to be in backing ukraine because they want the same resoluteness as japan and china have this back-and-forth over the islands in the china sea. but the big picture is diplomatic maintenance, particularly with the first two stops that we're making here, andrea, japan and south korea. >> our thanks to chuck todd in tokyo. >>> now to the ferry disaster. new reports that the ship was grossly overloaded with cargo. here's nbc's bill nealy with the details. >> reporter: these are the teenagers boarding the ferry, one younger girl skipping. what they didn't k

asian strategy. this station is placing greater importance on the asia pacific region. in response to the growing economic and military influence of china. i rode to the light he told reporters the meeting would be an important opportunity to communicate us policy ministers believe the lie the deal with more clarity about u s commitment. to the area. ordination or communications. here is where we can cooperate more and more and more uncertain again humanitarian assistance disaster relief this one united states is surely taking pride in international search and that's where the missing malaysia airlines passenger jet. i stayed off the joint relief operations after type and honey and struck the philippines. the defense needs a space to discuss how to boost cooperation and preparedness for emergencies seven people have been killed in bangkok thailand after bong gun to be left over from world war two exploded at a scrap metal shop the explosion happened on wednesday afternoon in a residential area of northern bangkok. construction workers attending the bomb and grind it to the scrap metal shop on monday and i

advancing just the asian pacific islander outreach and chinese for follicle and the costs delores community services and the other organizations. and people organizing to the village and economic rights. i'm grateful for the work that sf island has bun doing in san francisco pushing for comprehensive immigration reformer and pushing for a accessible legal services and community education, and councilmember taylor the immigrant population in san francisco for so many years since 2006 when they were created it's served many people in san francisco and this is a celebration day it's the 8th annual immigrant day where the st. island comes to city hall to raise awareness about the immigrant community. sf island is realizing the immigration project the multiple community based project done in accumulation with san francisco and capturing the low income immigrants in san francisco that have been touched by the services by sf island we have a well-informed understanding of what true immigration means it's more than welcoming immigrants. it is a means to supporting immigrant communities and leading a dig if i did lives without fear of culture or linguistic barriers. finally today is th

you're getting more students of an asian background that are going to those systems than the university wanting a form of diversity is compelled to try to look at socio- economic conditions as a substitute. >> professor, as we look at the near term, can we reach a kind of where this is an issue it's an issue and where it's not it's not resting place, and it's left elsewhere? >> it's hard to predict the future, but i don't see this issue as simply now having come to some resting place. i think that there will likely be cases before the supreme court again in the fairly near future. some of the justices and majorities are also justice who is voted to strike down all affirmative actions on the ground. those justices such as chief justice kennedy, justice alito , as scalia, i think if they had they had the opportunity to strike it down, it would end affirmative action in the nation. >> thanks a lot. great to talk to you. that brings us to the end of this edition of inside story. in washington, i'm ray suarez. > >> we'll be in a stronger position to