s 1st trade agreement with a member of the association of southeast asian nations or a group of countries in the in the region that have teamed up to promote economic growth the deal aims to eliminate most arrows within the next 5 years sections of some fisheries and farm products trade in goods alone between the e.u. and singapore amounts to $53000000000.00 euros a year it's hoped the agreement will result in a rise of up to 10 percent in trade the e.u.'s already singapore's most important export destination for services singapore is one of the e.u.'s latest largest trading partners in south east asia now let's take a closer look at the matter with kevin haydn he's with the association of german chambres of industry and commerce and joins us in the studio now kevin this is the 1st race of the u.s. planes with member why singapore singapore is a very small country if you look at the size of the population but in trade for whom it's pretty significant for german companies it's roughly $15000000000.00 euros that we trade with singapore every year it's you can compare this to canada i was ju

s 1st trade agreement with a member of the association of southeast asian nations or ozzy on a group of countries in the region that have teamed up to promote economic growth now the deal aims to eliminate most tariffs within the next 5 year exceptions are some fisheries and farm products by for trade and goods alone between the e.u. and singapore amounts to 53000000000 euros annually and it's hoped the agreement will result in a rise of up to 10 per cent in bilateral trade the european union is already singapore's most important export destination for. services and singapore is one of the largest trading partners in southeast asia now let's take a closer look at the matter with kevin heitman eye he's a foreign trade expert at the association of german chambers of industry and commerce good morning to you kevin good to have you here in the studio 1st of all. point out to us it is the this trade deal is the 1st that the e.u.'s claims with a member state of ozzy on how do they link together the e.u. as the biggest single market and singapore as a relatively small city state the morning

s 1st trade agreement with a member of the association of southeast asian nations or ozzy on a group of countries in the region that have teamed up 'd to promote economic growth of a deal aims to eliminate most terrorists within the next 5 years exceptions are some fisheries and farm products bilateral trade and goods alone between the e.u. and singapore stands at $53000000000.00 euros per year it's hoped the agreement will result in iraq of up to 10 percent in bilateral trade the e.u. is already singapore's most important export destination for services and singapore is one of the e.u.'s margin trading partners in southeast asia earlier i spoke to kevin hyde nice he's a foreign trade expert at the association of german chambers of industry and commerce and i asked him why the world's biggest single market and a relatively small city state were so eager to link up. the morning well singapore is relatively small you're right when you look at the population of the size of the area of the land but if you look at trade in the if you look at the economy it's pretty significant the trade on

meanwhile the summit of the association of southeast asian nations has kicked off in busan a summit is hosted by south korean president and brings together the leaders of the 10 member nations those are brunei combo indonesia allow us malaysia myanmar the philippines singapore thailand and vietnam the moon administration has unveiled a so-called new southern policy which aims to boost economic cooperation with india and to as you countries. and frank smith is impose on following the asean summit there for us from the summit kicked off today what's happened so far. well they're saying a couple things here in the region be bullish on this region and let's make a deal in a strike a free trade agreement with indonesia negotiations had been stalled for for a period of 5 years before they restarted again shortly after he took control of the country and also they're looking at free trade deals with malaysia and the philippines we've got to remember this is a different than 30 years ago so 3 is celebrating its 30th anniversary of relations with us yet they are also celebrating a 20 fold increa

southeast asian countries must stick together in the face of u.s. president donald trump's trade war with china needed from the association of southeast asian nations or last year of gathered for a 3 day summit in bangkok which will mainly focus on trade but there's no sign the 10 member bloc has finalized a planned deal with backing from china that could create the world's biggest free trade area. a thai cave where a youth football team and their coach were trapped for 18 days by flooding has reopened to visitors or 2000 people attended the reopening of terminal one cave including some of the navy seals involved in the rescue of the 12 footballers the team was trapped inside the cave in june last year leading to a dramatic search and rescue mission a science reopening was marked with a buddhist ceremony illegal mining in sierra leone is being blamed for triggering environmental disasters and causing catastrophic loss of life the government is introducing stiff penalties for the people behind it but some fail it may be too little too late for the capital freetown religious reports. sirrah leone's beauty is framed by it and you'll 18 mountains rivers

consumers without india the agreement made in bangkok will include the 10 members of the association of southeast asian nations as well as china japan and south korea and new zealand indian prime minister narendra modi said of this decision when i measure the r.c.p. agreement with the respect of the interests of all indians i do not get a positive answer the green members expect the deal to be signed sometime next year and chinese vice foreign minister leo chang spoke about the agreement and the pos. india joining at a later date. whenever india is ready they're welcome to get on board as for the significant epeat understands how much the larger population it definitely will play a crucial role in promoting economic development and all with participated in its impact beyond measure i believe r.c. played great role regional development. more on the intricacies.

own compact through its head of any other consideration and the thing is despite big plans no one set a new local. nation or a date next the association of southeast asian nations or us young and it is far feeling well either donald trump ignored the important meeting for a 2nd straight year and leaders skipped annual summit with the united states with a majority opting to send their respective foreign ministers instead they even the all powerful g 7 lately has been unable to agree on much at all the latest summit couldn't have been issued had joint communiqué and the united nations it urgently needs money badly it's so bad that this craters in new york's u.n. skyscraper is now saved and the heating and air conditioning systems in its new york and geneva had orders are only being started up to a limited extent with winter approaching many countries have not yet paid their membership fees and few seem to care the organization is facing a seaview financial crisis to be more specific the seaview liquidity crisis the question is simple without cash the budget cannot be properly implemented of course it would be unfair to say that brics is all the idea we se

president handed out these customized football shirts to the leaders of the 10 member association of southeast asian nations the bloc focuses on regional unity while embracing each nation's individual culture but much of the focus recently has been on how nations outside are impacted. chinese premier league pitching spoke to the group's leaders several nations have territorial disputes with china and he welcomed progress in negotiations for a code of conduct in the south china sea beijing has been accused of delaying those talks for years while the built islands undisputed reefs in waterways critical to shipping and thought to have huge oil reserves underneath indian prime minister narendra modi also met the leaders he did not mention the ongoing negotiations between 16 countries on a regional free trade deal known as our step there are reports that india has raised some concerns but some think a deal is not far off but won't be agreed during this summit the fact is that the region needs this deal the symbolism of this deal would be enormous it would become the world's largest trading walk half of the world

comprehensive economic partnership would have brought together the 10 members of the association of southeast asian nations china japan south korea strayer and new zealand the remaining nations plan to push ahead with an agreement next year out of left a door open for india it's remarkable that a deal is coming together in a world that seems to be tired of globalisation the 16 month trade war between the united states and china has yet to be resolved a low progress is being made and various nations appear to be giving up on working together on trade from bragg's it in the u.k. to make in india and of course president trumps make america great again what's propelled growth for western nations has led to a backlash against china's mercantile export juggernaut globalization has limits india baulked at the prospect of the gradual elimination of tariffs which would have opened the floodgates for cheap chinese goods plus agricultural produce from australia and new zealand. so does globalization have a future that's the question we're asking this week on counting the cost and it just so happens to be the title of

southeast asian countries must stick together in the face of u.s. president donald trump's trade war with china leaders from the association of southeast asian nations or s.c.n. of gathered for a 3 day summit in bangkok which will many focus on trade but there's no sign the 10 member block has finalized a planned deal with backing from china that could create the world's biggest free trade area. a thai cave where a youth football team and their coach were trapped for 18 days by flooding has reopened to visitors or than 2000 people attended the reopening of tom cave including some of the navy seals who were involved in the rescue of the 12 footballers the team were trapped inside the cave in june last year leading to a dramatic search and rescue mission ascites reopening was marked with a buddhist ceremony and these stranded in evacuation centers after a series of earthquakes in the philippines say they're desperate to know when they can go home thousands were left homeless after a magnitude 6.5 tremor stuck struck on tuesday it was the region's 3rd strong quake in a month from province to return and again reports. meet the some below one is desperat

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asian countries to create the world's largest trading bloc have floundered at a summit in the thai capital, bangkok, over demands raised by india. leaders at the meeting of the association of southeast asian nationsying to secure a trade deal backed by china and india. astronauts on board the international space station will soon have the chance to test their baking skills. a rocket carrying a cargo craft launched from the us state of virginia carrying nearly four tonnes of freight, including an oven and baking ingredients to make chocolate chip cookies. the scientific experiment will observe what affect the weightless conditions will have on the shape and consistency of the biscuits. dr ken kremer of space upclose told us how the oven would work. it is something really important for the astronauts. it is basically a cylinder with some eating elements, coiled around it. then they will put those cookies inside. it is going to ta ke those cookies inside. it is going to take about an hour for the oven to heat up, half—an—hour for them to cook and then them call. it will ta ke cook and then them call. it will take quite a bit longer. how will they taste? that is the big question. will the astronauts

part of these negotiations these discussions here during the summit meetings now it's a it could be the world's largest free trading block 16 nations all 10 members of the association of southeast asian nations that are meeting now they are members of the negotiations have been going on as you said there were concerns going into these days of discussions 3 days of discussions from india they were concerned initially came out reports came out that they're worried about chinese products cheap chinese products flooding the market in india that were the early indications it appears as though you know as the commerce minister here in thailand is saying conclusive announcement could be coming later today we don't know exactly what that means now this is a negotiation that's been going on for years now so it's not something that can be you know kind of corrected really quickly so we're not sure exactly what that means this the statement to be coming out later today we do know the the the members the 16 countries who are going to be part of this it's called are 7 are going to be part of this trade pact have r.d. had a scheduled meeting for later on today here on monday in bangkok so it's not

southeast asian countries must stick together in the face of u.s. president donald trump's trade war with china leaders from the association of southeast asian nationsor as the have gathered for a 3 day summit in bangkok which will mind the focus on trade there's no sign the 10 member bloc is finalized a plan to deal back by china and to creating the world's biggest free trade area. u.k.'s opposition leader has labeled a temporary ban on fracking in england as an election start the decision follows report which runs concerns about the link between the gas extraction process and earthquakes the investigation was prompted by a 2.9 magnitude quake near refracted silent movies. i think it sounds like fracking would come back on the 13th of december if they were elected back into office we're quite clear we will end fracking we think it's unnecessary we think it is polluted of groundwater systems and also all the evidence from preston erode in lancashire is that it's actually dangerous and has caused serious traumas it seems to me like an election stunt i think it's what's called euphemistically if it's a green wash well jamie peters is a campaigner of f

largely regarded as illegal immigrants when it comes to issues like human rights the association of southeast asian nations has proved time and time again that it's largely a toothless body this summit isn't expected to be any different instead the main focus is likely to be trade with the host country thailand hoping to announce the finalization of the 16 nation deal the regional comprehensive economic partnership includes all 10 members plus 6 others including china japan and india but not the united states negotiations started 7 years ago and after several delays the members hope a deal can finally be reached particularly now and mid trade tensions around the world china is in a high stakes tariff war with the united states led by president donald trump who is regarded as a protectionist who prefers bilateral rather than multilateral deals we need something tangible we need something strong enough to that we. still support the idea of. trade and investment the partnership would be the world's largest free trade zone and constitute a 3rd of the global economy it would also be a major symbolic and strateg

consumers without india the agreement made in bangkok will include the 10 members of the association of southeast asian nations as well as china japan and south korea and new zealand indian prime minister narendra modi said of this decision when i measure the r.c.p. agreement with the respect of the interests of all indians i do not get a positive answer the green members expect the deal to be signed sometime next year and chinese vice foreign minister leo chang spoke about the agreement and the possibility of india joining at a later date. whenever india is ready they are well get on board as for the significance it was a large. understand how much the large population definitely will play a role in the economic recession that. you know in all the time it is did you know when she its impact would be measured in total i believe are some great things about 2. or more of the intricacies of these massive trade deals we're joined by senior a pack international relations policy specialist with the institute for china american studies so rob it is a pleasure to have you here again now what are the concerns that we'r

on summit the 10 members of the association of southeast asian nations and 6 other nations china india japan south korea new zealand and australia have been working to push forward on negotiations for a deal that would comprise 40 percent of the world's economy and nearly half of its population some one host thailand had hoped for at least a provisional agreement to be signed but reservations from india prevented that saying it could not join the agreement as it still has issues and concerns as a bloc has positioned itself to become a central power in the indo-pacific region capitalizing on its geographic and geo political position and friends but when it comes to superpowers the us and china some feel that it backs off and is taken to a by definition a defensive posture one that says please don't make us choose between the united states and china and yet at the same time it will say please allow us to be central in the region in terms of the way the region is governed in terms of other regional architecture so there's a contradiction there a great deal of that stems from the pressures

largely regarded as illegal immigrants when it comes to issues like human rights the association of southeast asian nations has proved time and time again that it's largely a toothless body this summit isn't expected to be any different instead the main focus is likely to be trade with the host country thailand hoping to announce the finalization of the 16 nation deal the regional comprehensive economic power. the ship includes all 10 members plus 6 others including china japan and india but not the united states negotiations started 7 years ago and after several delays the members hope a deal can finally be reached particularly now and mid trade tensions around the world china is in a high stakes tariff war with the united states led by president donald trump who is regarded as a protectionist who prefers bilateral rather than multilateral deals we need something tangible we need something strong enough to that we.

president handed out these customized football shirts to the leaders of the 10 member association of southeast asian nations the bloc focuses on regional unity while embracing each nation's individual culture but much of the focus recently has been on how nations outside are impacting our own. chinese premier league pitching spoke to the group's leaders several nations have territorial disputes with china and he welcomed progress in negotiations for a code of conduct in the south china sea beijing has been accused of delaying those talks for years while the built islands undisputed reefs in waterways critical to shipping and thought to have huge oil reserves underneath. indian prime minister narendra modi also met the leaders he did not mention the ongoing negotiations between 16 countries on a regional free trade deal known as our step there are reports that india has raised some concerns but some think a deal is not far off but will be agreed during this summit the fact is that the region needs this deal the symbolism of this deal would be enormous it would become the world's largest trading walk half of

they want a final deal by the end of the year between the 10 members of the association of southeast asian nationsheryl: secretars says the united states may not seek to impose tariffs after he delaying the decision last may. it would have affected cars and parts that are made in europe. ross cited recent negotiations with individual companies in the sector as the main reason. and let's stay with this. airlines are making plans to bring the boeing 737 max back into service. first, they need to shore up customer confidence. they want to reassure travelers the planes are safe and they plan to conduct test flights with senior company officials to send the message out. boeing says they hope regulators will approve new pilot training plans in the next few weeks. the troubles for the boeing 737 max, lauren, continuing. lauren: absolutely. let's talk about the troubles for the white house. because several white house officials expected to skip this week's impeachment testimony as democrats prepare for the next phase of their inquiry. this, as the whistleblower who sparked the inquiry offers to answer hou

southeast asian countries must stick together in the face of u.s. president donald trump's trade war with china leaders from association of southeast asian nations ors.c.n. gathered her 3 day summit in bangkok which will mainly focus on trade but there's no sign the 10 member bloc has finalized a plan deal with backing from china that could create the world's biggest free trade area. a thai cave where the youth football team and their coach were trapped for 18 days by flooding has reopened to visitors more than 2000 people attended the reopening of trial around cave including some of the navy seals involved in the rescue of the 12 footballers the team were trapped inside the cave in june last year leading to a dramatic search and rescue mission a science reopening was marked with a buddhist ceremony environmental campaigners who welcomed a temporary ban on fracking in the united kingdom the government decision comes after a report raised new concerns about its link to earthquakes following a 2.9 quake in august is being dismissed by the opposition as nothing more than an election stunt labor leader jeremy corbyn said a conservative government would

president headed out these customized football shirts to the leaders of the 10 member association of southeast asian nations the bloc focuses on regional unity while embracing each nation's individual culture but much of the focus recently has been on how nations outside are impacting r.c.m. . chinese premier league pitching spoke to the group's leaders several nations have territorial disputes with china and he welcomed progress in negotiations for a code of conduct in the south china sea beijing has been accused of delaying those talks for years while the built islands undisputed reefs in waterways critical to shipping and thought to have huge oil reserves underneath. indian prime minister narendra modi also met the leaders he did not mention the ongoing negotiations between 16 countries on a regional free trade deal known as our step there are reports that india has raised some concerns but some think a deal is not far off but won't be agreed during this summit the fact is that the region needs this deal the symbolism of this deal would be enormous it would become the world's largest trading walk half of

on summit the 10 members of the association of southeast asian nations and 6 other nations china india japan south korea new zealand and australia have been working to push forward on negotiations for a deal that would comprise 40 percent of the world's economy and nearly half of its population so much host thailand had hoped for at least a provisional agreement to be signed but reservations from india prevented that saying it could not join the agreement as it still has issues and concerns. as a bloc has positioned itself to become a central power in the indo-pacific region capitalizing on its geographic and geo political position and friends but when it comes to superpowers the us and china some feel that it backs off and is taken to a by definition a defensive posture one that says please don't make us choose between the united states and china and yet at the same time it will say please allow us to be central in the region in terms of the way the region is governed in terms of other regional architecture so there's a contradiction there a great deal of that stems from the pressures