xijingping at the china international import expo. ernational import expo. xijingping reiterating that china is a champion for globalisation and free trade and that china would start to open up its markets to foreign investment. what is really interesting in hearing from these two top brass in the chinese government at these international forums the chinese government at these internationalforums in the chinese government at these international forums in the space of two days, it pretty much suggests one thing, that they are incredibly worried about this china/ us trade spats and they are not the only ones. pretty much everyone else i have spoken to at the forum, including the likes of former australian prime minister kevin rudd, has said likewise. many have acknowledged the us is firmly entrenched in a trait spot with china but they accept that how they get along will determine global stability and growth. thank you so much. the new economy for is taking place in singapore, interesting to hear what the delegates are discussing. a much

xi jinping spoke yesterday at the china international import expo and he reiterated what we heard xijinpingthat china isa we heard xijinping say, that china is a champion of globalisation and free trade and crucially he said they are committed to opening up their market. but to hear from two of china's top rows in two days suggests one thing, that they are immensely worried about this trade row. many of the trade partners are worried also. chief amongst them australia. i spoke to the former prime minister of australia and he had this to say. the key thing, in all of our engagements with beijing and washington, is to be able to say to both of them, quite directly, political leaders, business leaders, think tank is, that it is possible to carve a rational way through this and secondly it can be done if the us agrees in turn on what outcome it actually wants. i think the responsibility for all of us is to say the reason global economy at sta ke say the reason global economy at stake here, and that the reason a rational way to go through it. —— varies. kevin rudd now runs the asian institute. n

centre china's opening up here to stay, quoting president xi as he opened this event, china international import exposrld, this is an event thatis expos to the world, this is an event that is happening now and they say it will become an annual event, where people will come to china to hear what the message is an basically to trade with china. this is piece of window dressing and reality as well. the windowdressing is that china realises that this battle with donald trump over trade, they are not looking very good and they are not looking very good and they need to prove that they are willing to open up the country. so yesterday president xi said that if you look at education, healthcare, all of the sectors, telecommunications, we will throw open the door and bring in more people. you heard the story about lego and that's interesting as well because they have also set around intellectual property, if companies come here and trade and set up business and are caught out by people stealing their ideas, we will come down heavily on those. but it is not quite enough. there was no kind of detail around this.

speaking at the inaugural china international import expo, president xi said china would continue to promote globalization and pledge to boost domestic consumption. >> in a world of deepening economic cooperation, practices like the law of the jungle and winner takes all only represent a dead-end. inclusive growth for all is surely the right way forward. >> u.s. sanctions listed as part 2015 nuclear accord have come back into force as president trump vows to ramp up pressure on the islamic republic over what he calls malign behavior in the middle east. eight countries will get temporary waivers. according to the white house, more than 700 individuals, vessels, and aircraft will be sanctioned. cap already taken more crude oil off the market than any time in previous history. watch what president trump's policies have achieved, making sure american consumers don't suffer. >> sterling could blast through $1.35 if a divorce deal is the -- is decided between the u.s. -- between the u.k. and european union. theresa may has secured concessions from brussels for all of britain to remain in a

china because we have to look to the future first i want to start with the good and that is china's trade expo logs nearly fifty eight billion dollars of deals so state media the china international import expo c i e brought thousands of foreign companies together with chinese buyers in a.

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china because we have to look to the future first i want to start with the good and that is china's trade expo logs nearly fifty eight billion dollars of deals state media the china international import expo c i e brought thousands of foreign companies together with chinese buyers in a bid to demonstrate the importing potential of the world's second biggest economy deals for intelligence and high end equipment were set to total sixteen point four six billion dollars state media china daily reported on its official twitter like way both sites sales agreed for the automobile sector goods hit eleven point nine nine billion the paper said it was held from november fifth to november tenth and agricultural products also sold twelve point five eight billion dollars at this expo so they were showing that we also import we just don't export well there you go you know that was the big. five year plan or a ten year plan in china or was just in from the next morning company that was ringing the global for exploration pegging their currency to the dollar in such a way as to make their exports artificially cheap to now you know they've got this middle class. thanks to people walmart buying all the

. >>> alibaba's jack ma with harsh words this morning speaking at the china international import expoghai take a listen. >> we have to make sure that we should not worry about those things like a trade, trade war is the most stupid thing in this world. trade is for peace trade is to communicate. there will be no trade deficit issue in the next 20 years because of technology. nobody can stop the free trade >> jack ma and president xi sort of double-teaming. the rhetoric as xi said a country shouldn't white wash themselves and blame others when it comes to trade. >> it definitely sounds like jack ma is speaking against the trump administration's approach. he's gotten good at saying something you could interpret a bunch of different ways. >> a lot of people getting hurt by trade and they still think the trade war is okay even if they're feeling the pinch themselves >> even if they disagree the tactics, the end game is one they believe is worth fighting for. >>> apple has been one of the stories of the morning any close below 200 would be the first 10% drop since 2013. as we watch the tri

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shanghai more than three and a half thousand companies from around the world are here at the china international import expo but is it just a stroke of luck that the i.m.f. and world bank delegations are in the country at the same time china the world's biggest exporter is trying a new tack they want to ramp up future imports the chinese government unveiled its strategy at the expo will you eat that she will continue to implement a pro at nuclear school policy and push for cutting taxes and fees meanwhile we'll optimize the business environment in order to further mobilize market players. to that in the government has been dismantling trade barriers and since the beginning of november reducing tariffs on many products in the first three quarters of the year john as imports climbed twenty percent to one point six trillion dollars. but i.m.f. chief christine legarde wanted to cut china's growth would slow through next year and into twenty twenty thanks to the trade conflict with the u.s. but she did give beijing some credit for important economic reforms and opening its markets. it began with the return of th

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coming up — more on china's first international import expo, which opens on monday in shanghai, followingand will be live from shanghai with the bbc‘s robin brandt next. i was caught offguard because i was looking at this, live pictures from tennessee. donald trump has moved on from georgia where he spoke earlier, to another rally, this time in chataanooga. the former president, barack obama has been doing the same on behalf of the democrat party. he was recently in indiana and in chicago earlier than that. coverage that big event, the crucial election vote, here on bbc world news as we count down the hours to the day the americans go to the poll. hello. nature's very own light spectacular, the aurora borealis or northern lights in full display across the northern isles. also some parts of eastern scotland and eastern england under clear skies that further west a different story as this area of low pressure in the bay of this as a frontal system extending across western fringes of the uk, bringing outbreaks of rain. this will leave from northern ireland through the morning and things get

at the china international import expo taking place in shanghai.further open up chinese markets to the world. let's bring in tom mackenzie. tom, some of the highlights of this speech included the plan to set up this high-tech board where you are in shanghai. >> this is part of the president she's move -- president xi's move to open up the market. openoor will continue to .n markets this is what the skeptics would say is a case of the reality not matching the rhetoric. thiswant to drive home message the china is a champion of globalization. him, a knock to president trump at the least with the comment that we should not abide by the law of the jungle. a winner takes all approach. touched on the idea that there would be measures to stimulate the market. there might be moves to growth the amount of imports by $30 trillion. listen to what he had to say about cutting tariffs. further steps to lower tariffs, facilitate customs clearance, -- china has a big market of over 1.3 billion people and it is our sincere commitment to open the chinese market. >> t

companies will exhibit products this week at china's first ever international imports expo in shanghai. patient wants to highlight china's willingness to imports more foreign goods. critics say the event is a propaganda stunt. the chinese president spoke at the opening of the event warning against protectionism while promoting international cooperation. >>> in money watch, southern california could soon be the home to the future of transportation, diane king hall joins us now with this morning's money watch report. good morning. >> reporter: good morning kenny, today we find that more on the economy, the institute for supply management released information on the service sector showing less than the previous month, it is the last major report before the midterm elections, early reports after the bell, elon musk tweeted a video which will be used to develop elon musk's hyper loop transportation system, the first section of the tunnel will be officially unveiled next month. he hopes to use the tunnel for a thomas drivers -- autonomous vehicles that can transfer people over 150 miles an h

xi jinping promise to go open country to free trade overnight kicking up china's international expo, commit today cutting importno high-level u.s. officials attending long-week events, comments coming amid tensions with president trump who has imposed more than $250 billion in tariffs on choo nice goods. rob: very interesting comment there. the trump administration unleashing toughest sanctions ever on iran, the world's number one state sponsor of terror. jillian: in response to the regime violent behavior. garrett live in capitol, garrett. >> military conducting air defense drills, timing of sanctions is no coincidence, sunday marked the 39th anniversary and dozens iranians celebrated with many chanting death to america and burning american flags and flags of israel, on friday, president trump said these sanctions are meant to send a message to iran. iran is taking big hit. heirshipping financial and energy sectors all key to country's already struggling economy, the goal is to get iran to curb aggressive and destabilize in the middle east which president trump pointed on saturday. >> i withdrew from the horri

china open for business, the world's second largest economy holds its first ever international import expoesident xijinping first ever international import expo as president xi jinping tries to rebrand the country. and the rising price of rice at — we look at why the cost of a key staple food is going up in the philippines. welcome to asia business report, i am karishma vaswani. the china import expo starts today as president xi jinping tries to brand the economy asa jinping tries to brand the economy as a consumer of global goods and head of a potential meeting later this month between president xi jinping and donald trump as the trade war rages on in the background. is a beijing's desire to shift its role from the world's factory to the world's biggest importer a publicity stunt or a realistic goal? joining me to answer the question and shed light on this isa the question and shed light on this is a robin brant in shanghai. thank you forjoining us. i know you have been watching the proceedings that are to take place at the shanghai import expo for us. it is the country's very first. do y

does not completely dominate china yes they have issues that they are dealing with but as you can see with the shanghai international import expo they are opening up there have been a series of measures three thousand different tariffs have been reduced over the just this last year alone and china seems to be making the effort to do that and it's communicating this with the u.s. through memorandums where they're saying these are the things they're willing to do donald trump seems to be moving the goalposts every time he can and just says it's not enough without being specific about what they expect china to do it clicks clear now that this kind of divisiveness is spilling over internationally. and it is all sport nice football result for england but they would have liked it maybe a little earlier this year no one quite knows what the european nations league is berth certainly getting excited about it at least the image of join portugal in qualifying for the last four of their european nations the competition in beating croatia in repeats of the world cup semifinal from earlier on this year late goals from jesselyn garden harry

does not completely dominate china yes they have issues that they are dealing with but as you can see with the shanghai international import expo they are opening up there have been a series of measures three thousand different tariffs have been reduced over the just this last year alone and china seems to be making the effort to do that and it's communicating this with us through memorandums where they're saying these are the things they're willing to do donald trump seems to be moving the goalposts every time he can and just says it's not enough without being specific about what they expect china to do it clicks clear now that this kind of divisiveness is spilling over internationally but is it helping china in any ways it actually helping china to make. to take a more central role if you like in apec in the countries within the grouping and i'm pivoting two of them the u.s. . well i don't think that it's necessarily china trying to take a central role or a leadership position they're simply reacting to what they perceive to be attacks by the u.s. on a unilateral basis i mean remember that eighty seven percent of the cases th

. >> at the opening of the chinese international import expo he was saying that china is in it for theong run. he mentioned that this is a 5000 year economy country and that they are here now and that they are here to stay. again, he did not mention the united states or donald trump by ore, but he did criticize the lack of globalization, from some members of the global economy and their protectionist nature. you mentioned those quotes from xi jinping, but we also heard from the head of alibaba, who said it is the most stupidest thing in this world, a trade war, that is. they are in it for the long-term and they are also going to not give any fire to the electorate ahead of the midterm elections coming up in a few hours starting in the united states and your time. right now china is standing firm, xi jinping not offering any new promises, click just cliches about opening up the economy and being a champion of globalization, but they are standing firm for sure. david: stephen, thank you for that great report. alix: also with us, gibson smith. what's your base case? gibson: i think there

imports, holding steady in october, despite the tariff threats. and ahead of the holiday season. shery: and you just got back from the china international export exposinesses participated. what were your takeaways? >> the biggest take away was the fact that all these companies around the world, 3000 different companies, it was a madhouse. one of the largest buildings in the world, the shanghai expo, and it was packed to the gills with people from africa, europe, and less from america. it was a fascinating thing. was on the complaint one hand, we love the opportunity to sell to china. mentioned, inon many industries, if you sell into china, the chinese then turn it around and make the same product and you lose the market. so there is pledge fatigue by many ceos. a whisper that to you on the sidelines. we hear a lot of promises about opening the economy. but is is -- but is it really being opened up? of the reasons why the u.s. is not happy with the way china carries on business. let's talk about earnings. disney shares moved higher after the company reported fourth-quarter earnings that beat estimates. details from remy inocencio. good numbers. do a