perhaps a chance to rearrange their negotiating positions before starting the day's talks the chinese commerce ministry says the two teams will spin no effort in the negotiations to end the months long trade war u.s. president donald trump said the two sides were close to a deal but officials have played down expectations of an imminent agreement u.s. insistence on keeping the first tranche of twenty five percent tariffs on fifty billion dollars worth of chinese imports could be a sticking point for a deal you is scheduled to travel to washington next week for the next round. all way has posted record sales exceeding eight hundred billion dollars but few seem to care the chinese tech giant has been the target of a u.s. led campaign to get weiwei tech banned in the west but while way has defended its commitment to security while dropping some choice words for the u.s. government in the mix. while way revenues topped one hundred billion dollars in twenty eighteen positive figures with the last thing on the agenda the news conference in beijing journalists wanted was taken washington urging allies not to

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perhaps a chance to rearrange their negotiating positions before starting the day's talks the chinese commerce ministry says the two teams will spin no effort in the negotiations to end the months long trade war u.s. president donald trump said the two sides were close to a deal but officials have played down expectations of an imminent agreement u.s. insistence on keeping the first tranche of twenty five percent tariffs on fifty billion dollars worth of chinese imports could be a sticking point for a deal you is scheduled to travel to washington next week for the next round. very nice doing business with you and have a nice weekend away. small cuts in small groups be changing the people making it possible to go to africa. fantastic right. as they set out to save your foreigner. to learn from one another. to gather for a better future. earth. for saving google to those tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world ideas protect the climate and boost green energy solutions. the blue series of global three thousand on g.w. and on line. this is state of the news africa coming up

perhaps a chance to rearrange their negotiating positions before starting the day's talks the chinese commerce ministry says the two teams will spin no effort in the negotiations to end the months long trade war u.s. president donald trump said the two sides were close to a deal but officials have played down expectations of an imminent agreement u.s. insistence on keeping the first tranche of twenty five percent tariffs on fifty billion dollars worth of chinese imports could be a sticking point for a deal you is scheduled to travel to washington next week for the next round. the chinese tech giant by the way has found itself in the crosshairs of the trade war a british government report adding to western pressure on the company accusing it of failing to repair dangerous flaws in its telecom technology our way has defended its commitment to security while announcing that sales topped one hundred billion dollars last year. huawei revenues topped one hundred billion dollars in twenty eighteen positive figures with the last thing on the agenda a news conference in beijing journalist wanted was taken washi

darden increased its full year outlook up 4% in the premarket >>> the chinese commerce ministry sayselegation including steven mnuchin and robert li litelizer will visit china next week kayla tausche joins us with the latest details the president's comments yesterday threw the market into a little bit of a disarray >> that offers insight into how the administration is thinking of enforcing this deal the president said his toughest negotiators will be headed to china to continue to work toward a potential deal the negotiators led by mnuchin and am bossor robert lighthizer. one dynamic that could change is the purchase portion of the deal president trump said he wants double or triple china's existing offer to buy $1.2 trillion in u.s. products over the next six years that goal could be tough to reach, considering the existing offer is comprised of agricultural, energy and aircraft products, and china may actually want to buy fewer aircraft after the boeing crash, not more especially without tariffs lifted, president trump yesterday saying that they're considering keeping them on for a

chinese want the tariffs to be removed never to come back. also they want to be able to retaliate if they deem it necessary. spokesperson for the chinese ministry of commerceays, there has been progress in the trade talks adding both side are making every effort to negotiate seriously. >> translator: we always believed cooperation is the best choice for china and the united states which will not only benefit both countries and their people,ly also the whole world. reporter: they're talking right talk. china passing new foreign investment law going into effect in 2020. fines for stealing intellectual property will be doubled but the law doesn't spell out actually how it will be enforced. china has not yet addressed forced partnership of companies. there will be major progress, or has been major progress opening financial services markets in china of the head of china central bank letting in u.s. credit card companies, expanding bank access would do more good than harm for their country. sources say xi xinping will not meet president donald trump. because he is concerned about being embarrassed. charles? charle fitz-gerald and ben phillips. ben, let me start

chinese ministry of commerce spokesperson telling reporters china's leaders quote, always believe that cooperation is the best choice for china and that the u.s. says isn't just beneficial for the two countries but for the entire world. this as white house economic adviser larry kudlow is kind of putting a point on the calendar here but a very vague one, saying talks could be extended for weeks or months to get a deal. let me be clear. neither side is ready to say it is making progress on the core dispute, forced technology transfer. now, china has passed a law purporting to crack down on intellectual property theft of u.s. companies, but american negotiators say they have no power yet to actually enforce that. our next guest is fresh back from china, watching it all unfold. he is craig allen, the u.s. china business council president and former senior commercial officer at the u.s. mission to china. sir, welcome. thank you for being here. could the holdup be that the chinese don't want to sign something they haven't even seen in their own language or is that just a delay tactic? >> no

the commerce ministry also confirmed that the two are going to be having dinner tonight with the chinese vice premier where they're going to be talking trade and then continuing those conversations for the full day tomorrow the ministry also said that since the last round of talks, much progress has been made over the phone, but that a lot more work still needs to be done. sources who have been -- who are familiar with the negotiations have been telling me that the two still have to work out the undefined terminology in the text of the agreement. they also have to find a way to make the deal enforceable and clarify how and when tariffs will be imposed as well as close the gap on structural issues however, u.s. officials told reuters that they feel that the chinese have gone farther than they ever have in the past when it comes to the force technology transfer issue, saying that the scope and the size is unprecedented. now, speaking at a forum today, the premier of the country also addressed the force technology transfer issue by saying that the new foreign investment law would go into ef

really going to happen this week except because the chinese have their version of congress going on but in one of those meetings the commerce ministry of china says, quote, the two sides made important initial progress. breakthrough in some areas -- which both sides will not raise tariffs. there isn't much more that china could raise tariffs on but again trying to move forward the president says they are still moving forwards towards a deal possibly around the end of march. we'll have to see if the two presidents can get together. the ball is in china's court right now. melissa: edward lawrence, thank you for that. a lot to chew on there. jonathan, let's start with the idea that there is breakthrough in some areas. >> this is on going issue, everyone from the federal reserve or ceos of every fortune 500 company mentioned trade specifically as being a hindrance to their business now. this has been a long time coming. we've seen some false flags if you will of promises of this trade war being resolved. the president told us many months ago trade wars ared and simple to win. it hasn't been easy to win, melissa. it cost american consume

chinese vice premier. the discussion also continue for the full day tom mow commerce ministry said the two sides have a lotith the discussions have told me that some of that involves really nailing down some of the language in this agreement also, figuring out exactly how the trade deal should be enforced, and clarifying how and when tariffs will be imposed the reuters report said u.s. officials want to keep at least some of the tariffs in place in order to maintain leverage on the chinese. the chinese though so far have not shown any willingness to really have those tariffs imposed continuously imposed on them and also, they want tobe able to retaliate as well. and separately, china's premier spoke at a forum pledging to open up the financial market even further to foreign investors. also put a timetable on the new foreign investment law saying that that law, which is meant to address some of the issues around the forced technology transfers would go in effect on january 1st, next year he also added, "we will heed the imput from various parties, especially from foreign investors. that's really to drive ho

and new this morning china's ministry of commerce announced a trade delegation will be in beijing for two days of talks on march 28 and a chinesein washington in early april. >>> u.s. oil prices hit a milestone wednesday, briefly touching 60 bucks a barrel for the first time since november. crude closed 1.4% higher. the rebound reflects the effectiveness of a strategy by the saudi arabia led opec. they agreed last year to sharp production cuts in response to a supply glut. now havingen a impact at the gas pump. national average price for a regular gallon, $2.55. that is up about 12% this year. >>> unicorn parade is coming. lyft, uber, pinterest, airbnb all headed for the ipo market. the initial stock price of those companies will be driven by excitement and will take a while to settle. lyft is set to begin trading as soon as next week. the ride sharing company will value it at about $20 billion. and amateur investors will likely buy in because people want to own a piece of america. >> it will be an interesting act, it will get the public more involved in the markets. >> so get ready for that. >> but should we. >> i always say y