some of the other global business stories making headlines today the organization for economic cooperation and development has cut its global growth forecast for the year is now expecting the world economy to expand by 2.9 percent instead of points to the o.e.c.d. says trade tensions such as the u.s. china trade will have driven global growth to its lowest levels since the financial crisis. a japanese court has found 3 former tepco executives not guilty of professional negligence for their role in the 2011 fukushima nuclear disaster and it's the only criminal trial related to the meltdown which continues to keep tens of thousands of people from their homes because of lingering radiation. burger king is to stop giving away plastic toys with children's meals and housing charged its customers to recycle existing ones to american kids have petitioned the king and its rival mcdonald's to stop contributing to plastic waste. now they call it the good economy a system which runs mainly on temporary jobs california has just signed a new labor legislation to protect rights said dr visit companies such as google and

some of the other global business stories making headlines today the organization for economic cooperation and development has cut its global growth forecast for the year it's now expecting the world economy to expand by 2.9 percent instead of 3.2 percent he always he says trade tensions such as the u.s. china trade will have driven global growth to its lowest levels since the financial crisis. parliament has voted to reject the plans marcus or trade deal between the e.u. and for south american nations it's not the only country to voice concern about the intended agreement both france and ireland threatened to block it if brazil does not do more to protect the amazon. a court in japan has found 3 former executives of nuclear power station operator tepco not guilty of professional negligence for their role in the 2011 fukushima disaster it's the only criminal trial related to the meltdown which continues to keep thousands of people from their homes because of lingering radiation. because the gig economy a system which runs mainly on temporary jobs california has just signed new labor legislation to protect

they're going to zation for economic cooperation and development has cut its global growth forecast for the year it's now expecting the world economy to expand by 2.9 percent instead of 3.2 percent the o.e.c.d. says trade tensions such as the us china trade war have driven global growth to its lowest levels since the financial crisis. and the japanese court has found 3 former tepco executives not guilty of professional negligence for their role in the 2 an 11 fukushima nuclear disaster it's the only criminal trial related to the meltdown which continues to keep tens of thousands of people from their homes because of lingering radiation. burger king will stop giving away plastic toys with children's meals and has encouraged his customers to recycle existing ones to american children have to titian burger king at its rival neck donal's to stop contributing to plastic waste though many of the app based services you know like libor and lift revolutionized their respective businesses but overall it's a system that opens the door to exploiting workers without any benefits california is now ad

the next few months we are also ready to start out with the organizations with the economic cooperation and development. we are well underway with the highest standards of all areas of financial regulation. with that indigenous spokesperson is here and first of all may i say i have solemnly committed and to sustainable development to the development of the world at large. brazil is one of the richest countries with minimal resources it is larger than all of western europe and remains virtually untouched which is evident to say we are one of the countries most affected during this season the dry weather and wind is conducive to spontaneous forest fires and criminal burning it should be highlighted there are four spires that is with the ordinary practice of the indigenous peoples from their own culture. we all know that all countries have problems but yet the sensationalist attacks coming from the large part to the prior to the outbreak has aroused that patriotic sentiment. it is a fallacy to say it is the heritage of humankind to say they are the lungs of the world. using and resorting and then to behav

we stand ready to start out with the organization for economic cooperation and development. we are well underway with the highest standards of all areas of financial regulation. ranging from financial regulations all the way to environmental protection. the indigenous representative is here and will now speak about the amazon. let me say my administration has committed itself to environmental preservation and the development to the development of brazil and the world at large. brazil is one of the richest with biodiversity and minimal resources. the amazon region is larger than all of western europe and remains virtually untouched which is evident to say we are one of the countries most protect the environment. the dry weather and wind are conducive to spontaneous forest fires and criminal burning. it should be highlighted there are forest fires or burnings that are part of the practice of peoples from their own culture. we all know that all countries have problems but yet the sensationalist attacks coming from a large part of international media due to the fire outbreaks in

we stand ready to start out with our process for economic cooperation and development. way with that the effort with the highest standards and best practices in all areas, ranging from financial regulation all of the way up to environmental protection. the indigenous spokesperson is here, and will now speak about the amazon, in particular. first of all, may i say that my administration has soundly committed itself to environmental preservation and to sustainable development, for the benefit of brazil and the world at large. brazil is one of the richest andtries in biodiversity minimal resources. the amazon region is larger than all of western europe and remains virtually pristine and untouched, which is evident to say we are one of the countries most protect the environment. during this season of the year the dry weather and wind are tonducive and favorable spontaneous forest fires and criminal burning. it should be highlighted there are forest fires or burnings that are part of the ordinary practice of indigenous peoples in the local populations as part of their own cul

the organisation for economic cooperation and development can carry on with its machinations. nt can carry on with its machinationsm will take a while. but many people are saying they have to do this. their profits went up in britain from 201 to 246 million. their profits on the tax they paid? the text that they paid went up to 67 million last year after profits went from 201 to 246 million. that doesn't sound like a loss of profit to me. yes. maybe they meant something else. we will check it out. do i have to show my workings in the margin? no, i trust you. that's it for this hour. henry and penny will be back at 11.30 for another look at the papers, and don't forget, you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you 7 days a week. next on bbc news, it's the travel show. hello and welcome to the travel show with me, ade adepitan. this week, we are kicking off in iceland. it is a country famous for its natural beauty. but as cat moh has been finding out, things there are changing. we've all seen it on the covers of magazines, and t

the global economy and 29000 leads are global report today as the organization for economic cooperation and development cuts their estimate for 2900 lobal growth always sees the latest interim outlook cut the global growth forecast for this year to 2.9 percent from a previous forecast of 3.2 percent the figure for 2020 was cut by 4 tenths of a percent to a flat 3 percent the o.e.c.d. as chief economist suggested an increasing interaction in mutual enhancement or aggravation downward economic trends telling the wall street journal quote our main worry is that the sliding economic growth 'd is becoming entrenched so fairest ferrous may say it is that growth has been slowing and we very much fear that it's becoming entrenched at a lower level. all due respect we look at bias to the downsides and you know they meet trade it's breaks it it's financial markets it could be all crises just this year and g.d.p. runs the risk of being one percent lower in china 3 quite a few percentage points lower in the u.s. and over oh for the where the about 0.5 percent. the o.e.c.d. outlook also found that a no deal exit fo

germany's minister for economic cooperation and development good miller is committed to sustainable clothing production miller is opposed to musing but says more research is needed on this problem his ministry has developed a new seal of approval for companies that produce socially and ecologically sustainable textiles. churches and of these standards also apply to animal welfare and can sense the power. it a bit imprudent not for as me though serious as the seal is associated with a large number of basic standards which of course also cover animal welfare as far as all is concerned you know i would as was but this is a very complex situation. that has said the sea will also deal with animal welfare standards met and because. my staff will explain the details. the spokesperson says that the minister will provide a statement later today. you might think that good miller would welcome the opportunity to discuss a project that's very important to him and. we try to talk to him again later but he declined our request for an interview. so we went back to the consumer initiative office. does this

months we also stand ready to start out our process of access to the organization for economic cooperation and development the o.e.c.d. . we're well underway in that effort and have adopted the world's highest standards and best practices in all areas ranging from financial regulation all the way up to environmental protection. madam. indigenous representative a leader is on the color. green indigenous spokesperson is here and we will now speak about the amazon in particular 1st of all may i say that my administration has solemnly committed itself to environmental preservation and sustainable development to the benefit of brazil and of the world at large brazil is one of the world's richest countries in biodiversity and mineral resources in a region is larger than all of western europe and remains virtually pristine and untouched which is evidence of the fact that we are one of the countries that most protect the environment during this season of the year the dry weather and winds are conducive in favorable and favors spontaneous forest fires and also criminal burnings it should be highlighted that there

gathered at a symposium at stanford to discuss strategies to strengthen regional economic cooperation and business developmentwith me now is kenta takamori, the executive director of the silicon valley japan platform, and gary mukai, the director of spice, stanford program on international and cross cultural education. welcome to the show. kenta takamori: great to be here. robert: briefly give everybody sort of an overview in terms of your group so that people have an understanding before we start talking about the symposium. kenta: i'm executive director of the silicon valley japan platform. we are a nonprofit, we're a program of the us-japan council, and our mission is to connect the us and japan through innovation. robert: and when did that start? kenta: it's only about four years old. and the us-japan council is about 11 years old. robert: how about you, gary?am on international and cross cultural education works in three areas: curriculum development, teacher professional development, and online teaching. so, we teach courses directly to primarily high school students. and currently, we're teaching overs

years has developed significant strengths that are in some sense not completely adversely affected by brexit. for the prospect of brexit. kathleen: the organization for economic and cooperationt downgraded its global forecast again. 0.3 reduction just about every quarter for the last year or so. down to 2.9%. do you see any scope for recession? not necessarily because of the economic impact, but because when things are fragile, when things slow down a bit, there is often some kind of shock. oil shock. 2008-2009 financial shock. it pushes the global economy, recession. do you see this as a potential shock? michael: i think you are right that what would push the global economy into recession would have to be a pretty big shock. it is a distinct possibility because there are elements of weakness and fragility in the global economy. i guess i wouldn't say it is the most likely outcome but it is a distinct possibility and more likely than it was a year ago. kathleen: thank you so much, dr. michael spence, nobel laureate, professor of economics at nyu joining us from hong kong. coming up, president trump slams the democrats' impeachment inquiry as a total witchhunt scam. more on t

this comes from the oecd, organization for economic cooperation and development a good mix of countries of all stripes increasingly concerned what happens with the global economy if the two strongest economies keep fighting with each other. so your impression of what they're saying a slowdown is coming? >> well they are just describing what has already been happening. the global economy has been slowing well over a year. the u.s. was bucking that trend for a while because of fiscal stimulus and tax cuts, deregulation, et cetera, but the u.s. has now joined the rest of the world. it is a interesting dichotomy. u.s. consumers are very, very strong. full employment, ten years into an expansion but when you look at the industrial manufacturing side, kind of more linked to the global economy, clearly there is issues. europe is barely growing. .2% gdp growth. germany is in contraction. china is having a severe growth recession as well and so these are the crosscurrents that, you know, the fed is trying to navigate just yesterday and so it's a very tricky environment. and the big question is,

in fact, according to the organization for economic cooperation and development, among the top ten donors in gross overseas development assistance for ukraine in 2016, 2017 they were european institutions, germany, poland, sweden and britain. it's also important to note -- >> wow. >> yeah. >> so willie, can we go back to that chart for a second? lets look at the numbers for one second. donald trump said yesterday sport sports fans that europe needed to contribute, that the united states was contributing assistance and nobody else was. if you added european institutions, germany, poland, sweden, britain, and switzerland, just the european countries, just the european countries, they actually have contributed in gross overseas development assistance for ukraine in '16 and '17 at least three times as much as the united states so willie, another excuse, another lie. >> it did feel like he was reaching into the bag of greatest hits. remember this is an argument for nato as well, that europe's not paying enough, so we're going to withhold for them. kind of feels like he made it up on the fly at

t the organization for econonomic cooperation and development is once again slashed its predictions for the coming year. expectations for economic expansion across the globe lowered point 3% to two point nine for this year. and 3% next. predictions of the eurozone at united states and united kingdom were all produced as well. the ocd warns that major economies could get stuck in a low growth trap. i spoke to chief economist blowholes boone about why the prospect of a no deal brings it so damaging. so in the event and where there would be no id no agreement on what happened about the trade relationship and or the relationship between the uk and the u. we would see a very large impact creating by. the trade channels so because there would be less explanation i it's- having said that and do you k. you know sense about 48% of their exports of goods to the e. u. s. d. you on the sands about. 8% of their exports to thee u. k. so the effect would be much be gear for the u. k. and the e. u. and its- trade it's migration it's less innovation and hope you see we're very very modest when we come in that because there's- a lot often sentenc

we will be talking to the administration and jared kushner in the peace plan that is being developed right now to urge them to include this economic cooperation and america's standing and support of this bottom-up grassroots approach that makes a difference in people's lives. mrs. wagner: if i could add in this terrific special order. we were grateful for the opportunity that usiea and i want to thank heather johnston for her leadership. thanks to the general for his leadership, their entire team that made this experience so ble that have worked diligently and so fervently to bring peace to israel, to put forward the peace process through things like integrated business, to recognize the strong defense ally and partnership that we have with israel and $. million of u.s.-taxpayer funds that we share with israel in order to lift up their defense systems, so we are all faced in this world and certainly in this delicate part of the middle east. so i want to thank those leaders of usiae and hope to share it with many others. mrs. rodgers: big thank you to eather johnson who led and the general, former commandant of the marine corps and joint chief

economic political and social development there have been 12 u.s. presidents since the blockade started and the situation has not improved because of its location cooper is a constant battleground for american politics you know the us government does not serve its own people it serves money the same financial interests the behind this blockade behind the i'm proud to be a cuban stands as an example of how to stand up to power to the u.s. which imposed on us what is the purpose of the ongoing u.s. economic blockade of cuba what is the purpose. of history i guess you know obviously everyone wants to see progress but i think sometimes all beef gets in the way well we're probably trying to make this a country where there's socialism right and we don't want these people coming in so they're blocking key bracket was actually never great to us anyway there doesn't seem to be any stated foreign. or international purpose that the assad ministration seems to have it it seems its main endeavor is clearing up one problem. or mass every 5 or 6 hours and you're so overwhelmed by that that there's not really i think a good focus on what's happening internationally c

economic union countries shanghai cooperation organization a.c.n. and which is open to all other eurasian states including e.u. member countries. we have already started moving in this direction by interconnecting the development plans of the eurasian economic union and the chinese project one belt one road consistent implementation of these endeavors will contribute not only to increasing economic growth but also delaying a solid foundation in order to forge an area of peace stability and cooperation from lisbon to jakarta ladies and gentlemen in the run up to the next anniversary of the united nations i would like to underline the un centered system of the world order this by the ultra trials remain. remain stable and has a great capacity for resilience it is a kind of safety net which guarantees if the charter is respected a peaceful development of mankind by finding a balance of sometimes rather contradictory interests of various countries and as we approach that 75th anniversary the main conclusion is probably that the experience of now on ideological cooperation of states in the face of a common threat again in the years of that most bitter of wars is still relevant today as challenges and threats are no

reaffirms the importance of our country's cooperation on critical economic and security issues and calls on seoul, tokyo, and washington, collectively, to develop a strategy to reverse the current trajectory and work together to build stronger ties. it's a good resolution and i urge my colleagues to join me in supporting it. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan yields back the balance of his time. the question is will the house suspend the rules and agree to 40us resolution 127 as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, theres. solution agreed to, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> i move that the house suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 444, reaffirming the importance of the united states remote -- pr mote the safety, hell and well being of refugees and displaced persons as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 444, reaf

develop internally, and expand externally. ( translated ): china has entered a new era. the belt and road initiative iss the banner of china's new round well as a general plan of economic cooperationh foreign countries. >> schifrin: but for some countries, that cooperation led to a loss of control. k atan, malaysia, a state- stned chinese developer was building this inal park and port. but the construction is frozen, stopped by an unlikely critic.sl >> ( tred ): china is a big power now. and big powers normally want to expand their influence. >> schifn: mahatir mohamad served as maysian prime minister from 1981 to 2003.es he used toibe the u.s. as "the colonizer." but last year, at e age of 92, he came out of retirement and was re-elected. his opponent was accusedf siphing off chinese money connected to belt and road contracts. mahathir called china the andw colonizer," and bel road procts "predatory." >> everything is imported, mostly from china. workers were from china. all of the parts and materials a were from china. and the payment for the contracts were also to be made in china. that means that malaysia doesn't get any benefit at all. >> schifrin: the original mantracts call

employers that foster this cooperation speaking specifically to how this benefited your students post graduation. >> thank you. we first of all we work with our tribal economic development and organization so they do economic development studies once every five years and gather surveys of membership as well as employers and tribal entities and communities once projected in -- employment needs are and what areas people are interested in working in. we also partner with our county job counsel and so we are connected to them and they are also looking for employers so they come to a meeting once a month and we talk about what's going on in the economic community and what jobs we are needing in what jobs people are phasing out us. because we surf about 70 different tribes at any given time we have wrenched our relationships out beyond just our local community for the students that are going to be returning to their community. we work with their tribal colleges or with their job development people at the state level for those so -- same kind of information and trends. we have an extensive internship program on a national level so we have to develop a lot of partnership so that st