that's the prize that china wants. >> evanina: that's correct.ade secrets, proprietary data, intelligence, emerging technology, nanotechnology, hybrid, anything that they can see that is the future. super-computing, encryption. those are the issues that they look at. and they have a prioritized schedule that they look at, and they send people forward to go collect that data. >> cooper: john demers, of the justice department's national security division, says since 2011, more than 90% of the economic espionage cases they have charged have involved china, which has stolen secrets about everything from genetically-modified rice seeds, to wind turbine technology. this is a persistent campaign you're seeing? >> demers: yes, very persistent, very sophisticated. very well-resourced, very patient and very broad in scope. >> cooper: demers says chinese operatives have intensified their efforts on industries critical to chinese president xi jinping's "made in china 2025" program, a ten-year plan to jump ahead of the united states in aerospace, automation,

bill evanina is a true professional. i have had a chance to work with him now for a number of years in my role on the intelligence committee and more recently as vice chair. let me just cite one example. outside of his lane, duty as required, bill has been a consistent voice raising concerns about the challenges and threats that are posed by china. as a matter of fact, the chairman and i have recently in in -- recently been in austin, and bill came down and gave one of the most powerful briefs that i have heard, which he has done a number of times for the committee and increasingly for the business community. talking in an honest, straightforward way about the security -- the security threats, the intellectual property theft, the host of concerns that our country is confronted with by china. bill evanina is one of those rare public certificate elephants who i don't think the chairman has pointed out that he received unanimous confirmation from the intelligence committee that there is any question of his -- his service, a

bill evanina, the director of the national counterintelligence and security center in washington, saidcorrespondent, gordon corera, is with me. this will surprise many people. why does he say this? that's right. here in the uk the news has much more been about russia if you think in the last year about the salisbury poisoning an events like that but the longer term strategic threat, bill evanina argues, is from china, the threat that china is to american security. a different threat to russia which is disruptive, if you like, whereas from china is about economic competition and the challenge it poses. there are two ways in which that plays out, firstly argues that they use sb not to build economic power, stealing secrets from american companies to give to its companies to grow, something he says america does not do and china denies. secondly, economic that china then gathers, his argument is, is used for implements which challenges us security including within the us itself, exerting influence even on free speech in america amongst businesses and universities. i think from a perspectiv

bill evanina said chinese economic success was built on the theft of commercial secrets. of misguided comments and actions. the french government has withdrawn some of the concessions it offered at the start of the yellow vest anti—government protests last month. it says they've been superseded by the $11 billion relief package that's since been announced by president emmanuel macron. a yemeni mother has been granted a visa waiver to see her dying son in the us. a public campaign has been urging authorities to allow her in, despite president trump's ban on visitors from several mainly muslim countries. two—year—old abdullah hassan, who is a us citizen, suffers from a rare genetic brain disorder and will soon have his life support switched off. let us return to brexit now, and there's lots to talk about, as always. 0liver cornock, editor—in—chief at the oxford business group, joins me now. good morning. so let's talk about the migration story, because that will dominate most of today, sajid javid, the home secretary, talking about what it will look like in 2021. absolutely

bill evanina is america's top spy—catcher.r the years. but he's clear where he sees the threat coming from today. china is number one by farand i think espionage is a part of that. from where you sit, do you see china as a greater threat than russia ? yes, i think russia has its own skill sets with respect of threat to our national security, but it pales in comparison to the national security threat posed by china. washington says chinese spies have been stealing secrets to grow their economy. this china spy, xu yanjun, is awaiting trial in america. he is accused of stealing aviation secrets to help chinese companies. general electric aviation in america spent decades developing hi—tech material for engines. xu is alleged to have enticed an american engineer to come to china, asking him to prepare plane tickets and put material on a hard drive. when xu met the engineer in europe to pick up more secrets, he was arrested. it is notjust regular spies the us worries about though. they use scientists, engineers, businessman, any ty

evanina in any way whatsoever. however, the executive branch must recognize that it has an ongoing obligation to respond to congressional inquiries in a timely and reasonable manner. now to another subject, i would like to speak to the issue and several issues dealing with international trade. during the last two years there's been more talk about international trade in this town than just about any other point since this president has been president, or you might say over a long period of time in washington here. when i was elected to the senate in 1980 the general agreement of tariffs and trade, known as gatt, was the main guiding document on international trade. gatt was signed by 23 nations in geneva on october 30, 1947, a little more than two years after the destruction of world war ii. it remained the institutional foundation for global trade until january 1, 1995. that date is when the world trade organization -- or we refer to it as w.t.o. -- was born with 81 charter members, including this great country of