as president xijinping first ever international import expo as president xi jinping tries to rebrandountry. 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 you think that china will be successful in trying to rebrand itself as the global importer of goods, c

well the first thing you notice about this expo is that it's different from other expos it doesn't have a clear focus actually a sector of the economy machinery you have cars your food you have a bit of everything everything that china even orders and this is clearly a political expo where these exhibit is they are there to show case china's openness the openness of china's economy as the government wants to see it it is a political export it is a show it wants to promote china as a champion of free trade that's how china sees itself or likes to promote itself it is a bit of a propaganda show these companies doing a good job of showcasing that openness i mean how open is the chinese market becoming while the complaints of the office of business is a foreign business is no and there are lots of restrictions in the chinese market there are sectors that anti only closed for foreign businesses there are rules that hinder foreign businesses to do their own to set up their own companies they have to find a chinese partner in order to do so certain things there and there are rules where compan

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logs nearly fifty eight billion dollars of deals says 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 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. or was just in from a next boarding 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 wal-mart buying all the chinese slave made

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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

the expo in shanghai. we get more on that story.an's top to geomet is gearing up for his countries first -- first bilateral talks in the u.s. our conversation is next. and if you are traveling to work, you can get a global perspective. we're on bloomberg radio on your global -- mobile device in the london area. this is bloomberg. ♪ manus: it starts tomorrow. we are live at the forum in singapore where we have exclusive interviews. the local is as follows. ceo of exxon mobil, mastercard, and united continental. on the day after, the was midterms. we hear from the cochairman of -- the secretary, hank paulson. and the ceo of goldman sachs, hank solomon. let's get to juliette saly, standing around with business flash. she matters every day. juliette? juliette: thanks. second quarter profits topped analysts estimates and a solid performance from a sprint corporation. they rose to ¥706 billion after september, far exceeding the 373 -- ¥373yellen averages billion averages by bloomberg. they are shorting to british banks over expectations o

to the world, this is an event thatis expos to the world, this is an event that is happening now andit 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. many think that he is waiting until he meets donald trump at the 620 in argentina to reveal his hand

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xijingping at the china international import expo.ternational 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 muc

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opening the expo in shanghai. other informed companies.s now from the expo in shanghai. in the wake ofy the trade war. tom: we were expecting potentially a recap of some of the steps that have been taken over the last year to open up am of the market. whether that is the auto sector. some of the attempts to cut taxes. likely to be articulate china's tradingg of the global system. ist many people want to hear quite different. speaking to european officials and those in the u.s.. they want to see the president address some of the structural andiculties between beijing brussels, issues that have been there for many years, but now are more sharply in focus. things like forced tech transfer. attempt. to see some it would be a global platform. that is what one prominent business leader told me. ands key to the europeans u.s. officials that we speak to. they want to be able to operate in sectors that remain closed off in china. toy want some attempt address those issues. it seems unlikely that we will get much concrete action on those fronts from

well the first thing you notice about this expo is that it's different from other expos it doesn't have a clear focus it is sector of the economy machinery you have cars your food you have a bit of everything everything that china even orders and this is clearly a political expo where these exhibit is they are there to showcase china's openness the openness of china's economy as the government wants to see it it is a political export it is a show it wants to promote china as a champion of free trade that's how china sees itself or likes to promote itself it is a bit of a propaganda show these companies doing a good job of showcasing that openness i mean how open is the chinese market becoming. well the complaints of the of business is a foreign business is no and there are lots of restrictions in the chinese market there are sectors that anti only closed for foreign businesses there are rules that hinder foreign businesses to do their own to set up their own companies they have to find a chinese partner in order to do so so that certain things there and there are rules out where compani

that is symbolic as well of the reception so far at the import expo.e did talk as well about punitive compensation systems for intellectual property rights violations. the devil will be in the details. he also plans to boost domestic consumption. the has been a long-standing pledge of the chinese. he upped the pledge saying we are not only going to buy goods from abroad, we're going to make it $30 trillion. $10 trillion over the same timeframe in services. slight new pledges but mostly rehashing old promises. that is why the market gave it a bit of a shrug this morning. anna: the market seems less address.bout the thank you very much. steve engle joining us with the latest from shanghai. minutes away from the open. up next we will take a look at stocks to watch at the open, including ferrari, due to report results today. gloomy skies over london. what will the open have in store? nine minutes to go. ♪ anna: good morning, seven minutes to go until the start of the equity trading day. let's get your stocks to watch. chris is looking at ferrari. joe is co

because otherwise, why would the "dodge city daily globe" be planning its big holiday gift expo if the civic center is going to be so inaccessible? i mean, call me an optimist, but i'm not expecting hard hats to be required at the ho, ho, holiday expo. i'm just saying. our producer, julia, did stop by the county clerk's office to see if we could get any more information in person and we could get on the phone about moving the polling place, first of all, and, second of all, moving it way out of town. the county clerk has rejected the idea of having people vote in local schools in dodge city. we wanted to know more about why that was, since everybody can get to their local school. we've been trying to get answers for days. calling in from our offices across the country. but when our producer got to the clerk's office in dodge city, the county clerk staff told our producer that the clerk wasn't there and no one was there who would answer any questions. they did give us the name of the county clerk's new lawyer that they have just hired for this fight over their balloting. i should tell y

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that expo in shanghai, one of presidentxi's pet projects, he said that china would make the necessary changeso that chinese consumers could become even more important to the global economy. that means promises for further t riff cuts, greater mar access, a tougher stance on ipr violators and creating what he described as a first class fvironment foreign businesses. the problem is that he didn't get specific on even one issue, nor did he address the u.s. trade war directly. that had left many diplomats and executives here with a sense of deja vu. widespread frustration that the chinese government despite the promises is not opening up in the way that businesses feel it's fair. the tmp administration did not send a delegation here and there are only a few global ceos. at the same time, some chinese business leaders are getting frustrated by the rhetoric out of the white house. and ma is here in shanghai he described the trade war as the most stupid thing on the planet. some belntve that preside xi could be saving his offers for the next possibleeeting with president trump at the g-20 su

you get the scale of this vast event happening on the edge of shanghai china's commercial hub the expo is part of an effort to rebrand the country's global trading image it was planned long before the united states began imposing tariffs on chinese imports many heads of state and prime ministers are here but none from the world's leading economies at the opening ceremony president xi jinping once more presented himself as the guardian of free trade or at least his version of it from where it's going to shoot china is committed to further opening up and promoting free trade china will remain a strong advocate of global openness and will be the main driver of global economic growth he didn't refer to china's trade dispute with the united states but warned against a winner takes all mentality the president also failed to mention some of the complaints that foreign executives have about doing business in this country they complain that the chinese leadership public commitment to free trade often aren't borne out by its actions u.s. companies are represented here even if their government is

you get the scale of this vast event happening on the edge of shanghai china's commercial hub the expo is part of an effort to rebrand the country's global trading image it was planned long before the united states began imposing tariffs on chinese imports many heads of state and prime ministers are here but none from the world's leading economies at the opening ceremony president xi jinping once more presented himself as the guardian of free trade or at least his version of it. china is committed to further opening up and promoting free trade china will remain a strong advocate of global openness and will be the main driver of global economic growth he didn't refer to china's trade dispute with the united states but warned against a winner takes all mentality the president also failed to mention some of the complaints that foreign executives have about doing business in this country they complain that the chinese leadership public commitment to free trade often aren't borne out by its actions u.s. companies are represented here even if their government isn't probably flying the flag a

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you get the scale of this vast event happening on the edge of shanghai china's commercial hub the expo is part of an effort to rebrand the country's global trading image it was planned long before the united states began imposing tariffs on chinese imports many heads of state and prime ministers are here but none from the world's leading economies at the opening ceremony president xi jinping once more presented himself as the guardian of free trade or at least his version of it strong words on a shoot china is committed to further opening up and promoting free trade china will remain a strong advocate of global openness and will be the main driver of global economic growth he didn't refer to china's trade dispute with the united states but warned against a winner takes all mentality the president also failed to mention some of the complaints that foreign executives have about doing business in this country they complain that the chinese leadership public commitment to free trade often aren't born out by its actions u.s. companies are represented here even if their government isn't prob

no senior government official has attended the expo.t under scores the strained relationship with the countries. he never mentioned trump in the speech. xi and trump are expected to meet in argentina later this month. it is interesting. xi has been successful in positioning china as the heard -- as the leader of the moral authority. it used to be the united states. >> revealing. >>> ahead, the man police say opened fire at that florida yoga studio friday had been in trouble before. hear from the father of one of the victims next. are you a christian author with a book that you're ready to share with the world? get published now, call for your free publisher kit today! >>> police in tallahassee, florida say the gunman who killed two and wounded five at the yoga studio had been harassing women in the area. according to police, scott beierly entered after posing as a customer and opened fire. >> two were killed in the shooting. maura binkley. her father says she went to washington to protest after the parkland shooting. >> she just saw the

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a new tack they want to ramp up future imports the chinese government unveiled its strategy at the expo we ate that she will continue to implement a pro at least kill 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 so in the face but i.m.f. chief christine legarde warned that 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. back to europe now a day after french tire manufacturer michelin announced it would close its factory in scotland because of bragg's that german auto parts supplier scheffler says it will scale back its own operations meet you in the u.k. in the next two years the company will shutter tw

shery: and you just got back from the china international export expo in shanghai.icipated. 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 athink we coul

a new tack they want to ramp up future imports the chinese government unveiled its strategy at the expo well yeah. so we'll continue to implement a proactively 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 china's imports climbed twenty percent to one point six trillion dollars so in the face but i.m.f. chief christine legarde warned 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. here in germany one of the most developed countries in the world some people still struggle to get mobile phone reception with the old three g. and four g. networks meanwhile the next generation is almost here it's still a daily new since for many germans searching for good network coverage m

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this will be at the import expo in shanghai for calling on inclusive risk. >> in a world of deepening economic cooperation, practices like the law of the jungle in winner takes all only represent a dead-end, and inclusive growth for all is surely the right way forward. ramy: he talked about opening up the financial sector, agricultural, and mining sector. he talks about additional removingopen up foreign caps on ownership and education, and reform of the global trading sector and rules. repeating the stock phrases we heard him say and almost two years ago and saying he was to see reform of the wto. whether or not this will come to the point where those officials in washington and brussels see this as being enough in addressing those issues is yet undecided. it looks unlikely at this stage. this is more about moving, edging in a direction of openness rather than a wholesale big bang. >> united states ramping up pressure on iran's banking sector with sanctions on 700 entities. >> the maximum pressure exerted by the u.s. is only going to mount from here. companies from around the world n

they just announced their campus is shut down organizers say you can still go to the expo at sports basement. the sales will be donated. >>> the north face endurance also answcancelled. >>> an easy way to check the air quality where you live is by going to abc7news.com. we have this link it the air where you live. it our news app is free to download. >>> the campfire burning in butte county. here are the latest numbers. it burned 140,000 acres and is 40% contained. 130 people are still reported missing. there is a town hall meeting at the auditorium. there will be updates on recovery information removal. take a look at this incredible perspective from a national guard black hawk. you can see the flames and the smoke. at one point you can even see thegudsnco up water to help in the fire fight. we show you more of the devastation. still more than 100 people 10,0 plus structures were gutted by this you get to this other side and everything inside is completely gone. that's kind of what you see as you drive around that reminder of what used to be here that's not here anymore. 50,000 plus people

has threatened to punish chinese companies that do business with iran but no one at this car parts expo into her run seem to worried no doubt the wheels of commerce are spinning a little slower in iran these days but the history of trade ties between the persian and chinese people is older than that of most modern nations having cultivated commercial links for so long many chinese businesses are now taking the long view of iran's future maybe their public the problem for the right for the time being but the problem with go away in the future for say i would tell you that what things will happen in the future no one can help and we chinese believe that nothing is impossible and new we've seen that you know i mean also is a very strong person and that we admire that spirit of the way you write i think that we can always a find a final way. to do business with. the economic climate in iran is unstable something that has scared off many investors but chinese traders say this is still a strong resource rich country with a big population things that continue to make it a major market for them

. >> the expo featured small business owners from the black community. vendors sold jewelry and clothing. >> there was food and holiday gifts. this person is popular. >>reporter: stephanie showcased her business. this product -- you don't see it at the mall. you can come and buy unique gifts. >> several african-americans coalitions came together to host this. this is the chairman of the chamber of commerce. >> black sunday gives an opportunity for these businesses to display their goods and gifts and talents and have a connection not only to our community but to circulate the dollar back in our own community. >> reporter: this year there are about 20 vendors and organizers hope that this would become an annual tradition. not just in the bay area but nationwide. >> we hope that this will become black sunday usa. >>reporter: she said it's about getting exposure and networking and promoting positivity. >> to be encouraged -- this is an empowerment. >> in oakland reporting. >>> still ahead, a long time search -- the latest on the disappearance of ray taliafe

the first black sunday expo took place in oakland. the organizers came up with the idea. >> its an opportunity where we show case african american business owners. >> reporter: it featured small business owners from the black community. vendors sold jewelry, clothing. >> i ordered chicken. >> reporter: food and gifts. >> get a variety of products at the we have. you don't see them at the mall. >> reporter: she the chairman of the oakland african american chamber of commerce. >> black sunday gives an opportunity for all businesses to not only display their goods and gifts and their talents but for us to have a connection not only to the community but to circulate the dollar in our community. >> reporter: there are 20 vendors but organizers hope it becomes an annual tradition. >> hopefully it will take on. >> reporter: she calls it about getting exposure, networking.elissa harrington, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> winter has come early. the san francisco treasure island. yep. that is snow. children had a blast playing in the 20-tons of it that w

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