was always going to be a tough balancing act all efforts to try and boost the economy. for the finance ministryhat they balance economic growth and stability because if they do meet those targets, then they can make a better, stronger case for more money as well, as hasten the process of debt reduction. saw inflation soaring, saw the currency weakening as well as foreign exchange reserves plummeting. and never good news for a country which is heavily import dependent. economic recovery in the country, and the economists, as well as the government, hopes by the government by way of this budget, as they outlined their spending plan, will help the country further on the path to fiscal consolidation. another country that is seeing a fairly during the covid pandemic, it was one of the hardest hit countries, but it has bounced back so vigorously that of roman engineering, now a popular tourist destination. i thought that maybe tourism will never be and ifeel this year is going to be also a good year, like it was in maybe 2023 or 2024. way ahead of france, germany, italy, and the uk. the country accou

what your thoughts on after the us tardies came into effect across all chinese inputs, chime is finance ministry said it would impose levies of 15 percent on imports of u. s. coal and goes in 10 percent of crude oil farm equipment, as well as big ends instead of ships to china from the us basie and residents say they support the counter tyree's actions taken by the gene against the u. s. however, they remain worried about the economic situation in both countries. but it still does, i think the end result is that both sides suffer the us impulses data and then our products will say less abroad. because statics means high enterprises and bias may be unwilling to but to use all they may well as well the don't quote, the china small and medium sized manufacturing enterprises. the impact is definitely significant because the sales and the u. s. me decline. americans might choose cheaper alternatives instead of the door to that, alongside each tyree's. china also added several u. s. companies to at least of unreliable entities. thing to, to google us fashion groups, which owned the told me here if you

sally. between the us and china which hasjust kicked off. the same in a tit for tat spat china's finance ministryays the measures against us goods would take effect next monday. imports of coal and liquid natural gas will be hit over the us tariffs. in asia, stock markets were riding high with hong kong's hang seng opening was up by more than 1.5%. markets are now more muted. the european trading day has got under way later. on mexico are to be delayed for a month. security at its border. on the us border, where she has been getting reaction to tonight they are being restocked. the trade war averted for now, but for some the break may be permanent. for me, a line has been crossed. monica morelli cancelled subscriptions to amazon and netflix, two american companies, it's like the whims of someone who changes from day to day. it's not acceptable. they were bracing for the worst. even with the delay, laval presidentjonathan azopardi the uncertainty is as bad as the tariffs. and now knowing that that relationship was as fragile here in windsor, ontario, just across the river. but for how long? but wh

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of focused on the ministry of finance idea. i'm not talking about any of the menissi, the cut down situation of the ministry of finance and without the forget. yes. this is on the do a. so the new modern technology, it needs only 50 percent of those people employed by the previous regina and i have a problem and out of basically the problem. now when i go to a place in that the, for example, the need 5 employees, i see 10 employees who will be there doing that job. this is a job like an employee is in offices that the work doesn't need. if i want to a 3 is when it just i must and disrupt the. the biggest problem in this connection is of the employee who is the full time. you can log and sack this employee only plan not con, flat. his. you can look cats in his contract because then you know, you go to the low on the phone, the tie in the permanent employees cannot besides with out exceptional, this is an old, if he reach the age of the pension coming up. and this is how can you still owe this problem? no, there are so many ways,

china's finance ministry says it will impose tariffs of up to 15% on select imports from the u.s. they're set to begin on february 10th and will impact coal, crude oil and certain cars. chinese officials announced a new investigation into google, saying they'll investigate the u.s. tech giant for alleged anti-trust violations. the white house says president trump will speak with president xi jinping this week. president trump told reporters those talks will probably happen as soon as today. he suggested that the tariffs against china could go much higher. >> we have meetings planned. and we'll see what happens. but that was just an opening salvo. if we can't make a deal with china, then the tariffs will be very, very substantial. >> reporter: and president trump did delay 25% tariffs against canada and mexico after both countries agreed to help reenforce security at our northern and southern borders. canada says it will spend a little over a billion dollars to reenforce the border with new helicopters, technology and personnel. and mexico agreed to send 10,000 members of its natio

china's finance ministry says it will impose new tariffs of up to 15% on select imports from the u.s. in response to new tariffs on chinese goods that went into effect at midnight. they are set to begin on february 10th and will impact energy products,s,arm equipment and certain cars. the white house says president trump will speak with china's president xi this week. president trump told eporters that conversation will probably happen today. the u.s. delayed enacting tariffs against canada and mexico after conversations with their leaders. nbc's christine romans has more. >> reporter: just hours before a trade war was set to commence, a partial stepback from the brink, president trump saying he'll delay 25% tariffs on mexico because mexico's president made concessions involving the border, including sending more soldiers to patrol for drugs and migrants. >> they've agreed to put in 10,000 soldiers, permanently. like, forever. 10,000 soldiers at their side of the border and some fentanyl and illegal aliens from coming into our country. >> reporter: president trump delaying the tariffs

the investigation will look into payments made by the finance ministry to the national service authority. under the previous administration, president john germonti my hama, return to office in january. has promised to ruth house corruption, or at least 4 people have been killed in the suspect of gas explosion at a department store in taiwan. and now the 24 people were injured in the boston, the central city of ty chung. the force of the explosion left the debris strewn across nearby streets of last happened in the food court on the 12th floor, which was closed for construction work. hold on 250 people rescued from so called scam centers in the all might have been handed over to authorities in thailand. the compounds employ a fine workers who are often victims of trafficking, forcing them into fraudulent online activity targeting this fellow citizens. analysts say the growling industry generates millions of dollars. tony chang reports from the time you on my board to for more than 250 people of different nationalities should across the moya river. my own point is from the democratic care

we look into payments made by the finance ministry to the national service or alrighty. on the previous administration, president john from bonnie mahatma, who attend to office in january is promised to boot out corruption focused president reject temp one is and focused on is part of a full day tour of asia. he's been meeting the pocket, started the prime minister to discuss ways to deepen corp across many sectors with trumps proposal for garza was also on the agenda. 100 reports from the capitalism and it's all about the roads out direct got paid for the kids budgeted rigid pay a bear to god when it comes with a $21.00 gun salute the streets of bucket dogs capital with a guard with doug kitchens focused on the flag and guides, great performances, highlighted respirators, the deep rooted friendship between the 2 nations on valve of the people, the focused on my government and myself. i would like to extend a hot for really from 2 boxed on today. we discussed a range of visuals from craig investment, strategic cooperation, defense cooperation, budget don has but jake dou

governments has bella and its allies have clung to making sure that they lead the selection of the finance ministry. and it's for this reason. but at the same time, as elliott mentioned, there's a real mood for a full. there is no, it blocking 3rd. so no single faction has the capacity to threaten to bring down the entire government. and also, what has bella has conceded in this new government is selecting all 5 she or ministers. now in the pasta has bella and its allies in 2000. and 6 in particular, said that because all she, all ministers had resigned, that the government no longer had legitimacy to continue on living on the power sharing conventions. now, in theory, given that has bella and i'm a lead selection on the 4 out of the 5 ministers, it could be a situation where even if did you were asked the administrators affiliated with them to resign, that nevertheless, government could continue with one extra as young minister not aligned with the bodies, lorenzo, i'm going to get a logic in a moment to talk about what's going on within his book at the moment. but we can fairly safely say that it

the finance ministry wants to reduce the fiscal deficit to 4.8 percent this year. some economists are praising the budget for allocating funds to small businesses. we now have the 1st glimmer of hope that we're starting to get the m s. and these are starting to come back. it's slow . but hopefully if that trend continues, we may get to a better balance in terms of income distribution. increasing living costs has dent in the popularity of prime minister and are in promoting want a historic search term last year. but with a slim majority per capita income is around $2700.00 for india's population. 1.4000000000 about one 3rd of it accounts for the middle class or unemployment has been a major concern. the finance ministers being criticized for not addressing the issue . so if you have a salary maybe being less tax, but the important question is, what happens if you don't have a southern region? where is the income going to come from for you to benefit from income tax for these you actually need jobs. unemployment was not mentioned by the finance minister in the speech

the investigation will look into payments made by the finance ministry to the national service authority. under the previous administration, president john jermanti, muhammad, which sent a office in january, has promised to whose house corruption at least 4 people have been killed and the suspected gas explosion at a department store and taiwan. another 24 people entered into the blossom, the central city of ty chung, the force of the explosion left over soon it costs nearby, straight north korea as tearing down a symbolic facility at mount comb, gone result with families divided by the korean war. once we, you know, i said after decades upon souls unification, ministry has condemned to demolition, cooling it from the antis humanitarian at that ignores the wishes of separation families. the move comes along. yeah. and label south korea, a hostile stage, the ministry williams that's considering legal action. well, the 250 people rescued from so core scam centers in neon law have been handed over to authorities and thailand. the compounds employee farm workers who are often victims of traf

the ministry of and that's kind of my was i have seen a lot of the kind of books i put in the ministry of finance idea. i'm not talking about any of the menissi, the cut down situation of the ministry of finance and without the digit and the, the what the new modern technology, it needs only 50 percent of those people employed. and then by the previous review, i have a problem that i'm facing the problem. now when i go to a place of this and would love in that the for example, in these, these 5 employees, i see 10 employees who will be there doing that job. this is a job like an employee is in office, is that the will doesn't need if i want to 3 is wages i must. and this prop and book, the biggest problem in this connection is of the employee who is the full time you can log and sack this employee o, you cannot con flat his a. you can look cats in his contract because according to the lo, on the phone, the tie in the time and an employee cannot besides with out exceptional. and this is an old, if he reach the age of the pension coming up as this is, how can you sort oh this problem? no, there are

we have a very good investment mandate which we get from the ministry of finance and we follow that. we have decentralized mandates in the firm. david: do the people in norway criticize you saying you bought too much apple stock or not enough? nicolai: that is exactly right. we always make mistakes and it is always in the papers. [laughter] either you have too much or too little. when you own a bit of 9000 companies around the world there is always something going wrong somewhere and we always own it. david: today if i was looking for good investment ideas, what is the largest sovereign wealth fund in the world, what would you say are a couple good ideas? nicolai: you want to be widely diversified across asset classes, geographies. it is very tough to do tactical asset allocation. the best thing to do is do the opposite of everyone else. if you were to do the opposite of everyone else it would be to sell the u.s. tech stocks, buy china, sell private credit, buy stuff that is out of fashion but it is tough to do. if you are contrarian and different from your benchmarks everyone will q

. >> china's ministry of finance office stated this the u.s.lateral tariff increased seriously violates the rules of the world trade organization. not only unhelpful if solving its own problems but damages economic and trade cooperation between china and the u.s. so china for now has promised counter measures, including a 10% tariff on crude oil and 15% tariff on oil and liquified natural gas. this would take effect on the 10th unless a deal is made. i mean, we know that we have seen deals this week. i mean, my goodness, the u.s. -- mexico, excuse me, agreeing to deploy troops to the u.s. border in exchange for a tariff pause there 10,000 troops. those tariffs already have yielded plenty of results. also justin trudeau, canada, the prime minister, he has announced his country would get a 30-day pause from tariffs after agreeing to several different things, ensuring that they have 24-7 eyes on their border. 10,000 frontline personnel there. they want to list cartels as terrorist organizations and joining the u.s. in a joint strike force against

phase one, another one bets and smokes, which was now the finance minister and the defective ruler of the occupied westbank . having devised the ministry within the ministry of defense to oversee supplements, construction and permits for palestinians in the territory. he's threatening not only to withdraw from the government and, but also take it down. if nothing, yahoo agrees to end the war and completely withdraw from the gaza. strip which is what is required in face to so for now, really the hope and everybody is clinging on to the hope that the mediators would be able to drag the parties to the negotiating table and make sure they continue talking. because without that, a breakdown would mean the no more captives, i will send you an or is really will be released and the, the trauma, the traumatic, catastrophic situation and gaza would get even worse in nor thank you very much. this alpha 0 is nor de reporting from amman, jordan, many of those released from is really jails have given testimony of mistreatment a deal. shatara is a form of house the and prisoner. she wasn't president heifer for 7 months and was released in the 1st wav

finance? some of the facts to rule are really of the occupied was fast because he has a ministry within the ministry of defense in his room. he's saying that if nothing, yahoo declares an end to the poor, he will leave the government and bring it down. so nathaniel is now trying to maneuver talking about possibly extending phase one and keeping those release of captives happening without really ending the war, possibly being open to discussing and enter the war. if how must agree is not just to disarm, but to have all of its figures and the leaders and prominence of the members leave the gaza strip, it was always very difficult to imagine how is real invest, searched that it would negotiate with him. us the movements own demise, but this is where we are as well as sending a low level delegation to contact, to participate, to listen to the discussions. but already we know that there is no mandate to make decisions. so this is going to be difficult and re, really it's on the mediators to push everybody's to keep the cease fire alive. and so keep those discussions happening for as long as possible, hop

damaged to the palestinian foreign ministry, has condemned the quote, brutal bombings in jeanine and urge the international community to. i mean, while these rails finance minister has called on benjamin netanyahu to a cert sovereignty over the west bank, referring to the area by its historical name to dia on some one with one of the withholding. a great deal is at stake, the complete victory and gaza, the destruction of from us and the return of all our hostages, the strengthening of our security on all borders. this danger must be removed. we must strengthen our griffin sovereignty over the homeland and judea in some area. we have such a small country and therefore we must work to avoid evil. we will not take gaza and multiply this thread at the heart of our country. 20 times. we are strengthening our grip and imposing sovereignty in judea and samaria. israel's bond on the you ends refugee agency in gals on the westbank came into effect this week. the groups communications director told archie the move threatened state already from jobs expired in our teams on the ground, whether it's the dallas trip or across the or cape times when spanking to the ea

i'm not doing a bit forgetting that when i stopped in the office as a finance minister, the budget of the defense ministry with 37000000000 now it is to get the with the extra fund, nearly 80 together with the defense spending and other and other resource like for an office and, and, and, and so i'm, it is 19 that we spend so what sort of an increase we had in the past. we would not have been able to do this without the extra funds and we blew not be able to do it without extra debt and we have to transfer doing so just tell this united and we want them to 7. has that to g d p ratio of over a 100 percent, but to me we're going down to 60 united states are above 100. 20 utility is above 140 dependents above 200 something. so that's the reality we are facing. we have to strength. we have to power and we have to economic capabilities to do what is necessary that you put this very stop and very clearly. and i think it's a very strong argument to make. the politicians have not leveled with publix. have you done enough to level with the german public perhaps before today? because do you think the german public

nairobi, sedans that phone ministry says the power of military rapids support forces have killed 400 in the say, 3 civilians including children in the past 3 days. the finances, the said to have a time, and it is around our katina and wanting to know stage sound was a capital hop tune is hannah was the 1st associate captured by the all right stuff in december of 2023. he but morgan has moved from hall to the the so the news army, i'm the power minutes who rapids support forces have been lost in battles in the states of life. and i just south of the capital cartoon. now we know from local responders, that's the recess launched. attacks on multiple villages on the outskirts of underpayment and wife 9, and that's at least uh, $433.00. so $433.00 civilians, housing killed. according to the sudanese for an ministry, we also spoke to local responders who said that some of the victims of these attacks that include direct attacks and artillery strikes by the recess, had been thrown in the river and that there was several others who were critically wounded as a result of the attacks. so they said that the expected deductible from bypass on several villages on the out