she jean ping has become the 1st chinese leader to visit neighboring north korea in 14 years and that's a sign of improving relations between the 2 traditional allies despite a drop in trade between them both president xi and kim jong il will want to make sure that their economic ties remain strong especially as she prepares for a crucial meeting with u.s. president donald trump and north korea 6 a nuclear agreement with the u.s. . the chinese president's arrival on north korean soil was a momentous one clearly not everything that crosses the border between the 2 allies is weighted with such excitement most of the exchanges between china and north korea happened here the friendship bridge across the yalu river 70 percent of bilateral trade passes here between dandong and the north korean city of sin nature you traditionally heavy metal is made of a big part of that trade but un sanctions imposed in 2017 banned exports of them to and from north korea with electrical coal cars and textiles also subject to restrictions un sanctions have taken their toll in 2800 exports from north korea to

informal meetings to buy laterals narendra modi is going to be here we understand he'll be meeting here jean pingand lied to me and putin rouhani is expected to have meetings with the enemy putin iran is looking to reorientate perhaps after the tensions over with the united states iran now i think analysts say looking for. closer cooperation with the east it was glad to meet putin who stated that the s c o 2 is comprised of all of the states which make up a quarter of the world's g.d.p. 43 percent of the world's population and 23 percent of global territory so it's a force to be reckoned with but if you also look at it carefully you also see that within this blog there were plenty of rivalries not to mention india and pakistan of course and also between china and russia itself they are allies on the one hand but they are also regional rivals competing for influence in this part of the world in particular in central asia and another thing that's really important to point out is that they all say that they have consensus over certain things key amongst them anti terrorism and this is an issue that

this is your business report i'm stephen beers in berlin thanks for joining us she jean ping has become the 1st chinese leader to visit neighboring north korea in 14 years and that's a sign of improving relations between the 2 traditional allies despite a drop in trade between them both president xi and kim jong un will want to make sure that their economic ties remain strong especially.