karishma, welcome to you. it seemed to come out of the blue this tweet.hings have been going so well, do we know where it has all gone wrong? that is not clear to be honest and you're absolutely right, things did appear to be moving on a a positive pace. remember, just last week, we have the us trade delegation led by the us trade secretary stephen nguyen and the trade representative robert lighthizer. they were in beijing at the end of last week and at the end of those talks, mnnuchin actually tweeted that those talks we re actually tweeted that those talks were productive and they would move to washington at the end of next week. —— mnuchin. we have had the threats of further tariffs as you just explaining in those tweets and thatis just explaining in those tweets and that is not going to go down well with beijing. and there are reports, i think it is in the wall street journal, suggesting that this high level delegation that was coming to washington from china, that may be off now, do we know about that? well, that is not been confirmed yet to be hones

yes, karishma, let's looks at what is trending right now. at the moment, and of course, cat videos are always popular online. an unlikely model made an appearance at a fashion event in marrakesh this week. a grey—and—white cat managed to gatecrash the show, so literally a cat on the catwalk. it isa it is a good thing we keep our studio doors locked so we don't have such very friends visiting us. —— furry friends. a polish man who was jailed in indonesia on friday forfive years will appeal against the decision, according to his lawyer. jakub skrzypski was arrested in indonesia's papua province last august and accused of treason, after allegedly making contact with separatists there. he is the first foreigner to be found guilty of treason in the country. mr skrzypski has denied plotting against the state and insists he is a tourist. febriana firdaus is an investigative journalist who has been in touch with mr skrzypski, and she joins me now from jakarta. thank you forjoining us. what has jakub skrzypski been arrested for, exactly? yes, at this

karishma vaswani over the next two days. karishma vaswa ni ta kes over the next two days.ani takes a look at their dispute. late—night tweets upping the ante, ta riffs late—night tweets upping the ante, tariffs and talking. lots of talking. it's been more than a year since president trump decided to press reset on the us china trade relationship. and they are still trying to work it out. that's because mr trump had one big goal as president of the united states —— america great again. and that included completely changing the us china trade dynamic. any way you look at it's the largest deficit of any country in the history of our world. president trump says the united states buys more from china than china buys from the united states. in fact, almost five times more. and he says that's unfair. it's why he decided to slap tariffs on $250 billion worth of chinese goods. china's president xi mark head back with tariffs on american goods, targeting agricultural goods like soybeans, a clever move, many of those farmers a big supporters of president trump. more tweets followed.

and i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. stay with us. ride—hailing firm previously warning it may never make a profit, just how attractive are its shares? and before we go, we'd like to leave you with these pictures. monday marks the first day of the holy month of ramadan during which muslims abstain from food and drink from dawn until sunset. worshippers in indonesia gathered for taraweeh prayers in the capital jakarta to mark the holiest month in the islamic calendar. good morning. two key elements to your bank holiday monday forecast. one is the continuing chill. the other is going to be the position of this weather front. this is where the main focus of showers will be, and it will be drifting its way southwards through the day. it's around parts of southern scotland, northern ireland into the start of the morning. it means, either side of it, a good chance of a frost around, particularly to the far south of england and wales, and also across northern scotland. temperatures in rural areas below freezing, but here, a sunny start to th

karishma, thank you very much. you're in mumbai, not singapore.nd out why. now let's look at what is trending in business news today. worrying news for elon musk. the wall streetjournal reports how fund manager t rowe price, for years one of tesla's biggest investors, has sold 81% of its shares this year. in business insider, satya nadella explains why unconscious bias should be one of the biggest priorities in artificial intelligence development. 0n quartz, how to delete your alexa history — and why you should. the inside story on how amazon can use the data it gathers from the popular digital assistant. and don't forget, let us know what you are spotting online. use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing that's it for the business briefing this hour. but before we go, here are the markets. up next, newsbriefing. we'll take you through ther stories making headlines in the global news media today. the supervision of all offenders in england and wales is being taken back by the government after a series of failings with the partially—privatisated system. the

karishma vaswani, in singapore, for now, thank you.some of the other stories making the news. jp morgan will pay $5 million to settle a discrimination case involving parental leave for fathers. derek rotondo said the bank denied him a parental leave benefit available to all employees who are "primary caregivers" of a newborn. he filed a lawsuit against the firm in 2017, and a class action led by the american civil liberties union followed. us vice—president mike pence says the white house is committed to ratifying a new north american trade deal by the summer and has already submitted initial documents to congress. the pact, a replacement for nafta, was signed by the us, canada and mexico in november but needs approval by lawmakers in all three countries. hsbc is planning to cut hundreds ofjobs in its investment banking business by the end of the year, according to reports. bloomberg says the cuts could begin this month, as the company tries to reduce costs. uber has posted a $1 billion loss as the ride—hailing firm delivered its first

let's talk to our asia business correspondent — karishma vaswan.utcome — will we see a deal? president trump says china is bearing the cost but that's not entirely accurate. up until the first is that tarot ‘s, $200 billion worth of chinese goods. then have to sell those products back to american consumers. absorbing the cost of those tariffs. it's a very different picture, victoria, when you have a 2596 picture, victoria, when you have a 25% tariff, more than double what is currently in place or was in place until about half—an—hour ago. this time around, economists are saying it would be very difficult for american firms were making these products in china, not to pass that cost onto american consumers. which means effectively it will be americans who will be paying higher prices. the other options, there is evidence to show that companies, not just american ones, are moving out of china into other parts of southeast asia like vietnam and indonesia to manufacture their product and that's how china hurts. these countries are no longer doing busine

i'm karishma vaswani in singapore, the headlines: more than a0 dead, after a russian plane makes a forcedtruck by lightning. israel's prime minister threatens "massive" strikes on gaza, after two days of violence and nearly 20 deaths. —— more than 20 deaths. hello, i'm ben bland in london. also in the programme: the plight of migrant workers in japan. many are victims of abuse and exploitation. translation: after the first week, my translation: after the first week, d translation: after the first week, my body could not take it. i was getting sick. i said

i am karishma vaswani.with the us president, donald trump, saying he will raise tariffs on $200 billion worth of chinese goods, because talks on a us — china trade deal are moving too slowly, according to him. the us president has tweeted that tariffs of 10% on certain goods would rise to 25% on friday and 300 $300 billion of untaxed goods could face a 25% duties shortly. you can see those tweets there. the wall street journal has reported that beijing is considering cancelling meetings planned for this week. i asked a correspondent whether the us president's tweets are just a part of his negotiating stance. it is the negotiating tactic. he has done it every time ahead of the last few meetings. look, the market is expected to be weaker, clearly, signalling to the volatility during this week. but it is a negotiating tactic. he wanted this deal as much as china. it will be good for business once any negotiation has reached a conclusion. and how much ofan impact reached a conclusion. and how much of an impact

karishma vaswani is in singapore.sed, for some weeks now about while away. who is doing business with them? —— about huawei. in southeast asia at the question would be who isn't. if you look around the different countries, especially in singapore, malaysia, cambodia and indonesia, the list is extremely long. that's because many of the companies out here are very keen to get on the 5g bandwagon. they want to roll out five g technology to their customers and one of the best and cheapest ways i've been told, to do this, by companies themselves as well as by a nalysts companies themselves as well as by analysts in this part of the world, is to use huawei's five g technology. independent analysts tell me that the technology is far more advanced and much cheaper than what else is offered on the market. that's why you see so many companies in southeast asia and other parts of the asia—pacific region using huawei technology. thank you. that's a story that won't go away. let's have a look at the markets. japan is still closed.

karishma vaswani is in singapore. how significant is the climb—down from trump?ut his concessions. it would be very significant if this comes to bear. remember, the whole idea that president trump has been going after beijing has been based on two things. one is that the us sells far less to china than the other way round and that's the us trade deficit he keeps talking about. the other critical fact is he believes and he says chinese companies get an unfair advantage and they do that through state subsidies and three dealing, — stealing ideas. if the united states says we are not going to go after beijing in such a hard fashion, it would show a level of compromise that might appeal to china to be able to come to some sort of an agreement within the next two rounds. but it would be a pretty big compromise on the part of the us and could indicate the desire for donald trump in particular to get a deal done is soon given the fact he's in a political environment where victory would be pretty significant. thank you. let's ta ke let's take you through the markets. it'

he's a crucial or was a crucial player in the nestor karishma administration he's you know he's got links to not just within the peronist movement but to other political parties so the radicals who are the 2nd largest and oldest party in argentina he's also have had links to them and served in the from scene precedent see when argentina returned to democracy so clearly he doesn't have the you know the accent q-tip experience that you'd expect from someone running for the top job but he does have a lot of negotiating experience with him peronist some and when we look at argentina that sometimes is more valuable skill that management experience so what needs to happen then in your view to get argentina's economy going again. well i think the number one issue is to reassure investors as to what will happen from 2020 on works at the moment with the bailout from the i.m.f. there there is assurance that the country can made its debt commitments until the end of of 2019 and into 2020 but there's a lot of question marks around what the next administration would do with that bellowed agreement wit

he's a crucial or was a crucial player in the nestor karishma administration he's you know he's got links to not just within the peronist movement but to other political parties so the radicals who are the 2nd largest and oldest party in argentina he's also have had links to them and served in the from scene precedent see when argentina returned to democracy so clearly he doesn't have the you know the accent q-tip experience that you'd expect from someone running for the top job but he does have a lot of negotiating experience with them peronist them and when we look at argentina that sometimes is more valuable skill that management experience so what needs to happen then in your view to get argentina's economy going again. well i think the number one issue is to reassure investors as to what will happen from 2020 on works at the moment with the bailout from the i.m.f. there there is assurance that the country can made its debt commitments until the end of of 2019 and into 2020 but there's a lot of question marks around what the next administration would do with that bellowed agreement wi

i'm karishma vaswani in singapore, the headlines: more than 40 dead, after a russian plane makes a forcedrcraft was struck by lightning. israel's prime minister threatens "massive" strikes on gaza, after two days of violence and more than 20 deaths. hello, i'm ben bland in london. also coming up in the programme: a special report on migrant workers in japan. many are victims of abuse and exploitation. translation: after the first week, my body couldn't take it. i was getting sick. i said to the boss "i don't want to work here", but he wouldn't let me go.

karishma vaswani is in singapore for us.aps. we have seen donald trump tweeting ferociously about the negotiations with china. he has been seeing the talks have been congenial but there is no need to worry because it will be china that suffers from these ta riffs be china that suffers from these tariffs and the united states will benefit from billions of dollars going into the us treasury. he is at great pains to emphasise to his domestic audience that it is the us who are the winners of this art of the deal of this negotiation. he wa nts to the deal of this negotiation. he wants to show that he is being firm on china in particular the issue of intellectual property and technology tra nsfers. intellectual property and technology transfers. that is one of the key sticking points in the agreement between the united states and china. the us says china steals american technology. he will not let up until he gets a firm commitment from beijing to show it wants to make a trade deal. 0ne beijing to show it wants to make a trade dea

he's a crucial or was a crucial player in the nestor karishma administration he's you know he's got links to not just within the peronist movement but to other political parties so the radicals who are the 2nd largest and oldest party in argentina he's also have had links to them and served in the alphen seen precedent see when argentina returned to democracy so clearly he doesn't have the you know the accent q-tip experience that you'd expect from someone running for the top job but he does have a lot of negotiating experience with them peronist them and when we look at argentina that sometimes is more valuable skill that management experience so what needs to happen then in your view to get argentina's economy going again. well i think the number one issue is to reassure investors as to what will happen from 2020 on works at the moment with the bailout from the i.m.f. there there is assurance that the country can meet its debt commitments until the end of of 2019 and into 2020 but there's a lot of question marks around what the next administration would do with that bellowed agreement w

he's a crucial or was a crucial player in the nestor karishma administration he's you know he's got links to not just within the peronist movement but to other political parties so the radicals who are the 2nd largest and oldest party in argentina he's also have had links to them and served in the alphen seen precedent see when argentina returned to democracy so clearly he doesn't have the you know the accent q-tip experience that you'd expect from someone running for the top job but he does have a lot of negotiating experience with him peronist some and when we look at argentina that sometimes is more valuable skill that management experience so what needs to happen then in your view to get argentina's economy going again. well i think the number one issue is to reassure investors as to what will happen from 2020 on works at the moment with the bailout from the i.m.f. there there is assurance that the country can made its debt commitments until the end of of 2019 and into 2020 but there's a lot of question marks around what the next administration would do with that bellowed agreement wi