she's holding talks with china's head of state premier li keqiang — and trade is high on the agenda.ely important for germany — china has been its biggest trading partner for the last few years and a vital market for its car makers and other manufacturers trade between the two hit more than $225 billion last year — but german firms have been caught in the crossfire of president trump's trade war against china. rico hizon is following the story for us. good to see you! how significant is this visit and couldn't be derailed by the hong kong protest? very significant for the german chancellor because there is a lot at sta ke for chancellor because there is a lot at stake for germany on this trip. the us- stake for germany on this trip. the us— china trade while drags on and it is starting to impact the european economy. in herfirst remarks upon arrival in beijing, the german chancellor said that trade problems of both countries affect the whole world and angela merkel hopes they would be able to resolve that difference is a very soon. german's economy contracted in the second quarter an

and chinese for their trade war in 1st meeting with chinese premier li keqiang at beijing's great hall of the people whose mega said the dispute is affecting the whole world and hopes that both sides will resolve it soon mr lee didn't seem to focus on his country's problems with the u.s. but rather with germany telling the chancellor he hopes germany will accept more chinese companies and loosen export rules for certain goods he went on to say once again that china promises to open up its economy even more. china is becoming an ever more important trading partner for the european union since 2002 a trade.

and chinese for their trade war in 1st meeting with chinese premier li keqiang at beijing's great hall of the people whose mega said the dispute is affecting the whole world in the hopes that both sides will resolve it soon mr lee didn't seem to focus on his country's problems with us but rather with germany telling the chancellor he hopes germany will accept more chinese companies and loosen export rules for certain goods he went on to say once again that china promises to open up its economy even while. china is becoming an ever more important trading partner for the european union since 2002 a trade has almost tripled according to data from the europeans to to 6 office last year the total trade volume between the european union and china was 605000000000 euros now the bloc exported products worth more than 200000000000 euros to china and imported nearly 400000000000 euros worth of goods. the german business view with regards to china could be summed up as one of huge opportunities coupled with huge challenges one of the main worries is china's new social credit system as well as its

live in mountain view, li keqiang lili tan, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, lili, beto is going to come to the bay area. he was going to come in august but canceled the trip after the shooting in his hometown in el paso, texas. he's going to visit san quentin prison and then oakland for equity and justice. we have you covered for the upcoming 2020 election and we made it simple. go to nbcbayarea.com for the very latest on all the presidential candidates. >> fed up, neighbors on one street in south bay have seen car crash after car crash, bo poles, into trees, into other cars. all of it on a stretch of coe avenue in san jose. that's where we find nbc's bay area ian coal. it has to be unnerving for that neighborhood. >> reporter: they say it is common here. this utility pole here, someone smashed into that. it went down, they lost power for a day. a car was side swiped just about 20 yards further down the road. the next door neighbor had someone smash into their fence and go right onto their property there. there have been several cars totaled and they want the city to step in and help. >

ealier this year, he led a delegation of american entrepreneurs to meet with the chinese premier li keqianghe united kingdom has delivered a devastating ruling for borisjohnson and his government. the uk supreme court agreed unanimously that the prime minister's decision to ask the queen to suspend parliament was unlawful. the house of commons will now resume its business. borisjohnson who's been in new york at the united nations says he ‘strongly disagrees' with the ruling. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. ready to passjudgement ready to pass judgement on the prime minister. borisjohnson broke the law. the decision to advise her majesty to prorogue parliament was unlawful because it had the effect of frustrating or preventing the ability of parliament to carry out its constitutional functions without reasonable justification. jubilation outside in the rain. cheering yes! those outraged the prime minister had advised the queen to suspend or prorogue parliament for five weeks, suspicious he'd done it to close down debate on brexit, which he denied. no justification for taking a

and chinese for their trade war in 1st meeting with chinese premier li keqiang at beijing's great hall of the people whose mega said the dispute is affecting the whole world and hopes that both sides will resolve it soon mr lee didn't seem to focus on his country's problems with the u.s. but rather with germany telling the chancellor he hopes germany will accept more chinese companies and loosen export rules for certain goods he went on to say once again that china promises to open up its economy even more. china is becoming an ever more important trading partner for the european union since 2002 a trade has almost tripled according to data from the europeans to to 6 office last year the total trade volume between the european union and china was 605000000000 euros now the bloc exported products worth more than 200000000000 euros to china and imported nearly 400000000000 euros worth of goods. the german business view with regards to china could be summed up as one of huge opportunities coupled with huge challenges one of the main worries is china's new social credit system as well as i