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overproduction of electric vehicles, solar panels, and other clean energy products with premier li qiang. she says the huge subsidies china is providing to companies is giving them an unfair advantage overforeign firms. for giving them an unfair advantage over foreign firms. for his part, li said constructive progress had been made. the bbc business reporter has more. soon after arriving secretary yellen addressed business leaders in guangzhou and promised to address the oversupply of chinese goods in key industries such as electric vehicles and solar panels. on sunday she met the chinese premier li qiang and struck an emolent tone. we premier li qiang and struck an emolent tone.— emolent tone. we put our bilateral— emolent tone. we put our bilateral relationship - emolent tone. we put our bilateral relationship on . emolent tone. we put our bilateral relationship on a | bilateral relationship on a more stable footing. this is not meant ignoring our differences or avoiding tough conversations. it has meant understanding that we can only make progress if we directly and openly communicate

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li qiang did go to the auto show. there is speculation that elon musk before he jets off might make a visit today at the beijing auto show. we cannot confirm that. we are getting a report, a statement from the china's association of automobile manufacturers in a statement coinciding with elon musk's arrival by the way. he arrived at 2:00 p.m. we got the statement at the same time. tesla has passed the data security test on how a vehicle collect sensitive information and whether a vehicle allows a driver to stop its firm collecting data for the model 3 and model y, but the overall pressure tesla is facing globally is acute and is in china. i asked the founder of automobility, and he essentially said tesla is losing ground in this market, and it just does not have the new models and is not present at the beijing auto show when chinese ev's have made such ground over the last four years or so. haidi: we hear of new technologies china is pushing for self-driving. is this a service that would be accepted by regulators ther

second trip in less than a year, the tech billionaire met with china's number two official, premier li qiang, who is reported to have described tesla's business in the country as a "successful example" of economic cooperation. mr musk said tesla is looking for "more win—win results". he's expected to be making the case for the enabling of a self—driving feature on tesla cars in china as the electric car giant faces falling sales and increased local competition. for more on this, we can go live to our china correspondent stephen mcdonell in beijing. it was quite a few are when he arrived. he wasn't expected and he showed up in china. figs arrived. he wasn't expected and he showed up in china. $5 a arrived. he wasn't expected and he showed up in china.- he showed up in china. as a bit of a mystery — he showed up in china. as a bit of a mystery as _ he showed up in china. as a bit of a mystery as to _ he showed up in china. as a bit of a mystery as to what - he showed up in china. as a bit of a mystery as to what this - of a mystery as to what this trip is really all about. if you have a look at

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we just saw a meeting with premier li qiang. that was at the great hall of the people yesterday.hat was actually not on the original schedule. still today, she's meeting with the pboc governor. she's also going to be meeting with the former vice premier, who was also the former economic czar, still very influential. a key part of her message has been the threat china poses to other economies. as the chinese economy has slowed because of the real estate crisis and the chinese government has responded by boosting investment in manufacturing. janet yellen's argument is that this means china is unfairly exporting inexpensive goods. and that threatens industries in the u.s. and elsewhere. she has saw also -- sought for chinese to treat u.s. company better perigee has issued a warning to chinese comedies for there alleges support for russia. russian companies, which is a major issue for the u.s., as the u.s. tries to further clamp down on sanctions. the sanctions avoidance by russian companies. haslinda: what has been china's response to the messaging -- to the criticisms from janet ye

one's the premier, li qiang.n making very positive noises, saying that china's market will always be open to foreign—funded firms and that beijing would provide a better business environment for the likes of tesla. today, there's fierce competition between tesla and its chinese rivals — byd, for example, china's biggest ev producer, and new entrants such as xiaomi, better known for its smartphones. xpeng is one to watch. it's trialling both transformer—style flying vehicles and its own self—driving software. these companies are providing stiff competition in both the domestic and international markets and forcing tesla to compete on price. tesla's sales are falling and its share price is down almost a third since the beginning of this year. you can find more of our coverage of tesla on our website, bbc.com/news. it's the start of a brand—new week, so let's take a look at some of the key economic events to watch out for. on tuesday, we'll find out if china's manufacturing activity is continuing to expand when offi

yellen is scheduled to meet top chinese officials, including premier li qiang, as well as representativesng in china. the us treasury department says her discussions with chinese officials will highlight what washington describes as "unfair trade practices". the trip comes after president biden spoke with president xi in a phone call earlier this week. frank lavin is a former us trade negotiator and he says there are signs of stabilisation in relations between the us and china. well, i think there's a little bit of stability in the relationship over the last few months. china's economic growth has tapered off a bit, and they're grappling with a housing crisis as well. so i think there's a little more willingness on china's side to look for ways to improve the relationship with the us and i think the us has somewhat the same incentive, that a relationship that is only negative is not that appealing and there needs to be some kind of positive channel amidst all this negativity. yellen seems keen to keep communicaitons going. what will be her main priorities for this visit? i think the trade

second trip in less than a year, the tech billionaire met with china's number two official — premier li qianged to have described tesla's business in the country as a "successful example" of economic co—operation. mr musk said tesla is looking for "more win—win results". according to reports, he has won approval from the chinese authorities for the enabling of a self—driving feature on tesla cars in the country. that has been enough to push up shares by 11% in early trade. the electric car giant faces falling sales and increased local competition in china. so this could be a big move. let's talk about that with michelle, who is standing by in new york. give us a sense of how significant this could be, just some reports at this stage, but it is what elon musk wanted? ., ., , , , wanted? you are seeing the response from investors — wanted? you are seeing the response from investors with _ wanted? you are seeing the response from investors with the _ wanted? you are seeing the response from investors with the share - wanted? you are seeing the response from investors with the share price i from

she made the comments at the start of high level talks with li qiang.aid the us and china need to respect each other and should be partners, not adversaries. despite the more optimistic tone, ms yellen also issued a warning during earlier talks, saying there would be consequences for chinese businesses if they support russia's war in ukraine. trade between beijing and moscow more than doubled last year compared to 2020. ms yellen's main aim on herfour day visit is to persuade beijing to rein in excessive production, on goods such as electric cars. china says talk of over—capacity is a pretext for american protectionism. for more on the trip, i spoke to michael sobolik, senior fellow in indo—pacific studies at the american foreign policy council and author of the book countering china's great game. what do you make, first of all, of this warning from janet yellen to china over its businesses supporting russia's war effort? beijing is going to laugh it off, like they've laughed off so many other warnings from the biden administration in the past. the real

state media reports premier li qiang describing the meeting as a "successful example of sino—us economicas been facing a price war with chinese brands in the electric vehicle market. it has recently said it will lay—off 10% of its global workforce. duncan wrigley is chief china economist at pantheon macroeconomics — a research company. he told me more about the significance of mr musk�*s visit to china. tesla is struggling a bit too compete with other car—makers globally. in many markets, electric car sales have slowed down a little bit recently. even in china, which is the biggest electric car market in the world, the growth rate is still growing, it has slowed down a bit. tesla is facing ferocious competition from a bunch of very price competitive electric brands. and what about the optics of all this and the politics, rather than just the economics? right, well, china coming out of the covid, reopening since last year has faced a bunch of economic challenges. one of them is bringing back foreign investment. chinese leaders like premier li have been rolling out the red carpet to try to

visit to china wednesday, for for bilateral meetings and other engagements, including with premier li qiangd in to responsibly manage the bilateral economic relationship and advance american interests. presidentjoe biden and his chinese counterpart xi jinping spoke by telephone on tuesday — their first direct talks since november 2023. the white house said the call was "candid and constructive" as the two superpowers seek to keep tensions from mounting. the leaders talked for nearly two hours about a number of issues, including the taiwan strait, us tech restrictions, ownership of tiktok, and beijing's support for russia. live now to the bbc�*s laura bicker in beijing. what other chinese saying about this call between president biden and xijinping? this call between president biden and xi jinping? when you ut the biden and xi jinping? when you put the two _ biden and xi jinping? when you put the two readouts, - biden and xi jinping? when you put the two readouts, one i biden and xi jinping? when you put the two readouts, one from washington and one from beijing, you would think they are a d

second trip in less than a year the tech billionaire met with china's number two official, premier li qiangis reported to have described tesla's business in the country as a "successful example" of economic co—operation. mr musk said tesla is looking for "more win—win results". according to reports, he has won approval from the chinese authorities for the enabling of a self—driving feature on tesla cars in the country. the news has sent shares up as high as 13% in early trading in new york. let's get the details from michelle, who is standing by in new york. that is the issue, one of those self driving features on the car with a sort of holding them back by not being able to deploy it. the news that elon musk once that they can roll that out in china. it is that elon musk once that they can roll that out in china.— roll that out in china. it is all to do with chinese _ roll that out in china. it is all to do with chinese data _ roll that out in china. it is all to do with chinese data security i do with chinese data security requirements. overthe do with chinese data security requirements.

he actually met with premier li qiang. working as the top communist official in shanghai when elon musk put together that deal for the tesla gigafactory. request now seems like what elon musk is ultimately trying to accomplish here is making some headway on getting full self driving. it is the semi autonomous driving functionality within tesla cars approved in china. it has obviously been a pretty witty obstacle for tesla to ultimately get over because there is a lot in technology concerns but also national secured concerns. it seems like that is what elon musk is in china trying to clear. the baghdad hurtle toward this tesla technology. >> we hear they are deep in their relationship with baidu. that has one of the leading autonomous driving platforms in china. how significant is that partnership to pushing through and pushing past some of these hurdles? >> exactly. presuming that partnership goes forward, that seems like that is what would enable tesla to ultimately accomplish getting this technology into vehicles in chin

second trip in less than a year, the tech billionaire met with china's number two official, premier li qiang said tesla is looking for "more win—win results".

met with the economic czar, li qiang, the premier.iced concerns about capacity in new energy vehicles and solar and batteries. when it was -- they did not get angry, let's just say. state media was vociferous criticizing janet yellen, lasting her for the narrative of chinese excess capacity. not huge deliverables, making an effort. haslinda: stephen, at her press conference janet yellen said the global economy may be adversely impacted by ramped up china. what was beijing's response? stephen: we heard from the vice finance minister of china essentially saying that the current production capacity issue in china is far from market demand and again, this is a big issue with the treasury department about this excessive investment in manufacturing capacity that is a priority of xi jinping. we talked about it at the national people's congress where they made advanced manufacturing a top priority is beijing seeks gdp growth of 5%. how will they do that when the domestic economy is suffering. they cannot sack up demand so that concern by jane

in recent days, janet yellen has been meeting senior officials, including the premier, li qiang.ing pace for years. dr yellen's seeking to navigate these issues and smooth a few feathers in beijing. here's our business reporter david waddell. soon after arriving, secretary yellen addressed business leaders in guangzhou and promised to address the oversupply of chinese goods in key industries such as electric vehicles and solar panels.

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second trip in less than a year the tech billionaire met with china's number two official, premier li qiang

second trip in less than a year, the tech billionaire met with china's number two official — premier li qiang according to reports, he has won approval from the chinese authorities for the enabling of a self—driving feature on tesla cars in the country.