worldwide is starting to have a serious impact on chinese business that's according to china's ministry of commerce. we saw that some countries practicing protectionism had strengthened their review on chinese companies in the name of safeguarding their national security. it is had some negative impacts on foreign investment for chinese enterprises the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o is currently on a european tour to discourage the use of quantum weighs five g. wireless networks saying it's a potential threat to u.s. national security we say this around the world and it also makes it more difficult for america to be present if that equipment is colocated to places where we have important american systems that makes more difficult for us to partner alongside the u.s. trade representative robert light hisor has arrived in beijing for talks on thursday aimed at resolving the us china tariff conflict at the root our u.s. complains about china's ambitions to be a global leader in emerging technologies. nissan has released its twenty eight thousand results and it's a worrying picture for the japan

the ministry of commerce said yesterday, we have no further information.side that nonetheless, we can look to two pointers that suggests china thinks it could get a deal that is favourable to what it wants. firstly li huh, china's lead negotiator, is go to meet the donald trump. the focus on the man at the top, in terms of his campaign pledge on the trade imbalance between china and the united states, , trade imbalance between china and the united states,, more likely to signa the united states,, more likely to sign a deal that is more favourable to china. look again at those reports of china pledging to increase quite dramatically. particularly corn. china wants a deal where it can buy more stuff, which is pretty simple to do. it needs more staff, as opposed to changing significant structural stuff you're in china. that more controversial port ageing. chris southworth is secretary—general of the international chambers of commerce here in the uk. chris, what damage has already been caused? ultimately, the price that is paid it's the poorest the ha rd est.

well they're doing that on february first we heard a very important announcement from the ministry of commerce they announced that they're teaming up with the standing committee of the national people's congress and they're having an ip our intellectual property rights crackdown stiffer penalties doing everything they can to make sure that there is a better environment for business and i.p.r. is at the center of the talks that have taken place and both sides want this issue to be resolved people acknowledge that there is a problem that needs to be resolved but as far as the hacking thing is concerned you know i just can't accept that we should just take these claims at face value i mean we have seen a lot of you know misinformation lately for example the new york times was caught by journalist nathan rich an american living in china an american journalist basically mistranslated he exposed that it looks like they were mistranslating people in a video the new york times released about china's health care system other seems to be quite a bit of just just not clear facts and distortion of facts i

year holiday season showed the smallest increase eight point five percent since the chinese ministry of commerce began tracking such figures in two thousand and six in two thousand and eighteen the percentage growth in the lunar new year sales was above ten percent for this year's cycle the sales total was one hundred fifty billion dollars one stakeholder showing outstanding growth was j.t. dot com the online retailer says they had a forty two percent sales increase for this year's lunar new year season. and speaking of the chinese slowdown science and apple has fallen from the tree as the u.s. based tech giant disclose sales in china for their flagship product the apple i phone fell by roughly get this twenty percent in the final quarter of last year apple's chinese rock chinese rival huawei tongue twister there on the other hand increased their shipments in the fourth quarter by bore the twenty three percent apple down twenty while way up twenty three and speaking of wa wait richard bordered on the effort by the united states to encourage allies to keep components from wall way and other tech

just listen here to the ministry of commerce spokesperson today. >> translator: china's pace of openingwill not stop. china has a huge domestic market and continues to expand its consumption potential. we believe that regional free trade arrangements with china will not only benefit china but also the relevant economies and the world economy. reporter: but behind closed doors china is pushing back, resisting actually agreeing to those structural changes the u.s. wants so far. back to you, david. david: thank you very much. market reacting today to retail sales. bond market showing there is no signs of inflation but consumers are seeing hikes from things like prescription drugs and netflix, to kadena group president, fox news contributor, gary b. smith. so, gary, we get these market signals showing no inflation but everybody is complaining about paying more for what they need? >> i think they're complaining but they're doing something about it, david. the cpi is, in my mind it is old school. it measures a basket of goods and measures those prices go up or down. that was fine 40, 50 years

she's been a real champion outside of government, as well as having influential positions previously in the foreign ministry, and the economy ministry, the commerce ministry, both in mexico city and overseas. so it is a great pleasure to have this opportunity to hear from her, all of us, to share in the wisdom and perspective that she can share with us today as this new administration in mexico is finding its ground, moving forward, and playing its part in what the president has called the fourth transformation of mexico. the fourth transformation of mexico. as well as maintaining, building and strengthening the very important relationship between mexico and the united states. welcome. it's a great pleasure to have you with us. [applause] ms. de la mora: thank you, ambassador, for your kind words of introduction. thank you, duncan, for the invitation to be here with you all today. at the woodrow wilson center. you know that it's very close to my heart. i had the fondest memories of my time here, working as a fellow back in 2009. and i do follow very closely what the woodrow wilson center does. and what the mexico institute does. we have a lot of

of sometimes up to three weeks. they want to get those products out before that big holiday. >> big beats. tom: big beats. looking at comments from the commerce ministry recently suggesting they may come in stronger. they seem to have that line more accurately on this. the trade surplus has come up again. but a fairly significant turnaround from what we saw in december. imports were expected to be down as well. you have seen those tick up slightly. domestic demand picture and the external demand picture. exports have fallen in south korea. >> we are seeing reaction in the dollar that has spiked up higher on these better than expected numbers. it seems like the mood music continues to be positive. tom: absolutely. you have had comments from trump that he thinks he is seeing progress on the talks. you had the progress from members of his administration saying he could sit down with president xi for a meeting in march. then additional comments around the fact that the president wants to get a deal with china. president xi may meet with whichizer and mnuchin, would be a sign of goodwill from the chinese side. what we have heard is that there is a lot of w