rajiv let me ask you building on what should on there was saying when it comes to the economy i mean what are the concerns right now in sri lanka as to how much all this turmoil will affect the economy well the economy was in a complete mess. this. up promptly because there was or i would almost to some sort of dysfunctionality in the approach of the former prime minister brown with the missing out you know take this issue of china i'm afraid the west will say stimulating the given rocket but supposing. they actually accused him of giving in to much to china but i believe the relations between russia and china are that he feels that if the sri lanka. sadly went into missing of came in to buy he was very insulting about china but china behaved very well and in the end has given. and support to rigorously but i'm afraid on hollande to spend their support they gave up upset and you know i told them since i was on the definition not speak and they said you know the root of the appointment of roger cox was an attack on india message that suit nonsense but i did find it very odd to their r

rub unwarranted in defeat i'm sartin little rajeev i'm stunned and start interrupt you i just wrote rajiv on turn interrupt you but i want to ask you to pick up on a point you were making a char roger was talking about constitutional amendments have been made in sri lanka and indeed a few years back there was a constitutional amendment there was a change of the constitution in which power was taken away from the president and there was more power given to parliament so how are we in this situation today. absolutely i mean this is the current president has stretched the interpretation of the constitution to its widest limit him taking the power to both appoint a prime minister without approving in parliament the loss of majority by the current prime minister and in appointing someone summarily the new prime minister. appointing mahinda rajapakse as as the prime minister he has certainly taken a decision which which stretches to the extreme limits that the current prime minister fails to enjoy his own confidence so yes indeed this president took it upon himself to to check the powers of the

rajiv let me ask you building on what should on there was saying when it comes to the economy i mean what are the concerns right now in sri lanka as to how much of this turmoil will affect the economy. well the economy was in a complete mess. this. up promptly because there was oil i would almost do this sums the dysfunctionality in the approach of the former prime minister of iran with the missing out you know take this issue of china i'm afraid the west also used to blame the given rock but supposing. they actually accused him of giving in too much to china but i believe the relations between russia and china are that he feels that if the sri lanka. sadly went into missing of came in to buy he was very insulting about china but china behaved very well and in the end has given. and support to rigorously but i'm afraid on hollande to spend their support they gave up upset and you know i told them since i was on definition not speak and they said you know the root of the appointment of roger cox was an attack on india less of a texan nonsense but i did find it very odd to their remark

direction that we are coming to a place that all these people involved in the murder case isn't and to rajiv mohamed and some on. all right thank you from i'm christian i'm kisumu well he's foreign minister accused u.s. president donald trump of turning a blind eye to the murder of the saudi journalist no matter what investigators uncovered feels lou also suggested the u.s. only wants to protect its own interests and set the pressure has only been cosmetic . there are a number of questions that have not been answered the whole world wants answers to these questions the explanations given by mr trump saying i will turn a blind eye whatever happens is only acceptable before everything else we have to remember that there was a life lost here. suicide attackers have tried to storm the chinese consulate in the pakistani city of karachi three gunmen and at least two policemen were killed a separatist group the baluchistan liberation army has claimed responsibility. this is the man who attacked the chinese consulate in karachi armed with guns they calmly walked up to a security checkpoint and opene

no unjust trade relations and a warm welcome to to rajiv a developments economist at the european school of management and technology for the s. and team also in berlin and raji argues that trade is necessary for prosperity but it is not always just we know all the losers our peril. i would like to begin with you as we've just heard the richest one percent of humanity owns more than the rest put together it's a bewildering figure it's almost unbearable but we do bear it how come how come how how come we are so indifferent i not entirely sure i agree that we're in different ways here that statistic and many if not most listen are these shocking realities sucking realities and we're indifferent to the extent that we're clearly not doing enough to do something about the question really is not that people in general aren't different but that the people that are in power in terms of policy making are not doing necessarily the right types of things in order to rectify that that imbalance and i'll impose a just we have to take another figure similar to the one i just quoted eight men on the sam

and the sixty thousand jobs in darkly were will be accredited for the people in sri lanka rajiv let me ask you building on what should on there was saying when it comes to the economy i mean what are the concerns right now in sri lanka as to how much of this turmoil will affect the economy. well the economy was in a complete mess. this. up promptly because there was oil i would almost do this sums of dysfunctionality in the approach oh the former prime minister of iran with the missing out you know take this issue of china i'm afraid the west also used to blame the given rock but supposing. they actually accused him of giving in to much to china but i believe the relations between russia and china are that he feels that if the sri lanka. sadly went into missing of came in to buy he was very in shutting about china but china behaved very well and in the end has given. and support to rigorously but i'm afraid on hollande it to spend their support they gave. and you know i told them since i was on definition not speak and they said you know the root of the appointment of rajapaksa was an

rajiv: that is a major worry.his seemed to be more like a negotiating tactic, to rebalance trade between the u.s. and china. liket's made it seem something more structural. there is a serious worry in china that this is more about containment. am -- what is the best asset to measure u.s. to deals?- u.s.-china trade we've seen movement with trade comments. that would be one of the most liquid ways of measuring sentiment. francine: how much does this have to do with global trade and active chinese policy? a strongerre is dollar that impacts the currency. one factor. we see it break the seven level and probably go higher. china is planning to adjust for hardship, based on this trade, slower growth. it needs the currency to adjust downwards. francine: what's the biggest concern for this region? u.s. policy on trade? a china slowdown? a domestic concern? fetish normalization -- fed normalization? something else? rajeev: a china slowdown. it will impact the exports of a lot of asian countries. the reshipment impacts wha