samira hussain, bbc news, new york. as hejust different. samira hussain, bbc news, new york.ifferent. samira hussain, bbc news, new york. as hejust saw, many american businesses see the us and china trade relationship as a difficult and complicated one, so do many chinese businesses as well. here is a look at some of the most contentious issues. welcome to shanghai, china's commercial capital. plenty of us firms are based the trained eye schenscher between these two countries is hugely important to the world economy. —— trading relationship. let us look at some of the five most contentious areas of the five most contentious areas of the relationship. we will hear from both sides. china was a currency manipulator, of course, but it was not manipulating the currency any more because it has been three years that we have seen the chinese economy has changed. it has changed. market access. this is a big deal for us business. the chinese can invest in the us in many areas where we cannot invest in china. number three, rejecting intellectual property in china. the china leaders, the

i apologise, we will speak to samira in a minute.will speakto samira in a minute. : he's trying to gain support for a $1 trillion infrastructure programme, fixing bridges and modernising airports. he wants to make changes to the tax system and to look at regulation. he has a range of plans. we saw samira briefly. let's bring you in properly. you made a brief appearance there. talk to me about where the ceos fit into donald trump's plans. for donald trump meeting with business leaders is something that he has done several times. we see these ceos coming to the white house often. this is really very comfortable territory for him. he understands business. he understands business leaders and speaking to them is something that he is very comfortable doing. now what he wants is to see how he can get private, these businesses, these ceos to invest in some of the infrastructure spending that he wa nts to infrastructure spending that he wants to have happen. president trump has long said when it comes to infrastructure spending plans, he wa n

welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. viewers say they want policy information, not personal insults. but has the bbc‘s general election coverage already got mired in mudslinging — mostly against jeremy corbyn? and criticisms too about how both french presidential candidates have been described on air. although the general election campaign still hasn't officially started, there was no doubt this week about where the focus of politicians and broadcasters lay. all the party leaders were out on the stump and facing questions on a wide variety of subjects. after some pressure on the issue, tim farron of the liberal democrats told the bbc‘s eleanor garnier that he did not believe gay sex was a sin.

samira hussain in new york and in other business news, shares suspended in tokyo trade for honda.y are looking at filing for ba n kru ptcy they are looking at filing for bankruptcy protection with a plan to sell all its operations to an american company, that's according to the nikkei newspaper. samsung electronics posting a 48% jump in operating profits to nearly 9 billion us dollars for the three months until march, that is the best quarterly result in more than three yea rs. quarterly result in more than three years. the boost comes from the conglomerate's memory chip unit. that south korean economy expanded by 2.7% in the first quarter from january to march compared to last year, much of that growth was driven byajump in year, much of that growth was driven by a jump in capital investment. all this week we have been looking at the state of south korea's giant family run businesses also known as chebols, staggeringly the five largest account for more than half of the country's gdp. these chebols don't only dominate the economy, they are also highly visceral in the everyday life

hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed.nsults. but has the bbc‘s general election coverage already got mired in mudslinging — mostly against jeremy corbyn? and criticisms too about how both french presidential candidates have been described on air. although the general election campaign still hasn't officially started, there was no doubt this week about where the focus of politicians and broadcasters lay. all the party leaders were out on the stump and facing questions on a wide variety of subjects. after some pressure on the issue, tim farron of the liberal democrats told the bbc‘s eleanor garnier that he did not believe gay sex was a sin. i was asked the question early on and i didn't want to get into a series of questions, unpicking the theology of the bible. isn't itjust that it's your christian belief and you didn't want to admit it? no, that's not the case. what i want is to make sure that we deal with something that's become an issue. so this is blatant electioneering? it's a sense of understanding that the question

samira hussein, live from new york, thank you.e and we will look at it in more detail in the back half of outside source but let's look summer table —— at some of his high profile campaign promises. the war has not be signed off and there is no prospect of mexico paying for it any time soon that the process of finding designs and contractors is underweight. his health care, to repeal and replace obamacare, failed health care, to repeal and replace obamaca re, failed spectacularly. health care, to repeal and replace obamacare, failed spectacularly. but more successful has been the appointment of neil gorsuch to the supreme court. on immigration mr trump said he would be tougher and he has brought in tough measures. we will get into that in more detail in a few minutes time. hello. if you have been watching this paul litten the last couple of days you will have heard us talking about the storms in the united states. the storms have proved intense in the last 12 hours. we have the classic springtime setup with humid aircoming have th

samira, united had overbooked. intrinsically it was at fault.ain criticism that's been lodged. is there something intrinsically wrong with the us airline industry? well, most airlines do this. they actually overbook. .. they oversell the seats on their planes because they want to maximise how... ..maximise each flight. so they want to make sure there is someone who is occupying each seat. they've already worked it out and they have algorithms that really work out the best planes to be doing this with and just how many times they will have people who are going to miss their flights or have no—shows. i would argue that's probably why we're seeing no real impact on the share price, because what people in wall street are concerned about is how much money these airlines make and this overbooking practice in fact does result in pretty good numbers for the company. as you say, there hasn't been a reaction in terms of its stock prices, but surely its brand image is suffering now? sure, absolutely. it's a bad pr incident coming off yet another incident a

hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed.e bbc playing down the views of unhappy remainers, like the tens of thousands who marched through london last weekend? plenty of complaints too that bbc news is far too negative about leaving, so how do you cover this incendiary subject impartially? 60 years ago last saturday the treaty of rome, the founding agreement of what came the european union, was signed. the anniversary was marked across europe, at a march anniversary was marked across europe, ata march in anniversary was marked across europe, at a march in london that date was less a celebration than a paint processed against the decision for britain to leave the eu. —— pained protest. after the violence, a protest with peace and love at the heart. thousands made their way to parliament square. many like this pensioner had never protested before. many of her generation voted to leave in the referendum, but she sees that as a disaster for her home city of that. —— of london. that report ran on bbc london news, but bbc one‘s nat

samira hussain has more from new york.economy in his first 100 days in office. ambitious plans for the economy in his first 100 days in officelj ambitious plans for the economy in his first 100 days in office. i am asking the american people to dream big once again. what follows is my 100 day action plan to make america great again. but things that require action by congress have stopped. the tax code not reformed, 0bamacare not repealed. even though, donald trump has seen the economy and crime. the domestic economy is good. regardless of policies, they will take time to implement. that is why i think you have seen a period. just forget the 100 days. periods where the market moves up. 100 days. periods where the market moves up. consumer confidence has risen. so too has business confidence. and crucially, stock markets are up as well. the s&p 500 is written as investors seem convinced that donald trump will deliver for corporate america. they have a checklist of items they want to pursue to get to growth number. implicitly

samira hussein there.ing about the expensive and complicated fees in china. earlier, i spoke to somebody from the china market research. he says tax cuts could help businesses. it will foster innovation. i think the problem in china for a long time has been that smaller businesses have not understood the tax code. they have not had the money to be up to keep up with new changes to tax laws. it has been difficult for them to adapt. the changes that are now happening in the tax code, it is a good buy things and make it easier for small businesses to survive, because there are all tax rate will go down. in spite of the better than expected gdp numbers earlier this week, do these tax cuts, these measures by the chinese economy to try to prop up its economy, do they suggest that they are slightly worried? i think that this will probably not helped the economy that much in the short—term. but i think they are taking a longer—term approach you. if you look at the traditional model, it has been impressed, invest,

samira hussain has the details.thjp morgan chase and citigroup reported earnings, and on tuesday we will hear from bank of merit and goldman sachs. there are two things that will boost earnings for bank of america. stronger trading, thanks to record highs seen on us markets, and the higher interest rates, which means that the bank will have made more money from lending. goldman sachs will also see a boost to their earnings, because of strong bond trading and investment banking. but really, what investors will want to hear from both banks is an update on the likelihood of any changes to banking rules. the election of president trump fuelled a big rally in banking stocks on the expectation that he would roll back some of the rules known as dodd—frank. recently banking stocks have been pulling back, after not being able to repeal and replace 0bamacare, there were worries that some of the promises made by the company stretch and may not end up happening. —— made by the trump administration. uk cereal company weetabix is

with me, samira ahmed.ets an independent and external regulator, what difference will that make to viewers concerned about whether news coverage is fairand impartial? and... so what does britain think? are we on the brink of a bright new dawn, or might we sink? a measured analysis of brexit from david dimbleby in the form of a rap. first, one of the survivors of the westminster attack a couple of weeks ago, melissa cochrane, gave an emotional interview to the bbc on wednesday. her husband was killed and she herself was badly injured. here's a clip from that. melissa cochrane has spoken exclusively to fiona bruce. kurt was probably the best man i have ever met. he was... sweet and kind. and, i'm extremely proud of him. i'm very happy that the world now knows what a wonderful man he was. two viewers recorded their thoughts on that for us. they were divided about the interview itself, but united in their condemnation of how it was described and promoted on air. can someone please explain to me what it means wh

samira hussain sent this report.e to allow china to rape oui’ we cannot continue to allow china to rape our country. they have taken oui’ rape our country. they have taken our money, they have taken ourjobs. china is a currency manipulator. america has lost 70,000 factories. since china entered the world trade organization. probably not the best way to tee up a meeting with america's second largest trading partner. but meeting they are, at the trump estate in florida. two countries have a lot to discuss. take this custom lighting manufacturer in suburban new york. the import products from china to create some of their lighting features and they have also sold to china, something they will not do again. i want to take an order -- i will not take an order for china in a national account. iwill sort will not take an order for china in a national account. i will sort them locally, they have to figure out to get it to china. because it is that difficult? it is, it is that difficult. we are just not on an even playing fiel

welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed.wers say they want policy information, not personal insults. but has the bbc‘s general election coverage already got mired in mudslinging — mostly against jeremy corbyn? and criticisms too about how both french presidential candidates have been described on air. although the general election campaign still hasn't officially started, there was no doubt this week about where the focus of politicians and broadcasters lay. all the party leaders were out on the stump and facing questions on a wide variety of subjects. after some pressure on the issue, tim farron of the liberal democrats told the bbc‘s eleanor garnier that he did not believe gay sex was a sin. i was asked the question early on and i didn't want to get into a series of questions, unpicking the theology of the bible. isn't itjust that it's your christian belief and you didn't want to admit it? no, that's not the case. what i want is to make sure that we deal with something that's become an issue. so this is blatant electioneer

hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed.marched through london last weekend? plenty of complaints too that bbc news is far too negative about leaving, so how do you cover this incendiary subject impartially? 60 years ago last saturday the treaty of rome, the founding agreement of what became the european union, was signed. the anniversary was marked across europe, but a march in london that day was less a celebration than a pained protest against the decision for britain to leave the eu. reporter: after the violence a few, short days ago, a protest with peace and love at its heart. thousands made their way to parliament square. many, like pensioner jacqueline skelton, had never protested before. many of her generation voted to leave in the referendum, but she sees that as a disaster for her home city of london. that report, which went on to hear from a number of those at the demonstration, ran on bbc london news, but bbc 0ne's national network bulletins mentioned the march only in passing, with just ten seconds or so of foot

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it's because their trading floors are getting busier as samira hussain explai two things that are doinglting in the fa ct interest rates, resulting in the fact that we are seeing more money coming in from lending, the other is trading, the trading desks are doing really well. the stock market has been trading at all—time highs. banking stocks particularly happy doing extremely well. we now know that the passenger who was dragged off a united flight on sunday suffered concussion, a serious broken nose, sinus damage and two broken front teeth. his name is dr david dao. and today the family gave a press conference. this is their lawyer. just treat us with respect, make us feel that you care. i must say i don't believe it's limited to the airline industry. ithink don't believe it's limited to the airline industry. i think corporate america needs to understand that we all want to be treated in the same manner, with the same respect, the same dignity, that they would treat their own family members. if they do that, wouldn't it be great? will there be a lawsuit? yes, probably. very, very proba

welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed.nch presidential candidates have been described on air. although the general election campaign still hasn't officially started, there was no doubt this week about where the focus of politicians and broadcasters lay. all the party leaders were out on the stump and facing questions on a wide variety of subjects. after some pressure on the issue, tim farron of the liberal democrats told the bbc‘s eleanor garnier that he did not believe gay sex was a sin. i was asked the question early on and i didn't want to get into a series of questions, unpicking the theology of the bible. isn't itjust that it's your christian belief and you didn't want to admit it? no, that's not the case. what i want is to make sure that we deal with something that's become an issue. so this is blatant electioneering? it's a sense of understanding that the question was asked to me a week ago, i don't think people want political party leaders telling them what is and isn't sin. some viewers thought that line of questi

out what'll be making the headlines over on the other side of the atlantic — here she is — here's samiran, we'll find out later today when the national federation of independent business releases its monthly survey. although small—business owner of missing data in the month of february, it stayed near long—term highs as owners remain hopeful about more business friendly policies from washington. and speaking of small businesses, the federal reserve district banks will also be releasing a survey that looks at business conditions and the credit environment from the perspective of author 10,000 small—business owners who have employees. and finally, the us labor department will release the jolt for february, that's the job openings and labour turnover survey which economists believe will show a higher reading. thank you. nandini ramakrishnan is global market strategist atjp morgan asset management. great to see you, let's pick up on the us been, not giving away too much yesterday, tell us more. not a great time to start hiking rates, we expect them to do two more, one in june, another in sep

let's go to samira hussain on wall street.s? we will find out later on friday when the commerce department releases the latest gdp figures. the expectation is that the in gross domestic product will have dropped almost by a full percentage, compared to the previous quarter. president trump campaigned ona previous quarter. president trump campaigned on a promise to bring growth up to 3% and that the newly released tax proposal will help spur robust growth. earnings continue on friday. exxon mobile will be reporting. cost—cutting measures will likely have boosted profits for the world's largest publicly traded while producer. finally, the used car company ca rva na while producer. finally, the used car company carvana will while producer. finally, the used car company ca rva na will start trading on the new york stock exchange. this company allows customers to pick up cars they buy on the internet from vending machine like towers. let's stay with the markets. joining us is tom stevenson, investment director at fidelity internati

. —— here is samira hussain.ngs on friday, including general electric, honeywell and schlumberger — the world's number one oilfield services provider. now, although the price of oil is back up, the company was hurt in the last quarter because of the cost associated with reactivating idled rigs and equipment. and the stabilising of oil prices will help honeywell long—term, but earnings for this quarter will suffer because of some weakness in manufacturing. investors in general electric will be looking for the company to cut costs and lift profits in order to hit targets that they set out last month. finally, happening in washington, will finance leaders will be gathering for the spring meetings of the international monetary fund and the world bank. trade protectionist policies will likely be a major team. joining us is jane sydenham, investment director, rathbones investment management. thank you for coming in, let's look at the market in context of the french presidential elections. the euro could be vulnerable,

samira hussain in new york can explain what's happening.been pretty solid, coming in above investor expectations. all except one, goldman sachs, the big rival to morgan stanley. their earnings came out yesterday and they were pretty dismal. you only saw about a 1% increase in terms of trading, which is really surprising given how much other trading desks at other banks have done in this last quarter. i will be back in a few minutes with the second half of the programme. time to look at the weather headlines elsewhere across the world. it is not unusual to talk about the severe thunderstorms in the united states at this time of year, but we look like we will see the next 34—macro days with those warnings continuing. nasty storms through wednesday night and thursday across central and southern plains of the midwest heading towards the great lakes. i am talking about damaging winds and hail and the risk of tornado, which continues into thursday. to the north and west of that it is chilliest with some snow over the sierra nevada, largely dry ac

let's find out more, here she is, here's samira. earnings continue on wednesday.s reporting will be twitter and paypal. twitter has been losing advertisers to competition like facebook and snapchat. its user growth has been slowing. it's trying to use a new formula that will attract both new users and advertisers but until then, twitter‘s earnings will likely suffer. paypal has been facing some stiffer competition from start—ups like venmo, but it's still been able to add more customers and process more digital payments. now, investors will focus on paypal‘s forecasts for the coming quarter and outside of earnings, congress will be holding a hearing on a bill that would drastically overhaul the way the us government to regulate the financial sector. specifically, the bill will eliminate a big part of dodd—frank, the financial rules put in place by the 0bama administration after the financial crisis. james hughes, chief market analyst, at gkfx joins us now. thank you for coming in. no problem. donald trump, tax reforms. yes. how are the markets feeling? well, we ha

samira hussainjoins us from ny.e unhelpful? i think that we need to look at what is being said, within the larger context of the north american free trade agreement. as we have spoken about many times, it is clear that president trump wa nts to it is clear that president trump wants to start the process of re—negotiating the decade—old agreement. this is the kind of rhetoric you here before we begin to embark on those kinds of grievances. softwood lumber has been a long—standing grievance between canada and the us. with regards to dairy, there is a feeling within the us that canadian farmers are getting an unfair subsidy. canadian dairy farmers feel similarly when it comes to american dairy farmers. looking at all of this within the wider context of re—negotiating nafta, these are people drawing lines in these are people drawing lines in the sand about what they want, to put on the table, when discussions finally begin. what is the timetable on nafta either being ditched or at least renegotiated? a very good questio

says nora was an idealist determined to make a difference but lost. [ speaking foreign language ] >> samirajihadist recruitists as a grave threat. [ speaking foreign language ] >> but the version of islam struck a cord with some young muslims. many faced discrimination in education and jobs and live in culturely isolated worlds. >> the level of exclusion and level of animosity and discourse of people in power towards the muslim community, belgium is on the bottom of europe. >> it lead to a deep sense of resentment which he exploited. unis sesz sharia for belgium gave him a sense of purpose. he took to the streets protesting secularism with its ban on full facial vaeils for women and scarves for schoolgirls. >> over time the sharia for belgium message became more extreme, the tone more hateful. >> it was really becoming worrying. >> allah was top internal security official at the time. he forsaw terror and bloodshed and rang the alarm. political leaders were dismissive. >> thei heard that'd these peop are not extremely dangerous. you're facing a bunch of clowns. >> what was your response to

let‘s speak to samira hussain whojoins us from the new york stock exchange. who want to protect the banking industry they will say this is really important. remember these banking regulations we re remember these banking regulations were put in place by the barack obama administration after the banking crisis to try to protect banks from becoming too big to fail. why does donald trump want to die would these regulations? just in general he is anti—regulations. he wa nts to general he is anti—regulations. he wants to see fewer regulations across the industry because he believes regulations mp business growth and economic growth. that same idea applies to the banking sector where he believes there are too many regulations and if he rolled back some of these regulations we will see banks doing more lending and that would spark economic growth in the states. he has had problems getting through things like the travel ban, repealing or obamacare. obamaca re. with obamacare. with regards to his ability to get something pushed through congress the fell year of obamac

samirajoins us samira joins us now. marissa mayer has her critics, how are they feeling about this?t able to do that. some analysts feel she was given a task that was herbing leanan in nature and it was very, very difficult and she wasn't able to fully accomplish that. then the question becomes well, why are we seeing a massive pay out? part of the reason has to do with the stock value of yahoo. in the five years that marissa mayer has been at the helm of the company the stock price has shot up more than 200%. but it doesn't really have much to do with the core businesses of yahoo. it has to do with some of the investments that yahoo has, most crucially, it has invested in alibaba and now we have seen the alibaba stock rocketed, alibaba became a publicly traded company and as a result that stock has gone up and lifted the value of yahoo hence why you're seeing a big pay—out for her.l value of yahoo hence why you're seeing a big pay-out for her. a lot depends on the vote injune. is it likely to go through? no one really believes that this the vote on 8th june isn't going to go throug

now it's time for newswatch with samira ahmed. the bbc gets an external regulator.asured analysis of brexit from david dimbleby. it's in the form of a rap. first, one of the survivors of the westminster attack a couple of weeks ago gave an emotional interview to the bbc on wednesday. her husband curt was killed and she herself was badly injured. here is a clip from that night's news at ten. melissa cochran has spoken exclusively to my colleague fiona bruce. curt was probably the best man i have ever met. he was sweet and kind and i'm extremely proud of him and i'm very happy that the world now knows what a wonderful man he was. two viewers recorded their thoughts on that for us. they were divided about the interview, but united in their condemnation of how it was described and promoted on air. can someone please explain to me what it means when hugh edwards prefaces a news report with an expression "exclusive report"? the interview was very emotionally charged. and, but handled sensitively by fiona bruce, but i feel the interview was cheapened by this out of date ex

joining me now is samira hussein from the new york stock exchange. advocates are saying, is that the internet companies should not be able to just get all of our information without even letting us know that they are going to be getting that information. that means they will have access to all kinds of browsing history, there will have access to medical records, access to so much. of course, what is behind this is advertising and what internet companies want to be able to do is do targeted advertising. consumer groups are not happy about this at all. consumers should not be happy about this at all. what is president trump's motivation? what is his reasoning? so, he says, well, we should really be able to create a level playing field. right now, internet companies, or other social media companies like google and facebook, they have access to a lot of our browsing history. they are saying internet companies want to be able to have access to the same thing. by eliminating this rule, what we are establishing is a more level playing field for internet com

now on bbc news, it is time for newswatch, with samira ahmed. as bbc news embarks on covering another general election campaign, how much attention should be given to the views of people like brenda from bristol? not another one. oh, for god's sake! i can't stand this. and correspondentjohn sudworth on the challenges of reporting from north korea, surrounded by government minders. myjob is to work out how far i can push being a nuisance and an annoyance without getting me or my team into difficulty. tuesday morning saw one of those moments when, after an hour of speculative gossip, almost everyone here in broadcasting house listened to an announcement, takes a deep breath and embarks on a period of frenzied, journalistic activity which, in this case, could last for seven weeks. here is the bombshell. i have just chaired a meeting of the cabinet, where we agreed that the government should call a general election, to be held on the 8th ofjune. all day, reporters and presenters flocked to downing street. 0ccasionally there was some activity. mrjohn

i'm samira daniels. this is addressed to jim. you are using the word racist in context i think may not be appropriate. but be that as it may, the issue i see is the prejudice is complex. and you know i started in 2003 myself. >> you need to get to the question. i'm sorry. >> the issue is that had we not made false assumptions on certain things, i think we would not be here. i'm wondering what do you foresee as a possible one or two steps in the middle east that you think would help to bring stability to the region? i mean, you know, just specifically. >> one, i think it is a strategy beyond taking a black flag down flag down in raqqa and mosul. we have to come to go beyond that. i think it will be a more sustained engagement in iraq. we will be engaged in a sustained way to try to help keep that country together. obviously there will be a lot of support for the refugee populations in the region. keeping them stabilized and safe is vital. it will be a lot of support for lebanon and jordan. re-engaging egypt. is the largest populat