check out our podcast on itunes, soundcloud, and bloomberg.com.line at businessweek.com and the mobile app. we are everywhere. carol: yes, we are. in the solution section this week, it's really looking at geopolitical relationships around the world. first up, we look at the rivalry between washington and beijing as the economic forum kicks off in davos. jason: we talked about how the u.s. and china are pulling different multinational companies in different directions. goes backo the net -- to the 1970's, a guy named wanted to have a european management forum, and it grew into this world economic forum that brings ceos, heads of state, artists, scientists. glitterati. they go to congress sessions, and they go to the ski slopes, fancy restaurants. it's mostly a talk fest, but they also try to use it to make the world a better place. they do have ambitions of bringing together civic society and government and business. jason: as with everything, it has a little bit of a different flavor during the trump administration, and during a time when the glob

you can find it at itunes, soundcloud, and apple books.nd us online at businessweek.com and our mobile app. in debrief this week, sitting down with bloomberg businessweek editor joel weber. carol: the company known for its sweets and yet there is so much more. joel: mars is a really interesting company, privately held, family-owned, global, and it mints money, north of $35 billion of revenue year. jason: remind us, these are brands everybody -- joel: these brands that everybody has this amazing affinity for and yet it is highly secretive and something nobody really knows much about. we are talking about brands like mars, m&m's, skittles. that is the confectionery side. carol: but you push them a little bit by saying wait a minute, we are talking about healthier snacks, but he did not seem to back away. joel: he said they view it as a treat. he said, you should only do confectioneries and their candy product as treats. they are not supposed to be something you eat all the time. but they do see an opportunity in nutrition and that is one of

you can also catch up on our daily show with our podcast on itunes, soundcloud and bloomberg.com.: you can find us online at businessweek.com and our mobile app. this week the economic section is all about china. jason: and specifically the risks and rewards with beijing's clout. carol: to see that clout, see this chart in the magazine. it shows you how important china is to many of the world's biggest companies, and what you see, take a look at apple, boeing, procter & gamble, huge multinational companies. the dark part is revenue from the rest of the world. that top light part of the chart, the white part shows you the amount of revenue coming from china. just take apple alone, $52 billion coming from china. jason: i think back to earlier this month, that news hitting the tape about apple's exposure to china about it being responsible for its revenue shortfall, that had a huge impact on the market, and it raised the question and turned the tables in a lot of ways in terms of what your exposure to china meant. maybe now a negative more than a positive. carol: china has always bee

you can also catch up on our podcast that you can find at itunes, soundcloud, and apple books.find us online at businessweek.com and our mobile app. in d brief this week, sitting down with joel webber. carol: the company known for its sweet and yet there is so much more. >> mars is a really interesting company, privately held, family-owned, global, and it mints money, north of $35 billion revenues. >> remind us, these are brands everybody -- >> these brands that everybody has this amazing affinity for and yet, highly secretive and the nobody knows that much about. we are talking about brands like m&m's, mars, skittles. areut wait a minute, we talking about healthier snacks, but he did not seem to back away. you should only do confectionery's and their candy products as streets. they are not supposed to be something that you be all the time. but they do see an opportunity in nutrition and that is something that we talked about. their partnership in india with tata group and that there is a and couldon problem, they help solve the problem for the world. one of the interesting thi

get that at itunes, soundcloud and at bloomberg.com.ol: you can find us online at businessweek.com. and on the mobile app. cte, the cautionary tale. -- zte. jason: this is one of china's biggest tech companies. carol: it nearly became a casualty with president trump's trade war with china. zte managed to avoid a crippling ban. jason: that ban has been labeled a death penalty. carol: global technology companies are studying this story very closely. jason: here's more. >> zte last spring, a company that some people had heard of, few people understood, was announcing that it was basically at risk of going out of business because the u.s. commerce department had done something to it. i thought that was a really interesting illustration of just the way that the united states and the chinese economies and technology industries are tied together in ways that we don't really understand. and that create a lot of vulnerabilities, and just interesting wrinkles for the way that this tension is going to play out. zte being an important but somewhat

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