they're looking and running in south east asia. and and running in south east asia. they're looking and vietnam, they‘re looking at thailand, can they move across to south asia? india is one of the ones they're looking at there. those teams are out in the markets right now about the waiting alternative production sites. indeed, major headache for many asia—pacific ceos and they're trying to come up with contingency plans if we have a full—blown trade war between the americans and the chinese? that's right, but they do not expect it to end any time soon. a month or so ago everyone was hoping it will wrap up before we get to the mid—term us elections in november. that's now of the cards. it looks like both sides, china and the united states, arejust buckling down for a contest that will go into 2019. even if they resolve it in 2019, most ceos of large manufacturing firms are leaving the issue of changing their supply chain on the agenda. they think this issue of economic nationalism is with us in the long—term now. even if there isa

strategy if you had stayed is score south asia's not only for afghanistan because they also recognize that the centuries that the basis of thought of on the basis of. mother foreign fighters should not forgive the most was not from a photo. or in pakistan so i think it's sort of you know a pleasure both on pakistan on taliban both at the same time that the offer of peace we're getting to pakistan because there's a lot of discuss this change in power but there is also a change in creative diplomacy in america so when i can say is we're ready to talk to afghan taliban directly afghan taliban is also saying we don't want to talk to the afghan government we want to talk to the to washington directly what happens if you are left out of the process that's a possibility. i think shouldn't be even a possibility coming in the minds of anyone either in that region or in the united states because. this is the boss for the yes we have there he may have to fix variances off when the you know when you leave the government the central government of a country the legitimate government thing you know

we've had four a into south east asia. we've ha d su ccess four a into south east asia. of artists, katy perry, celine dion, justin bieber, the rolling stones, just to name a few and we've developed tremendous confidence in bangkok as a strong entertainment market through that experience but at the same time we are acutely aware that bangkok is really lacking the kind of modern venue infrastructure that it means to serve that demand —— needs to serve that a man so we see big opportunity and we are confident that if we can bring these kinds of modern venues to the market that it will not only spur the attraction of more content, it will provide consumers in this market with experiences that a heretofore haven't had access to. market with experiences that a heretofore haven't had access tom lacks modern infrastructure as you say and over the last two decades the country has gone through some political turmoil — any worries on clampdowns or interference from the military government?” clampdowns or interference from the military government? i would say not particularly. of c

interest rates and that's going to tighten global liquidity is a well that being said currently south asia and the rest of southeast asia they are handling their inflation under control via fuel subsidies in malaysia and indonesia for example and managing food costs in china and india so an economy without the u.s. in it is going to throw a wrench in the works and it's going to be quite a bit of chaos without a real solution in place thanks for joining us with the bad news andrea hang there in singapore. well united states has more to lose from starting a trade boldin china does from retaliating that's the outcome of a study by the european central bank economists used computer models to predict what would happen if washington imposed a ten percent tariff on all imports and other countries responded accordingly the results suggest that the us would bear the brunt of a drop in trade and investor confidence by contrast china would gain by exporting more to other countries where american goods a subject to tariffs. is leaving his post next year and will go on to head up the company supervisor

empowering women and consulate dating development against bangladesh has now surpassed its neighbors in south asia on a number of indicators but our journey has not reached its end. our journey will continue until the day we can build a bangladesh free of hunger poverty illiteracy and exploitation there sure are bangladesh of our father of the nation one woman who shaped medieval roman i thank you could. jar bang into may bangladesh live forever. so you're watching live pictures there from the u.n. general assembly in new york the bangladeshi prime minister shake a scene or giving her address to the assembly let's bring in algeria is she had returned see who has been watching the address at the u.n. she had so not surprisingly shaken seen or started her address with the plight of the richenda drawing on our own personal experiences do underline the pain and suffering the ranger experience in. right and it's a message of exasperate that we've heard before from the bangladeshi prime minister as she pointed out last year at the u.n. general assembly she bought a five point plan to try and solve the r

interest rates and that's going to tighten global liquidity is a well that being said currently south asia and the rest of southeast asia they are handling their inflation and the control of bio fuel subsidies in malaysia and indonesia for example and managing food costs in china and india so in a condom you without the u.s. in it is going to throw a wrench in the works and that's going to be quite a bit of chaos without a real solution in place thanks for joining us with the bad news andrea hang there in singapore now both kerio is one of europe's major textile producers largely due to its low cost structure the average wage for a textile workers only about three hundred fifty euros a month that's peanuts especially when you consider bogus area is an member state a reason why many young folk ariens of leaving to find jobs in other parts of the block got to chip in southern brogue area people in this region make their living mostly from agriculture and tourism but many bug ariens also work in the textile industry german entrepreneur bet tom goldman has been producing clothes here since one

basically our point of that that al-qaeda biz underestimated in south asia was right in october 2015 when the u.s. military under afghan alec is launched an operation, a four the operation operation against the largest al-qaeda training camp in the history of afghanistan. we're not talking about 1999-2000. we are talking october 2015, the u.s. military and our afghan allies launched a raid against an approximately 30 30 square-e training facility for al-qaeda. to make a long structured, al-qaeda is still do much in the game and afghanistan and pakistan. they didn't release a single video or image from attorney can. if isis has a guy, they fly the flag and say with the province. me what you've got a whole huge duncan t a virtual town in southern afghanistan and not a single recognition from al-qaeda that was going on. that's been the game all along for al-qaeda. they've expanded debates, no question isis group and mushroom and overshadowed al-qaeda in someme ways, no doubt about it but al-qaeda is to be much alivel and they still have an infrastructure into fighting in more country to

director of the south asia center at the atlanta council joining us from washington. oving to our other top story this hour iran's revolutionary guard is pledging what it calls a deadly and unforgettable vengeance after saturday's attack on a military parade twenty five people were killed including soldiers and civilians when four gunmen opened fire on the event in the city of a vase commemorating the start of the iran iraq war i still has claimed responsibility putting out a video it says shows the gunman on their way to but the attack is generally thought to be the work of arab separatists fight has oil to the arab national resistance also claimed responsibility that's the umbrella name for a number of armed groups fighting for iran's oil rich state of course a stunt to secede a spokesman for one of the groups made the claim on a london based farsi news channel on saturday iran some in the u.k. envoy to protest along with diplomats from denmark and the netherlands accusing all three countries of harboring what it called terrorists president hassan rouhani accused un

but i hope very much that the links to south asia will strengthen.ionship is the most important relationship in the world. and secondly, i hope there will be strong benefits for africa to link up with the big, fast-growing markets in the world, which are now asia. >> actually, if you read president xi jinping's, i would say, monumental statement in the first meeting, he said, the belt and road initiative would connect with the other initiatives proposed by many other countries. so, we are very supportive of the belt and road initiative. of course, when we are approached for financing the project, we will have to see whether they meet our standards. for us, the three basic standards are as follows, financial sustainability, environmental protection, and the protection of local people's interests. ♪ stephen: by the mid-15th century, due largely to more efficient seaborne trade as well as squabbles between the participating states, the original overland silk road began its decay. it was about the same time the forbidden city behind me was being complete

i am sameer lalwani, the senior fellow for asia strategy here along with the code director for south asia. i'm here to just introduce today's event and then turn it over to the eminent panel we have before us and today's event is the nuclear future, can there be order without trust. i'm here because my colleague, michael, who helped conceptualize this along with hannah haegeland, michael couldn't be here so i'm the fill-in and i am not an expert in the global nuclear order but that's -- a lack of expertise has never really stopped anyone in washington from talking incessantly so i will proceed with the same. but let me just try to situate for you this discussion, tell you why i think it's important. the current presidency, the trump presidency, has triggered a lot of debates about the liberal international order between critics and defenders of the president, but i think there's a second vigorous debate that has also occurred principally among academics and think tankers and that is as to whether the liberal international order even existed and whether the conceit of it is worth maintaini

could we reach a set of agreements with europe and countries in south asia and south america? yes.re also talking about what would be off—limits in conflict. we cannot do it with bombs, a violation of international law, should we do that, you cannot use cyber weapons to destroy hospitals or to knock civilian airliners out of the sky? i think we might be able to reach some agreements on that. as long as you have reasonable expectations, there is an opportunity for progress. the received wisdom in washington right now is that the states with the most effective cyber security operations within their, sort of, national—security programmes are china, russia, north korea, iran. i don't see of those countries, even on the basis you have described, of coming up with a mutually agreeable form of words, i did see any of them countries being interested in beginning a dialogue. china i would put in a slightly different category, there are some things, for example the global financial system, where china has a vested interest to keep that functioning with integrity and availability, they might

there are deciding to trade in their local currencies china is trading in the yuan than most of south asia in east asia so it's a recurrent theme all over the world the more the u.s. pushes or rather more trump pushes against institutions and countries the more it seems to go against them you know we go back to new york with you i mean we're going to in the second part of program i want to talk about syria but i work come hourly mention it it is quite interesting and i'm glad you have a historical perspective here we had we have now a deal that turkey and russia made visa v. syria to deal with and we'll talk about the as three hundred but that deal was made with a member of nato in russia without the united states involved that is something new we haven't seen something like that before so you even within the alliance the united states is not being able to control all of its members go ahead in new york . right preterperfect well i think that you that have taken place right now. or frankly anybody. they realize that international law or they are in that location so what the turks are worri

it has to be based on mutual respect the pakistanis have already rejected the drum doctrine on south asia and i've got it at the root of the problem the american secretary of state who will be relating islamabad is likely to discuss the ongoing role of the pakistanis are farid of one astonished concerned and peace process i think speaking to ahmed rashid who's a journalist and author of several books on pakistan and he says the u.s. hasn't seen the positive results that it wanted. the major u.s. demand is for pakistan to if you like delivered a college band in other words push to college who are living in pakistan to push them into peace talks with the americans and the kabul government and it appears that the americans are very frustrated that pakistan is not doing it's not fulfilling that. pakistan for its part says that we're doing what we can the maximum but the collarbone a very stubborn imran and said that he wants improved relations with the u.s. but he's also very much known for his anti american views and his views certainly fit in very well with the military who's who which is a

more on the story now with boston heartache our south-east asia correspondent you have covered me in march for many years also this case in particular for us thank you for joining us in studio these two journalists are now set to go to jail for seven years what do you make of this verdict and where do things go from here i think first of all on a personal level this is really tragic this verdict and i went to prison for seven years as we heard in the report they both have young families and were loans case his first daughter was only born a month ago and he's never had the chance to meet her so from that point of view that this is obviously very tragic but also from a broad a wider perspective if you look at the situation casts a light on the situation of press freedom and of the situation of human rights violations in mar in general and this is what these two reporters were working on they were uncovering evidence of atrocities that were that were committed in. against the muslim minority in the west of the country in rakhine state and now that's what they were in effect for decryin

creating trade networks that will become the routes to imperial control over india and large parts of south asia and fielding travels with the company as a tourist he goes and comes back and dresses up so this is kind of a seventeenth century cultural appropriation in a way that he stressed in this painting he's wearing a combination of european clothing and the silk jacket and trousers that he's brought back to india with him he has a southern accompanying him in this painting we know that two savants travel from india back to england with fielding we don't know the names we don't know anything about them but one of them has been included in this painting presumably as part of an illustration of his well travelled. these connections in these influences that he is now performing back in britain so i want to share this thought from andrew who takes it from an interview with you andrew says she says there's always one side of the story that has been privileged over the other so this question is there are ongoing efforts to interact with people on the other side of the story and get to know how the

such as south asia where pakistan says the three hundred million dollars of military support the u.s. plans to scrap is reimbursement it's owed and not aid its foreign minister says the money is to meet pakistan's expenses in supporting the so-called us war on terror sharper mood qureshi says he'll bring up the issue with secretary of state by pompei and when he arrives in islamabad on wednesday the u.s. accuses pakistan of failing to take action against armed groups and providing them with a safe haven in pakistan denies the allegations. in russia there have been more protests against increases to the age at which people can get a state pension the communist party organized rallies across the country the government wants to increase the retirement age from sixty to sixty five for men and from fifty five to sixty four women president vladimir putin's that made some changes to his original plan but argues the current pension arrangements are not financially sustainable and bullshit skier is a fellow at the washington institute focusing on russia's foreign and domestic policy she says p

thank you for you strong interest in south asia.confirmed, i welcome the opportunity to work with you, your committee, other members of congress to advance america's interests in bangladesh and throughout the region. and i'll be honored to answer your questions. >> thank you, ambassador miller. mr. rosenblum. >> chairman young, ranking member merkley, senator shaheen, i'm honored to be here today as the nominee for u.s. ambassador to the republic of uzbekistan. i'd like to introduce a few members of my family who have joined me today. my wife sharon, my son jonah and my daughter leanna and my sister miriam who's come down from boston to be with us today. they keep me grounded, and i'm grateful for that. they've already taken to calling me ambassa -- dad, although i reminded them they can't call me that until i'm confirmed by the u.s. senate. the life journey that led to my sitting at this table started in ohio where i had the good fortune to be the son of louis and evelyn rosenblum. my mother was an educator who passed on to me her

aparna pandey director of the initiative on the future of india and south asia at the hudson institute and also in islamabad is shot of say the a political analyst and development practitioner very warm welcome to the program miss carr let me start with you. just how damaging are these cuts to the powerful militaries capabilities to the operation against groups. i think more than the cuts being damaging to the military's capacity to carry out anti militant operations that they have been in pakistan's tribal areas i think more damaging than that is the damage to the relationship the diplomatic damage to the relationship and kind of bringing round core and an unpleasant such to the first very important visit because we've just had elections and pakistan we have a new government we have a brand new prime minister who was elected to the office for the first time and we were hoping that this would be a moment ago and of reset relations we've seen that pakistan u.s. relations have been on a downturn last year specially and this was there was a hope that these could be things could be put on

communities in south asia have made huge strides in tackling this.nning gender determination clinics. and i think that in the uk we need to do likewise. the department of health says nipt testing is not meant to be used for gender and that they will continue to monitor the evidence. not only do the government not understand this issue around six selection abortion, but also organisations, charities are not asking the question. this is six selection abortion. it is going on in india and china and it is going on here. there are many girls missing as a result. a major new road safety campaign is being launched today, warning motorists not to drive too close to the car in front — something known as tailgating. highways england says it s the cause of one in eight deaths or serious injuries on our roads, as breakfast‘s john maguire has been finding out. this is the advert that highways england hopes will encourage tailgaters to change their behaviour. the campaign describes driving too close to the vehicle in front as aggressive, intimidating and potential

they didn't have to be based on mutual respect to have already rejected the drum dog drawing on south asia and i've got it at their root of the problem the american secretary of state who will be really doing it. is likely to discuss the ongoing role of the pakistani that farid of one is gone is concerned and i'd be broad case i mean u.s. army general is taking of a commander of nato forces in afghanistan general scott miller was sworn into his new role in the handover ceremony in the capital kabul and he faces criticism over its security is trashy and the country has recent attacks by the taliban have spikes security instability comes as people and politicians get ready for parliamentary elections next month world recognizes that afghanistan cannot be a safe haven for terrorism the world right now as we. know this is a bit long but it has been generation. ross we have to. understand the region we're fighting you know we're here you know terrorists. to export more murder. tax. revenue everybody's we're. going to go to really. we're asking importers to be my distinct daughter who are. peopl

latin america the pacific islands south asia and we are concerned by some of the tactics they hunt for chinese spies is in full swing too as if the land of the american dream has been rid of russia's agents and what seems to be a new fad in this china dominated collection military rivalry taiwan is a breakaway province from beijing's standpoint while from washington's it's a lucrative arms export opportunity no wonder the massive new us three hundred and thirty million dollar weapons to deal with taiwan fell flat with china washington is definitely afraid that china is in the passingly many economists are predicting that sooner rather than later china will have a larger economy than that of the united states of america that from washington's point of view presents an accident or crisis for the united states of america likewise you see there are states trying to recruit other nations into its anti china cobol particularly japan india this is a very combustible situation so it appears like russia is indeed stepping aside this fall winter season replaced by china in pretty much every dime

based on mutual respect bugger's don has already rejected the trump administration's policy on south asia and pakistan wants to send a message that it will not be taking dictation from the united states anymore. and the u.s. army general is taking over command of nato forces in afghanistan general scott miller of a sworn into his new role in a handover ceremony in the capital kabul a nato has been facing criticism over security strategy in the country for the spike in taliban attacks recently. cannot be a safe haven for terrorism. the world right to. know this has been a long bloody. generational. i understand the reason we're fighting and what we're here. to explore for murder. everybodys we're. going to. be. at least six people including two children have died in a suicide bomb attack in somalia's capital mogadishu the bomber detonated his vehicle by a checkpoint outside a local government headquarters the group has claimed responsibility. for. the loud explosion was heard across the somali capital mogadishu soldiers stationed near the entrance of district headquarters tried to stop the

—— south asia.hat there are three citizens who have died injamaica after having been wrongfully deported from this country. this is something that ought to shame ministers. diane abbott complained that 16a people have been identified as having been potentially wrongly to detained or deported, but the home secretary sajid javid had apologised to only 18 members of the windrush generation. the immigration minister caroline noakes defended the government's handling of the affair and highlighted theresa may's trade mission to africa last week. i was delighted to hear the right honourable lady make reference to the importance of reaching out to different parts of the world in a post—brexit scenario. she will be aware, as i am, of the work the prime minister has done in africa over the past few weeks. and i agree with here that it's important that we foster relations right around the globe, which is why we have been extremely proactive in working with our high commissioners across the caribbean to make su

basically our point on that that al qaeda has been underestimated in south asia was proven right in october 2015 when the u.s. military and afghan allies launched a four-day operation against the largest al qaeda training camp in the history of afghanistan. we're not talking 1999 come 2000. we're talking october 2015, the u.s. military and afghan allies launched a four-day raid against an proximally 30 square-mile training facility for al qaeda. al qaeda is still very much in the game in afghanistan and pakistan. they did not release a single image or video from that training camp. you have got a whole huge town, a virtual town in southern afghanistan, and not a single recognition from al qaeda that was going on. that has been the game here all along for al qaeda. there is no question isis overshadowed al qaeda in some ways. but al qaeda is still very much alive and still very much an organization. they are actually fighting and more countries today than they were on 9/11. catherine: what are your thoughts, these of the order region with pakistan? of of course the u.s. military after rating

the trend over the last three to four days then very quickly i want to take you down here across south asia particularly over here towards the philippines you notice luzon is looking quite clear at the moment is that some good news there with milla at about thirty one but we do have a tropical cyclone out in the pacific that is going to be making its way towards the northwest not a direct hit for the philippines we think at this moment but we do think that the clouds are going to be on the increase and as we go towards the beginning of the week more rain across parts of luzon. what makes this moment you. so unique. we haven't seen the president this unpredictable freedom of speech is. hardly clumsy that is a formula for authoritarianism and here in the early years the lights along. there's nowhere to hide let me ask you straight out here is the two state solution no upfront return on al-jazeera. hello again you're watching al-jazeera minder of our top stories this hour iran is blaming gunmen backed by saudi arabia for attacking a military parade at least twenty four people killed in the sou

and manila maybe thirty two degrees again for that day well here across the southern reaches of south asiawe are going to see in jakarta clouds in your forecast rain off parts of coaching over the next few days and that is going to continue as we go through wednesday and also probably through thursday but over here towards the southern reaches of the philippines we are going to be seeing heavy rain for you not like that up to the north but over to the south that is going to be an issue and then very quickly over towards india well things have been getting better over towards the west but we are watching a feature here the bamberg all that there of low pressure that is turning and if you look at the forecast map you see those clouds in those showers making their way towards the eastern seaboard right there that is going to cause some heavy rain over the next few days potentially some localized flooding of kolkata rain for you at thirty degrees. the weather sponsored by cats own ways. and instantly shifting news cycle it was even change a number of tweets the listening post takes polls and q

monsoon season for both east asia and south asia and japan is particularly borne the heavy brunt that's where it's actually increased the number of typhoons that have hit japan has increased since about two thousand and four they've had four every year and this year this is the fourth one that's given them a direct impact it's the strongest one that's actually hit them for twenty five years when it hit we had gust of wind one hundred seventy two kilometers per hour so really very strong and when it was in the open ocean we had when wave heights there were eight meters high now the highest we've seen near land has been nearly three but even so that's a pretty large influx of water from the sea there and the japanese a whirl no not me for being very well prepared for all sorts of natural disasters but i mean this is just been one thing after another they were relatively well prepared they do ask for an evacuation but it's not mandatory one of the best countries in the world is cuba they have a mandatory evacuation system and a very low death count as a result of that japan is good. there

and the weather couldn't stop the more you storming into the final of south asia's biggest football tournament that's coming up in the sports news with joe in about fifteen minutes. by the springtime flowers of a mountain lake. to the first snowfall on a winter's day. just. florence has now weakened slightly it's a strong category two just keep your eye on the eye of the storm as it where you can see clearly center of the storm just getting filled in by the cloud and that is signs of the system losing some intensity but there is still plenty of rain to come and that's the main concern the outer bands already having an impact on the shores of north carolina where suspecting the storm just stagger along the coastal fringes over the next talk and couple of days and gradually pushing its way inland sustained winds at the moment one hundred seventy five times as perasso it is the equivalent of a category two hurricane but this really is about the winds and about the rain sorry looking at a storm surge of two to four meters or more we're looking at maybe six hundred millimeters of rain possibly high

communities in south asia have made huge strides in tackling this social evil.vidence. i think not only do the government not understand there is an issue around sex—selective abortion but also organisations, charities and statutory sectors aren‘t asking the questions. this is gendercide, this is sex—selection abortion. it is going on in india, it is going on in china and, yes, it is going on here. and there are many girls missing a5 a result. amber haque, bbc news. let‘s talk now to labour mp naz shah. she‘s labour‘s women and equality minister and a5 a reuslt of our investigation, labour is now calling for early sex detection to be banned. dr alex allinson is trying to make sex—selective abortions illegal on the isle of man. we‘re also joined by haf5a. her mum left the family after she gave birth to her third daughter. she had a breakdown because of the cultural pressure for her to have a boy. and jasvinder sanghera is from honour violence organisation karma nirvana. why is it that having a girl can be 5een why is it that having a girl can be seen as having a

it has been ardently the most this table is a force in the middle east and south asia. we welcome to hudson institute mr. brian hook, senior policy advisor, secretary of state, mike pompeo, and recently named special representative for iran. mr. hook will lead the iran action group to coordinate the state department's pressure campaign. previously, he founded the international strategic consulting firm in washington dc , held senior positions in the george w. bush administration, assistant secretary of state for international organizations, senior advisor to the united nations special assistant to the , president for policy, and counsel in the office for legal policy. before that, he practiced corporate law. please join me in thanking him for his service and welcome him and rebecca, i colleague here at hudson who has written widely security threats, especially proliferation and missile defense. i want to thank her and him for the time they are spending. thank you both. >> thank you for joining us this morning. i would like to thank my friend for being here and to share

going to be seeing some very heavy rain showers across that region very quickly across parts of south asia we are going to be seeing more heavy rain across much of the central areas here including maybe thirty four degrees with rain in your forecast but down towards the car that we are looking at partly cloudy conditions in temperature there of about thirty five degrees. it was a big problem because it was different people in the center of night live in beirut in the married miss universe hugh was a buoyant character on the other hand a ruthless operative fighting for the palestinian cause some israeli intelligence sources claim that the planned operation and for years these really try to find him and kill him al jazeera world examines the life of ali has son salaam the hunt for the red prince. welcome back let's just get a quick reminder about top stories this hour you see rebels reporting more than thirty five airstrikes in who data province since early on sunday morning the saudi emma rotty coalition has been targeting the highway heading east out of the red sea port is one of the main

interest rates and that's going to tighten global the liquidity is a well that being said currently south asia and the rest of southeast asia they are handling their inflation and the control of bio fuel subsidies in malaysia and indonesia for example and managing food costs in china and india so in a condom you without the u.s. in it is going to throw a wrench in the works and it's going to be quite a bit of chaos without a real solution in place thanks for joining us with the bad news andrea hang there in singapore bulgaria is one of europe's major textile produces due to its low cost structure the average wage for a textile workers are about three hundred fifty euros a month that's peanuts especially when you consider garia is an e.u. member state a reason why many young bulgarians are leaving to find jobs in other parts of the you got to chip in southern drawl garia people in this region make their living mostly from agriculture and tourism but many bug ariens also work in the textile industry german entrepreneur bet tom goldman has been producing clothes here since one thousand nine hundr

europe,central asia and africa and the middle east, south east asia and india. upgrades to its ecosystem. welcome to the we continue to navigate china's belt and road initiative. we begin this program and mumbai, known as the gateway to india. not so welcoming to china's belt and road initiative. countries with massive economies accounting for more than one third of -- but with a long history of mistrust. think it's understandable india is nervous about having this giant neighbor growing so quickly. is nervousd india about this and doesn't want china to be planning the asia infrastructure. for india tontial benefit if china is financing good infrastructure projects around the region. >> amongst the neighbors -- that we canies become and the shift that can become highly indebted. they share a contentious border the question is should they be concerned about bri, i think they will be most concerned with countries that border them would have traditionally had their spare of influence -- their sphere of influence. port init was a bangladesh or a port intrigue longer

i'm hannah haegeland, analyst here in the south asia program. and the here's that sameer mentioned is one that's been conceived by our cofounder michael capon who really try and think about where do we go from here as we situate ourselves in the current political climate and the state of today's global nuclear order, how can we move forward? so we brought together some impressive scholars who are thinking about new ideas. about the path forward. some of the old ways of dealing with nuclear weapons have continued reflgs i would say but others may not. -- relevance, i would say but others may not, we would argue that new ideas are merited. developments in situations between major powers and nuclear armed states and tense regions around the world rendered the future of arms control and nuclear confidence building and perhaps the u.s.'s role as a leader in that uncertainty. so today, while most of my colleagues i think will probably focus on europe, i would offer one thought on asia's role in this conversation. a nuclearized asia has really presente

year china was the world's second largest importer of l n g after japan and slightly ahead of south korea asia is an important market for american suppliers so the chinese tariffs will hurt them the new tariffs also target u.s. meat and wheat so farmers will be affected as well a move that didn't go down well at the white house twee said halt china has openly stated that they are actively trying to impact and change our election by attacking all farmers ranchers and industrial workers because of their loyalty to me and quote china's retaliatory tariffs by hitting where it hurts so i've been to farmers who are among the targets in the first round of beijing's tit for tat tariffs are now receiving aid from the us government to help offset major losses tech companies are also why despite being unscathed for now outpost products for instance are not on the list but many business leaders are concerned they fear the terrorists could disrupt supply chains so they are warning the trump administration against further escalation of the trade dispute. our financial correspondent at the new york stock exc