they consider the tpp just one example. so they're trying to counter this move. along with their work to boost their framework, they want to hammer out a series of multilateral and bilateral economic agreement. the u.s. and china will continue their race to gain the upper hand in the asian pacific. nations in this region would benefit from stronger ties with the two largest economies, but they will need to push to make sure their priorities are reflected in any binding agreement. >> while trade negotiators will have to go through protracted negotiations, officials are coming under increasing pressure to open up their country's market. they'll study whether the country can remove tariffs from some of the products they want to protect, even under a multilateral free trade deal the negotiators are crafting. japan says it is increasing the ratio of non-tariff items to more than 80% in some cases. but some member countries are calling on japan to further expand the free tariff list. the head of the democratic party on tpp will brief his committee on thursday about how

abe says the tpp would trigger economic development around the pacific rim. he urged negotiators to do whatever they can to meet the deadline. they've made progress over the past several months forwards eliminating tariffs on farm and industrial goods. members wanted to reach an agreement by this time. participants continue to hold working level talks. ministers involved in the negotiations will hold their next meetings in december. >>> now we spoke to nhk world in bali. he tells us there's doubt the tpp members can come up with a pact by the year end deadline. >>translator: right now it's unlikely the leaders will sign a tpp pact on time. those from the u.s. and emerging economies are having trouble narrowing differences. they are stuck on issues such as copy right and patent protection along with fair private sector and state owned businesses. officials say negotiations over the elimination of tariffs on farmed and other products will likely continue into next year. some government officials in emerging economies have been critical of the united states stan

the tpp is a potential agreement between 12 countries. u.s. president barack obama session he wants to reach agreement by end of this year but others say it may take longer. china has not been invited to participate in the talks. let's go back to scott. scott in bali, th wags call apea chance to chat. >> the tpp the transpacific partnership is a good example. that's one of those very important issues that will be discussed on the sidelines like we heard with the syria issue. obviously with president barack obama not coming, has down graded this, to push through those negotiations that the united states wants to conclude by the end of the year. and the absence of president obama is described by one of the leaders as disastrous. the leaders who are here, there are a lot of issues that can be discussed on the sidelines and also some of the crns that can push aside the trade agreements but the big one will be that tpp agreement. >> thanks scott. >>> a bombing has killed at least six people in pakistan that were taking part in a vaccination procedu

tpp negotiators are trying to work out a basic agreement before the summit. divisions between them run deep. but many remain hopeful. >> translator: all the participating nations will make their best efforts toward reaching the goal. the bali meeting is going to be a key stamp on the path to a successful agreement. >> reporter: the leaders of the asia pacific region face huge challenges as they attempt to hammer out a decision to protect their own interests at same time. the results of the efforts will be revealed at next week's summit. nhk world, bali, indonesia. >>> here are the latest market figures. >>> china and malaysia have set an aggressive goal to boost their trading relationship. we're following the story in bangkok. >> chinese president xi jinping held talks with the malaysian president on friday. the two leaders agreed to triple bilateral trade by 2017 and build a comprehensive strategic partnership. the deal reflects china's goal of strengthen ties with fast-growing economies in southeast asia. chinese president xi arrived in malaysia on thursday

should president obama give the country more details on the tpp?a for yes, text b for no to 67622, always go to our blog at ed.msnbc.com. we'll bring the results later on in the show. let me bring in congresswoman louise slaughter of new york and the president of the communication workers of america, larry cohen. great to have both of you with us tonight. congresswoman, you first. why is president obama advocating for this? what's the up side? >> i will tell you, there's absolutely no evidence that any of the trade agreements that the united states has made since i've been in congress have benefited in any way the american manufacturer or the american worker. we've been desperately hurt. i represent an area in upstate new york, rochester, new york. eastman kodak when nafta was signed was a great going concern and has now just gone through bankruptcy. something that nobody would have ever expected. i'm worried about tpp, because hickey freeman is one of the last wonderful iconic companies in my district. and we understand that tpp benefits vietnam t

members of the tpp task force of the liberal democratic party and other officials agreed to explore the possibility at a meeting on thursday. the decision came after leaders of countries negotiating the tpp agreed earlier this week that high-level political decisions are needed. that's to break a deadlock in the talks so as to reach a conclusion by the end of the year, ldp task force leader said they're looking into the five key categories of farm products including rice and wheat to see if tariffs can be lifted on some items. some voiced opposition saying some items were treated as exceptions in trade talks, should be protected this time around. after the meeting, mish a ka wa said a decision on which items to eliminate tariffs on should be decided over the next month, before the next tpp talks possibly in december. >>> the operator of the casual clothing chain has posted a record high sales and profit due to aggressive store openings in asia. fast retailing opened their sales up in august. up to more than $11 billion. operating profit reached $1.3 billion, up 5% from the same period a

the term specific partnership or tpp, and trade between 12 countries and result is a massive free tradeaccounting for more than 40% of the global economy. u.s. president barack obama says he wants to reach a deal by the end of the year and other members say it might take longer. china has not been invited to join the partnership and instead it's pursuing a rival deal involving 16 asian-pacific nations and let's take you live to ball lie where the chinese president is speaking at the summit right now and al jazeera is at the summit to tell us more and we heard earlier scott from secretary of state john kerry presenting the sales pitch for tpp. what is china saying about it? >> as you well pointed out china is not part of the tpp trans pacific partnership and the largest trade agreement in the world and he is letting the nations of this part of the world know that for their prosperity they need to have trade good trade relations with the nation of china because of the position within the region and also its out put and they are focusing on, he is focusing on reminding the partners at apec

core, tpp is about generating growth and economies for our people by unleashing a wave of investment and entrepreneurship. all across the asia-pacific. and at a time when we all seek strong and sustainable growth, tpp is creating a race to the top, not to the bottom. >> afghan president hamid karzai criticized the u.s.-then nato publication of that condition monday on its 12 year anniversary. he said during a news conference the u. and nato have failed to respect afghan sovereignty and conducted raids and air strikes against the people in violation of afghan wishes. the assessed the occupation's legacy during an interview with bbc. was one that caused afghanistan a lot of suffering. life, andof loss of no gains. the country is not secure. president karzai said that the u.s. wants afghanistan to remain silent about the deaths of civilians. meanwhile, funeral services were held for five civilians who afghan officials say were killed in an airstrike. the victims were all between the ages of 12 and 20 and had been hunting birds when they were killed. the u.s. coalition claimed the attack

to the partners out here in eastern asia and southeastern asia, because they are trying to pass this tpp, and president obama not coming for this as this diplomat put it ask descrowz for the trade -- disastrous for the trade pack, and china is coming up as an economic powerhouse and for them to not have their top leader, president obama and xi jinping will are here later. >> scott, thank you. >>> typhoon fitow arrived pack winds up to 94 miles per hour before weakening to a tropical storm. over half a million people have been evacuated, high speed rail service has been suspended in the region. some areas have seen up to eight inches of rain. >> well, it was a messy weekend for a lot of people as we begin the week though things are going to improve. we are going osee improvement down here towards the southwest. let's see what's happening towards northwest. it has been pretty nice over the last 24 hours when you can see those slowfers coming i rain sh, rain on monday, rain on tuesday but for seattle we think you're going to be improving with a temperature of about 59°. southwest, red flag

but they've yet to reveal a date for the tpp talks. they targeted a broad agreement by the end of the year. they'll have to get past a few obstacles. lower level personnel are currently in tokyo to deal with the thorny issue of intellectual property rights. negotiators will also struggle with differences on wiping out agricultural and industrial tariffs. and they'll face a fight over fair competition between state enterprises and private firms. >>> the japanese consumers paid more in september for their goods and services. the consumer price index rose for a fourth straight month. internal affairs ministry said the price index was up 0.7% over last year. it does not include volatile fresh food prices. the pace of increase in energy prices has mod rated but still remains high due to a weaker yen. concerns over the middle east situation has also pushed up crude oil prices. motorists paid 9% more for gasoline. and households paid more for their utility bills. electricity went up by more than 7% and gas was 5% higher. the price hikes for c

to malaysia and the philippines, and japan's economic revitalization minister akira amari says that tpp member nations agreed to speed up the talks. he said they will still try to conclude the negotiations within this year. >> translator: ministers from several nations have said we should not lose the momentum to president obama's absence. we do not have much time until tuesday's summit, but we will make efforts to work out a framework agreement in time. >>> investors around the world are keeping a close eye on the u.s. fiscal issue as the government shutdown continues. labor officials had to postpone the release of the jobs data scheduled on friday due to the suspension of u.s. government services. market participants had been waiting for the latest numbers for clues on whether the federal reserve would start to taper its monetary easing measures soon. we asked marisa di natale, an economist at moody's analytics, about the impact the government shutdown is having on the nation's economy, and risks of the nation defaulting on its debt. >> the impact of the government shutdown on the u.s

the so-called tpp is looking at a trade block from vietnam to chile to japan covering about a third of0% of the global economy. folks, this is dangerous for america. it will put u.s. workers, jobs, and businesses at a distinct disadvantage. all of the negotiations have been behind closed doors. and congress has been given limited access to negotiation documents. congressman mark pokan of wisconsin is encouraging congress not to fast track the agreement for approval. he joins us tonight here on "the ed show." congressman, you have seen this. i realize because of security issues there's only so much you can tell us, but what are your main concerns about the tpp? >> well, the transpacific partnership is the biggest and baddest of trade deals yet. it has hit so many countries and so much economic risk involved. it has great potential to take away more american jobs and really hurt the middle class in america. we're very concerned about what is coming out and one of the things last last week was the white house announcing this could be finished and negotiated by the end of the year. >> is i

the tpp the transpacific partner sthip is going to be the world's large over the trade agreement.hey want those agreements to be ready for the end of the year. the president not being here will shift that back. the summit will focus on who is here but who is not here. so it will be interesting to see if he will be ag able to ice the energy of president not being here to his is benefit. >>> the pentgon has found a loop hole regarding the closure of the government. that is coming up. from the world the world's top documentary directors. >>banging your head over and over again can be a bad thing. >>every time i would do heading i would see stars. [[voiceover]] it's all fun and games until tragedy strikes. >>a former player kills himself. >>we have to stop playing the game, or we have to find a solution. >>> welcome back. a reminder of the top stories from al jazeera. the u.s. second of state john kerry says the terrorists can run but they can't hide. they was speaking on what he called terrorist fa factions. >>> there will be a military parade in cairo. demonstrations will be in the

abe will also attend tuesday's summit of countries involved in the tpp talks. he will ask the other leaders to speed up the negotiations so they can conclude the talks by the year end. ministers have been hard at work trying to find common ground on the details of the deal. they've wrapped up three days of meetings. they've met over and over as they try it narrow their differences and are realizing that reaching an agreement may not be uzi. we have more. >> reporter: ministers from pacific rim nations gathered in bali and rold upheir sleeves to spe up the talks. the japanese minister told reporters they have made progress. he says the countries have a good chance of reaching a fra framework agreement after the summit. >> translator: we still have details we need to hammer out, but the direction is shaping up. >> reporter: the u.s. treasur present s be lding the talks. the u.s. aims to finalize an agreement this year to heighten its presence in the asia pacific region. member nations are still divided. e u.s. want to extend co copyrights and patent protections.

. >>> ministers are in bali as they hammer out the tpp pact. >>> and concern over radiation from japan is damping south korea's taste for seafood. >>> the people in charge of fukushima daiichi have figured out the cause of the latest problem. workers found the upper part of the plant leaking. tepco escaped from a joint between the top and side panels. they tested the water and found it contains 200,000 becquerels per liter oaf radioactive substances. that's much higher than the standard for release in the ocean. tepco officials say the tank in question was built on ground that slopes towards the vae. they say workers are usually careful not to fill tanks to the top, but this thyme they put in too much rainwater that had pulled nearby and was contaminated. >> translator: some of the spilled water may have reached the ocean. we put down sandbags to try to stop more water from making it to the sea. >> tepco officials estimate that 430 liters of tainted water seemed outside the barrier around the tank. the operator of two nuclear plants in central japan may have to wait a little longer bef

. >> talking between japan and the united states are running parallel to the tpp meetings. negotiators there have yet to agree on the auto sector regulations. >> they wrapped up a third round of talks in washington on wednesday with no agreement. they talked about easing regulations in both the automobile and insurance sectors.

leaders from the 12 nations are to adopt a statement at the tpp summit. a draft statement shows they will say that significant progress has been made in recent months, in areas that include government procurement, investment and ab lishment of terrorists. they have agreed to move forward in negotiating unresolved issues to achieve the goal of working out the free trade deal by year end. but observers note that the absence of u.s. president barack obama from the summit may slow down the momentum for the negotiations. the president has been pressing for the conclusion of the pac this year. tough negotiations are still continuing over several issues. among them are intellectual property and fair competition between private sector and state-owned businesses. >>> here are the latest market figures. >>> severe typhoon is affecting people living in japan southern prefecture of okinawa. for more we turn to meteorologist robert speta. robert, what's the latest on this typhoon? >> the good news is at this time danas is continuing to race off to the north away from

these include an easier monetary policy, a higher consumption tax, and entry into tpp trade negotiations. but they say the government still has problems to address. they want the corporate tax rate in japan lowered to the internional average of about 25%. the rate is currently above 30%. officials say drastic reforms and regulation and administrative systems are needed. they also called for an early restart of the country's nuclear power plants. and they want the government to present specific plans for securing cheap and stable energy supplies. >>> construction has bun on vietnam's second oil refinery. oil and chemical firms are joining the venture to provide fuel to the fast-growing economy. over 1,000 people including vietnamese prime minister attended the groundbreaking ceremony on wednesday. >> translator: this project is of great significance for the development of vietnam. >> japanese i'll refin ri and chemicals are joining forces in vietnam and kuwait. the project is worth $9 billion and the daily processing capacity will be 200,000 barrels of crude oil. the chairman said his fir

abe says the council could discuss counterterrorism, natural disasters, and the tpp talks if these matters were thought to have a fundamental impact on national security. >>> european leaders attending a summit in brussels are expressing anger over allegations that the u.s. has been spying on its allies. but even as they meet, more reports are emerging of illegal u.s. intelligence-gathering around the world. >> reporter: e.u. leaders arrived in brussels with plans to discuss investment in digital services and how to handle bank bailouts. but instead, much of their focus is on allegations that the americans have been eavesdropping on them. the story broke when the journal weekly magazine reported that u.s. national security agency had intercepted chancellor angela merkel's telephone calls. on wednesday she telephoned u.s. president barack obama to discuss the issue. the nsa allegedly eavesdropped on another european ally as well, france. officials in paris say as many as 17 million phone calls were tapped between last december and january of this year. european leaders at the summit have ec

. >>> despite obama's reassurances, the negotiators working on the tpp have had difficulty reaching common grounds. now japanese government officials say they're thinking of eliminating tariffs on items they fought to protect. government officials had promised they would keep tariffs high in five categories to protect farmers. they said they would seek kpejss for rice, beef, pork, tedairy products and sugar. they'll consider removing 600 items in those categories to move the talks forward. farmers are calling on members of the ruling liberal democratic party to stick to their promises and some lawmakers support them. the leaders of opposition parties are criticizing ldpd members for breaking promises they made earlier this year during campaigning for the upper house election. >>> officials in the white house say president obama has made his choice for the next chairman of the federal reserve. janet yellen will succeed ben bernanke in the most powerful job in the world economy and would become the first woman to lead the central bank if she is confirmed by the senate. yellen has been at the

the transpacific economic partnership, the tpp would open ties between 12 different parties. counting for more than 40% of the global economy . us president barack obama says he wants to preach a deal by the end of this year. others say it might take longer. china has not been invited to are join this partnership, we might say. more from steph farson. >> they control and have become the engines of growth but many asia pacific nations are suffering, calm deficits and high inflation. despite these setbacks, japan's foreign minister shenzu ab e: >> japan hopes to help in creating a spacious and prosperous economy stretching across the asia pacific region and regarding security and safety we want the region to be free and based on the rule of law. >> while apec leaders opening up markets at the time of crisis, that's why according to indonesia's head of investment board it's important that leaders show confidence at this summit. >> this is region this has the centrality, not only for this region but to ensure that we would see the global economic recovery, as a result of that as

it slows down, for example, and waters down american trade agreements like the it tpp and the t tip. that definitely affects capital flows over the long term. it affects american stands as global on things like internet and telecommunications where other companies will end up having more of a leg up domestically, more expensive for americans do do business. >> same countries that every time there's a problem in the world, where's the american military? why aren't the americans here? wait. we don't want to get involved. oh, but america please come help. sometimes we get a little overboard at that but the reality is that these countries, they love to pile on. >> if you're asking me is there hypocrisy on both sides, the answer is yes. >> i don't care what the chinese state media says. >> mandy's question was more than that. >> the americans don't show up, when obama doesn't show up at the most important asian summit and the chinese are giving speeches and america's allies like the indonesians and the vietnamese are sitting there with domestic pressures thinking we shouldn't be following

. >>> and the ceo's comments from air bus even more poignant today, i think, steve, because of the tpp negotiations going on in indonesia and how much concession japan will give to its u.s. counterparts in this tricky negotiation process. back to you. >> thanks for that. >>> it would be nice to say the absence from the apec conference, we'll find out after this. at farmers, we make you smarter about insurance. because what you don't know, can hurt you. what if you didn't know that posting your travel plans online may attract burglars? [woman] off to hawaii! what if you didn't know that as the price of gold rises, so should the coverage on your jewelry? [prospector] ahh! what if you didn't know that kitty litter can help you out of a slippery situation? the more you know, the better you can plan for what's ahead. talk to farmers and get smarter about your insurance. ♪ we are farmers bum - pa - dum, bum - bum - bum - bum♪ >> announcer: you're watching "worldwide exchange." >>> the u.s. president is absent from the apec summit in bali. he's not absent from discussions. there's plenty of c

a commander of the tpp arm of the taliban the part of the organization that claimed responsibility for the times square bombing in 2010. >>> it was an abrupt announcement made late on a friday at the pentagon with few reporters in attendance. in an audio-only press conference it announced michael are carey had been relieved of his command. recent air force investigation concluded careyy showed a lapse in judgment. >> the allegations are not related to operational readiness nor do they involve sexual misconduct. what i want to reiterate is it is not related to operational matters, readiness or sexual misconduct. >> the two star general had served for 35 years, in charge of almost 10,000 people at three military bases. >> when you deal with nuclear weapons, there is no room for error. if the weapon goes into wrong hands the consequences would be devastating so really you have to hold these people to the highest of standards. >> a statement on carey's firing, lieutenant james kowalski said, the air force continues to execute its mission in a safe secure and effective manner. it's unfortun

hue do the five sacred items such as rice, agriculture, etc., get addressed under the auspices of the tppe's not one arrow, it's multiple, multiple darts. but there's less and less disbelief out there, let us say. you've had two straight quarters of gdp numbers. you have some of the best tonkin survey numbers since 2006. it's almost pre-lehman. there's undeniably better and better economic data coming to japan so the doubters are shrinking. >> in terms of the challenges that japan faces, for getting the third arrow part, forget -- what about the other part, which is the biggest arrow -- the biggest hurdle of the lot, that not only a weak yen increases energy import prices, but japan is still actually getting nowhere with reforming its whole energy infrastructure and because it imports so much, a weaker yen is only a marginal benefit if the offset is so huge on the other side and to what extent is the lack of growth in the second tier of asia going to present the likes of the indias and the indonesias who have also seen their currencies actually depreciate more than the yen, to what extent

negotiations for the tpp, the transpacific partnership, the world's largest trade agreement. the united states wants the negotiations completed by the end of the year. the president not being here will set that back. monday, when the summit kicks off, the focus will shift away from who is not here, but who is. chinese president xi jinping has been on a charm offensive. it will be interesting if he can use the energy and president obama here to his advantage. >>> the government shutdown is hitting native american communities hard. they depend on the federal government for health care, housing, senior citizen service and magistrate of natural resources. a tribe struggling to survive is in washington state. we have this report. >> as the federal shutdown bore down on his tribe on the northern shore of washington's olympic penninesuala chairman w ron alan scrambled to leverage assets, lands and a casino, taking out a $750,000 loan at a hefty 6% replacing federal funds. the tribe needs the money for social services, food aid and scholarships. >> it costs us money. we are carrying

our step, which is the regional comprehensive economic partnership, this is what's fighting against tpp, you know, 16 countries in there already including japan, south korea, india, all the cubs, guess who is their main number one trading partner right now? with the exception of india, it's china. and i think that says a lot about the current state of affairs. >> it does, martin. thanks for that. also, just get me probably a medium/large one of those shirts would be great. i said medium/large. >> it's in the mail. done. >> thank you. thanks, martin. the director is being cheeky. >>> now, in south korea, the government may give workers a break by shortening maximum weekly work hours. hi, cherry. you've got to stop doing those six day a week 12-hour shifts. >> exactly. and you wanted me here on "worldwide exchange," ross, for my long hours of today. but you know what? let's talk about why the change. we do work long hours here in south korea, ross. last year's figure was not available yet for korea, but south koreans worked 2090 hours be worker in 2011 bht oecd average was 1765 hours. so

very intensively focused on very, on the tpp, intensely focused on the military aspects of the relationship with the and knighted states, and that said, in the course of the election campaign, they want to list defense expenditures. i would expect it to be a real -- there is a strong relationship on those military matters. after all, it was the previous government that invited the -- but you will see the new government will very strongly on all of that, and the tone of its conversation will be much more about alliance building, and i will be interested in a trilateral security dialogue with japan, the united states. nuanced see certainly changes and maybe some stated once. >> the reason they have been deployed, what do they do? what are they doing there? we understand the diplomatic effects of having the relationship. >> currently they are being built up their it this next year it will be a battalion. their issues to be settled in relation to their accommodation, the air component associated with the like. that will be a matter for the new government to handle. prime minister has already in

thes not just the nsa, now tpp has been going on for years now. nobody in this country knows about it because nobody is doing her job as reporters. reporters have to start being the fourth branch of our government again. and reporting real news and not just miley cyrus. having realtart reporters like we had back in the 70s. we don't have that anymore because we don't have a government anymore. it is a corporate government of the united states. we are not united states of america anymore. on the effortbeen about 20 minutes. we have had about a hundred plus responses on our facebook page you can feel free to add your thoughts on that as well. that is facebook.com/c-span. john, portland oregon, republican line. the president knows nothing about benghazi, he knows nothing about the website, he knows nothing about spying. i mean, he is the president of the united states. just what is his job? he is supposed to know that stuff. president.eflon that's all i have to say. thoughts this morning on specifically the activity that is being reported on this mor