we international trade parts into thousand five, with the entry into force of the australia u.s. trade agreement. under the agreement, all goods, quarter free. president on the visit to australia last year, discarded as a model fta. the china australia fta is much younger. it's approaching its thirst anniversary. after ten years of negotiation. beyond tariff outcomes, services market have secured commitments that trading companies from the requirement to enter into commercial partnership with china business in certain sectors. these agreements have been beneficial for all countries, australia, the united states and china. both sets of agreements have growth and investments. beyond this, these agreements have stability and predictability in our trading relationships. with dialogue. it suggests by 2030, asia will be the home of about 3.5 million the middle class. australia economy will complement those of a growing asian. demands for mineral and energy continue there will be significant opportunities for regional economies with services and agricultural products. aside central great

u.s. is number three. australia is number two and so the top three economies with australia, china number one trading partner. it's going to be impacted. there are impacts here in both countries. you see them affected by tarif tariffs. more important, you see the prospect of long-term economic damage across the world. this disruption, i think there's an aspect here that makes me notice, when you see people in both countries celebrating the other and economic hardship. you have to be careful with what you wish for. you could argue that we are seeing in markets reflects another country winning or losing. you see it across the world and i think elizabeth said, a lot of us in our region have china, each of us will be down in first china economy is down. it's obvious. the thing with respect to qs china trade dispute is concerning well, i mean, how you would read late china to the dubuque tl wto, the u.s. china dispute with the dmv deal, it's in trouble because of china. the wto have concerns with where things are going i

u.s. concerns extend beyond ip-related practices. for australia, as the trading nation, dependent on multilateral trading rules, predictability, in trading relations, it's important that u.s./china relations do not become defined in confrontational or adversarial terms. this strategic instability as well as damaged economic growth, both domestically, globally, and particularly in the endo pacific region in which australia is located. it also reaches to the multilateral trading system. we therefore welcome the meeting between president xi and trump at the g 20 and the news of continuing discussions between them. australia has consistently encourag encouraged an negotiated outcome between the two countries which opens markets, is nondiscriminatory that steps back from tariff escalation and consistent with twrks to rules. not only would that be good for the global trading system, it would be good for the u.s. and china. as a smaller trade exposed nation, i have highlighted the way that -- weight that australia places on the wto. we have a systemic in

u.s. australia and other governments justify claims that the company is a security risk the firm's chief financial officer was arrested earlier this month in canada for allegedly evading u.s. sanctions on iran since then other governments have added further accusations those are the headlines coming up next it's al-jazeera correspondent. this is one of the world's most beautiful yet unpredictable environments. and it was where i was about to try and run my first ever marathon. she just told my wife and mother they were absolutely right this was a really stupid idea. the question of why we run had months previously been my starting point in the weeks that followed i saw inspiration from some of the world's best distance runners your don't want to feel like we are flying that he said dreamily fifty then asked whether running is something we were born pseudo our ancestors are all riders we're we're not good at running we're left essentially on the evolutionary and enjoyed a less than convincing start to my own road running career as a sixty five year old man a fifty year old woman and a taller old bo

u.s. that means australia has a surplus with china of about 50 billion australian dollars, or 35 billion u.s. dollars. our trade with china is predominantly in commodities, primarily resources and agriculture, iron and coal feature heavily but we also have expanding services exports, particularly and education services and tourism. by contrast with the united states, however, to wait investment is much more -- two-way -- much more limited. although it has grown from a a fairly negligible based in the last ten years, bilateral investment is valued at about $70 billion, as i said with the u.s., it is 1 trillion. now, australia is a trading nation and we are proud of it. australia, along with the u.s., was a founding of of the general agreement on tariffs and trade and its successful organization the deputy oh. our location in the indo-pacific provides a particular focus for economic trade and investment relations. the indo-pacific region is the home of eight of our top ten trading partners and we've negotiated an fta with seven of those trading partners. i'm not only , do posture and use share

u.s. australia and japan the u.k.secret service chief alex younger has also voiced concern however germany's i.t. watchdog has expressed skepticism due to the lack of evidence proving you are ways by activity for such serious decisions like a ban you need proof your first aka editorial director of the american institute for economic research thinks this is a case of the pot calling the kettle black. the u.s. is is famous for its for its hacking and cyber surveillance of every political system in the world i mean so this is this is getting really out of hand and it's starting to be i must say deeply embarrassed seen for the u.s. on international economic stage but i think it's really sad because we're supposed to be in the middle of a trade truce but instead of just using the ninety days to come to a better understanding what the u.s. is doing is almost you know every forty eight hours another propaganda blitz against china is kind of a rhetorical bombast we're getting on a daily basis is actually having a tremendous h

u.s. australia and new zealand. a legal battle in china between two american tech giants is causing jitters on wall street qualcomm says apple suppliers owe it money for its patents and intellectual property and a court in providence has agreed granting an injunction against apple the court decision bans important sale of some i phone models in china apple is fighting the ruling and released a statement saying that qualcomm's effort to ban our products is another desperate move by a company whose illegal practices are under investigation by regulators around the world all i phone models remain available for our customers in china we will pursue all our legal options through the courts still ahead here on the al-jazeera news our reliance on coal and a trade war with the us put the brakes on china's green energy plans. protesters in yemen demand an end to the blockade on a key port and airport while warring sides are far away from the political solution . and little.

u.s. australia and other governments justify claims that the company is a security risk the firm's chief financial officer was arrested earlier this month in canada for allegedly violating u.s. sanctions on iran since then other governments have added further accusations those are the headlines on al-jazeera inside story starts now. a ceasefire in yemen as well as home to millions of yemenis facing famine hope so it wants an end to almost four years of war caught all the chances of a lost and political settlement talk about mean for the saudi led coalition this is inside story. alone a welcome to the program. it's hoped the saucing point four years of civil war in yemen and broken ceasefire has begun in the proceeds port of data that's the main gateway for the bulk of much needed food and aid millions of yemenis on the brink of salvation could be saved if the truce is fully implemented and was agreed peace talks in sweden last week by hoofy rebels and government leaders backed by the saudi u.a.e. led coalition the truce is fragile but yemenis hope it will bring peace. with the time. we are optimis

u.s. australia and new zealand a legal battle in china between two american tech giants is causing jitters on wall street qualcomm says apple suppliers oh it money for its paintings and intellectual property and a court in food joe province has agreed granting an injunction against apple the court decision bans the important sale of some i phone models in china apple is fighting the ruling and released a statement saying quote comms effort to ban our products is another desperate move by a company whose illegal practices are under investigation by regulators around the world or i phone models remain available for our customers in china we will pursue all our legal options through the courts thousands of central american migrants camped out in mexico's northern border not giving up hope of seeking asylum in the u.s. their aim climb the border fence and claim political asylum on serous still on the other side what are the who made this in the border city of tijuana following a family trying to do just that think of anything mexico stored in border is a symbol of inequality on one side a worl

u.s. australia and new zealand a legal battle in china between two american tech giants is causing jitters on wall street call com says apple suppliers over at money for its patent and intellectual property and of course in province has agreed granting an injunction against apple the court decision bans the important sale of some i phone models in china apple is fighting the ruling still ahead here on al-jazeera protesters in yemen demand an end to the blockade on a key port in a hold while warring sides are far away from political solution and an exclusive interview with the nobel peace prize laureate ahmed for shining a light on the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war to stay with us. from the neon lights of asia. to the city that never sleeps. alone get to welcome back to international forecasts we're here across china we are seeing some clouds here along the coastal areas of china up to the north it's a little bit cooler and we did see some snow in the forecast just a few days ago but we are going to sing some better conditions to the north it is going to still stay quite cool on

u.s. concerns extend beyond ip related practices. for australia, as a trading nation, dependent on multilateral trading roles, predictability and stability in trading relations, it is important u.s.-china relations do not become defiant and confrontational or adversarial terms. this risk strategic instability as well as damage to economic growth both domestically, globally, and particularly in the indo-pacific region in which australia is located. it also risks damage to the multi--- multilateral trading system. we therefore welcome the meeting between president she and trump at the g20 and the news a continued discussion between the. australia has consistently encouraged and negotiated a contract with the two countries which opens markets, is nondiscriminatory, which steps back from tariff escalation which is consistent with wto rules. not only would that be good for the global trading system, it would also be good for the u.s. and china. as the smaller trade expose nation, i have highlighted the weight that australia places on the rules base glo

u.s. australia and other governments justify claims that the company is a security risk the firm's chief financial officer was arrested earlier this month in canada for allegedly violating u.s. sanctions on iran since then other governments have added further accusations those are the headlines on al-jazeera inside story starts now. a ceasefire in yemen but whether it's holding millions of yemenis facing famine hope so it wants an end to almost four years of war the chances of a loss in political settlement talk about mean for the saudi led coalition this is inside story. in a welcome to the program. it's hoped to be the saucing point four years of civil war in the yemen.

u.s. australia new zealand and the u.k. have all banned huawei from five g. internet trials and japan and canada are looking into the risks the company's technology is could pose to them too despite all of that remains the world's largest telecommunications equipment and service provider and the second biggest make a smart phones after some song. ok let's get going let's bring in our panel today in taipei taiwan on skype ross darryl feingold a political analyst who advises multinational corporations on political risk in asia in hong kong and really on an international and independent china analyst and in birmingham in the u.k. also on skype scott lucas a professor of american politics at the university of birmingham a warm welcome to you all ross darrell feingold in taipei to companies know the risks when they do this kind of thing. well there are certainly a pattern of u.s. authorities taking action against companies that they view as in violation of either u.s. law or international and specifically united nations sanctions we've seen this with iran we've se

u.s./china trade friction, especially in the technology area, has alerted -- i will talk about the bigger economy, japan, korea and australia, to the relative importance of the u.s. market for them compared to the china market. and i -- you guys disagree if you like. but i think the consensus in the corporate board rooms in japan, korea, and australia -- and it is clear in fdi numbers, the u.s. market, the north american market is more important than china. china is where the growth is. god knows they doeb want to get out of it and they will play the market as best they can. but in terms of the survival of their companies, north america is more important. and, again, they don't want to choose. but i think that reality -- i heard that a lot in japan and korea. and i think the chinese have kind of forced that first with things like thad, and problems japan had with intellectual property rights, mercantile embargoing. it wasn't like the u.s. thought about this in corporate board rooms in seoul and tokyo and in sydney. i think that may be shifting a little bit. that there is a growing recognition that if there is going to be fo

u.s. australia and other governments back up their claims that the company's a security risk who are always chief financial officer was arrested earlier this month in canada for allegedly violating u.s. sanctions on iran since then other governments have or added further accusations they say while ways technologies may be used for spying. she jinping has declared no one will stop his country's rise he was speaking on the fortieth anniversary of free market reforms that made china an economic powerhouse but the president didn't announce any new initiatives to counter slowing growth and trade tensions with the u.s. edge and brown reports from beijing. in one nine hundred seventy eight the overall impression of china was one of backwardness and extreme poverty with workers doing jobs machines could do better the country was still recovering from the chaos and cruelty of chairman mao's political campaign. china's current president xi jinping was twenty five and a postgraduate student china's leader then was done shopping and on december the eighteenth in the great hall of the people he delivere

u.s. australia and other governments back up their claims that the company is a security risk chief financial officer was arrested earlier this month in canada for allegedly violating u.s. sanctions on iran since then other governments have added further accusations they say while ways technologies may be use force by. a month long workers' strike in chile is forto vibratory so has become violent and spread to other ports protests says through tough cocktails on the roof of a union building and police responded with water cannon or a saw as a key port for food shipments workers are demanding more formal contracts and improved working conditions. has a rich history of music and storytelling dating back a thousand years in the latest in a series of reports from the central asian country john stratford went to a music school in the capital to find out how tajik musicians are keeping their traditions alive. with this ancient times folk song is. legend has it that it was first song by a mother whose daughter married a man in a village on the other side of a river but there was no bridge to cross.

u.s. on australia, uterus even in japan. japan has a a problem of what you'd call covert actions, honey traps, this is been going to china, recruiting and what you call covert influence campaign. that's what the chinese have to resort to in japan. the us-japan fta, is it an fda? i mean, the japanese government still considers it a trade agreement in goods that the u.s. since no, it's an fda. it's a long story but the japanese side says lighthizer trick to their trade minister into capitalizing the words agreement and kurds to make it -- excuse me, they had a capitalist agreement. lighthizer put to lowercase and as a lawyer argued it's a trade agreement ends goods and services because that was not capitalized. they're not even able to agree on what to call it. in the public comment period ends, i think you will see in january donald trump tweeting is going to do joint japanese auto saccadic leverage for i don't think you'll get because it's going to come its political suicide. auto stretch egeland in the u.s. but nobody knows

u.s. australia new zealand and the u.k. have all banned huawei from five g. internet trials and japan and canada are looking into the risks the company's technology is could pose to them too despite all of that remains the world's largest telecommunications equipment and service provider and the second biggest maker of smartphones after some song. ok let's get going let's bring in our panel today in taipei taiwan on skype ross darryl feingold a political analyst who advises multinational corporations on political risk in asia in hong kong andrew young an international and independent china analyst and in birmingham in the u.k. also on skype scott lucas a professor of american politics at the university of birmingham a warm welcome to you all ross darrell feingold in taipei to companies know the risks when they do this kind of thing. well there are certainly a pattern of u.s. authorities taking action against companies that they view as in violation of either u.s. law or international and specifically united nations sanctions we've seen this with iran we've se

is far andstates away australia's largest foreign investor, the u.s. exports to australia -- the u.s. exports to's the lord 300,000 american jobs, while american companies now employ more than 300,000 australians. mr. chairman, permit me to close by saying that if confirmed, i look forward to continuing to broaden and deepen these and many other relationships that tie our government and our people so closely together. thank you. chairman: thank you. go ahead. corker, ranking member menendez, and distinguished members of the committee. i'm honored to appear before you as of the presidents them and need to be the director general of the foreign service, and the director of human services at the department of age. it would be my privilege to bash at the department of state. it would be my privilege to advance american security and values by empowering and strengthening the work forced charged with this critical mission. our service will employ personnel and other colleagues who work at the state department in washington and at 277 post s around the world.

u.s. australia new zealand and the u.k. have all banned huawei from five g. internet trials and japan and canada are looking into the risks the company's technology is could pose to them too despite all of that remains the world's largest telecommunications equipment and service provider and the second biggest make a smart phones after some song. ok let's get going let's bring in our panel today in taipei taiwan on skype ross darryl feingold a political analyst who advises multinational corporations on political risk in asia in hong kong and really young an international and independent china analyst and in birmingham in the u.k. also on skype scott lucas a professor of american politics at the university of birmingham a warm welcome to you all ross darrell feingold in taipei to companies know the risks when they do this kind of thing. well there is certainly a pattern of u.s. authorities taking action against companies that they view as in violation of either u.s. law or international and specifically united nations sanctions we've seen this with iran we've

u.s. europe and australia. france is reeling off for another saturday of biden protests by the so-called yellow vests want police detained almost two thousand demonstrators and one hundred thirty five people were injured in clashes france's prime minister has called for dialogue and the government is signaling if you make further concessions to protest as in the coming days bear in mind it has already scrapped a planned increase in fuel taxes that triggered the demonstrations in the first place. another night of unrest on the streets of paris. shops. banks nothing was a mean as across the city thousands of extra police were out paris practically on lockdown it wasn't quite the chaos of last weekend still officials are dismayed at what played out this saturday. the as a relation of pilots has been stopped. it has been certainly contained but it is totally unacceptable. except the water cannon deployed in the capital to bring the situation under control says the government those on the street say they've good rea

u.s. in australia and japan is also concerned about in the u.k. too for the u.k. secret service chief alex younger also voiced concern however germany's i.t. watchdog has expressed skepticism about all this because of the lack of evidence proving why wait spy activity. for such serious decisions like a ban you need proof. but of background about why it's the world's second biggest smartphone seller in germany it's the third most popular smartphone brand after apple and samsung let's talk about this with jeffrey tucker editorial director of the american institute for economic research surely is live alone hey there he does seem to be a lot of concern about right now governments in the u.s. using this story of really move to block this rollout of the five g. networks germany's on the fence so it's saying it hasn't got enough info why are people concerned here why is germany kind of shrug it off do you think. well because the u.s. is using this ninety day trade truce to increase the propaganda war against china in a form of economic warfare and also there's no eviden

u.s. and australia to be strategically critical, and i will be, if confirmed, will make an assessment of effortsby 3rd parties to undermine that relationship, and if there are such efforts, including china, i will not refrain from forthrightly reporting same up the chain of the department and to speak publicly if and as required. >> finally you will forgive me, but you are not going to the world's worst assignment. this row is incredibly important in the western hemisphere. i have serious concerns about where we are headed in hemisphere. i have serious concerns, as i expressed to the administrator, about the continuing part of our mission in democracy and human rights. we see it backsliding in democracy and human rights in hemisphere, we see it in venezuela, long-standing as well as the realities of what is going on in nicaragua. that is not it and and of itself. we have a series of movements across the hemisphere of changing constitutions under the guise of having a democratic process, only to give people who dashed me continuing to stay in power for longer periods of time. so our mission on de

u.s. is not alone australia britain and new zealand also say they were targeted in what they called a global campaign of intellectual property theft as evidence by this investigation the threats we face have never been more severe or more pervasive or more potentially damaging to our national security and no country poses a broader more severe long term threat to our nation's economy and cyber infrastructure that china. the alleged chinese hackers have been indicted although they're not in the u.s. a move that will only worsen the sour relations between washington and beijing. now if scallops are going to be a part of your holiday feast there's a good chance that's thanks to a couple of fisherman in peru the bay are said shore up in the north of the country provides an ideal environment for scallops farming the industry has only been there for fifteen years but nowadays the golden nuggets of the sea as they call them provide a lifeline for an entire region. the locals regard them as gold nuggets because they provide a living for many people here there are plenty of scallops in the bay of suc

u.s. and australia. a: that was john chen earlier today.all street me too debate continues with the question -- is avoiding women the answer? we will have more next. this is bloomberg. ♪ a this is bloomberg markets. manda:shery: debate on wall street about me to plays out and asks if avoiding women is the answer. our next guest wrote an article about the phenomenon. the reactions range from shock to anger. the angles from your story is from this lawyer who says if a man is concerned that he will be charged with aggressive behavior of a sexual nature, either verbal or physical, he probably needs to look at himself and his actions. , over atoo movement year old, taking not only wall street but other sectors by storm. at the same time, not a great solution for it to overcome the issues. >> exactly, what we originally reported is an individual policy that some men on wall street have adopted that rather than trying to improve their behavior and become more conscious and respectful of everyone around them, they may more so taken to isolating wom

henning from germany is searching for that perfect way along with many other enthusiasm from australia the u.s. and scandinavia. suddenly they realize they aren't alone in their hunt except the orcas simply come here to chase herring and seals they rarely come so close to people. so. this is such a unique place we're here in the arctic one reason to come to the low fourteen islands is the great waves and apart from that there aren't too many people here. a visit to the foton islands in winter can also be a spectacular experience thanks to the northern lights. australian pro surfer mick fanning was in luck in december twenty sixth seen when he got to surf with this panorama for a backdrop. credible . the surfing based on the low fourteen islands has been around for many years it's rural style surfing to heat up there's a mobile sauna and you can even buy a grilled sausages with a credit card but they don't come cheap. if you're not camping at the beach accommodation can cost you more than in some cities. it was surfing that brought mari and francis father here. he learnt to serve as a sailor an

u.s. and israel austrian australia were among the twelve nations who abstained citing concerns about sovereignty. all flights at london's gatwick airport were suspended late wednesday after two drones were spotted flying above the air flow field the grounding of the flights continued today thursday and numerous incoming flights were diverted to other airports authorities say their investigation is still ongoing flying a drone within one kilometer of an airport is illegal in britain anyone convicted of this offense could spend up to five years in prison. the british artist banksy has confirmed that a new graffiti piece in the welsh town of port talbot is his called season's greetings the image appears on two sides of a garage locals of doubt put up a fence to protect the latest work by the famous artist whose true identity remains unknown. is to china now earth ortiz have confirmed that the prize winning photographer luke long is under arrest was taken into custody by police in the shin shang region that's where there's been a massive crackdown on the week where muslim population lose work has fo

u.s. italy hungary austria australia and switzerland all pulled out of the deal saying it compromises their sovereignty we think that this is a momentous significance because it charts a middle ground between the two groups that we have in the world today those who are adamantly against migration and those who are adamantly for it and neither can when so but but countries need migrants if they are to prosper and flourish we know that migrants enormously to the wealth of nations to the wealth of people i'm to the countries that they departed from as well the pact offers a glimmer of hope for chair will. who comes from a family of migrants and raises into national attention on the abuse suffered by child migrants and refugees worldwide there's no need to be afraid of migration can be a positive experience in a safe experience from if we look at the fortune five hundred companies half of them have been founded by immigrants or children of immigrants if we look at the at their population migrants make up three point four percent of the population but they contribute just a little bit less than

u.s. allies, including australia and canada in just a few days, then again in february for many european countriesiances forming without the u.s.? >> i don't think so. the u.s. has such a dominant role in the world economy, it would take i think several years of extremely bad economic policy on the part of the united states to even begin the process where there would be a major restructuring of international trade or international financial flows. these moves by the japanese government should be very welcomed by everyone and i think will be good for the japanese economy, and a stronger japanese economy will be good for us as well. lauren: all right. on china, and the trade spat that we've got going on with them, are you optimistic for 2019 or no? >> i'm pretty optimistic. i think there's a lot of pressure to get something done by the end of march, and i think that our trade negotiators will, in fact, succeed. lauren: ambassador terry miller, thank you, sir. >> thank you. lauren: let's look at the big board once again. in fact, we have been up on the screen because the rally is huge. the dow is at