the u.s. is also pushing europe for a new trade deal threatening automakers in return but brussels has a little more leverage it's importing even more soybeans. and also on the show it tastes like chicken and it is even though these nuggets of patties have been grown in a lab is this what will be eating soon. i'm stephen beard thanks for joining us american and chinese trade officials are set to begin a new round of talks today in washington the latest effort to resolve a trade dispute that has disrupted business across the globe the stakes are high u.s. president donald trump has threatened to raise further tariffs on chinese goods if no deal is reached by march and that would hit an already slumping chinese economy and then there's that thorny issue of huawei. one thing that's the question in washington as the world's two biggest economies sit down to work out their differences and settle their open trade conflict since u.s. president donald trump took office beijing and washington have take

the u.s. likely to push for more on that. u.s. officials also want to see a mechanism for verification and enforcement. what china puts on the table that may satisfy those demands will be of interest. at the end of these days of talks, we expect both sides to go to their respective presidents. it will be a lot of focus on president trump, who seems to become between the china talks on one side, concerned of a jittery markets on the other. the countdown for the deadline on march 1 is much underway. if they don't get any kind of deal, you could see tariffs being ramped up. the consensus is you get some kind of continuation of the freeze on the retaliatory tariffs and they continue to talk. we will see if we get more movement in washington this week. investigations are supposed to start on trumps tariffs. this is something else in the works, right? tom: it's another layer in the complicatedhe relation -- in the increasingly complicated relations between the u.s. and china. they are going to start investigating on the same week we hav

or u.s. jta negotiations? japan calls this japan-u.s. trade negotiation t.a.g., trade agreement on goods. the u.s. calls it u.s.-japan trade agreement. so there's some difference in approach. major issues between the u.s. and japan are autos and agricultural sector problems. the u.s. runs large trade deficits in automobiles. accounting for about three quarters of total u.s. bilateral deficits, vis-a-vis japan. i have some data. so automotive vehicles, parts, and engines had a trade deficit for the u.s. of $53 billion. total trade deficit on goods for the u.s. was about $70 billion. so the automotive part is the most important part. so mr. trump wants to reduce this deficit, but that's very difficult. japan imports a very small amount of american automobiles, and japan exports a massive amount. how can this be adjusted? it's going to be very difficult. agricultural trade is also an important part, but the u.s. runs a surplus on foods and fees. and the u.s. wants to increase this part, trade surplus on agricultural products. and also the u

the u.s. military pullout from syria. threat about the ongoing and the complications of pulling u.s. troops out of syria. >> first of all, it is important u.s.te that while some officials have noted it flummoxed eight has been defeated, what the attacks certainly show is that isis has the ability to conduct attacks in syria. we have seen them conduct attacks in iraq. they are monitoring u.s. activity. whatconduct an attack -- is interesting about this one is they had clearly conducting intelligence and surveillance on u.s. there. it is probably happening in multiple places. this is traditional guerrilla tactics. the islamic state has moved into this guerrilla phase of the campaign. the u.s. is a major target. >> the campaign in a guerrilla phase, how many fighters are left for the islamic state? are there estimates at this point for what they are down to? we always see the maps down to a small amount of territory, but do we know numbers? >> it is hard to gauge numbers at any particular time fo

the u.s. dirty wars of the 1980s in latin america, to be his s special l envoy to venezu. >> elliott's passions for the rights and liberties of all peoples make him a perfect fit and valuable and timely addition. he will be a true asset to ourr mission to help the venezuelan people fully restore democracy and prosperity to their country. amy: we will speak to prprize winning investigative journalist allan nairn about venezuela and elliott abrams. >> he was always very passionate and committed. committed to what? to mass killing in the service of what could be defined as u.s. interest or even u.s. whim. witht had nothing to do defending the liberties of people. it's more like defending the liberties of generals and corporations and dictators. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. one day after announcing sweeping new sanctions on venezuela's state-owned oil company pdvsa, the u.s. said tuesday it was giving oppo

senior levels u.s. government officials have announced that they will prosecute will prosecute the massive chinese telecom company while wafer myriad crimes including theft of corporate secrets evasion of u.s. economic sanctions on iran and obstruction of justice as we know the daughter of the company's founder and chief financial officer for wildlife main one joe is under house arrest in canada for evading the u.s. sanctions on iran by selling products to iran using a phony front company set up by huawei the u.s. is seeking her extradition from canada to the united states meanwhile in china the government has arrested two former canadian diplomats and what some suspect is retaliation for ms meng's arrest for more we go to canada and to our teams alex behala bitch for the latest hey alex u.s. officials say that this isn't anything new in fact the case against while way goes back a decade and reaches all the way up to the. c. suite of that company what's the reaction in canada and do expect that she will

the u.s. immigration court building a long line of people waiting to attend a hearing on their case think your prayers was one of them his hearing was cancelled because of the government shutdown his case was jailed for generally twenty four hours because of the chant down the court didn't happen so now we have to wait that a new day would be scare you know right now we don't know if that would be within the next year or two years three years a father of four progress has already been waiting for three years to see whether he can stay in the u.s. or if he will be deported to mexico and it's chaos now have to wait two three four years more i think it's too much my children are suffering with an overburdened system it's common for cases to drag on for years judge ashley tablet or as president of the national association of immigration judges it's pretty much broken it's been broken for some time but it's become unacceptable at this point and we now have well over eight hundred thousand cases tha

u.s. tariffs on china but the treasury denies a plan. as mixed earnings reports adjust it is spending free on content may not pay off as quickly as expected. china raises the stakes with canada, beijing says banning huawei from 5g networks will have repercussions. shery: let's start with a check of the markets, the close of the thursday session in the u.s. as the s&p 500 rose for the third consecutive session, moving past the 50 day moving average. every sector on the s&p 500 was in the green. the headlines boosting stock markets in late trading. we have positive act of data out of the u.s. including -- eco data out of the u.s. andid see morgan stanley reaction to their earnings being negative. financial stocks managed to gain ground for another session. u.s. futures unchanged at the moment. let's see how we are setting up for the markets in asia. couldtralian shares extend gains point fourth straight day and we're watching to see if the gains can crack 5900 points. gains in tokyo and seou

u.s. negotiators start trade talks in china yet again but few hope things will really change can the world's top two economies find a way out of their trade war and calm down financial markets. and the makers of scotch whisky fear breck's it will hurt their global business i'll tell you why export barriers are not the only thing producers are worried about. it's time for business on the w.b. and how you know gas welcome to the program as china and the u.s. resume trade talks both powers are using very positive rhetoric china says it's willing to work together with the u.s. to resolve the months long dispute between the two countries the foreign ministry expressed optimism as talks resumed in beijing and the meeting is the first since u.s. president donald trump and his chinese counterpart she agreed to a ninety day truce in their trade war last month. the u.s. and chinese representatives will need one key quality staying power these trade negotiations are set to be long and difficult nonet

the u.s. military is also in focus in brazil just days after an official visit by the u.s. secretary of state the country's newly elected president announced he's open to the possibility of an american military base in brazil. would that include the possibility of having an american base in brazil and of course the physical the physical issue of it would be symbolic nowadays the american shoney's in russian military power is gibberish any part of the world independently of their bases but still pending on what might happen in the world who knows if we have to talk about a us base in the future that the. president was sworn in on new year's day and was immediately congratulated by donald trump on twitter and it didn't take long for the new brazilian president to mention the benefits of cooperation between their countries and it seems the u.s. is serious about working with brazil to we believe the opportunity between present president both know and our two teams creates a truly transformative op

the u.s. and europe, after several fines were levied against u.s. tech companies by the european union. this is about an hour and 45 minutes. >>> welcome to this hearing of the subcommittee on antitrust competition and civil rights. today we are pleased to hear from five distinguished witnesses who will be testifying about competition law approaches to monopoly in the u.s. and the european union. we welcome each of you and thank you for your time. we are grateful you are willing to spend time with us today on some of these matters. ascension has been prevalent in certain circles, including some of our colleagues on capitol hill, that america has a monopoly problem. armed with this assumption, politicians confront these monopolies. often proponents cite the u.s. as a model for how we should proceed. the question of whether america has an extensive monopoly problem is a topic for another hearing and not for today. today we will focus on how european competition law compares to antitrust law on t

the u.s. d also around the globe. we are just a few hos away from president trump making a primetime television address to the american people. white house officials say he will make his case for funding a wall with mexico to deal with what they call a crisis on the border. democrats will get airtime for their response. the standoff sparked the partial government shutdown, now in day 18. ndds of thousands of federal workers are not being paid and many are struggling, as aleem maqbool reports. aleem: with washington at a stalemate, hundreds of thousands of families are suffering. rachel, an airport security officer, is one of manyrn gont workers who continue to do their job without pay. >> i feel hopeless. -- helpless. i go to work every day and i do the very best i caat my job, but it really feels like you are not appreciated, like a federal worker is t appreciated, because if we were more appreciated, this whole issituation wouldn't we wouldn't be held hostage for whatever anybody wants. we w

u.s. call import tariffs is part of a trade pact we'll find out how traders on wall street are reacting. also on the program coming from all directions now while weighs under fire an american criminal probe into the chinese tech giant and germany considers barring it from five g. networks. and they call it sri lanka's new body china is building a brand new poll just off sri lanka's assures the country's leaders hailed it as a great achievement but it's not everyone's going to. this is your business update on how to humphrey a glad you could join me there appears to be some movement in the trade dispute between the u.s. and the european union now brussels says it's prepared to get rid of industrial tariffs and tariffs on u.s. made cars the proposals are seen as the e.u. taking a step toward u.s. president donald trump's demands the office would benefit the u.s. in particular. american industrial firms that export products to the european union would be the big winners of import duties are a

the u.s. government argues that china is taking advantage of existing trade regulations using a combination of state subsidies and industrial espionage to legitimately gain a leg up on the competition case in point while way the u.s. recently accused the chinese tech giant of violating international sanctions against iran and stealing trade secrets something the chinese government the mentally denies. it's been some time since the u.s. started to use its state power to smear and suppress certain chinese enterprises in an attempt to throttle the other gentleman operations their intentions are strongly political and manipulative we suddenly urge the us to stop ill founded suppression of while way and other chinese enterprises. experts are skeptical that both sides will find common ground this week china is unlikely to give up its cavalier approach to foreign intellectual property any time soon. and after trump's recent loss in the u.s. government shutdown he's likely to push for sweeping reform

u.s. government closed for an even three weeks. hello and welcome to al-jazeera on live from my headquarters in doha with me in the top of herat also ahead turkey's president says the white house has made a serious mistake suggesting it will it will protect the kurds when it pulls out of syria also ahead why the u.s. envoy tousled dissolve in the blockade of qatar by its neighbors has resigned and a north korean leader kim jong un travels to beijing ahead of a possible second summit with president trump. u.s. president donald trump has made his first oval office address to the nation it was a tough leewood a speech criticizing democrats for failing to fund the war he wants to build along the us mexico border and painting illegal immigration as an almost existential threat to the united states democrats in congress have refused to acknowledge the crisis and they have refused to provide our brave border agents with the tools they desperately need to protect our families and our nation. the f

u.s. carmaker. ramy: let's get a quick reminder of how u.s. stocks ended last week. they were clearly in the green. all gaining. the dow up by 1.4%. s&p almost as much. highs we have not seen in the past six weeks. december 6 was the last time we saw the indices at these levels. some optimism here was because china was saying listen, we are willing to actually put the trade deficit down to zero by 2024, but then the white house said we might do an executive order possibly against chinese telecoms. we will see how that goes into the asian trade day. sophie later on today in about three hours time, four hours, we are looking at chinese data coming out. sophie: that is the highlight of the date when it comes to the eco-agenda. seeing aay we could be start looking positive for asian stocks. we see a pop of 1.4% at the nikkei at the start. china offering to go on a six-year buying spree of u.s. goods, helping to buy some relief. in australia we are watching for it the u.k. post-brexit. folks wi

of course, u.s. is still way ahead and research, and that may lead to additional breakthroughs but i am relatively not optimistic about those breakthroughs being very frequent or very sustainable for u.s. to have a monopoly. >> host: mr. lee, it sounds like the chinese model is rather capitalist. >> guest: it is absolutely focused on the markets and the chinese entrepreneurs are tenaciously working incredibly hard looking for every which way to use ai to make money. >> host: so what kind of support are they getting from beijing and the communist government? >> guest: actually, the government came a little bit late to ai. we begin investing in ai five years ago. i think the whole country got excited about ai entrepreneurship and ec may be about two years ago. the government made a big ai announcement about one year ago, the state council plan on ai. selection i think ai and china was largely privately funded and driven. however, the chinese government does play a strong role, i think, i can see three

tries to value so this is this is something that the u.s. is going to have to simply watch play out even as the trump administration pushes for. to take power and have new elections yeah marcus where there in washington though very volatile situations and i see in the video it's regular where one why there has declared himself in the in president taking power away claiming to take power away from president nicolas maduro market thank you very much you're watching t.w. newsline from berlin more news coming up at the top of the hour we hope to see you then everybody thank you. if you ever have to cover up a murder best way to make an exit. raring to. never read a book like this. list. the streets. of . the music so long enough to.

on the u.s. national security advisor, he said american troops syria after they ensure the islamic state is defeated for good and that turkey will not go after that kurds. john bolton has been offering assurances on president trump's plans. last month the president announced he was pulling out of syria and declared the jihadist group had been defeated. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am su keenan. this is bloomberg. update for asian markets, risk on as we see gains of more than 3% in japanese indexes. let's get to sophie. monday forisk on asian stocks to bounce back and japanese shares welcome after the slump on friday with the nikkei and the topix rising over 3% pure we have electronics makers and auto socks -- rising over 3%. we have electronic makers and are up.cks looking up the space, the korean won picking up nicely the most since december 3, and the dollar is looking softer after a

u.s. also coming up. u.s. security advisor john bolton is in turkey to discuss american plans to withdraw from syria and iran has welcomed the move by the kurds in syria fear turkey is planning to attack them. and actor kevin spacey appears in court facing charges of sexual assault a man says face he groped him two years ago when he was eighteen years old. and born to be wired germany's b.m.w. hopes sells driving motorcycles could end traffic jams ups just one of the innovations of this year's consumer electronics show we're live in las vegas. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us north korean leader kim jong un is in beijing for talks with china's president xi jinping this visit was announced . nearly simultaneously by north korean and chinese state media kim traveling to china in his armor to train under heavy security it's his fourth visit to beijing likely high on the agenda the negotiations currently underway for a second summit between kim and us president doll top. ok le

and the u.s.-china trade war does not seem to be easing anytime soon, no solution in sight at this point in time. what is apparent, of course, is the absence of several global leaders, the likes of president may, who have decided to stay home because of domestic issues. all of these reflect very challenging times and the issues that will have to be addressed at this world economic forum. shery: bloomberg's haslinda amin in davos. eurasia groupis to res director of japan. joining us. you for president trump is not attending, prime minister theresa may also not attending, of course other domestic issues they have to deal with, including the shut down here in the u.s., not to mention brexit. how important will be. postmeeting be, -- will be davos meeting be, when we continue to see u.s.-china trade tensions? scott: davos will always be important, because you have so many brilliant, important people , but at the same time, as the world grows closer together, i think we are seeing even more of these ty

the u.s. could be ramping up. the trump administration is preparing an executive order that could restrict chinese state-owned telecoms from operating in the u.s. trump really goes after huawei like the te. -- like zte. it muddies the waters and shows the trump administration sidesen speaks from both of its mouth. it is national security, it is trade. one step forward, two steps back. you would think if they were to go ahead with these measures against the zte fy way -- and huawei, china would take issue with this and it would damage the momentum of the trade talks. it is hard to know. and as tom said there is really an overall upward trend line to the economic relations, so this seems like an extraordinary thing. at the same time there is fractions in the u.s. very concerned about economic security and national security and the mixture of those, the future of 5g and where the u.s. will come down on that. this is up to the commerce department to administer the executive order. it hasn't reached trump, so we could

u.s. says it doesn't believe saudi arabia's version of the murder of the journalist. and will continue to push for answers a state department official says the kingdom's investigation and handling of the killing lacks credibility and accountability the u.s. secretary of state will continue to pressure the saudis for answers when he visits riyadh next week my pump ayos eight day trip to the middle east include the u.a.e. egypt and qatar plus and jordan has more from washington. eight countries eight days not much time for sleep a lot has been packed into the secretary's agenda here not only is he going to be putting pressure on riyadh to elevate its credibility about the story that it has been telling about the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi it's also going to be putting pressure on all eight countries that he is visiting to was do more to try to withstand the influence of iran in their internal affairs the u.s. considers iran perhaps one of its top two or three foreign policy obj

gains in the u.s. session moderated after the government denied reports mnuchin was looking to ease tensions with china. futures point to another strong session after we see netflix decline in late trading. on the front foot above $52. the 10 year yield is heading for a weekly gain. cable steady struggling for direction. 1.2983. we are asking the question on mliv, what from davos could move markets. tune in for our coverage of the world economic forum january 21 to the 25th on bloomberg. now let's get the bloomberg business flash. bird box and other new shows helps attract millions of new subscribers to netflix last quarter. disappointedgrowth investors writing high on a 50% stock gain in recent weeks. rose 27% through december but came in slightly shy of expectations. the forecast for current quarter sales missed estimates just a spending spree on new content may not pay off quickly. commentsix cfo report on the youtube page. will be self we funding over time with these contents investments. in the in

u.s. markets, but in about one hours time we are getting another key may's newtheresa brexit plan she is trying to pitch to brussels. you are seeing a weaker pound ahead of that vote, relative to a stronger dollar. try to get some key demands so she can go back to brussels and see if she can negotiate an ever-changing deal that i can barely keep my head around because it changes every day. vonnie: taylor riggs, thank you. brexit, british prime minister theresa may is warning the european union that if they don't come back to the negotiating table, chaos will ensue. parliament trying to rattle but control of brexit from the prime minister with a range of amendments. withohnson is at once mr. a -- westminster with a key mp. by the mp from the labour party. good evening. , theye seven amendments will start being voted on around 7:00 this evening. are any of them going to pass? ? >> the honest answer is we don't know. clearly, the crucial ones are on the government side, the brady amendment, w

the u.s. department of health and human services during obama administration and has masters degrees in nursing. and jesus garcia has had a long career in state and local politics going back to the mid 1980's and previously served as a cook county commissioner and was also the executive director of a local community developing corporation. new congress. new leaders. watch it all on c-span. >> now a discussion on the withdrawal of u.s. troops from syria and its potential impact on the region. this is an hour and 25 minutes. >> good morning, everyone. >> forces on the ground that i would with u.s. to fight isis. there's been a lot of debate and we are hoping that we won't cover all of it because that will take probably many hours. we are trying to focus only on the withdrawal decision and what it could mean on the ground in the relationship with turkey. how do nato allies figure out how to do this. i'm sure in the q&a session, many issues will come up and we will try to respond as much as possib

the u.s. economy 2019 will grow at a lower rate than last year, and china will probably grow at a lower rate. >> although we have downgraded our forecast, the two countries that we have not downgraded are the u.s. and china. a growth thatt kicked up to a higher level and is coming down a little bit. that makes people nervous. >> we see an economy that is absolutely slowing in terms of growth but not stalling by any means. by any means. >> uncertainty is generated -- is the greatest enemy of growth. >> the shutdown will ultimately start to affect economic activity. >> political uncertainty it sort of doesn't make our job as business leaders easier. >> there is no question there has been an economic cost paid by the u.k. consumer and u.k. industry because of this uncertainty has gone on so long. >> all eyes are on the trade talks, and hopefully in 90 days we hear some good news. >> i hope something positive will come out of the latest round. >> now you have all of this uncertainty and the possib

u.s. senate is likely to vote this week on bills that if powerhouse could end the month long partial government shutdown the competing proposals by republicans and democrats would see several federal agencies the longest government shutdown in u.s. history with hundreds of thousands of workers going without a paycheck. mexico's president has responded to last week's pipeline blast with measures to improve living conditions reforms are aimed at regions where fuel theft is more likely to take place the program focuses on jobs pensions and credit problems. all you have to date with the headlines here or not is there more news coming up right after inside story. a taliban attack in afghanistan killed dozens of security personnel on monday at the same time members of the armed through for holding talks with u.s. diplomat from qatar so is the taliban using a strategy of attacks and talks this is inside stories. and welcome to the program i'm richelle carey afghanistan has been at war for much of

u.s. futures gaining, investors are new their appetite for risk. has the markets of the bottom? exuberance hangs in the balance. washington in beijing start trade talks today. analysts say the latest move to cushion the slowdown won't be the last. less than three months ago until britain's schedule departure from the eu. theresa may warns of uncharted territory and doesn't rule out the possibility of a second referendum. ♪ >> a warm welcome to the show. two little words that are driving sentiment -- listening carefully. six more fed speakers will speak this week. the dollar is down because it is the rhetoric which is really driving the market sentiment this morning. dollar,sachs is the credit suisse says get ready for a dimmer dollar. flexibility in the fed is the word. what is that mean on the balance sheets? the yuan is stronger this morning. is that going to continue as the chinese go after another rrr cut? will there be more policy response on that side, rather than the monetary side

u.s. sanctions so transfers have leverage over you run and iran of course its allies hezbollah they hold political power in this country all sides made concessions but it was a demand by hezbollah that it's suddenly ally hezbollah being a force the shiite party it's certainly allied be given a ministerial portfolio hezbollah more has had a more conciliatory. attitude in the past a few days so a new government parliament is going to me to give it a vote of confidence that is expected to happen but the political power the balance of power does not changed hezbollah and its allies control control the parliament they control political power in this country and by extension that means iran and its ally the syrian government are if you really have influence over lebanon. still ahead for you on al-jazeera. found. the british government is paying a one point three million dollars penalty to a group of people inside. press and a brutal chill sweeps through parts of the united states in what is bein

the u.s. chamber of commerce, the national governors association, the u.s. conference of mayors all steppingorward. four previous presidents all suggesting this is not the way to go and the shutdown should end. laura: the president goes to visit the border with mexico on thursday, a dramatic photo opportunity. does this suggest that there will be no end to the shutdown before then? alex there will be an end before that time. the president u has wouthe dramatic backdrop to mcallen, texas, to reiterate why hein this wall, whether it is concrete or steel or see-through or a barrier, is so important. after that, we are facing another deadline, friday, where federal workers will miss the rst big paychecks and wi start to feel the squeeze.th e is another deadline i remember well because i covered the 1995-1996 shutdown, the longest we have had, and we are creeping up to that storic marker. laura: alexis simendinger, that an of t longest -- veteran of the longest government shutdown, thank you. rtdee

there is thoughts within the u.s. intelligence community that he leads much worse operations for putin. it gives the russian leaders deniability and because, you know, you filed these charges against these russians here, because the u.s. has a legal system that has processes like discovery a by-product of that is that these bad actors get a vision inside that case. mueller is saying they weapon sized it to attack the investigation. we cannot give them the classified information. it would go right to russia and right to the kremlin and right to some of the worst actors today doing putin's dirty work. >> intriguing footnote, cnn was offered up these documents by this twitter account a while ago. tell us about that. >> yeah. back in october he has been covering this case in the court. she actually got an outreach what we believe to be the people behind this twitter account. they sent a message offering access to this information. it said we are anonymous hackers. we are like hundreds of others. we are the one and only th

u.s. stocks closing stronger. the shutdown tracks on amid warnings of zero growth of this quarter. nancy pelosi is blocking the state of the union. get a quicket's check of the markets here in the u.s.. a day it was for u.s. stocks. the s&p 500 managed to finish above its 50 day moving average. we had some cautious confidence as this rebound may be has legs. the nasdaq stayed unchanged. essence be futures are also not moving that much right now. we do have concerns over global growth and trade tensions. but some more positive earnings coming out of ibm, procter & gamble, and united technologies. asian stocks are set for a softer start as that growth debate continues in sydney. we are seeing some lawsuits. led bygards are being beach energy, which is off by 2%. in new zealand, we are seeing declines in futures. we do have some corporate updates on the agenda. reporting earnings fell short of expectations on weaker demand for memory chips. that tracks with texas instrument's performance in t

u.s. shutdown or brexit, what matters more? >> i've got to go with brexit. i'm over there. >> u.s. shutdown. >> brexit. ,> leverage loan performance but they run up that we had in january, is that a predictor for the rest of the year? >> yes. >> yes. continuey, do triple b to be the outperform or? >> yes. >> i would say no. >> i would say yes. >> two out of three. from new york, that does it for us, we will see you next friday 1 p.m. new york time, 6 p.m. in london. this is bloomberg. ♪ place, the xfinity xfi gateway. and it's strengthened by xfi pods, which plug in to extend the wifi even farther, past anything that stands in its way. ...well almost anything. leave no room behind with xfi pods. simple. easy. awesome. click or visit a retail store today. ♪ alix: trump challenges maduro. president donald trump calls the maduro regime illegitimate and recognizes the opposition leader and waives u.s. oil sanctions while nicolas maduro faces a violent protests. saudi arabia's lng bet for the future. we sit down with the saudi aramco ceo. trade war bite. bunge prepares to take a hit

the administrative office of the u.s. courts now estimates that money will run out by the end of next week. judges would continue working with pay some employees who would be furloughed or told to work without pay. michael cohen, president trump's former lawyer and fixer, has received a subpoena to appear before the senate intelligence committee. that is according to his lawyer, lanny davis. the subpoena comes one day after cohen postponed his testimony to a separate house panel citing fears for his safety. the senate panel isn't -- is inspected gating -- is investigating russian meddling. the prominent trade union leader in the u.k. helped -- held talks today with theresa may, seeking a brexit withdrawal deal to protect workers rights. the tradesrady of union congress spoke to reporters afterwards saying she attended the meeting to come in her words, listen to the prime minister in good faith. the trades union have been looking for a deal that will protect people's jobs, that will protect workers rights now and into the

top story i u.s. destroyer sailed near disputed islands in the south china sea it occurred at the same time an american trade delegation is attempting to find a solution to the ongoing trade war being waged between washington and beijing the islands are claimed by china but also by vietnam and taiwan a longstanding u.s. ally a spokeswoman for the u.s. pacific fleet sais the move wasn't about making a political statement however china reacted with fury calling it a provocation stressing it was in violation of international law last month the world's two largest economies agreed and ninety day truce in their trade war switch so far has seen really more losers than winners in a direct shooter talks us through. well the next round of the us china trade battle begins and both sides appear to be quite enthusiastic just had a long and very good call would presume she of china deal is moving along very well if maybe it will be very comprehensive covering all subjects areas and points of dispute big progress b

u.s. says the pullouts on hold until ankara guarantees the security of kurdish fighters . in the joint us russian plan for a space station orbiting the moon is under threat after a visit by the head of russia's space agency is blocked at the request of american senators. with news and analysis twenty four seventh's this is r.t. international from moscow i'm calling break this is what we're across for you this hour the united states and china are holding talks in beijing right now to see if there's a solution to the economic deadlock that they've reached last month the world's two largest economies agreed to a ninety day truce in their trade war which is so far seen more losers than winners as the day richard or explained well the next round of the u.s. china trade battle and the both sides appear to be quite enthusiastic just had a very good call were president xi of china deal is moving along very well if made it will be very comprehensive covering all subjects and areas and points of dis

when risk appetite is high, the u.s. dollar, as we been seeing, the u.s. dollar has downward pressure. when there is uncertainty, and there will continue to be uncertainty around the global economy, the u.s. dollar is supported. we expect the dollar to appreciate between 3% and 5%, not that much. nejra: i know you been open about admitting some of the mistakes you have made. one of the calls that turned out right was your overweight in u.s. equities. are you making the same call in 2019? willem: we are. certainly in the last few months of the year, we had a significant correction and price-earnings ratios. what we are currently concerned about in the short-term is this concern about growth and whether earnings have come down enough. we7%, 8% earnings growth, have concern we need to go a few points lower. we are going to get about 10% earnings growth. the longer term outlook for u.s. equities for the year is quite positive. the valuations are the area we feel most comfortable with, given that we feel earnings downward trend still, we are in quality stocks t

u.s. argentina brazil and colombia are for fry they brought free flow in the violence that has engulfed venezuela over the last three days it's been three days of protests mostly in the slums surrounding caracas which you saw before which used to be for chavez but now they come out every night protesting friday it looks in this part of her aka caracas very tranquil but we don't know how much this piece is going to last and it just cements corrupts incompetence that's how the u.s. is calling majoris regime as the standoff continues to escalate in the finest wailin capital we spoke to for me u.s. congressman ron paul he feels it's ironic that washington times is fighting for democracy in venezuela but implementing off our tarion at that. i think it's going to end up in violence and you could have a civil war some countries are lining up with him but we've been antagonizing and threatening them and decide that we're going to install a president for them and i would think even the people that

u.s. and china sit down to new trade talks but u.s. criminal charges against chinese telecoms giant while waiting the company is accused of violating sanctions against iran and industrial espionage. u.s. sanctions on venezuela's oil price of oil prices drives up prices all the blocks off all over the world china and russia. also. helping to fuel oil prices in democracy building out a new ranking. and find out why so little progress is made in fighting it. i'm joined on in berlin welcome to your business update for us justice department has charged chinese telecom giant wall way with violating sanctions against iran and industrial espionage the charges are connected to the arrest in canada of wall ways chief financial officer of man one jew this as a chinese delegation arrived in washington for talks to diffuse the simmering trade conflict between the two biggest economies in the world. the one away brand in beijing is probably as common as apple is in new york city quality is china's leadi

the u.s. and european union. it was called in response to recent fines leveled against major u.s. technology companies by the e.u. this is just under two hours. >>> welcome to this hearing of the sub-committee on anti-trust competition and consumer rights. today we're pleased to hear from five distinguished witnesses who will testify about competition law approaches to monopoly and the u.s. and the european union. we welcome each of you and thank you for your time. we're grateful you are willing to come and spend some time with us today to educate us on these matters. an assumption has been prevalent in certain circles including some of our colleagues on capitol hill that america has a monopoly problem. armed with this assumption, pundits and politicians demand the confront of these alleged monopolies. most of these enforcemented cite the model for how it should proceed but the question of whether america has an extensive monopoly problem is a topic for another hearing and not one for today. t

but also the u.s. seems intent on pouring oil on the fire you know men well you know rand was just mentioned right here. in new britain a book about pax americana i mean i can i understood the post cold war i'm sorry post world war two order that was created by the united states i understand the intent behind it in the context of the cold war but after the cold war and the rise of this kind of neal. neo con ideology i mean a sane person wouldn't say focus all of american foreign policy on iran i mean there that's obviously politics going on there and also if you look at some of the issues that the the u.s. is intruding upon it on the korean peninsula i mean the koreans are actually making some progress moving towards peace there but the u.s. is dragging its feet and it is planning it seemingly so planning a war against iran how is that possibly in the interest of anyone including americans. well it's very difficult to understand that's why they sometimes say that they. only explained possible is that s

can the u.s. -- should the u.s. believe turkey, yes, our nato ally, but they've viewed the kurds as terrorists at points. >> i'd be hesitant in believing that statement. we've had those kinds of assurances before from not only the turks but the russians and iranians. so this all contributes to the confounding complexities of this part of the world but also -- >> oops. not a good morning for technology. twice. >> someone was listening. but thanks to general hertling. it gets down the process here. i heard this from a senior administration official in the wake of this. there is no national security process. the president makes a decision by tweet and folks have to move. what happens in the midst of a real crisis? >> and what do you snbelieve? the advisers or the president? >> also, this is a real key issue in terms of foreign policy and the economy. u.s. negotiators are in china as part of this big trade delegation trying to hash out a trade deal before the 90-day deadline ends. or will these new tariffs kick in at th

u.s. security advisor john bolton is facing a difficult day of diplomacy in turkey as he discusses american plans to withdraw from syria and the excuses him of making quote a serious mistake over syria's curves and to wrestling with sexism and abuse in america report on how one high school in pittsburgh is using sport to try and encourage male teenager to teach teenagers excuse me to change their behavior toward women and girls. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program german police have arrested a suspect in a hacking case that saw stolen data from some one thousand politicians and celebrities include it. chancellor angela merkel the personal information was then made available on the internet the data was released on twitter in the run up to christmas personal phone numbers home an e-mail addresses they were made public and in some cases also private messages and photos authorities learned about the data theft late last week. and our chief political editor mahela cook dinner is on the stor

a u.s. judge limits evidence in a trial over claims its weed killer round-up causes cancer. >>> and investors today eye the u.s. jobs record amid fears of a global economic slowdown as traders price in the prospect of a fed rate cut by april of next year ♪ >>> let's bring you some final composite pmi data, for december, 51.1, against 51.3 that's relatively low compared to the november time number of 52.7 if we look at the final services pmi for the eurozone as well, we have those coming in for november, those come in at 51.2, against an expectation of 51.4, against the november number of 53.4 that's to give you details there on eurozone data >>> european equities this morning trading higher on the back of a solid handover from asia, largely on the back of confirmation that beijing will meet with the u.s. officials on monday next week to resume formal trade talks this is providing a boost across global equities, not only in asia but also here in europe it draws stark contrast to yesterday's