And you can get more on all of these stories on our website. Now on bbc news live to singapore for Asia Business report. The trade war escalates. The us heads china with a new wave of ta riffs heads china with a new wave of tariffs in china his back. Hong kong braces for a general strike. We take a look at the impact on the economy. Hello, good morning and welcome to Asia Business report. We begin with the trade because, on sunday, the us imposed fresh tariffs on around 112 billion dollars on things like shoes, nappies and food. It is the first phase of donald trump is make a displayed to place a 15 tariff on 300 billion worth of chinese imports by the end of the year. Beijing has retaliated, introducing crude oil target. It is causing uncertainty, not least the companies manufacturing the goods that have been hit by these tariffs. Claims in china, for instance. I got up with the head of textile counsel. What is affecting the chinese members are products in the middle. Shirts, blazes, products made in china or offshore countries and the american buyers are shifting productions from china to offshore countries as quickly as they can. Using evidence of Chinese Companies closing their factories down on the mainland, moving jobs away . We are hearing anecdotal stories that people are scaling down and insert cases closing factories but these things are not publicised so there are no realfigures to back are not publicised so there are no real figures to back that. That is not something just because of the trade war. Starting 8 10 years ago, labour costs have become a lot more expensive in china than in neighbouring countries so things are been migrating out of china and factory closure is not a news story. The trade war has made things go faster. It is notjust the trade war, hong kong is bracing for a general strike this monday and tuesday. What are we expecting today . Is that it is of the first of a two day general strike. 0ne took place several weeks ago that cause transport chaos in the city. This weekend we saw yet more violent clashes. Scenes of Police Beating up protesters, tear gas, Water Cannons and firing live rounds and, of course, protesters throwing bricks, fire bombs, setting fires, petrol bombs and various other things. These are not great things for the economy orfor things. These are not great things for the economy or for business and that has been buffeted in hong kong. If you take a look at the hong kong index, it has been one of the worst performers this month. Partly because investors from the mainland, 5. 1 billion purchased worth of stock. Protesters a re 5. 1 billion purchased worth of stock. Protesters are affecting the citys economy according to new data. Retail figures citys economy according to new data. Retailfigures declining citys economy according to new data. Retail figures declining a whopping 11. 4 from the previous year. Hong kong is also one of the worlds most visited cities but the protests are affecting tourism. A decline injuly protests are affecting tourism. A decline in july for the first time, dropping to 4. 8 to 5. 2 million arrivals from mainland china. That is at the top visitor market, accounting for some 80 . Today, marks the first day of a two day general strike. A lot of companies in acted by this. Cathay pacific i wa nt in acted by this. Cathay pacific i want the employees not to take part in that strike. We will be watching that story closely. To japan because, injuly, that story closely. To japan because, in july, it that story closely. To japan because, injuly, it resumed commercial whaling after withdrawing from a widely accepted International Agreement to and it but it comes at agreement to and it but it comes at a time when the annual consumption of whale meat has gone down significantly, 50 times less in fact that it was in the 1960s when the meat used to be a staple of school lunches. We can join meat used to be a staple of school lunches. We canjoin our correspondent. I understand that in the last hour you have heard reports ofa the last hour you have heard reports of a whale that has been cold and brought to shore. Captured. Given the fact that the demand for the meat is increasing why is this still happening . We are in the port city of kushiro. They have called the milky way. They are expected to bring it in here in an hours time. A bring it in here in an hours time. A menke whale. Japan has wailed for hundreds of years and they feel it is their right to continue doing so. It is their right to continue doing so. Japan is highly dependent on the ocea ns so. Japan is highly dependent on the oceans for its food. It does not have much agricultural land, and a dense population and it has always look to the sea for fish and protein stop the next big battle is not whaling, it is fisheries and, particularly, the North Pacific bluefin tuna. It is the biggest consumer in the world of it. It want the quotas to be raised but that was denied last year. Japan thinks the next big battle is over tuna and it says it will draw a line in the sand that it will not back down on whaling to indicate it will not back down on other fisheries issues. Do you think International Condemnation could put enough pressure onjapan to stop doing this again . could put enough pressure onjapan to stop doing this again . I do not think so. I think its withdrawal from the iwc is a sign it is not going to back down but it is also a withdrawal by japan from the worlds oceans. It will no longer be sending ships to the antarctic to hunt whales, can only do so in its waters. People, even pro whalers, have said it is the beginning of the end of the whaling industry. It is not commercially viable and in 5 10 yea rs not commercially viable and in 5 10 years time we will see whaling go extent in japan. Thank you very much. Lets talk about another trade conflict but this time between europe and the us because it could 0011 europe and the us because it could soon make european shes a lot more expensive for american consumers. The Trump Administration for a final decision on damages caused by illegal subsidies for airbrush after which it will move quickly to impose import taxes on 25 billion dollars worth of goods. Cheese. Parmesan, pecorino, provolone, some of the cheeses at this fine cheese shop selling Italian Affairs since 1925. We go back 100 years representing not only the italian immigrant but also the food culture of italy. But they worry that all these products may be about to become seriously expensive. If these tariffs go into effect i will have two raise my prices are 50 75 . My sales will go down and the first thing that is going to happen is i am going to start eliminating employees, people that have worked for me for 30 years plus. The majority of products in the shop will be affected. You might be surprised to learn, this is everything to do with defaulting year dispute over planes. Long before Donald Trumps protectionist policy, the us complained that subsidies given to our bus favoured the European Aviation giant at the expense of the american boeing. Acting as a mediator, it was upheld. Clearing the way for the Us Government to retaliate. The tariffs are meant to punish the eu but people want there is collateral damage. It is in our bus boeing situation stop airbus. Please, leave the food out of it. In relative size we are not big enough to get involved in that. More american cheeses could be stocked but Italian Cheese will be sold no matter the cost. We should not be the ones being heard. Does that hurt. The nikkei down. That is the for this the show. Thank you very much for watching. This is bbc news the top stories this hour Hurricane Dorian has made landfall in the bahamas. Its the most powerful storm ever to reach the islands. Theres been a day of chaos at Hong Kong International airport, as protestors blocked road and rail links and forced dozens of flights to be cancelled. The german president , frank walter steinmeier, has asked for polands forgiveness at an event marking the eightieth anniversary of the invasion that sparked the second world war. He was speaking in the polish town of wielun, which was the first to suffer german aerial bombardment. 0ur berlin correspondent, jenny hill, reports from warsaw. Sudden, violent, the attacks came from air, land and sea. 80 years ago, nazi troops stormed in to occupy poland, an act of aggression which triggered the deadliest conflict in human history. Air raid siren. Before dawn this morning, sirens to commemorate the first civilian casualties of the second world war. German bombers destroyed the town of weilun. Speaking in polish, the german president said he was sorry. Translation i bow my head before the victims of the attack on weilun. I bow my head before the polish victims of germanys tyranny, and i ask for forgiveness. In warsaw, a chance to reflect on the horrors of conflict past, but among the leaders and heads of state, two notable absences. Donald trump cancelled his attendance at short notice, and the russian leader, vladimir putin, wasnt invited. The leaders who came here today came to commemorate notjust war but europes hard won peace, yet they themselves are deeply divided over the very values on which post war europe is built. There was a sense at times today that the unity those leaders are supposed to represent is in fact rather fragile. Jenny hill, bbc news, warsaw. Kevin hard has been injured in a serious car accident in malibu. A Highway Patrol collision reports he was a passenger in a car that went off mulholland drive and rolled down an embankment at around 1am on sunday morning. He and the driver suffered major back injuries and we re suffered major back injuries and were taken to hospital. Now on bbc news sport today. Hello, im marc edwards and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. Coming up on this programme poiting to the heavens. A first ever victory in formula one for Ferraris Charles Leclerc who wins an emotional belgium grand prix. Pointing to the heavens. Disgraceful scenes in serie a as inter milan striker Romelu Lukaku is racially abused by cagliari fans after scoring from the penalty spot. Wang qiang, thank you maam. Theres a shock at the us open as chinas wang knocks out Ashleigh Barty to reach herfirst grand slam quarter final. Hello and thanks for joining us on sport today. It was an emotional day at the belgian grand prix as Charles Leclerc powered to a maiden formula 1 victory, dedicating his win to his fellow countryman and friend Anthoine Hubert the formula 2 driver killed in a crash on saturday. Patrick geary reports. For a minute, the engines fell silent. Spa paused for Anthoine Hubert, killed in a crash in the formula 2 race here just yesterday. He was only 22. A tragic reminder of the risks drivers face as an occupational hazard