This is a boom bust the one business show you cant afford to miss in washington coming up. To creating. Conditions for implementing the phase one tiny u. S. Trade agreement the spotlight is back on china u. S. Trade as the peoples republic has waived tariffs on some imports from the United States straight ahead we bring you expert analysis into what lies in store for the worlds 2 largest economies plus tesla is defying california orders and has reopened operations within the state what does this mean for the auto giant we have a blue bus panel on hand to break it down you got a packed show today so lets dive right in. China announced tuesday a new set of u. S. Products for waivers from the tory tariffs put in place amid the height of the trade war between the worlds 2 largest economies now the Chinese Foreign ministry issued a statement saying the waivers on 79. 00 products will be. Put in place on the 19th of may and expire in may of 2021 the new list of products with waivers includes ores of rare earth metals gold ores so wars and concentrates as part of the phase one trade deal between the 2 countries signed in january china agreed to increase imports of u. S. Goods by over 200000000000. 00 over 2 years now the 2 sides held a call last week to discuss implementation of the phase one following a threat from u. S. President donald trump to pull out of the deal if beijing did not meet their commitments now the Chinese Foreign ministry on tuesday spoke of the importance of upholding this agreement. In the 1st phase of the economic degree meant between china and the United States that china the United States and the world to both parties should. In Mutual Respect and jointly implement the agreement. Creating a favorable atmosphere and conditions for implementing the phase one china u. S. Trade agreement and for more on this lets bring in expert analysis from Todd Horowitz chief strategist at bubba trading and tobin smith c. E. O. Of Transformative Research thank you both for being here with us today so but i want to dive right in here is there any significance to these tariff waivers were seeing out of china and what does this mean for the overall trade deal between the u. S. And china. Well you know brant the chinese can read polls in the polls say that the angry orange man is not going to be there after november so clearly if you from chinas perspective throw a bone here i mean number one number 2 a by the way before we had the penn demick they had their swine flu and i lost about 70 percent of their pigs and poultry so they need our poultry at the same time we have too many pigs that we cant deliver so this is about the the nothing its nothing concession ive ever heard this is geopolitics at its best chinese plate much better than we do because there are strategic will they have one tactic you get a tariff you get a tariff well guess what chinese just one this one this little round all right now but i want to i want to hit on this as well with you know amid the pandemic that we actually anticipate both sides will adhere to the deal and more importantly with the Economic Situation worldwide is there any chance of phase 2 coming in the near future as early who holds all the cards i mean to tobins point when it comes to more trade deals between us and china. I couldnt disagree more with coal but i mean 1st of all i think the trouble beer for another 4 years so thats a 1st part sounds like in part as this deal i know a lot of good china has never honored a deal their history yeah but just 1000. 00 put up im good ok. At the end of the day i think youve got a market that will never end here this deal chinas not here do a deal in their history why would we expect that theyre now theyve already got the w. H. O. And the beauty oh trying to lean their way yet they cant when we could pull out and they need us a heck of a lot more than we need them and of course when you look at the big picture were going to shatter my god and we can we can exist right here without them we dont need them as part of our economy. Im sorry but im going to let you respond at this point. I dont know youre smoking over there but want to share some look at china is going to have a 4 percent g. D. P. Were going to negative 8 percent g. D. P. China buys all of our electronic if you dont want to jed is not going to tell been told that youre talking youre talking rhetoric youre talking b. S. Look lets see what their real numbers are chinas a drop all theyve got more issues than we do they do need food they need a lot of things that theyre not going to be able to get theyre not going to have their biggest customer who buys more product than anybody else so lets lets not get into these semantics of whats going on where ok the end of the day china is the more than we need them and thats really what it comes on now but i want to let tobin respond lets try not to dip into too much i do want to get both your opinions here so go ahead and finish your thought up there well deployed is strategically china needs our electronics as much as they need our food number one number 2 they believe and i can they can read a poll just like i can i believe bubba just closed his eyes a little bit on that stuff that the big orange man is way behind hes losing on every one of his key states so their move is build a fence now and then when a new president comes in they start again thats classic chinese ive spent a lot of time in china i know how it works right now guys i know we can continue this conversation for the rest the segment above i want to i want to move on to another point here now saudi aramco announced tuesday a 25 percent drop in 1st quarter net profit as the pandemic has ravaged the oil demand now opec members are of course pledged deeper cuts which helped push prices up a little bit on tuesday whats the future outlook for oil at this point. When our oil is up to go trying to rally its up you know in some around the 30. 00 level and again will it will it stay here look at the end of the day if we get the economy open and we get the economy flowing and we start increasing demand then yes. We get oil can start to move will it go back to 50 i dont think so i dont see major high prices until we can get fully open and start to use completely but the meantime were going to cut back on what you make here saudi arabia there everybodys going to cut back and try to create a supply shortage weve got such a glut to begin with that it could be a long time to go through what you already have in stock in what we have stockpiled but you know again i think if we have a smooth and this thing continues and we start to open and get more action than i can certainly theyll be a demand for oil and prices will resume to be more of a somewhat normal but again if we have any issues along the road you could see another negative for an oil before its all over if something happens and now tobin as we talk about oil d being you know crushed right now weve Seen Movement by the saudi government since 2016 to diversify their investment we even saw the Saudi Vision Fund take a 5 100000000. 00 stake in live nation the concert promoter recently what are they doing to diversify the economy and are there concerns are there concerns with the saudi government buying up pieces of Companies Worldwide especially american companies. Well i again saudi arabia is a country within a country the people who have the money is about 5000 people what i do know is this i have Saudi Arabian investors in my funds some are subscribers i talk to them all the time theyre the worst market timers in the world if saudi arabia is putting money in live intent i was short that stock because theyve shown time and time again that they dont understand Business Cycles because they never have one there they dont understand valuation because they dont care and so i when they get real active in the markets to try to quote unquote diversify dude theyve got to have 80. 00 oil to pay all the people all the money that they promised and all the bonuses the nice stuff to keep the you know the keep the people settled these type investments are nothing to them and theyre going to turn out to be nothing theyve lost 2100000000. 00 in the softbank quote unquote you know mystery fund and theyre probably to lose another 5000000000. 00 and maybe somebodys head rolls at the bottom but the people at the top say hey lets 5000000000. Tobin smith and Bubba Horowitz thank you both for the expert analysis much appreciate it. And lets take another global look at the trends and spread of the coronavirus with r. T. Correspondent site savage or so i where we today brian looking globally there are numerous countries looking to live for instructions and were obviously seeing that here in the u. S. Against even against the advice from Health Officials that are up pleading to the government and to the public to maintain some sort of plan to avoid and new wave of infections because this pandemic is far from over and were seeing a lot of new cases daily specifically here in the u. S. Who are now topping the rest of the world and new cases and then in fact in russia now places them among the top 3 countries in the world that are affected by the deadly disease and now just in the last 24 hours russia reported over 10000. 00 and you cases and more than half of those new cases reported are in the capital city in moscow yet the countrys death rate is still still relatively low under 2100 but critics are calling those numbers into question as are remains far lower than other countries now the u. K. For example which has about the same number of cases both countries have having over 220000 cases yet the u. K. Has more than 32000 deaths but the kremlin claims that the spike in new cases is because of a Testing Program that was carried out about a 6000000 test in the last couple of days and the lower death toll is because the same program has allowed medical staff to quickly identify those needing medical care but at taking a look at the following countries right here. Looking at the u. S. Russia brazil india u. K. Peru saudi arabia pakistan turkey and chile these will all come from newquay says jest within the last 24 hours a so taking a look at all these numbers just show you how much theyre growing within just the last 24 hours which again shows that this pandemic is far from over you know so i want to go back to the economy here though this pandemic has obviously slowed Global Commerce to a crawl but where what are countries doing to help me through their economies. So even before this crisis many countries already have very high debt levels right which is why so many world powers are doing anything they can to prop up their economies during this downturn now lets start with china the Worlds Largest a 2nd largest economy now during 822008 financial crisis spent about half a trillion dollars on a stimulus package and so china has roughly doubled as government dead to about 60 percent right now and many analysts dont think that they actually can afford to spend so aggressively again they get china has given about 80000000000. 00 to struggling businesses and is planning to cut Interest Rates in the months ahead now germany who had doubled their nearly 59 percent dead of g. D. P. In 21000. 00 has spent about 50000000000. 00 yours or about 10 percent of their g. D. P. To prop up their economy then a looking at the u. K. Who has about 86 percent debt at 2019 as they were negotiating a pro post with the e. U. Now could add another 5 to 10 percent out of their kind of me and in 2020 and so far britain has spent about 400000000000 pounds or about 15 percent of their g. D. P. To rescue their economy then to us at about 100. And 6 percent dead 2 their g. D. P. Purchased a 2 trillion treasury bond and on the fiscal side also passed 2 trillion stimulus package to get the us economy through the crisis lastly japan was already at a 238 percent debt to their g. D. P. In 2019 there responded with a massive relief package worth one trillion dollars to help the country through one of its most challenging periods in recent history brandt arky correspondents thanks for keeping us up to date. Time now for a quick break but here because when we return flawed thing the lockdown rules in california as the calls for economic reopening continue in the country well break it all down with a boom bust battle in just a bit as we go to break here the numbers at the close. Join me every 1st day on the alex im unsure when ill be speaking to get a feel of the world of politics or business im show business ill see you then. Good food descriptions sound up even for the owners so how to choose just had Food Industry is telling us what to feed our pets really more based on what they want to sell us and was necessarily good for the pet turns out may not be as Healthy People believe we have animals that have you know diabetes in arthritis they have auto immune disorders allergies we are actually creating these problems and its a huge epidemic of problems all of them i believe can be linked to very simple problem of diet and some dog owners so heartbreaking stories about their pets last treats the larger corporations are not very interested in proving or disproving the value of their food because theyre already making a 1000000000. 00 on it and theres no reason to do that research. Yeah. You see it when you do you think you can only keep. It to you because. Someone that just dont think is going to want to. Leave with. Tears. In the slums listening to. This so you can. Look my handgun ban you from you might be pulling for to do more. Tesla founder and c. E. O. Elon musk has found a new role over the past few weeks leading the tech resistance to government shutdowns now musk has announced that tesla will defy local orders and it is starting its california for Fremont California factory the announcement came monday on twitter and its supercharged a standoff over government orders that the companys california plant remain closed as part of efforts to slow the spread of coppa 19 now joining us now to discuss this and other stories is boom bust cohosts christy i and ben swan i bet i want to start with you musk says he is going to do this and really theyre going to have despite orders for tesla to stay home what is the value in this move for test lot and ilan musk. Well im not sure what the value is necessarily tesla other than getting its operations back up and running which i guess would be value. Well for any Business Owner whats interesting about this story is that obviously the last few weeks really has been kind of as you said theyre the head of this kind of tech resistance so you have Companies Like facebook and google that are rival kind of lockstep with government orders and musk is taking the opposite position saying that this is the United States and we shouldnt be under these kinds of of lock downs and so hes been very defiant from the beginning virtually now he has restarted production lines at that Fremont California plant we also know that he tweeted out that after monday he said a Good Days Work and thank you for everyone for being here we know that on tuesday about 3 oclock eastern time a letter was sent from the Sheriffs Department to tesla and their chief Safety Officer telling them to shut down and that the Sheriffs Department was mandating they shut down because apparently Alameda County the county that the plant is in has more strict guidelines than the state of california has and so must actually sued over that saying that he should be able to operate under californias guidelines not under the more stringent local county guidelines so thats kind of where the battle has been so far and so far musk says hes going to be on the operating line working with workers and if someone gets arrested he says it should be him. Away im sorry go ahead christi i know youre all jacked up to talk about this yet because im like absolutely fine if he actually is the leader or the face of the tech resistance if thats what he want to position himself to be but if he really was doing that then where was he joining this entire big clan resistance where was he trained Net Neutrality he never took any position on any of those things but now when its something thats affecting his business his line of work oh now hes all up in arms about it till it actually makes him a big hypocrite in my book because right now hes basically saying hey california thank you so much for the tax subsidies thank you so much for those tax breaks and everything im going to take my headquarters and move over to nevada or texas is basically what he posts. It in a sense delete a tweet so that he is only upset because this is a this is affecting his business directly and this is out making extreme backlash in california which is one of his main demographics and Consumer Population so they are the ones who was previously praising him for being thinking that oh musk its going to be the genius that saves the world from Carbon Emissions and everything now it seems to be finally that california is taking a stance and being like we are tired of this antics and if it actually fairness we dont stand and we just get this in fairness and i think this in and christie knows me and she knows im all about ideology right that that its not about your own personal situation if you have this belief system it should be true so i agree with what youre saying about that but in fairness to us as with most people there are many people who are not passionate about their own freedom and theyre not passionate about you know these ideas or i deals of what it means for limited government and having freedom until your own is taken away its easy to not worry about it when its someone else if it takes this for someone like you or many millions of americans across across the country or people around the world to say wait a minute why are these rules in place and do these rules make sense and why is it that company is essential while im nonessential it might take this for some people to awaken im not saying the law must has been awakened im not saying hes been as the term goes red till him saying it might take that for somebody to wake up to see their own livelihood being threatened well right but i mean but i think christie i know this is what youre saying but i mean essentially hes got this huge high profile as a as a tech entrepreneur as an auto expert nor is the space entrepreneur now and it doesnt seem like hes fighting for other Tech Companies hes fighting for musk hes fighting for his bottom line and i dont know if its necessarily even his bottom line as much as its his ego where hes actually trying to make sure he can push those vehicles out to keep getting them on the road i mean which does affect his bottom line but obviously you know hes made 10000000000 dollars what in the last year. Based on the valuation of tesla so hes doing all right now theyre pretty clear to your point earlier too i mean do you think this could actually affect sales if he were to fully pull out of california do you think this could actually affect sales because california is the most equipped to handle teslas theres charging stations everywhere theres actual tesla dealerships bear more than there are anywhere else in the country do you think that could affect his bottom line in the place where probably the most teslas are sold here in the United States. It absolutely will affect his bottom line and thats probably why he deleted that tweet threatening to pull out of california and it probably also has to do with the fact that we just got numbers coming out of shanghai so if you remember last year weve. Basically exploded because they get a factory finally opened up in shanghai and was ready for production well sales figures just came out in china and shanghai especially the entire city has been reopened everybody is at maximum Production Capacity there is no strain on production so coming off the line there are 12000. 00 vehicles produced in the month of march only 3000. 00 got sold and thats a 70 percent decline month over month so that already shows that the hype factor at the clout factor that i had last year is already gone and thats fine because i like to chase that name Brand Recognition likes to chase the clouds so to speak and in china where the market actually moves fast and brands are only in and out for months at a time the sales cycle is much much faster pace than that in the us and tells us finding that out the hard way that their vehicles are no longer competitive with a lot of the cheaper e. V. Alternatives that are coming out of asia now guys i want to do take a quick turn because i want to follow up on something we talked about monday we waited to see what would happen with the price of big oil as a result of the having now ben it turned out to be kind of a non event but why is that. Well ultimately what we didnt see was a huge spike in the price of big point its up about 2 percent today 2 and a half percent but we did not see a huge spike but what you people have to remember is that theres a lot of fixation on round numbers you know 10000 being this round number that everyones looking at when in reality because it has continued to do well it continues to hover in a strong place and with everything going on around the world right now just watch it carefully because youre going to see currencies being disregarded and youre going to see more Movement Towards those currencies and real quick about the long must he might just pick up a whole other demographic of people outside of california in the past thought he was a commie who now suddenly say well maybe this guy does like freedom even if its just about himself and i know we could have done to. More on the having there kristie so i apologize that you didnt get away on there but we are sadly out of time boom bust cohost ben swan and christiane thank you both for joining us today. And disney is hoping that it is on the road to recovery after reopening the 1st of its 6 International Resorts in shanghai china the move is being a lot as an important baby step for the Global Tourism industry which has been ravaged by the kobe 1000 pandemic our correspondent alex mileage is following the story and filed this report. Its what disney fans in china have been waiting for. After a hiatus that lasted nearly 2 and a half months many of the familiar sights and sounds are back in Shanghai Disney resort. Disneyland was the 1st of the companys theme parks to shut down due to covert 90. Diseases. Of the business. And now it is the 1st to be back in business to ensure social distancing measures can be met the park is restricting visitor numbers to only 20 percent of its daily limit or about 16000 people and it doesnt end there. Well part gorst look excited to be back at the Magic Kingdom other than capacity limitations it is obvious some things have changed the way. The crushing measures are good at disneyland people need to keep a certain distance between each other just from forming popular parades and fireworks shows have been shelved for the time being you know addition disney is insisting that all park go words were based masks and go through temperature checks employees will be taking added disinfection measures at the resort. While for the people its all about fun for disney the reopening of the Shanghai Resort is an important step in recovering from virus lock downs which have cost the company estimated. 1400000000. 00 in pretax profit the good news is if the 1st day of reopening indicates anything it is that disney is as popular as ever when tickets went on sale for opening day in 3 minutes but Shanghai Disney isnt out of the woods yet and neither is china in general china has seen new cases of covert 19 in recent days adding to the fear that another wave of the corona virus could be on its way and that means that the doors of disney could be forced to close once again while experts predict future ups and downs with covered 19 for today this is the only kind of roller coaster ride visitors at Shanghai Disney are concerned about a little disney magic to remind them of better times and hopefully a sign of brighter days ahead for boom bust im alex mileage. And thats it for the you can catch boom bust on the brand new portable t. V. Up of ailill and smartphones through google play on the Apple App Store by searching portable t. V. And as always you can check it out on you tube. Star to see you next time. Negative rights are coming and a lot of people say well you cant go negative on the World Reserve currency they also said you can ever print a negative Oil Futures Contract they said you can never print and negative Interest Rate on a sovereign bond thats already happened and i think about Warren Buffett for a 2nd i mean i pity him at this point because he says he doesnt like stocks and hes hiding out in cash but his cash is about to go negative returns but negative Interest Rate on his castle is going to be losing money on its cash pretty soon and he said i would never own gold and i would never own big quite so the only to life for Warren Buffett at this point. 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