Hello, everybody. I we good to go . My name is mark tercek, until recently i i was ceo of the Nature Conservancy. Im really delighted to be here to be the moderator of todays discussion. We have great panel to my left is monica de bolle, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for international economics. To her left is daniel zarin, director programs at the climate and landuse alliance, and then on the screen is my good friend peter seligmann, the cofounder and ceo of and new ngo focused on a lot of issues that will be discussing today. It is also well known as the founder and longtime ceo of Conservation International where he continues to the chairman. Our topic today is the Global Impact of the amazon rain forest. You been reading about in the news you can of course so many issues. First of all whats really happening, its hard to tell on the basis of the news, how much of this is due to illegal logging or industrial agriculture or bad government policy or is Climate Change itself i
Im watching a big apple supplier. 16 , now the highest since june 2017. Supplier,ig apple benefiting from strong demand, the iphone as well. All this makes you want to look at the supply chain analysis. 81 percent of revenue comes from apple, up 5 from a year ago. Is saying that apple pods givingving the company a big boost. Well. G ford as another good boost for suppliers. Stock market did finish lower on the back of trade headlines and weaker than expected economic data, but we are still close to an alltime high. There is evidence that investors in etfs are getting nervous. From two of the largest etfs, 8 billion leaving. Isntmbined value really that large compared to other voo is stickier money. For thee worst month fund on record. Where as you would see this movement in spy as a vehicle for investing, not so much in voo. In spite of stocks at alltime highs, some etf investors are wanting to get out and reallocate. Copper, downng at 2 today, following other base metals. Chinas Manuf
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] hello, everybody. I we good to go . My name is mark, until recently i i was ceo of the Nature Conservancy. Im really delighted to be here to be the moderator of todays discussion. We have great panel to my left is monica, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for international economics. To her left is daniel, director programs at the climate and landuse alliance, and then on the screen is my good friend peter, the cofounder and ceo of and new ngo focused on a lot of issues that will be discussing today. It is also well known as the founder and longtime ceo of Conservation International where he continues to the chairman. Our topic today is the Global Impact of the amazon rain forest. You been reading about in the news you can of course so many issues. First of all whats really happening, its hard to tell on the basis of the news, how much of this is due to illegal logging or industrial agriculture or bad government policy or is Cli
Theres lots more on all our stories on our website. Just log onto bbc. Co. Uk news. Now on bbc news, live to singapore for Asia Business report. Dampened expect patients. The us and china sit down later today for a 13th round of trade talks. Both sides may walk away empty handed. Union walkers of the United States entered their fourth week on the picket line with no resolution in sight. Union workers. Good morning, asia. Hello, world. This is thursday, thank you for joining us for another exciting addition of Asia Business report. Lets start with the ongoing us china trade war because the 13th round of talks is set to resume in washington, dc today. This is the first meeting between top negotiators on us soil since the trade talks collapsed in may. But there is little hope they will be productive. News reports are saying that the two day meeting may be cut short due to unresolved issues on key Sticking Points. As you can see right now on our motherboard screens, right now on our mother
Reauthorized many of the administrations responsible for ensuring the safety of surface Transportation System including fm csa, and its a and h tsa, our witnesses can discuss the implementation. And identify issues the committee should consider as we prepare for transportation reauthorization. That place a greater focus on the nations Freight Network including establishing infragrant program. Others like tiger grants are critical to our nations transportation infrastructure. I hope the witnesses will provide the country with an update on efforts to improve our infrastructure and how grants are being utilized. The Hummus Committee considers reauthorizing fast act i plan to work closely with Ranking Member cantwell and others on both sides of the aisle too, to authorize the build discretionary grants, reauthorize amtrak, continue to enhance freight and Passenger Rail network, innovative Transportation Technologies across modes, coordinated research, develop and and deployments, advance H