And now, it is time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. President trump is meeting his fellow leaders of the 620 summit in hamburg this week when big issues Like International trade and Climate Change will be on the agenda. My guest is the progressive canadian American Writer and activist naomi klein. She says Donald Trumps rise to power is a product of our time and that his becoming president amounts to a corporate takeover of the United States by brand trump. Shes calling for mass protests against him. But are her radical policies a panacea for the current ills in the United States . Naomi klein, welcome to hardtalk. Happy to be here. You have just written a new book, no is not enough. Is it anything more than just another liberal critique of donald trump . What i am trying to do with the book is really focus less on donald trump the personality, the extremist, the Shock Machine who has everybody gasping with his tweets and put him into the context really off th
Now on bbc news, all the latest Business News live from singapore. As kaeslers as ka eslers latest as kaeslers latest earnings shift into high gear we look at china and india leading asias ambitions for Electric Cars. Teslas latest. And the dow pushes past 22,000 mark. Will the rally extends to asia. Kickstand to asia 7 will the rally extends to asia. Kickstand to asia . Welcome to Asia Business report. I am Sharanjit Leyl business report. I am Sharanjit Leyl. We begin with the auto sector. Electric Car Maker Temper tesla just reported revenues of more than 2 billion for the april june quarter, more than doubling. The electric car maker burnt through more than 1 billion in that quarter, ramping up production for its mass market model three, released last week. There are about half a million pre orders for the model three. Asia has its own ambitions when it comes to Electric Cars. China has mandated 8 of all vehicles sold the new energy cars by 2019. India has vowed to make all ca is 20
Not for hire. After pulling out of taiwan we find out whats next for uber. And its the holy grail of prime time advertising, the super bowl, but is the 5 million pricetag worth it . Hello and welcome to Asia Business report, im sharanjit leyl. Uber will exit taiwan this week. The Car Booking Company is calling it quits after a lengthy battle with the government there. Uber faced massive fines, which reportedly totalled 35 in us dollars after taiwanese authorities raised fines for drivers caught working for unlicensed transportation services. In taiwan, uber is registered as an Information Services company. Earlier i spoke with the General Managerfor earlier i spoke with the General Manager for uber in taiwan and earlier i spoke with The General Managerfor Uber in taiwan and he said the fine was among the highest imposed. We havent received any new fines today but i can confirm the fines right now are the highest in the world, which leaves very little room for innovation going forward.
Carrie lam will become hong kongs new chief executive. But what the new chief executive. But what the new leadership mean for the economy . And what to look for in buying a piece of art. We get a few tips from the experts. Hello and welcome to Asia Business report. Im sharanjit leyl. A 1200 Strong Committee dominated by pro beijing executives have elected carrie lam as the new hong kong chief executive. She has promised to heal wounds over beijings industry. With a slowing economy in mainland china, she could be facing economic headwinds. I spoke with research at Peter Church At that the issues that will be at the top of her agenda. Peter church at that the issues that will be at the top of her agendam hong kong, the Affordability Question on housing has been a huge economic and political hot button in hong kong. And if you look at it rationally, it is really a supply it generated a problem. Hong kong has been producing less than half of the long term average supply of housing in the l
Has been held in london. Stay with us. Has been held in london. Stay with us. We will be back with the rest of the news of the date the first year is the business news. News of the day but first year is the business news. As toshiba prepared to give its earnings a day, weaves find out why japan getting crushed. And weve zoom in on the Online Market in india. Hello and welcome to Asia Business report. Fox climb has reportedly signalled it could launch a 27 billion bid for toshiba Chip Business. They are due to report their own inflated today after two previous delays. Toshiba is currently trying to sell off its prized Chip Business to cover losses from its troubled us nuclear unit, westinghouse. It is not the only Japanese Firm to struggle recently. These were the greatest brands in Consumer Goods for decades. Toshiba, panasonic, sony, he tai chi. So how did we end up here . First of all, the chinese and koreans came along and they can make these things just as all but much cheaper. Sec