Is a warning today that governments around the world are increasingly watching what proposed doing on social media in its annual report on Internet Freedom the u. S. Based in geo Freedom House ses governments all spending millions by Sophisticated Technology to monitor behavior online now in africa the culprits law and uganda kenya and nigeria now in addition to surveillance there is also the restriction of Online Activity now heres a snapshot of Internet Freedom on the continent according to Freedom House of the 11 Subsaharan African countries that were surveyed ethiopia and sudan ranked the worst with 100 points being the Perfect School not some bob way was also singled out in the report its a country that has lost rules making it legal to monitor peoples Online Activity where government critics have been charged and the fake news and hate speech laws and way of the internet has been shut down but people they say a major the. To Internet Freedom is that costs are so high the price of
Oil will continue to rise and thats. Welcome to do business. With us the United Nations says the u. S. China trade war is harming both of the Worlds Largest economies a report by the un conference and trade and development suggests that consumers in america bearing the brunt of higher tariffs on chinese goods calling the trade war a lose lose situation the report comes us washington says americas trade deficit is actually rising. Us President Donald Trump talks a good talk about reducing americas dependence on foreign products but the latest report from the u. S. Commerce Department Says americas trade deficit is higher now than a year ago on an annualized basis and that demand for foreign products has actually been rising under trouble whats more the u. N. Conference on trade and development in geneva says both china and the u. S. Are losing their trade war. Washingtons trade war with china continues to draw fire from other quarters as well. Theres a lot of people who have frustration
And we start with europes powerhouse as it continues to slow the council of economic advisors to the German Government looks set to trim its growth forecast with 2022 nor 2. 9 percent of german daily reports ahead of the bodys official press conference later today and while the economists dont expect a broad and to deep recession they still suggest that berlin should to drop its fame to balanced budget policy critics have long blamed billons frugality for crumbling infrastructure and problems with nationwide high Speed Internet access for well lets cross over to our Financial Market correspondent Chelsea Delaney is standing by for us and there she is in frankfurt just lets 1st of all talk about those growth figures of north point 9 percent and germany be content with that. 0. 9 percent growth certainly is nothing to celebrate its also says to be even lower this year 0. 5 percent is the new forecast for 21000. 00 growth especially if you consider that and 20162017 germany was posting ov
Good evening everyone per good evening. Thank you for joining us tonight. On behalf of Harvard Bookstore welcome to this evenings event we are in conversation. For support programs to enhance and the lives of those in massachusetts. We have some National Book Award Finalist coming up. Please know youll be recorded and wait for the microphone to come. Then we will have a book signing right here at the stable. I like to take a moment to say thank you to coming for the Harvard Bookstore. [applause] now im very pleased to introduce tonight speakers. Duncan way is the history of literature professor and in the and as a historian for the soviet union with the professor of eurasiand studies also the director tonight they are here to discuss cold warrior that is praised that now more than never we need a book like this to remind us of the importance we are so pleased to have them here with us tonight please join me in welcoming our speakers. [applause] we have five different kinds of microphon
Limits on u. S. Portfolio flows into china by delisting companies here in the u. S. The nasdaq is down by more than a percent. Take a look at the chinese stocks alibaba sitting at session lows down by five and a quarter percent. Eamon has been following this story and joins us reporter my understanding is those reports that cross earlier today got the markets attention are accurate the white house is considering measures that would limit port po folio flows from the United States into the Chinese Companies but and theres a big caveat here. Its a lot of different ideas on the table. Its not clear when a decision would be made or what that decision would look like or what the mechanics of this would be how could this play out in theres one option already out there thats been under discussion thats a proposal for a number of senators. You see them here including senator marco rubio of florida called the equitiable act. What that would do if passed is allow u. S. Regulators to have access