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A major producer india has even stopped exports altogether. Else on the show new yorkers can now hail a flight with a smartphone offering helicopter transfers between 1000 country of chaos forcing a crisis do not compare with a. Position d. W. Business. As welcome u. S. Secretary of state might pump ala says that the United States is still willing to come to the table to discuss trade with the European Union the overtures comes near the end of the secretarys 4 nation European Tour the u. S. Announced it would impose over 7000000000. 00 worth of punitive tariffs on e. U. Exports including foodstuffs and other consumer goods following a recent poll ruling over subsidies from pale hopes to hold e. U. U. S. Talks before the tariffs are scheduled to come into effect and thats later this month. The view from brussels on this and our correspondent band leader is standing by ben in light of these latest developments how likely is it that the next round of tariffs and counterterrorist can be av
Converged on every floor shops linked to the mainland with a time at this time some were stopped on chinas National Flag before ripping up. The who was the hours they sang and yelled abuse at story writers suspected of being pro beijing pro Hong Kong Government and then she stores and restaurants were forced to clients. Outside the mall protesters used umbrellas to hide their faces before smashing security cameras and burning barricades. Specialists riot police then moved in issued a warning and fired several rounds of tear gas to disperse the crowd. Was at another boiling kalou around 200 protesters marched through the Shopping Center chanting slogans such as fight for freedom and revive hong kong the gatherings like this in shopping malls are a new tactic being used by protesters its a peaceful means of getting a message across at the same time they targeting chinese own companies. But the peace didnt last long police moved in after protesters vandalized stores and a metro station th
As always, weve got lots more on oui as always, weve got lots more on our website and we are monitoring what is going on at the emmy awards. Congratulations to phoebe. Now it is time to go to singapore to catch up with the latest Business News from Asia Business report and rico his own. Asia Business report and rico his own. Hizon. Thomas cooks future hangs in the balance. Holidaymakers prepare for the worst amid talks to save the iconic British Travel agent from collapse. How do you, modi trump pushes four deals with india and japan is the trade war with china drags on. Good morning asia, hello world. Its monday, the start of a brand new business week. Glad you could join us business week. Glad you could join us for another exciting addition of Asia Business report. Im rico hizon. Lets begin with the travel industry. One of the worlds oldest holiday companies, thomas cook, is on the brink of collapse. It agreed toa on the brink of collapse. It agreed to a rescue deal with a Chinese In
Hello, and welcome. In the last hour, the uks oldest travel firm, thomas cook, has announced it ceased trading after talks with creditors and shareholders to raise the 250 million to avoid collapse failed. Ministers say plans to fly holidaymakers back to the uk are in place. It was one of the Worlds Largest travel firms and employed 22,000 staff, 9,000 of whom are in the uk, and serves 19 million customers a year in 16 Different Countries. Simon calder is the travel editorfor the independent and he joins us from Manchester Airport in the north of england. It meant that nobody will be flying out of here in the morning. Flights we re out of here in the morning. Flights were due to start in three hours time heading off from here to greece and that is not going to happen. Thomas cook has stopped trading and this is it really the mightiest brand in travel. It has been going for 178 years. The numbers are awful. 21,000 people im afraid i going to be looking for newjobs. There is around 1 Mil