Including the uk, france, germany, people came together in paris last year to sign a new Cyber Security agreement. All 28 members of the european union, 25 of 27 nato members, the us was missing, but progress is advancing. But address my wider point about other people missing. In 2017, if i had been in a british hospital and had Computer Systems wiped out by a malware attack that came from north korea, it would be no great consolation to know that the scandinavians have signed up to a Geneva Convention for internet safety. What youre not telling me is, while we can continue to have any confidence in the security of our data, of our information flows, when we know there are people in north korea, russia, china, and a host of other countries committed to developing ever more sophisticated cyber warfare. But that is exactly the point. If youre going to defend the worlds democracies from the worlds authoritarian regimes, you start by building an alliance of the worlds democracies. Its the
We have details. And whistleblower speaks. Hristopher wylie from the Cambridge Analytica scandal joins me. Highlevel trade talks picked up this week in washington after tapering off in july with no clear breakthroughs. Chinas vice premier was greeted by treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin and trade representative Robert Lighthizer before talks resumed thursday. The stakes were extremely high as President Donald Trump threatened to raise tariffs on 215 billion worth of chinese goods on october 15 if there was no progress. The Technology Sector paying close attention to those sessions as intellectual property is playing a prominent role in the negotiations. I spoke to someone from a firm who helps u. S. Firms protect intellectual property. Eric it is a fairly Large Company in china, just saw 100 million in revenue that files and protects intellectual property for clients that have previously mostly been in china and is now expanding into the u. S. Thats what we are doing here based out of
Now on bbc news, Stephen Sackur speaks and pressure mounts on firms to microsofts president to show they mean businesses when it comes to battling Climate Change brad smith on hardtalk. A un summit kicks off in new york today. Welcome to hardtalk. Im Stephen Sackur. Remember the time when the internet was trumpeted as the tech tool that would deliver us a golden age of knowledge, freedom and democracy . Well, now we are in a darker, more cynical place. The digital revolution has generated fears about lost privacy, mass surveillance and systemic misinformation. Have the corporate titans of tech failed us . Well, my guest today is brad smith, president of microsoft. How do we ensure our astonishing technological advances are harnessed for good, not harm . Brad smith, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, nice to be here. You have served an extraordinary amount of time at microsoft, the best part of three decades. You have seen the evolution of our attitudes towards Information Technology and t
Are open to a partial trade deal plus the 8 billion surprise Johnson Johnson slapped with a massive jury award over an antipsychotic drug. Apple is facing criticism from china at issue, a third party Smartphone App that allows hong kong activists to track the movement of police first up, stocks looking to recoup losses from the selloff yesterday. U. S. China trade talks one day away wall street is also waiting the afternoon release of the minutes from last months fed meeting where well look for clarity or any kind of color on discussions about Balance Sheet or where rates may go from here. Terrible close. It was. It was ugly. A give up type move. Interesting actually daily path that the market took selling off in the morning and right ahead of the jay powell speech, the european markets closed, starts to trend upward, seems like it is going to find its footing, and then the kind of announcement of u. S. Visa restrictions on certain chinese nationals that basically people said, okay thi
Foundation capital and a vc vet. Good morning to you both. Good morning. Timothy, ill start with you. Looking across your coverage universe right now, how are you factoring in china trade talks, and are there names that you like in light of the potential for a partial deal we generally favor Communication Service companies and Cable Companies that dont have a lot of exposure to china and pricing is holding up very well microsoft probably has the most exposure of anybody. We think well come to a resolution here but microsoft is walking through a mine field. Paul, 24 more u. S. Entities put on the black list including eight pretty highprofile tech unicorns in china, moving beyond the talks longer term, does this represent a further entrenchment of this tech cold war were seeing between the two countries . If so, what then i think it represents a further entrenchment of a temporary war between the two countries thats been carried out by the Current Administration i dont know that this act