That they hope to spook kim jong un by making this meeting so public and putting the eyes of the world on him and on this travel, that he will decide it is just too dangerous to go, and by thwarting the meeting they probably hope they can thwart the arms deal. The us priority in this right now seems to be to stop these weapons getting to the front line of ukraine. But here in south korea the concerns run much deeper. It is, what does this mean for the future of russian and korean cooperation . Russia is desperate and it is expected that kim jong un would put a high price on any weapons he would sell the russian leader. The things he will broadly worry about are, could this increase Military Cooperation in this region between north korea and russia . Could we see Military Drills between the two sides . Another fear is that kim jong un might ask for russian weapons at some point far in the future when north korea needs them most. So by far the biggest worry is if he could demand from Vla
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Was in a technical recession in the second half of 2023. Lets speak to carsten brzeski, global head of macro for ing research. Let me put back to you. What we learn from these figures about the health of the eurozone . We learn from these figures about the health of the eurozone . Health of the eurozone . We learn that the euro health of the eurozone . We learn that the euro zone health of the eurozone . We learn that the euro zone Economy Health of the eurozone . We learn that the Euro Zone Economy is. That the Euro Zone Economy is growing. On the back of the mild winter weather, we have had a bounce backin winter weather, we have had a bounce back in construction activity. We also saw that other things i do in better than expected. It is good for the euro is good for the eurozone economy. In the Fourth Quarter of last year growth was revised down. It does not mean that we are completely Out Of The Woods yet. We are going to see growth this year, but it will be a poor growth in europe
alternative and no room for discussion between shock treatment and gradualism. joining me now is andres abadia chief latam economist at pantheon macroeconomics. lovely to see you again. he is now formally in the job and has delivered his first initial speech. what will he do next? the speech was relatively light on detail but he says there will be a physical shop to the economy and that is important because we are at about 5% of gdp but the good news is he said that the shock or the adjustment would be on the state and not the private sector. there are also economic indicators that suggest more than 40% of the population live in poverty so when he will have a mammoth task to bring the economy back on track. will he dismantle the central bank and swap the peso for the us dollar which he did say he would do in his electioneering. that is the main question right now. so far we have seen since he was elected one month ago that he has been pragmatic, more pragmatic than expected
56% of voters seem keen to try something new in a country where inflation is running at over 1a0% and two in five people live in poverty. but many economists are concerned about mr milei s victory. lets get the view of andres abadia, chief latin america economist at pantheon macroeconomics. good morning. a lot has been said about his radical ideas, his promises and he is saying he will bring them into being very swiftly. give us your take on this result. a new chapter in the argentinian economy. he is in the argentinian economy. he: is trying to in the argentinian economy. he is trying to implement new measures. we don t really know what will happen from now on. the reality is argentina is having big trouble in terms of the economy. real gdp is contracting, inflation running well above 100%. around 140%. it will probably end the year at around 200%. we also see capital controls skyrocketing interest rates. the situation interest rates. the situation in argentina is dramatic.