He wants to work out a trade pact with the United States and has been trying to avoid a trade war but he also warned china is not afraid to retaliate when necessary. Eunice yoon joins us putting in his comments du jour. There is always something for those who think it is going to happen and then a qualifier. What do you think . That is right it is interesting that president xi jinping weighed in. This is the first time weve heard those remarks. Unfortunately, the content were not anything different from the standard government line about the trade discussions. He was speaking with a group of International Visitors including henry kissinger. His point was that china does want to have a phase one trade deal however there does need to be an understanding that u. S. And china are seen as equals and it has to be done with mutual respect. Thats what we had heard repeatedly what was also interesting was how he hinted at some of the tensions saying when it comes to the financial opening, china
With more. Thank you, andrew the Commerce Ministry said negotiators agreed to canceling tariffs in stretches the additional tariffs or some of them had to go. Also the Ministry Said from beijings perspective, the tariffs needed to be lifted at the same time by the same amount, how much could be negotiated the time and place of the deal signing has yet to be decided. Since then, the state media has been really focused on the point that if the u. S. Wants to have a trade deal, there has to be a removal of tariffs the state meeting says these have to be removed together saying this shows them as equals separately today, the authorities here sentenced nine people to joail including one with a suspended death sentence for smuggling fentanyl into the United States. As a sign that there was some calculated move behind this decision, the commission had said after the sentencing that the decision was made in accordance with the consensus reached between president s xi and President Trump. Sugge
Government but when i realized the magnitude and the impact the implications of what i found it was it was really something else. Adrian zens has been going through Chinese Government documents and media reports online and found striking evidence of what seems to be happening behind the camp walls. Basically theres a huge scheme going on a huge plan and shinji to put all kinds of people into different forms of involuntary labor being moved around a bit like figures on the chessboard you know theyre put into places where the government can control them this kind of corporation is not voluntary its being enforced. Government videos promote the new scheme and this young we go woman talks up the positive aspects of her new job. And. Theres evidence that detainee labor is being used to attract businesses to singeing offering 700. 00 us dollars per employee for example if a factory trains and then employs a camp detainee they get 5000. 00 remember per worker over the course of 3 years. They
Word for the day, it kind of governs how i conduct myself often times and just my frame of mind. Today, im going to pick an image of the day. If you look at your screen, one of our commissioners shared with me this image. And i think it really sets the tone and the stage and underscores the importance of why we are here and the significance of this panel. Is a chinese book for kindergartners. Chinese,ou dont speak circled our two letters. Ai. Kindergarten. Textbook. Ai. Us senator talked about tooling ourselves and getting ready from grade school to grad school. Now, we are talking about kindergarten or even prek, if you are going to keep ahead and really stay number one when it comes to ai. I just wanted to start with this image. Because it really, for me underscores the urgency of why this commission was formed and why it is so important that we are here today. Nscai has a broad mandate and working group number three is charged with recommending concrete steps the government should t
The premarket. It is down two and a quarter percent on mcdonalds right now. Under armor under investigation, the Company Reportedly facing a federal probe over its Accounting Practices. How it recorded sales, stock is plunging this morning on that news. Under armor shares down 16 and three quarters percent. U. S. China trade optimism fueling the broader averages. President trump in Constant Contact with chinese president xxijinping. A deal could be reached this month. Futures indicating a gain in the p p triple digits at the start of trading this morning. S p 500 is up 15, nasdaq higher by 51. Mornings with maria begins right now. Youre the only thing i know. So wont you take, wont you take me home. Maria good monday morning. We have a big show this morning. Joining the conversation, lee car first here. Cfra director of Equity Research, ken leon is here and mitch rochell. We have a big shakeup going on at mcdonalds this morning. The Company Fired the ceo over a consensual relationship