The United States on Monday ended assistance to Gabon over its August 30 coup but said it was ready to provide aid in return for concrete progress toward democracy. The United States, which had already paused assistance after the military takeover, said it had formally determined that a coup took place, which under US law requires an end to non-humanitarian aid."We will resume our assistance alongside concrete actions by the transitional government toward establishing democratic rule," State Dep
time the charm. i have heard that both sides have agreed to a biannual commerce meeting which is a bare minimum for something successful, broadly speaking it is not good optics for the chinese side, i don t think realises this, we have sent four different people to china and they have sent no one to the us, we have invited wendy and no one has come. the last few weeks will show the true response of china, it is widely responsible if they have agreed to some meetings. we have to see agreed to some meetings. we have to see this in a positive light dispatch the battle is coming out of it in terms of concrete progress when it comes to trade between the us and china. with an election next yearin china. with an election next year in the us to think china is biding its time to wait and see who is next in power? i don t think it has much time to buy they are concerned real estate is a big part of the economy, 25 30% of gdp depending on the year and that are suffering and probably the
live from london. this is bbc news. as a deadline for the military junta in niger expires thousands gather in the capital to support the leaders of the coup. talks seeking to find a way to end the war in ukraine have concluded with no sign of concrete progress. in the uk the first group of asylum seekers to be housed on a barge are expected to be moved on board on monday. and barbie hits one billion dollars at the global box office making history for it s director, greta gerwig. hello, welcome to the programme. first to niger where, in the last few hours, a deadline for the militaryjunta to step down has passed. the leaders of niger s coup have hours to restore the ousted president,
live from london. this is bbc news. as a deadline for the military junta in niger expires thousands gather in the capital to support the leaders of the coup. talks seeking to find a way to end the war in ukraine have concluded with no sign of concrete progress. in the uk the first group of asylum seekers to be housed on a barge are expected to be moved on board on monday. and barbie hits one billion dollars at the global box office making history for it s director, greta gerwig. hello, welcome to the programme. first to niger where, in the last few hours, a deadline for the militaryjunta to step down has passed. the leaders of niger s coup have hours to restore the ousted president,
vital that we have these kinds of communications, military to military, at this moment. china has not agreed to move forward with them. i think that s an issue that we have to keep working on. despite friction u.s. chinese trade reached record highs last year. perhaps the world s two largest economies can t afford further confrontation. ivan watson, cnn, hong kong. joining me now is a columnist and editorial board member at bloomberg opinion, appreciate you being with us. anytime. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken says progress was made during his visit to china and during his 35 minute meeting with president xi jinping. the big picture, what overall concrete progress was really made in resetting this tense relationship between the world two largest economies and of course establishing some level of stability. well, concrete progress is