Of a brutal state that today abuses human rights in hong kong the chief villain appears to be hong kong chief executive kerry lamb joining me now from the new Peoples Party at what is known gong is one of our cabinet ministers regina thanks so much for coming on the show before we get to whats going on in on kong how is. The special Administrative Region going to be celebrating 70 years of china that will be fleck waste of money and celebrations as usual and the Hong Kong Government working in sending a lot that location to beijing to attend the parade and various celebrations in the capital but no no fireworks because some people think that having no fireworks in on kong is a capitulation to the enemies of ongoings really its a great pity but i think there are Strong Security considerations can. That in the past 100 days there have been a lot of. Outbreaks of violence attacks on in those than bystanders if you if you find somebody who does agree with you you bash that person so in vie
Kong events have certainly been highly biased in our view you know there have been a lot of description of the events in hong kong as Police Brutality whereas actually although the poll tests have taken place for over 100 days they have not really been serious injuries and no fatalities compared with the way western police hendo the los angeles riots in the 1970s occupy wall street in 2011 and the london riots in 2 or 11 also in 5 days there were 5 deaths several 1000 arrested whereas at home call we have over 200 policemen injured maybe a similar number of members of public also injured but really no serious injuries and no fatalities yes but arguably in london when there were riots the authorities here doubled down the grid to do austerity whereas in on kong it seems to be. One cave in after another to protest as you called of the legislation very legal unity with china back in 2012 you called of education curriculum changes because of protests why is it the hong kong authorities do
Manipulation as well as some provisions to protect intellectual property theft a partial deal would also include President Trump holding back on the imposing the plan december 15th tariffs but now negotiators are working on rolling back some existing duties when asked if china would remove these tariffs Chinese Ministry spokesperson going strong said the 2 sides are making progress. Its not a correct way to resolve the trade issue by slapping tariffs nor does escalating tension and confrontation serve the interests of anyone involved to trade consolation between china and the us has made some progress and is moving forward we hope the 2 sides will meet each other halfway and find a solution on the basis of Mutual Respect equality and mutual benefit. This comes as the u. S. Trade deficit with Global Partners dropped by 4. 7 percent to 52500000000. 00 in september reaching 5 months low slightly above expectations which were at 52200000000 dollars on year over year the current trade defic
Be here with you next hour with a roundup of the biggest news from the week and stay with us for going underground next here on our international. Center of town so were going underground as saudi arabia takes the podium to conclude the u. N. General Assembly Just ahead of the one Year Anniversary of the killing of the Washington Post Jamal Khashoggi a crime over which the u. N. One saudi arabia investigated coming up on the show as the United States Senate Debates a trade war with hong kong that could drag the Global Economy down and its president trumps existing sanctions against china we speak to a member of ongoings executive council preparing for tomorrows 70th anniversary celebration of the peoples republic and all the days out here. Concludes the u. N. General assembly we go to the country with the largest number of u. S. Troops in Europe Germany to hear its left Party Dealing slam any possible angle or merkel plan to join Donald Trumps and Boris Johnsons soldiers against iran p
Tension and confrontation serve the interests of anyone involved to trade consolation between china and the us has made some progress and is moving forward we hope the 2 sides will meet each other half way and find a solution on the basis of Mutual Respect equality and mutual benefit. This comes as the u. S. Trade deficit with Global Partners dropped by 4. 7 percent to 52500000000. 00 in september reaching a 5 month low slightly above expectations which were at 52200000000 dollars on year over year the current trade deficit is still 5. 4 percent higher than the same period last year exports declined 1800000000. 00 to 206000000000. 00 while imports also dropped 4 point 4000000000. 00 to 258400000000. 00 the us recorded its 1st oil star plus since 1978 of 252000000. 00 while imports on consumer goods fell 2 point 5000000000. 00 as cell phones and other Household Goods dropped by 800000000. 00 meanwhile at the opening of the 2nd China International import expo president xi jinping promise