Will raise other taxes. Now on bbc news, all the latest Business News live from singapore. Thawed relations. Japan and china holds direct economic talks for the first time in nearly two years. Tea rs first time in nearly two years. Tears and disappointment. The impact on indian workers with the new australian visa laws. Good morning, asia. Hello, world. Welcome to another edition of Asia Business report. Its a monday. It may be may day or labour day were you are, but we know that markets have a lot to digest in the next few days. Japan and china are resuming bilateral trade talks after two years starting from today. The Federal Reserve kicks off its two day meeting. Investors will be looking for clues on how many more us rate hikes could be in store this year. That is the same day that tech giant, apple, will give its Financial Report card. Facebook follows the next day. And on thursday, the australian prime minister, malcolm turnbull, meets us President Donald Trump in new york. What
Could join us, its midnight here in london and 7am in singapore and we start in berlin where it was all smiles earlier as Angela Merkel played host to le keqiang. He is the second east asian leader to receive the Red Carpet Treatment in berlin this week after indias Prime Minister on tuesday. The more positive mood, a change on last week when the g 7 countries meeting in sicily saw a split with the United States taking a different position to the rest on issues such as Climate Change and free trade. The bbcs joe mellor Climate Change and free trade. The bbcsjoe mellor has been following the events in berlin. Its tempting to read a lot into this, there have been two east asian leaders here and this comes after a week where tensions between the us and germany have never really been higher. Of course these visits are planned a long way in advance and its true to say Press Officers of either delegation if you take a look at the Trade Numbers between china and europe they are improving as y
Could join us, its midnight here in london and 7am in singapore and we start in berlin where it was all smiles earlier as Angela Merkel played host to le keqiang. He is the second east asian leader to receive the Red Carpet Treatment in berlin this week after indias Prime Minister on tuesday. The more positive mood, a change on last week when the g 7 countries meeting in sicily saw a split with the United States taking a different position to the rest on issues such as Climate Change and free trade. The bbcs joe mellor Climate Change and free trade. The bbcsjoe mellor has been following the events in berlin. Its tempting to read a lot into this, there have been two east asian leaders here and this comes after a week where tensions between the us and germany have never really been higher. Of course these visits are planned a long way in advance and its true to say Press Officers of either delegation if you take a look at the Trade Numbers between china and europe they are improving as y
Also tonight Russian Police break up a protest in moscow an Opposition Leader is arrested before he can address the crowd. The duchess of cambridge visits the hospital treating victims of the london Terror Attack She met nurses and patients. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news the england under 20s manager says its too soon to call them a golden generation, despite their World Cup Final win. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. In the last hour, theresa may has just faced her mps, admitting that shes got the party into a mess and promising that she will get them out of it. Its not the only sign of the challenges the Prime Ministerfaces. For the first time in recent memory, the queens speech in which the government lays out its plans could be delayed. It may have to be postponed from next monday as the government negotiates a deal with Northern Irelands Democratic Unionist Party to give it a majority in parliament. Theresa may is widely expected to have to prune back some
We will hear from the choir that is helping the Community Heal through music. Hello and welcome. Im katty kay In Washington, Christian Fraser is in london where the pound has fallen to a seven month low against the euro and a new survey suggests Business Leaders are fast losing confidence in the state of the uk economy. Theresa may britains Prime Minister, at least for the moment has been meeting conservative Party Leaders and she had a lot of explaining to do. May apologised repeatedly for last weeks Election Result. According to one mp who was in the meeting, she said, im the person who got us into this mess. Im going to get us out of it. I will serve she told them as long as you want me. We can speak to rob watson In Westminster. I will serve you as long as you want me . That doesnt suggest she will be around for long. Probably not long enough to fight idolater election. For those who do not know that Conservative Party well, it is ruthless. If you win elections, you can do what you