Tariffs, a move that will hit the the us consumer in the pocket. This is the first trading day in september 19, and as you can see in europe they are all heading higher, but only just. And as flights are cancelled over european airspace after a massive it failiure, we speak to the man with technology he says will make the skies safer and more efficient. And as kfc sells out of their new plant based nuggets within hours, today we want to know, are you eating less meat . Let us know, just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to business live. Welcome to the programme. Beyond Fried Chicken, should kfc be renamed . Let us know what you think about that story. We start in hong kong, where the territory is braced for more demonstrations and a general strike called for monday and tuesday. The protests are the longest running political demonstration in the territory since the handover in 1997. Over the weekend, thousands of protesters blocked roads to the territorys main airport. Hong
Female liberal democrat leader, after decisively beating sir ed davey in a poll of party members. Now on bbc news live to singapore for Asia Business report. Iran tensions escalate. Oil holds is gains. India to billion dollar co living market, how the millennial s are changing the traditional concept ofa are changing the traditional concept of a home. Good morning asia, hello world. Glad you could join us. Lets start off with the Global Energy market and oil prices, as you can see, are basically sustaining their gains overnight. As a tensions with iran escalates, iran says it has arrested i7 spies who it says were working with cia and the sentence some of them to death. The suspects they say have been gaining information on the military and nuclear operations. President trump dismissed the accusations as a totally false. The tensions have escalated no doubt and probably the highest i can remember in two decades covering the oil markets but concern is probably not the word i would use.
Says neither the uk nor the eu is prepared for a no deal brexit. Now on bbc news, live to singapore for Asia Business report. Not so great. Expectations. Us china trade talks to resume but is there really any hope of a deal insight . Brazils transgender influences changing the way brands talk about the daily struggles and iys talk about the daily struggles and joys of people who change their sex. Hello and welcome to this monday edition of Asia Business report, im sharon tate lail. Lets start with the trade war, because top representatives for the us and china are all scheduled to resume face to face negotiations in shanghai tomorrow. But as we report, President Donald Trump has been using his favourite form of communication, twitter, to downplay expectations of an end to the conflict any time soon. Donald trump has raised the stakes, as his trade and finance chiefs Robert Lighthizer and Steve Mnuchin prepare for talks with chinese cou nterpa rts prepare for talks with chinese counterp
The us china trade war is perhaps the darkest cloud hanging over the Global Economy. But today, top american officials are heading for shanghai, with talks set to resume between the worlds two biggest economies. Theyre hoping to make progress on a trade war which has seen the us impose tariffs on 250 billion worth of goods that china sells it because of what President Trump says are unfair trade practices. China has retailiated with tariffs on 110 billion of goods the us sells. Theres evidence this is starting to hurt americas economy. Exports fell 5. 2 in the three months tojune, and economic grow has slowed to 2. 1 on an annualised basis. Meanwhile china is also suffering. Its economy has also been slowing over the same period, with growth falling to 6. 2 , the slowest in almost 30 years. And the Global Economy is also being hit the International Monetary fund has again cut its forecast for world growth to 3. 2 for this year. Chiyo robertson now reports on the negotiations ahead. Don
Tensions have continued to escalate in hong kong where one of the worlds biggest airports Hong Kong International has been brought to a standstill by a huge gathering of protesters for the second day. Flights were cancelled, check in Services Suspended and demonstrators barricaded access to departure gates with luggage trolleys before riot police moved in to disperse the crowds. These are the latest pictures. This is the Moment Police moved into one of the terminals. There were violent clashes, including this one where a policeman is attacked by protesters. And you can see here at one point, he pulls out his gun. This has also come in to the newsroom you can see young protesters mobbing a man they suspected was an undercover policeman theyve zip tied his hands together. He was later carried to an ambulance. The editor of chinas global times, a nationalist tabloid newspaper, says the man who was tied up is one of his reporters. I affirm this man being tied in this video is the reporter