Its my pleasure to welcome you to this impo please be seated good morning, im chain lee director and the senior fellow of the john l. China center at brookings. Its my pleasure to welcome you to this important event on chinas longterm Economic Outlook and its global implications. This event is unusual in present day washington for at least three reasons. First, as it has been widely perceived, people here have been preoccupied with Current Issues and the immediate challenges. As the year 2020 has barely begun, there are already several pressing geopolitical dilemmas on which our policymakers must focus. As we cross into the new decade, it will be important to look ahead toward chinas economic progress and the challenges it will present, both for china and for the world. Chinas Rapid Economic Development has arguably been and will continue to be the most consequential global story of the 21st century, and its ramifications ramifications surely go far beyond the economic domain. It is im
Im chain lee director and the senior fellow of the john l. China center at brookings. Its my pleasure to welcome you to this important event on chinas longterm Economic Outlook and its global implications. This event is unusual in present day washington for at least three reasons. First, as it has been widely perceived, people here have been preoccupied with Current Issues and the immediate challenges. As the year 2020 has barely begun, there are already several pressing geopolitical dilemmas on which our policymakers must focus. As we cross into the new decade, it will be important to look ahead toward chinas economic progress and the challenges it will present, both for china and for the world. Chinas Rapid Economic Development has arguably been and will continue to be the most consequential global story of the 21st century, and its ramifications ramifications surely go far beyond the economic domain. It is important to note that traditionally and perhaps even today, china tends to t
Hello im Barbara Starr youre watching aljazeera live from london also coming up a ukrainian plane crashes moments after takeoff from irans capital tehran killing all 176 people on board. These allegations are untrue and i should have never been arrested in the 1st place this sounds former chief makes his 1st public appearance since skipping bail in japan ahead of his trial on allegations of financial misconduct. Hello thank you for joining us the u. S. President says iran appears to be standing down after it launched a series of missiles on american bases in iraq the attacks are in response to the u. S. Killing of a rainy and general costs and soon the money donald trump flanked by his Vice President secretaries of state and defense as well as military leaders warned iran that u. S. Military missiles were big and powerful and accurate and lethal he said he would be imposing further economic sanctions on tehran iran appears to be standing down which is a good thing for all parties conce
Hello im Adrian Finnigan and this is counting the cost of aljazeera a weekly look at the world of business and economics this week 2020 we pick through what could be the hot geo political and geo economic topics of the year from the most important election in the free world will President Trump win another term and what does that mean for trade wars and dispute could the world come together to tackle Global Warming and globalization and will we see more people on the streets of it them so that wealth is unequally spread across society. The International Monetary funds new managing director krista laid out hell give a has described the Global Outlook as precarious trade tensions could cut Global Economic growth by not point 8 percent or 700000000000. 00 now thats roughly the size of the swiss economy central bankers have been pretty clear that any slowdown this year would require governments to. Step in with stimulus packages why well because Monetary Policy that is Interest Rates and q
Leaving air a trail for dollars go missing in uganda and a carbon copy disappearance from earlier told them that you fear human rights abuses and years of live free service blamed for the latest defections but is there action enough to expose our approach restricted regime this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the show i am sam is a than well ever since independence from ethiopia 26 years ago eritrea is been ruled by a president thats what he dismisses Rights Groups alleging is regime is one of the worlds most tightly controlled where opposition parties are banned and the judiciary isnt independent thousands of eritreans leave every year mainly to escape rights abuses as well as and force them lengthy military service and footballers to defecting while playing abroad for the 2nd time this year 7 went missing after their final game at a recent regional tournament in ugandas capital kampala 5 fled their hotel in uganda in the middle of a regional tournament in october in 201510 play