Yeah, please be seated. Good morning. Im chang 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 a
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
At this point to go live to british Prime Minister theresa may. Shes speaking to the house of commons liaison committee. We believe we can achieve that in the overall relationship and we have put forward some ideas as to how that can be. Done. Were able to discuss those specific ideas. This is about no physical infrastructure. Surely Prime Minister, if it doesnt cover all goods, those that are excluded would then of necessity subject to checks and your commitment that you have given to there being no hard border, no checks, no controls could not be delivered. Either everything is in or everything isnt in. Its a very simple question about how this would work. It is a very simple answer. What we are going to deliver is no hard border. No physical infrastructure at the border. So then you cant confirm what it would cover. Can i move on now to timing. Now the Eu Commission has published this morning has said that the transition arrangement should last no longer than the 31st of december 20
Other numbers, assets 116 billion, down 22 . The Company Stays on track to reach its financial targets for the year. Continue to look through here, fixed income markets revenue, a number that has been weak in many of the banks, 3. 06 billion, roughly in line with what analyst anticipated. The company said its Net Interest Margin came in above estimates 2. 95 , the estimate for 2. 88 for a big group like citigroup. Interest margin will be an important part of the overall numbers. That is what we have so far as we look at these numbers. One other number the equity markets trading revenue, which was expected to be in the area of strength for citigroup looks to be the low estimates, 653 million, the estimate was 739 million, that number, expected to offset some of the declines in fixed income trading, perhaps it would do that as we look through these numbers. Eric julie hyman with headlines on citigroup. Good morning. We have seen everybody but Morgan Stanley, which reports on monday. Gett