modi and his australian counterpart anthony albanese to discuss, they will focus on security, renewable energy and trade. australia is always a country with an eye on economic diversification. at the moment australia s global trade is dominated by china. china is by far australia s biggest trading partner but australia is hoping that in the years to come india in trade with india will continue to grow. there are three key continue to grow. there are three key focus continue to grow. there are three key focus areas - three key focus areas technology, clean energy and scaling technology, clean energy and scaling and there is sector. india scaling and there is sector. india has scaling and there is sector. india has been pitching itself to be india has been pitching itself to be a india has been pitching itself to be a reliable investment destination and is looking to build destination and is looking to build on destination and is looking to build on the existing trade pa
varadkar. there will be an address to the irish parliament in the city, a major event for this country which is very much enjoying the particularly special relationship it has with the current president of the white house. has with the current president of the white house. chris page, thank ou. the economy failed to grow in february, despite hopes that it might expand slightly. new figures from the office for national statistics suggest that falls in the uk services sector, partly because of recent strikes, offset what growth there was, which came in construction and retail. our business correspondent, theo leggett, has the details. so, what we ve got here is a typical example of what a bride would choose. it s a typical day at bees, a jewellery store in east london that caters for brides from the asian community. ramadan has brought a surge in trade, but owner sushil says behind the scenes rising costs are hurting his business.
was the greatest civilization and the rest of the world just followed the leadership of china. that framing has ripple effects around the world. china no longer believes it needs to play by american-led international rules, where the u.s. tries to take china on in trade, technology or human rights that s simply reinforces the sense of china under siege from western powers. i think it has a visceral emotional appeal in china. reporter: the country is building its own multilateral institutions that are friendlier to autocrats. china grows ever closer to russia unified by a common foe. in xi jinping s china dream the country is glorious and strong with the communist party ruling 1.4 billion people and shaping a new world order. salina wang, cnn, hong kong. for our international viewers
public, they want politicians to tackle it and they want police to be on the ball and cracking down on it. you mentioned it will be in the new prime minister s in trade. let s go to the front page of the financial times, strikes across the country across different industries. the financial times picking up on what has been our lead story, put in a storm, dock workers begin walk out. shaama, talk us through this. if shaama, talk us through this. if this were labour this would be the summer this were labour this would be the summer of this were labour this would be the summer of discontent and i think that is summer of discontent and i think that is what we are getting under the tories that is what we are getting under the tories. here we have had tube strikes the tories. here we have had tube strikes in the tories. here we have had tube strikes in london, rail strikes, the criminai strikes in london, rail strikes, the criminal barristers are on strike and now criminal barrist
economic agenda, such as it exists, which can be a little bit hard to figure out, is wildly unpopular. cut taxes for the wealthiest americans, give handouts to kneecap labor unions, do nothing to improve the regular lives of regular working people. which is why, when donald trump first ran for president 2016, he didn t really focused on his economic agenda or the republicans economic agenda. he ran a nativist campaign. built on culture war grievances and white identity politics in trade. that was one area policy, trade. where he disagreed with republican mainstream. correctly so. intuit inc. people wanted to hear. but then once he actually took office, remember this, there was one big gorgeous late of domestic policy accomplishment, it was an enormous tax cut, focused on corporations, the largest corporate tax cut in 30 years, and it was also disproportionate going to the wealthy. and it is worth noting that the