Sunday will mark the next escalation in the trade war between washington and beijing. 15 import taxes on about 120 billion of chinese imports. Whether either side might be getting ready to blank. My discussions with chinese and american friends and china is looking more and more alike we are not any closer. It seems that china has begun to hunker down. China has waited this out, and china thinks that they can weather the storm more easily than President Trump or americans think they might. China is beginning to look for other markets for their exports and they are doing a pretty good job doing that, so it is the longer haul. There is also a sense that it is becoming more political than economic. President trump might be timing potential deals closer to the election rather than earlier. That is the next couple of three weeks. People are starting to adjust to all of the changes. The trouble is there is still in immense uncertainty. With the inability of putting a deal together is creatin
The chips are off the table. Symantec and broadcom have halted deal talks. Where does that leave them now . First, to our top story. Big tex the big issue on capitol hill this week. Tech the big issue on capitol hill this week. Tuesday and wednesday, they will hear from facebook on libra. Before the testimony steven , mnuchin taking aim at the social network. The Treasury Department has expressed serious concerns that libra could be misused by money launderers and terrorist financiers. Emily also tuesday, representatives of facebook, google, apple and amazon will defend their companies in front of the house judiciary in a hearing on antitrust. Their goal is to convince lawmakers they do not stifle competition. To discuss, our guest in washington from a nonprofit focused on shaping Public Policy for an open internet. Before that she was at the Anticompetitive Practices Division of the federal trade commission. And we have ben brody. Who covers Technology Influence in the capital. So man
The chips are of the table. Symantec and broadcom have halted deal talks. Where does that leave them now . First, to our top story. The big story on capitol hill. Tuesday and wednesday, they will facebook on libra. Steven mnuchin taking aim at the social network. The Treasury Department has experienced expressed serious concerns that libra could be misused by money launderers and terrorist financiers. Lyft also tuesday, representatives will defend their companies in front of the house judiciary in a hearing on antitrust. Their goal is to convince lawmakers they do not stifle competition. We have charlotte from a nonprofit focused on shaping public policy. Before that, she worked at the federal trade commission. And we have ben brody. So many areas to keep track of. Libra, antitrust hearings, and a googlespecific hearing. Give us a preview of what we can expect. We are working hard to bring it all to you. One of the things i have been looking at with google is the rising chorus there is
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Trump. My first takeaway is that donald trump is not the man sending off a lot of the tweets he fires off. Maybe the ones in the middle of the night, but not all the time. Ellen not all the time. Brad, who runs the data operations for the organization, for the trump company, i mean organization, campaign. He is doing some of the tweeting. Mr. Trump does some himself. But while he is on stage, if you have been wondering who mans the twitter buttons, it is brad. We introduce you to him in this story. Carol he is a big deal in the Trump Campaign, how did he get there . It is not the usual route. This is not a political strategist type. Ellen no, he is not a career politician. That is one of the interesting things about the story, it takes you behind the scenes. He works in san antonio, and somehow he was hired to do websites for the Trump Organization david on the street. On the cheap. For the trumprelated parities. Ellen on the cheap. And for some of the trump related charities. When it