seeking a winner take all competition and that both countries should not let any disagreement hurt economic ties. tensions have flared over washington s efforts to limit chinese access to advanced computer chips. just this week, beijing tightened export restrictions on two rare minerals both used in the chip industry, but speaking earlier today janet yellen insisted the two economies must remain closely interlinked. i ve made clear that the united states does not seek a wholesale separation of our economies. we seek to diversify and not to decouple. a decoupling of the world s two largest economies would be destabilizing for the global economy, and it would be virtually impossible to undertake. i also made clear that actions we take to protect our national security are designed to be narrowly targeted and that they are premised on straightforward national security considerations, they re are not undertaken to gain economic advantage over china. we are joinded now by alici
between the us and china ranges from taiwan and ukraine to national security and an ongoing trade dispute. janet mui, head of market analysis at rbc brewin dolphin. janet, at rbc brewin dolphin. good to have you with us. what janet, good to have you with us. what you make of this visit? as we said, the second in as many months. canjanet said, the second in as many months. can janet yellen said, the second in as many months. canjanet yellen do said, the second in as many months. can janet yellen do what the others have not yet managed to do, which is though that relationship that is particularly frosty about politics but also now economics and business two. ., but also now economics and business two. . ., ., but also now economics and business two. ., ., ., but also now economics and business two. thanks for having me. i think it is a difficult two. thanks for having me. i think it is a difficult task two. thanks for having me. i think it is a difficult task for two. tha
and ukraine to national security and an ongoing trade dispute. what s at stake? let s speak now to the duncan wrigley, chief china plus economist at pantheon economics. talk to me about trade because we know they don t see eye to eye on politics but they are also hugely dependent on each other for business. what is at stake in this dispute? business. what is at stake in this disute? ~ , ., dispute? absolutely. the two countries dispute? absolutely. the two countries are dispute? absolutely. the two countries are meshed - dispute? absolutely. the two countries are meshed in - dispute? absolutely. the two l countries are meshed in terms dispute? absolutely. the two - countries are meshed in terms of trade flows, although the us has been trying to at least develop some of the more critical industries at home, like electric vehicles. at stake here is both countries are trying to put a bottom under the relationship which has been deteriorating the last few years and, i think w
regina ip in hong kong, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. good to talk to you. let me ask you a very simple first question. 0k. since 2020, hong kong has been living with a very draconian national security law that was imposed from beijing. now, it seems that the hong kong government is determined to legislate an even tougher national security law during 202a. why? well, our national security law, mandated by beijing, is not draconian at all. it is far less comprehensive and sweeping than the national security act that your parliament enacted lastjuly, you know? you created a lot more new offences. our national security law enacted by beijing is nothing compared to what you have. what you have is far more stringent, comprehensive and draconian. well, i think a lot of it depends on the implementation, doesn t it? and when your territory uses the laws that you have through the national security legislation to lock up opposition politicians, pro democracy activists, to eliminate i
straight after this programme. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. when chinese sovereignty was restored in hong kong, beijing s communist rulers saw the logic of maintaining the one country, two systems principle. so, how come some 26 years later, hong kong s autonomy looks more like a convenient fiction than a fact? my guest is regina ip, convenor of hong kong s executive council and leader of the new people s party. what does hong kong s fate tell us about beijing s worldview? regina ip in hong kong, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. good to talk to you. let me ask you a very simple first question. 0k. since 2020, hong kong has been living with a very draconian national security law that was imposed from beijing. now, it seems that the hong kong government is determined to legislate an even tougher national security law during 202a. why? well, our national security law, mandated by beijing, is not draconian at all. it is far less comprehensive and sweeping than the nati