As the British Asset manager posts 16 billion pounds worth of outflows in the first half despite some strong market gains. And china sets its yuan fix at a slightly weaker than expected level, the trump team plays down fears of a drawnout trade war. The nato secretarygeneral tells cnbc the tension goes beyond trade. We need to assess security consequences for all of us of the rising military power of china and also see that china is coming closer to us in europe, in africa. A very warm welcome to street signs. As you can see, a fragile calm taking hold of markets today in europe this follows a mixed session in asia and a rebound on wall street the stoxx 600 trading about 0. 7 higher the calm really has come on the dak back of stabilization in the yuan the pboc fixed the Reference Point for the yuan slightly weaker than expected, but overall no more escalation in the u. S. china trade tensions and currency tensions. We have plenty of corporate earnings coming through today in europe let
Reach a bipartisan agreement on the Strategic Forces subcommittee mark and that was a sad day for us on that subcommittee. My amendment would restore the authority of the department of defense to deploy the low yield variant of the w 762 warhead. Our deterrence requires that the United States have a proportional response available for any miscalculation. Low yield weapons are critical to our security because they give us a credible deterrent. Russias confidence that if they were to strike us we would have the capability and the will to respond in a proportional manners makes a strike by the russians less likely not more likely. Mr. Chairman, this is why the 2018 Nuclear Posture review included the requirement that the United States develop and deploy the low yield submarine launched Ballistic Missile as soon as possible. The npr highlighted how critical this capability is to close the deterrence gap and provide credible Response Options to russia to deescalate doctrine. There was an im
Rolls off my tongue. And the Migration Policy Institute on u. S. Border crisis where we hope to generate more light than heat. A serious discussion by serious people about a complicated issue. Six weeks ago in his style, President Trump reacting to a flood of Central Americans trying to enter the United States illegally on our southern border threatened to impose sanctions on goods from mexico until our southern neighbor did more to interdict wouldbe migrants. Many complained he was bullying an important economic partner and misusing tariff authorities. Others asked what leverage does he have to get mexico to do more to respond to a genuine migrant crisis . And they will point to mexicos accommodating response as evidence that trumps tactics worked. There was a recent poll i noted last night that said among respondents, they said 75 said we should deport Central Americans. 67 agreed with the idea of, quote, militarizing the border. Whats interesting is that was a poll in mexico, of mex
If yo you welcomed the Panel Discussion six weeks ago in his style, president of trump reacting to the flood of americans trying to enter the United States illegally on the southern border threatened to impose sanctions on goods from mexico until our southern neighbor did more to interact the wouldbe migrants. Many complained that he was bullying an important economic partner and misusing the authorities. They would point to mexicos accommodating response but the tactics work. They said among respondents 75 said we should deport Central Americans. 67 agreed with the idea of militarizing the border. With the views that they have Security Forces to stop Central Americans it is fair to say toump got the wall and mexico is paying for it. To whip up their basis the panelists will identify specific steps that can be taken again the law in an overwhelming border enforcement efforts. We will ask the question can our government do one of its most fundamental tasks of preserving the territorial
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