Social media and are both surprising and creative artists are playing a major role. Tourism has plummeted and the economy is suffering huge losses. But during the work week most things take their usual capitalist course in this International Finance center. Hong kong streets tell a different story on sundays. Hundreds of thousands of hong kong citizens are turning out in mass displays of civil disobedience. At the beginning of this wave of protest in early june the masses were demanding the withdrawal of an extradition bill which would have allowed hong kong to deport criminal suspects to china the. The outrage over the proposal took lawmakers completely by surprise. Kongs pro chinese chief executive carrie lamb seen here at her inauguration 2 years ago in beijing underestimated the extent of the citizens anger for far too long for her the peoples wrath grew ever more threatening with each confrontation between activists and the police. And. The angry citizens of hong kong feared that
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To walk long distances in search of supplies in the mountain if you do and i have a wife and children and i cant find water ive got 5 dollars to buy water but i dont know where to find it with tensions still high the government continues to call for a National Dialogue to. Violence is not the best way to make your voice heard theres a major impact on the countrys economy especially if it means haiti is locked down not unwilling to negotiate opposition leaders have once again called for mass demonstrations. There was a lot. Over the weekend with the opposition calling on some of the more militants its of demonstrators to use up on the protests to give people an opportunity to leave their homes to go out to the markets to fill up their vehicles with. To go out look for water and all these lies but the opposition had said already that he wanted the protests started again on monday and thats exactly what groups of protesters meeting up early is higher urgently we can confirm that at least
Minutes. Good morning. I call this meeting in the Senate Committee on agriculture forestry to order. The ambassador doud, mckinney and johansen we are happy to have you back again for the committee to discuss the need for certainty and our Global Agriculture markets. International trade policies and their impacts on the United States agricultural economy. Has been a topic of great interest over the last few years. And more particularly the last few months. In fact, it is the second time in the last year we are hearing about the efforts being made at the office of the United States trade representative and the department of agriculture. I hope eventually it will result in a longterm, reliable markets for the United States agriculture. A great deal has happened in the nine months since you all appeared before this committee perhaps the most significantly to our members was the successful passage and enactment of the 2018 farm bill. With the help of everybody here. Much like the negotiati