Instead of rallying the whole world, rallying a coalition, maybe getting us back in the Transpacific Partnership where we could have a coalition of countries that could deal with china he has done it all by himself and america has paid a big big price for that, youve got to bring the world together to fight china. You sign tpp, what do you do . Absolutely would rejoin tpp in a heartbeat. During the Campaign Candidate trump said we cant join the Transpacific Partnership because it would be dominated by china. He is so incurious and so ignorant about Foreign Affairs that he didnt know china is not a member of tpp. The whole idea was that we would have a consortium of 12 pacific nations, some in asia and some in the americas without china at the table. It would be our beachhead in asia. All the treaties he has ripped up, even a treaty with iran he is scrounging around trying to get back to where he was at square one before he ripped up the 2015 deal with iran. I think the relationship wit
Messages of support for former wales rugby captain, gareth thomas, who has revealed he is hiv positive saying he wants to help reduce the stigma around the condition. And in sport australia struggle chasing 399, as england look to level the ashes. The liberal democrats say they will cancel brexit altogether if they form the next government. Theyve voted at their annual conference in bournmouth to revoke article 50 the legislation which allows the uk to leave the eu without having a referendum first. Party leaderjo swinson says voters must be give the chance to stop what she called the brexit chaos. Our Political Correspondent Jonathan Blakes report from bournemouth contains flash photography. Pro europe and proud, the liberal democrats are clear they want to stop brexit. The question for members here this weekend is how. So far, its been all about another referendum. But the party leader wants to go further and campaign to pull the plug on leaving the eu if it wins a general election.
Government to put their interests first. In contract negotiations, unions always insist on senioritybased layoffs. This gives guaranteed job security to their more senior members, but it also means that School Districts are forced to lay off the new hires first, even if those teachers are star performers. Parents object, but the unions have decided they can accept that. And unions also want, understandably, very generous Retirement Benefits for their members. In michigan, 27 of School Districts budgets are going to provide pensions and health benefits, and its not hard to see why. In this state, you can retire after 25 years to collect full benefits. So you have a lot of teachers retiring in their late 40s or their early 50s. But if you care about dollars being spent in the classroom, that is a problem. The Michigan Education association used their clout to cut the bill. If costs were going to be cut, they wanted those cuts to come elsewhere. Or they wanted taxes to go up. That is what
Security to their more senior members, but it also means that School Districts are forced to first, the new hires even if those teachers are star performers. Parents object, but the unions have decided they can accept that. Also want, understandably, generous Retirement Benefits for their members. In michigan, 20 7 of School Districts budgets are going to provide pensions and health benefits, and its not hard to see why. In this state you can retire after 25 years to collect full benefits. You have a lot of teachers retiring in their late 40s or early 50s. If costs were going to be cut, they wanted those cuts to come elsewhere. They wanted taxes to go up. That is what has been happening in wisconsin. In wisconsin, School Districts and municipalities simply did not have the power to roll back some of those union benefits, so the only solution to keep the Services Going was higher taxes. The unions were fine with that, but it was not until scott walkers reforms, which they protested vehe
Traded deal with india and japan. Asian stocks slip ahead of saturdays meeting with xi jinping. Americas biggest banks have promised to boost payouts after all 18 aced the fed stress test. Deutsche bank had a surprise pass. Switzerland is set to block trading of its shares in the eu after treaty talks with russells failed with brussels failed. Matt good morning. I want to draw your attention to something that is market related but not a driving force. Still, i think an incredibly interesting move. This is just a threeday chart of bitcoin. We started at 11,000, went up to 14,000, then back down to 10,000. Just massive moves. Gratzrd from michael nola that he had wished he sold more on wednesday. His comments could be one of the things that weight on bitcoin in yesterdays session. Incredible to see a 30 moved in the price of bitcoin. We see a mixed picture if we look at european futures just about 30 minutes away from the start of trading. Dax futures are gaining right now. You will see