The United States through constructive dialogue we always insist that consultations must be based on the principles of equality and Mutual Respect an agreement must be neutral and beneficial hooley. Should the agreement be ratified to the chinese will avoid further levies on 160000000000. 00 worth of exports to the us the us is also set to lower tariffs already in place. According to media reports for its part beijing has promised to import more Agricultural Products from the u. S. It also says it will grant u. S. Companies easy access to Chinese Markets and introduce tougher regulations to protect intellectual property. So is the deal closed. On markets taking to twitter message by donald trump sirius. Well it may be friday the 13th but there was no bad luck at the bourses today global stocks so its just on the media news that trump has signed off on the deal and major indexes here in asia closed up between one and 3 percent today i mean generally investors are just happy that theres
applause thank you, thank you all very much for coming out this afternoon and let me think those who have already spoken, sylvia pallid reno, ally new sin and chris dickson, thank you very much for what you have said. What i want to do is for a little bit different than what i usually do because i want to involve you in the discussion, i dont want to give you a long speech element to three hours. Think laughs i want to touch on, theres so many issues but i want to touch on some of these essential issues and get your thoughts on. I want to start off with the issue of money in politics. If you run for president of the United States it is an expensive proposition. My concern right now it is that especially since Citizens United and what we have seen is a major corruption of our political process and the concept of democracy meaning one person, one vote. What most of us believe, and we were arguing about an issue people raise their hand a majority winds and everyone has the same thought. B
Held every year with representatives from most countries this week lets dive deeper to examine the impact they have youre watching eco india and im somewhat of a coming to you from mumbai the Indian Government has signed the paris climate of regime and and plans to change its energy mix 50 Percent Renewable Energy by 2022 is the and solar power plays a big role in achieving this. Donny hamlet of one was and is barely 100 kilometers away from indias Business Capital in mumbai but until just a few years ago it had no concept of electricity. Its residents relied on far as their main source of power like an energy. Things changed for one wasi in the summer of 2016. So let out an island and thats where dad was once darkness now there is light everywhere and this village we could have never imagined this. In the nearby villages the government. Comes and goes. That theyve been laid here as we have access to electricity thank you for saving. Money so that you have this is quite unbelievable bu
A Global Survey out today suggests young people view Climate Change as one of the Biggest Challenges facing the world. It comes as the environmental activist, greta thunberg, is set to address government ministers meeting in madrid. The survey by Amnesty International covered 10,000 young people and Climate Change came top of the list of challenges facing the world. The impact of this rising concern is predicted to have a dramatic impact on polluting industries. Its estimated the worlds 10 biggest oil and gas firms could lose 31 of their current value. Meanwhile, other sectors could gain. The same analysis suggests car makers, which move swiftly to electric vehicles, could more than double in value. A few days ago, the young environmental activist, greta thunberg, urged World Leaders to take more action. What i want to come out from this is as for every other such meeting, that World Leaders finally understand the urgency and that they listen to the science and act on the science, that
Do, because i want to involve you in the discussion, i dont want to give you a long speech. I will limit it to three hours. [laughter] sen. Sanders i want to touch on there are so many issues out there but i want to touch on some of the very essential issues and get your thoughts on it. I want to start off with the and politics. If you run for president , governor, or senator, it is an expensive proposition. ,y concern right now is that especially since citizens united, what we have seen is a major corruption of our political process and the concept of democracy, meaning one person one vote. We are america here. If we were arguing about an issue, majority wins. Everybody has the same vote. But increasingly in american politics, that is not the case. You have a handful of billionaires who are literally spending hundreds of millions of dollars in all kinds of ways electing candidates who represent the wealthy and the powerful. And that concerns me very much because that undermines americ