The banking system. The banking system. And as the bbc s and as the bbc s Michelle Fleury reports, it could face even more tense relations with the us depending on who wins the race for the White House. When the measures were first announced back in may, the White House said it was in response to chinas unfair Trade Practices and to protect us jobs. At the time the chinese said they opposed the hikes and would retaliate. Analysts said the tariffs, which include a 100 duty on electric vehicles made in china, well, that they are largely symbolic, especially since chinese evs are not currently sold in the united states. As well as a rise on ev tariffs, levies on solar cells will increase to 50 , while rates on Steel And Aluminium products will more than triple to 25 . Tariff hikes on other products, including semiconductor chips, are set to take into effect over the next two years. The increases, which impact a relatively small amount of us imports, come as Vice President Kamala Harris an
And is now the worlds fourth largest economy. It had been the second largest until china overtook it in 2010. Japan has also been battling a deflationary spiral for a generation, but that ended late last year. Mariko oi has been following the story for us from our asia business hub. What more can you tell us about ishibas economic manifesto . Well, his economic policies are still rather unclear. He has been criticised during the Election Campaign for lacking a clear economic vision. One thing we do know is that he was quite critical of the shinzo abe, who implemented investor friendly policies. During the Press Conference he held this evening he talked about how investors may have benefited, but not ordinary consumers, so we may see some changes there. The value of the japanese yen, it jumped the value of the japanese yen, itjumped because shigeru it jumped because Shigeru Ishiba itjumped because Shigeru Ishiba supported the independence of the central bank, as opposed to his oppositio
After the us justice department sued america s largest card network, accusing the company of illegally monopolising the debit card market and driving up prices for businesses and consumers. Lifting us financial markets, well, there was a sharp rise in al darling nvidia s stock price. That was after the company said its ceo, jensen huang, was done selling stock in the chip maker for now. And china s wave of stimulus to jolt its ailing economy, well, that also boosted us stocks that have exposure to china. So far this week, it has been light on the economic front, with investors still digesting that rate cut from the federal reserve. But on the economic calendar, things should pick up as the week goes forward. As michelle mentioned, the usjustice department has filed a lawsuit against visa. It says the world s largest payments processor illegally stifled competition to maintain a monopoly over the us debit card market, through means like paying off potential competitors. Visa says the cl
Onjuly 19th, a bug infested update was sent to millions of computers running Microsoft Windows Around The World 7 crashing the systems of organisations from banking, to healthca re, and airlines. According to one estimate the Disaster Cost top us firms more than 5 Billion. Microsoft has announced changes to how it interacts with third Party Security firms. Our Technology Editor Zoe Kleinman looks at the effects of the outage. Thousands of flights grounded. Doctors appointments cancelled. Tv channels falling off air. The It Outage felt Around The World injuly has been described as the worst cyber event in history. Microsoft said around 8. 5 million computers Around The World were disabled after a cyber Security Company called crowdstrike sent out a corrupted Software Update to its nearly 2a,000 customers, many of them huge companies we rely on in our everyday lives. Look atjensen. Are we going to disney . Were going to disneyland right now. Jo and her children were among the thousands a
The Usjustice Department sued americas largest card network, accusing the company of illegally monopolising the Debit Card Market and driving up prices for businesses and consumers. Lifting us financial markets, well, there was a sharp rise in Al Darling nvidias stock price. That was after the company said its ceo, jensen huang, was done Selling Stock in the Chip Maker for now. And Chinas Wave of stimulus to jolt its ailing economy, well, that also boosted us stocks that have exposure to china. So far this week, it has been light on the economic front, with investors still digesting that Rate Cut from the federal reserve. But on the economic calendar, things should pick up as the week goes forward. As michelle mentioned, the Usjustice Department has filed a lawsuit against visa. It says the worlds largest Payments Processor illegally stifled competition to maintain a monopoly over the american Debit Card Market, through means like paying off potential competitors. Visa says the claims