Man Police Custody on monday. Until gail welcome to the program Chinas National Peoples Congress has overwhelmingly passed a plan giving beijing the power to impose new restrictions on public protest in hong kong prodemocracy advocates say the law violates the freedoms of Hong Kong Special one country 2 systems a status in a joint statement the United Kingdom the United States australia and canada said the new legislation would curtail peoples liberties and dramatically erode the chinese territories autonomy. Disorder in the Hong Kong Legislative Council a democratic lawmaker has struggled to get past security guards with a bag he said it contained a russian plant symbolizing what he said was the decay of hong kongs. Rule of law and way of life chinas latest move against disobedience is imposing National Security laws on hong kong the National Peoples Congress Approved plans to move forward with laws against things china sees as a threat to its authority over hong kong the law would al
Bad session like we saw in the u. S. , snapping out of gains. New york futures are slightly higher. The dollar is stronger. We saw quite a bit of steepening in the Treasury Curve. Youre seeing the threeyear at around 24 basis points. We did see the spike in yields, slightly off that now in the Asian Session after the treasury unexpectedly announced that refounding announcement. Boosting that issuance on the long end of the 10 year and 20 year with the auction so markets are bracing for that surge in supplies. Were also watching currencies, remedy still very much in focus here today. The message the last couple of days has been calm down, we have slightly stronger fixings here. Were seeing the renminbi slightly down. We are continuing the rally of brent crude, slightly higher by half of one percent, just below 30 bucks for brent. Looking ahead to the data now. China set to rae release trade figures later today. Exports likely dropped 11 from a year earlier compared with a 6 decline in m
We can see them as inflection points. Largely inflammation. The best example is in 2016 and the republicans primaries, theres a real civil war in the Republican Party the establishment represented by bush and others, do not denomination, do not get the support of the market people. The god of the revolutionary donald trump. The democrats are going to that right now. Going to have a civil war in their party right now pretty is going to be the traditional, or an outsider or socialist. But that is indicative of the fact, the stuff that is more for the last 40 years in the United States to govern the people, barely has not kept up with the country. I guess at the end of this book, that i realized after a long period of sort of thoughtfulness know until the wilderness died figured out. It is an american ghost of these divisive periods. Danielle we are very dynamic. Demographically, geographically, economically and we are constantly reinventing ourselves not just those individuals but as a n
Contracted report for the commission on chinas expeditionary capabilities. Were really looking forward to that. At james, he specializes in emerging technologies, threat assessment, forecasting and data science. Much of his work analyzes chinas Armed Forces Modernization and u. S. Longrange strategic planning. Before joining james he was an extra Research Assistant for Yale University department of medical science where he did research on chinas naval modernization. Mr. Peltier has a master of arts in International Science from university of chicago. Good political real school. We will next year from kevin mccauley. Hes an independent analyst and was formally the scene Intelligence Officer for the soviet union, russia, china and taiwan during his 31 years in the u. S. Government. Hes senior china analyst for the armys National Ground Intelligence Center and he served on Advisory Board and working groups supporting the intelligence community, the National Intelligence council and the u.
And Central Banks are stepping up calls for help amid fears that they are running out of options. We are live at the imf meetings in washington. Sophie checking on the start of trade in sydney. Little change, after the drop of 200, halting a fiveday advance. Broadly speaking, we are setting up for a mix start in the agion, but looking to have second weekly gain. Chinese thirdquarter gdp numbers come, as corporate numbers on the mainland have shown little improvement after a bleak first half. Japanese inflation remains subdued, giving the boj food for thought at the policy meeting. Able back below 1. 29 on brexit deal hopes, pushing it to a sixmonth low to position for a negative outcome. Aussie bonds under pressure this morning as the rba governor said the economy is improving. Offshore yuan 7. 8 against the 7. 08 against the dollar after fixing. Jessica acting white house chief of staff Mick Mulvaney denies saying that President Trump withheld military aid to ukraine to persuade key h