Alarm bells are ringing about the outlook for china, but officials remain confident this is a short term blip. Only last month, the chinese premier, li qiang, said his country was still on track to reach its annual Growth Target of around 5 , a modest target after china grewjust 3 last year, one of the weakest showings in nearly half a century. Lets talk through whats at stake with jane foley, head of fx strategy at rabobank. Iam hoping i am hoping she is there. Good morning to you. I am hoping she is there. Good morning to you. Good morning. A fourth month morning to you. Good morning. A fourth month in morning to you. Good morning. A fourth month in a morning to you. Good morning. A fourth month in a row morning to you. Good morning. A fourth month in a row of fourth month in a row of contraction although it is slightly improved from last month, hasnt it . It slightly improved from last month, hasnt it . Month, hasnt it . It has slightly month, hasnt it . It has slightly been month,
yes, a very warm welcome to all the business news. and we start here in the uk, where skyrocketing inflation is causing big problems for retailers. just how big will be revealed in a few hours when we get those retail sales numbers forjuly. if we look back, sales fell 0.1% month on month injune, and that was a better than expected result as rising energy and fuel prices dented consumer confidence. now that inflation is topping 10%, the british independent retailers association is calling for 100% rates relief to be introduced for smaller retailers, and an energy price cap for businesses. let us get more. andrew goodacre, ceo, british independent retailers association. good morning. thank you for joining us. you are calling for the smaller retail, rate relief and an energy price for business in general. just talk about energy, energy prices have gone through the roof stop how much is it hurting our retailers? how much is it hurting our retailers? ,., ., ., , retailers? good m
The us tells nvidia to take its chips off the table as washington bans the company from exporting some of its products to china. And Pakistan International Airlines Cancels more than 300 hundred flights, as the National Carrier struggles to pay for jet fuel. Welcome to World Business report. Im lukwesa burak. Lets start with the tech giant nvidia, which says the us has told it to stop shipping some of its advanced Artificial Intelligence chips to china immediately. The ban was originally set to come into place in the middle of november, but has been moved forward by the white house. The new restrictions bar exports of nvidias advanced ai chips, which had been designed for the Chinese Market to comply with earlier export regulations. Michelle fleury is in new york for us. Is this more to for tat between the us and china or could this be something far more significant . I think you have to look at whats going on here, china and us to have the biggest economies are in a Battle Over Future
Nvidia or china who will be hurt most by this, or neither . I nvidia or china who will be hurt most by this, or neither . I think what america most by this, or neither . I think what america is most by this, or neither . I think what america is trying most by this, or neither . I think what america is trying to most by this, or neither . I think what america is trying to do most by this, or neither . I think what america is trying to do is l what america is trying to do is prevent china from getting this technology, or at least slow down its ability to grow its own industry, so they are trying to stop the transfer of knowledge, if you like, as well as the products. And we are seeing Companies Get caught in the middle of this battle between these two huge economic superpowers. Nvidia as you pointed out, is a leading chip maker, particularly when it comes to ai chips, and it has specifically tailored a product of the Chinese Market that complied with existing export curbs that the us had