24 hours by what officials are calling the sheep fire. the active nuclear reactors are there, but even if fire breaks around the facility they are safe. the main reason for evacuation is heavy smoke. to cnn business. a look at markets around the world. gains in asian markets and a little mixed performance in european markets as they have opened. on wall street leaning down a little bit, just i would almost call it directional. we ll watch to see what happens today. yesterday stocks were higher, approaching record highs. the dow finished up 77, ten points below the most recent record. the s&p 500 had a strong day, the nasdaq closed up, as well. on the trade front, trade negotiators are expected to travel to china next week to resume working level talks on a trade deal. it will be the first face-to-face talks since president trump and chinese president xi met at the g-20 last month. harley-davidson s sales are hurting, placed by tariffs and
agreements were. it was before twitter. admiral, there have been disputes excuse me. there s been disputes among the trade negotiators in this administration regarding china, how tough to be. so that we knew in real time but they weren t doing it publicly. they were trying to smooth it over in public. for john bolton to go on twitter, arguably could be a firing offense. i think anything could happen at this time because we see such a rage of reactions from the president. this is really typical of the way in which he operates, which is to kind of create a crisis, say north korea, fire and fury, kim jong-un as little rocket man. now they re the best of friends. in iraq, we see him go right to the edge of launching strikes, but then it s back to, well, it
thursday morning, just moments ago mike pompeo landing in japan for the g 20 summit donald trump expected to arrive at the top of the hour. he could sign off on a trade war truce with china. richardson joins us live from osaka were those crucial meetings will be happening. good morning. as top leaders are arriving for the g 20, a lot of talk about the trade fight that has been ongoing between the united states and china, chinese president xi jinping has arrived here, donald trump is expected shortly and the two leaders are expected to meet in a couple days, sources familiar with trade talks say top us trade negotiators will meet ahead of the two president s discussions, they will try to restart stall negotiations, the us and china have tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars in each other s imports and are threatening more. donald trump told maria bartiroma trade deal is possible though if not he s prepared to impose tariffs on their meaning
here s to progress. hundreds of business leaders in washington this week in an effort to stop the trump administration from following through on placing tariffs on another00 billion of chinese goods. meanwhile, president trump announcing today that u.s. and chinese trade negotiators will be back at the bargaining table before he meets with chinese president xi at the g20 in japan next week. joining me now, mark cohen. a former sears executive now director of retail studies at columbia university business school. mr. cohen, so good to have you on. i appreciate it. walk us through what happens if the administration follows through on this threat of tariffs. well, let s consider something as simple as a sweater, a men s, women s or kid s sweater that is made out of cotton that is manufactured in china. the sweater starts out life as a
concern, but a secondary one for u.s. trade negotiators. the real prize, what companies want and, frankly, what chinese reformers want, is for china to stop propping up its own companies and start allowing fair competition. it s time to giver new meaning to the phrase let 100 flowers bloom. up next, the genetic revolution. it will change the way we have babies. it will change our concept of humanity itself. the question is, are we ready for it? that conversation when we come back. if you miss a show go to cnn.com/fareed for a link to my itunes podcast. introducing miracle-gro s next big thing. performance organics. finally organics that work. tested and refined by plant scientists. for twice the results, guaranteed. don t grow a snack, grow a feast. don t grow a flower, grow a million dollar view.