The meeting today is timely. It is one week before president obama travels to take part in the summit of leaders of the association of Southeast Asian nation. He is, the third sitting president to visit that country, as you may have heard. The country has been subjected to a secret war during the age of the vietnam war. What has been the legacy of this war, and what might president obama the able to accomplish in terms of improving relations for the future with the laos Peoples Democratic republic . Here to share their perspectives on this issue are 2 of the most seasoned observers and advocates. The resolution of the unfortunate legacy of the wars in laos and vietnam and the enduring impact on the population of those countries. To my far left, the founder and executive director of the war legacies project. She began her work on peace and reconciliation in laos, vietnam, and cambodia in the head 1980s. Through on the ground collaboration has become one of the most informed specialists
Their proposal to avoid a default on the debt. The government needs approval from congress to borrow more money. Otherwise, by next week, it might not be able to pay its bills. U. S. Media has reported the legislation would allow the government to avoid a default for six weeks. I would hope that the president will look at this as an opportunity and a goodfaith effort on our part to move halfway, halfway to what hes demanded, in order to have these conversations begin. The proposal does not include any measures to resolve the shutdown of Government Services that started last week. But it would give republicans and democrats more time to negotiate a deal for a deficit reduction over the longterm. The president is happy that cooler heads at least seem to be prevailing. In the house. That there at least seems to be a recognition that default is not an option. Carney welcomed the republicans offer but he said white house officials have not seen the details of the proposal. The head of the I
A prominent leadership role. Reporter china wants more say in International Issues as its economy is growing. But getting that not only depends on whether industrialized nations make concessions, it also depends on how much responsibility china is willing to take on. Nhk world, washington. The Deputy Governor of Chinas Central Bank suggested its country might be reversing its slow down. They expect their economy to grow about 7. 6 . He joined a conversation in washington. Chinese leaders previously saw their gdp reduce its rate of growth for two consecutive quarters. He said certain problems in the chinese economy were dealt with. Leaders have focused on the practice of nonbank lending and reined in local government debt. Populous, prosperous, pushing ahead. Chinas wealth brought it power, weal and problems. An income gap threaten its people, pollution threatens its health. Find out the problems china faces on newsline. The host of this years east asia summit says chinese leaders have
We will start with some breaking news. A chinese ship has sunk in a be a mimes a. B. In the maze of fishing boat a vietnamese a fishing boat. We have very Little Information coming that yes, a chinese vessel attacked a. B. At mimesis ship i tapped a vietnamese ship. Sank, he says, and it was random by a chinese and oat boat. It happened at about 4 p. M. Yesterday. The fishing boat had 10 people on board. Other vietnamese boats in the story thatding to a came out in the newspaper in vietnam, the vietnamese Ship Operating was encircled by force chinese fishing vessels. What vietnam regards as its exclusive economic zone. It is not a lot we are following the story. We have a chinese ship ramming a vietnamese fishing boat at about 4 p. M. Yesterday. Four people were onboard. We have more information coming from the Foreign Ministry in vietnam. That is all we know so far. We will follow the story. Malaysia airlines is carrying out a full review of its business following the disappearance of
Later today is going to be announced. Welcome to countdown. A warm welcome to the program everybody. It is 6 00 here in london. Bloomberg reporters a standing by around the world ready to deliver stories. We are looking for clues from the ecb forum on any potential action. With detailskiev on the president elect plans to stop separatist violence and Caroline Hyde is on the lookout for potential short sale. We have some big interviews coming your way today on countdown. How does a 44 return on your money sound . That is how much is happening. We will have an exclusive chat with the ceo of feder holk nielsen. We will spoke to that speak to the former president of georgia. That is the first on bloomberg. Lets get to one of our top stories this morning. Just over a week to go one to the next ecb policy meeting and officials are in the portuguese town for the first ever ecb for him. Um. We have been following developments over the last few days. Any clues of any potential action . We need t