trade and political tensions with china. the move sparked a warning from beijing, which considers taiwan part of chinese territory. samira hussain has more. trade between the united states and taiwan amounts to about $75 billion a year. that number is dwarfed by china s trade with taiwan, which stands at a massive $120 billion a year. by signing this trade deal, the us is looking to build its presence in asia and rival china. taiwan for its part is looking to reduce its economic dependence on china, especially in light of the geopolitical tensions between it and beijing. unsurprisingly, china did not react well, saying the united states should stop any form of official exchanges with taiwan under the guise of trade. beijing has stepped up threats and rhetoric against taiwan in recent years, increasing military drills in the seas around the island, and working to cut off its official ties with countries around the world. discussions between washington and taipei began in augus
in the value of his electric car company, tesla. he s now estimated to be worth $192 billion. the head of lmvh, bernard arnault, is in the second spot, withjeff bezos and bill gates in third and fourth positions. and staying with elon musk he s being accused of insider trading by investors who lost billions by trading the cryptocurrency dogecoin. in a filing to manhattan federal court, a group of investors allege he used twitter posts, paid online influencers, and even used an appearince on the tv show saturday night live to boost the value of dogecoin before selling $124 million worth. at one point, the twitter owner replaced the company s blue bird logo with dogecoin s shiba inu dog logo, seeing dogecoin s price jump by almost a third. a lawyer for musk and tesla declined to comment.
in that he has so much money, he doesn t quite know what to do with it. he says he wants to focus on climate change, homelessness and food insecurity, and with frankly mind boggling wealth, he could have a huge impact. he said he ll give $100 million to dolly parton s charity, which focuses in part on child literacy. but that could be the tip of the iceberg. some of the poorest, their toilet may lookl like this, a pit latrine. bill gates has given away a fortune to charitable pursuits. jeff bezos could afford even larger donations. however, like many other silicon valley billionaires, he s been criticised for paying relatively little tax on his huge fortune. and withjeff bezos still an influentialfigure in amazon, some say he should be doing more to make the company he derives his money from greener, too. james clayton, bbc news, california. the bbc is celebrating
and with frankly mind boggling wealth, he could have a huge impact. he said he ll give $100 million to dolly parton s charity, which focuses in part on child literacy. but that could be the tip of the iceberg. some of the poorest, their toilet may lookl like this, a pit latrine. bill gates has given away a fortune to charitable pursuits. just bezos could afford even larger donations. however, like many other silicon valley billionaires, he s been criticised for paying relatively little tax on his huge fortune. and withjeff bezos still an influentialfigure in amazon, some say he should be doing more to make the company he derives his money from greener, too. james clayton, bbc news, california. the bbc is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its first official bbc broadcast a news bulletin from london. it included a court report
impact. he said he ll give $100 million to dolly parton s charity, which focuses in part on child literacy. but that could be the tip of the iceberg. some of the poorest, their toilet may look like this, a pit latrine. bill gates has given away a fortune to charitable pursuits. jeff bezos could afford even larger donations. however, like many other silicon valley billionaires, he s been criticised for paying relatively little tax on his huge fortune. and withjeff bezos still an influentialfigure in amazon, some say he should be doing more to make the company he derives his money from greener, too. james clayton, bbc news, california. the bbc is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its first official broadcast a news bulletin from london. our correspondent david sillito reports. hello. 2lo calling, 2lo calling. november the 11tth, 1922,