Working on holiday. When you look at the markets, they are probably range bound and that is where the nudgyness comes from. We have earnings in europe that will give insight and you have the spat between the u. S. And china, which is significant but is not translating into concrete market movement. Tom we will talk about china and a moment. Airlines front and center. Right now, with our first word news, here is ritika gupta. Ritika china may retaliate for the closing of its consulate in houston by targeting the u. S. Consulate in hong kong. That is according to the editor of the Chinese Communist party newspaper, global times. He writes the u. S. Has over 1000 staff and that means it is a spy center. The editors comments have regally been a tipoff to what the government does. They Trump Administration says republicans are considering a shortterm extension of the unemployment stimulus. Millions of americans received several mental payments that were included in the last coronavirus resc
Mastro, an assistant professor of Security Studies at the edmund a. Wilson school at Georgetown University and american scholar at American Enterprise institute. Shes the author of the cost of conversation, obstacles to peace talks in wartime. And she is currently working on a book about chans challenges to u. S. Primacy. Next we hear from a senior fellow at Hudson Institute and adjunct senior fellow at the center for new American Security and president and ceo of solarium llc, a defense consulting firm. Hes previously served as president of the center for strategic and budgetary assessments in a department of Defenses Office of net assessment and on the personal staff of three secretaries of defense. Hes the author of several books, most recently publishing the declines of deterrents earlier this year. Our third panelist is dr. Michael green who is a Senior Vice President for asia and japan chair at the center for strategic and International Studies csis as well as director of Asian S
Next, look at the current relations between the United States and china with security and defense experts. U. S. China economic and Security Review Commission hosted this event. Thank you. We will catch up sometime here. We are not too far behind. I would like to introduce our second panel, which will explore major developments in the u. S. China security relations in 2019. We will start with doctor orianas carl mastro who is assistant professor of Security Studies at the admin a Wilson School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. And a resident scholar at the american enterprises. Shes the author of the cost of conversation, obstacles to peace talks and more time. And currently working on a book about chinas challenge to u. S. Privacy. Next we hear from doctor andrew kirby voinovich senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and adjunct senior fellow at the center for new American Security and president and ceo of solarium llc, defense consulting firm. His previously served as presi
Mastro, an assistant professor of Security Studies at the edmund a. Wilson school at Georgetown University and american scholar at American Enterprise institute. Shes the author of the cost of conversation, obstacles to peace talks in wartime. And she is currently working on a book about chans challenges to u. S. Primacy. Next we hear from a senior fellow at Hudson Institute and adjunct senior fellow at the center for new American Security and president and ceo of solarium llc, a defense consulting firm. Hes previously served as president of the center for strategic and budgetary assessments in a department of Defenses Office of net assessment and on the personal staff of three secretaries of defense. Hes the author of several books, most recently publishing the declines of deterrents earlier this year. Our third panelist is dr. Michael green who is a Senior Vice President for asia and japan chair at the center for strategic and International Studies csis as well as director of Asian S
Sailing into stormy waters. More territorial tension between hanoi and beijing as china launches naval drills. Sovereignty their is being violated. You can follow me on twitter. Dont forget to include the hashtag trending business. China and hong kong markets get underway in 30 minutes time. Singapore, taiwan, and my later have come online. Lets go to david. David we are looking at declines in the early hours of asian trade. It is hard to not figure out what the next catalyst will be that drives equity to the upside. Volume is dry. The u. S. Was closed overnight. The jobs data is coming out. Equity markets, which have enjoyed a fiveday run are having a bit of a blowback right now. The rba trade numbers and retail sales are due out in 30 minute time. Asia looks like this. Down. 33 . These are the mining stocks. Going the opposite way for obvious reading is obvious reasons. Have a look at silver. Have a look at gold. Platinum also. Silver touch 21 yesterday and this is where we are havin