Suppliers following its full Scale Invasion of ukraine in 2022. Bilateral trade between the two countries topped 240 Billion last year, up 26 on a year earlier. Has the Balance Of Power now shifted with russias increasing reliance on its eastern neighbour . Joining me now is chris weafer, chief executive officer, macro advisory ltd. Thanks forjoining us, good to see you. Firstly, what were you expecting from these Trade Talks . Anything material or substantial to come out of it . Not to publicly, i think it is more a Case Ofjust again showcasing that this is the main political and economic relationship from moscow. It shows the complete shift away from what was very heavy trade with europe, with the western nations, that has now moved to asia. Kind Ofjust Restating that and restating the fact that and restating the fact that moscow sees this as its main relationship going forward, it used to be the case that the forum held annually in june was the main economic Trade Show Case for russ
To the end of august. Im nowjoined by our North America Business correspondent ritika gupta. We are having some technical problems. Bearwith we are having some technical problems. Bear with us a second, hopefully well be able to get her to talk about these usjobs numbers because they have come in under expected and thatis have come in under expected and that is fuelling concerns about a recession as well. So the economic health of the us, which of the worlds largest economy is under some doubt at the moment. We are still having some problems there. Sorry about that, we had some technical issues. What does this tell us about the late market in the us . This tell us about the late market in the us . This was a Surrise Market in the us . This was a surprise to market in the us . This was a surprise to the market in the us . This was a surprise to the downside, market in the us . This was a surprise to the downside, Usi Surprise to the downside, us companies adding 99,000 jobs in august. T
Seems to be reducing. But there are also concerns about the wider us economy that led to a wider sell off on us markets, as ritika gupta explains. The snp 500 saw its biggest slide since an early august meltdown, ending the session down 2%. This comes after a rally that put the benchmark within a striking distance of its all time highs. Technology stocks, the gauges most influential group, took the brunt of the decline. The nasdaq index closed down by 3%, while the dowjones index slipped by 1. 5%. One of the biggest losers on the day was nvidia, the high flying artificial intelligence darling, which raised more than $240 billion in market value. The chip maker shares closed down over 9%. 0ther semiconductor stocks, including micron, intel and advanced micro devices, fell in sympathy. The market also took a leg lower after manufacturing production data shrank for a fifth month in august. The institute for supply management manufacturing gauge edged up to 47. 2. A reading below 50 indi
August meltdown, ending the session down 2 . This comes after a rally that put the benchmark within a striking distance of its all time highs. Technology stocks, the gauges most influential group, took the brunt of the decline. The Nasdaq Index closed down by 3 , while the Dowjones Index slipped by 1. 5 . One of the biggest losers on the day was nvidia, The High Flying Artificial Intelligence darling, which raised more than 240 Billion in market value. The Chip Maker shares closed down over 9 . 0ther Semiconductor stocks, including micron, intel and advanced micro devices, fell in sympathy. The market also took a leg lower after manufacturing Production Data shrank for a fifth month in august. The institute for Supply Management Manufacturing gauge edged up to 47. 2. A reading below 50 indicates contraction. The data reignited concerns around slowing growth within the us economy, which helped drive a Sell Off early last month. The action comes ahead of us governments augustjobs report,
Fox on top of antiisrael protesters on a tear in the White House on edge after hamas murdered six hostages including an israeli american. Now hamas is threatening to kill more should israel try to rescue them . Former ambassador to Israel David Freeman, house armed Services Committee republican Nancy Mace are here with reaction. Im Charles Payne Yeah Infer neil cavuto, Collison Tel Aviv with the very latest. Another night of demonstrations in tel aviv, that is where a lot of protesters and Family Members of the hostages showed up in full force to try to apply as much pressure as they could both the israeli government and is really from Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to make a deal and get the remaining hostages back home. In the wake of six hostages whose bodies were recovered from gaza this past weekend thousands upon thousands of people have been taking to the streets throughout israel for the past few nights. Demonstrations have been a mix of sadness and outright anger as many israelis