de risking strategy poses yet another threat to foreign businesses operating there. i think the biggest challenge right now is the clear message from the united states government coming right out of the white house that they re encouraging us businesses to essentially what they call de risk from china, that they re encouraging us businesses to limit investment in china, especially when it has to do with industries that touch on national security concerns. one of the things that china had introduced over the weekend, they re offering tax incentives as well as help with visas. but is that going to work? i don t think so. not right off the bat. and i think the state council recently issued some guidelines in an attempt to essentially make investments in china more attractive. and i think it shows us three major things. the first is that it demonstrates that china knows that it s got a problem. its economy is slowing. it s got a housing bubble, unemployment is particularly high a
has to do with industries that touch on national security concerns. one of the things that china had introduced over the weekend, they re offering tax incentives as well as help with visas. but is that going to work? i don t think so. not right off the bat. and i think the state council recently issued some guidelines in an attempt to essentially make investments in china more attractive. and i think it shows us three major things. the first is that it demonstrates that china knows that it s got a problem. its economy is slowing. it s got a housing bubble, unemployment is particularly high and foreign investment is beginning to slow down. the second thing is they re saying the right things, that they re providing tax incentives and they re trying to they re indicating that they re going to protect intellectual property rights and they re trying to make the country look more attractive for foreign investors. but i think the third thing is the most important, and that s us comp
now it s time for world business report. brexit means what in the uk general election? the labour party unveils its manifesto we weigh up the arguments. and is this the doctor s surgery of the future? we ll be visiting a californian start up which says it has the recipe for preventative healthcare. welcome to world business report. i m sally bundock lots more in the programme including news from ford of significantjob losses. today the uk s labour party will release its manifesto ahead of next month s general election. although the formal announcement is expected in a few hours time, last week a leaked copy of the document revealed labour s plans to scrap the government s existing white paper on brexit negotiations. the conservative manifesto is expected in the next few days. so where do the two parties stand on brexit? the labour party favours managed migration, but will stop short of committing to specific immigration targets, unlike the conservatives which has pledged to
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employees who work flexibly but don t receive any benefits should qualify for sick and holiday pay according to a government commissioned report. british tennis mystery is made. it s been 39 years. history is made. and johanna konta becomes the first british woman to reach the wimbledon semifinals since virginia wade in 1978. a moment of history that she celebrated on centre court. coming up on sportsday on bbc news: standing in betweenjohanna konta and the wimbledon final, venus williams a five time champion, who becomes the oldest semifinalist at the tournament in 23 years. good evening. an appalling tragedy that should never have happened. that s what the prime minister called the contaminated blood scandal of the 1970s and ‘80s, as the government announced an inquiry into the nhs scandal. it s been called one of the biggest disasters in the history of the nhs. at least 2,400 people died and 7,500 patients were infected with viruses, such as hepatitis c and hiv, a