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and is expected to meet national security adviserjake sullivan. blinken told the un security council on tuesday that he would work with the chinese foreign minister to prevent the middle east conflict from spreading. but talks with china are also expected to focus on trying to resolve disagreements on other issues, including trade. earlier this week, beijing restricted the exports of graphite, of which it produces 90% of the world s supply. graphite is a critical metal used in many products including electric cars. the us responded by advising its top tech firms which included nvidia to stop exporting some of their latest ai products to china. soaring demand for its chips has driven nvidia s share price up by more than 200% over the past year, with china being its leading buyer. joining me now is rory green, chief china economist, and head of asia research, at ts lombard. thanks for being with us today. what you expect to come out of these talks? , ., ., you expect ....
cloud computing and its pc businesses are growing, and the company s early move into ai is reaping rewards. revenues at microsoft were up 13% to $56.5 billion in the quarterly period to the end of september. contrast this with alphabet the owner of google it also enjoyed a big hike in revenue, up 11% to $76.7 billion, but its shares slipped by 5% in after hours trade as investors were unimpressed with the progress of google cloud. let s unpack this with russ frushtick, co founder of polygon. russ is a technology and gaming expert. good to have you on the programme. if we start with microsoft, what is it getting right? microsoft, what is it getting riuht? . , , microsoft, what is it getting riuht? ., , ., right? precisely, you mentioned in the outset right? precisely, you mentioned in the outset microsoft - right? precisely, you mentioned in the outset microsoft has - in the outset microsoft has been dominating the cloud computing space and this is becoming crucial for c ....
nvidia or china who will be hurt most by this, or neither? i nvidia or china who will be hurt most by this, or neither? i think what america most by this, or neither? i think what america is most by this, or neither? i think what america is trying most by this, or neither? i think what america is trying to - most by this, or neither? i think what america is trying to do - most by this, or neither? i think what america is trying to do is l what america is trying to do is prevent china from getting this technology, or at least slow down its ability to grow its own industry, so they are trying to stop the transfer of knowledge, if you like, as well as the products. and we are seeing companies get caught in the middle of this battle between these two huge economic superpowers. nvidia as you pointed out, is a leading chip maker, particularly when it comes to ai chips, and it has specifically tailored a product of the chinese market that complied with existing export cu ....
hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. getting more brits off the benefit and into boot camps the uk government s latest plan to filljob roles previously held by foreign workers. the chaos at the us mexico border is one of the big three issues, is one of the big three issues that will be driving voters to the polls this november. and this week, senate democrats are trying to flip the script on who is responsible. they will force a vote on thursday on the bipartisan border security package that republicans blocked earlier this year. the bill, negotiated by republican and democratic senators, includes the conservative james lankford of oklahoma who is hardly a shrinking violet. he designed to reduce the border crossings, raise the bar for migrants to qualify for asylum and to quickly turn away those who fail to meet it. it also empowers the president to shut down the border if certain triggers are met. biden has endorsed the bill. he knows ....
china s economy on track as well as internationally as a country tries to navigate a rather tense geopolitical environment. i ve been speaking to and economy of cornell university. he told me how the belt and road initiative had achieved mixed results for china. , ., china. the belt and road initiative china. the belt and road initiative was china. the belt and road initiative was china s - china. the belt and road - initiative was china s attempt to use its economic muscle in order to gain both geopolitical and economic inroads and at the same time broaden its economic breach by providing opportunities for other countries and their transport and other infrastructure nets that try to link china with other countries. some of these have not paid off very well, evenin have not paid off very well, even in times of economic terms or geopolitical terms. china is getting pushback from countries that feel they have incurred debts to china that will be very difficult to pay ....