Microchips on smartphone display. And built on sound how a german could use this remember Libyan Desert sound in Polymer Concrete put building houses. Come to do business i want to get jones in berlin good to have you with us and were starting with china the countrys Economic Growth has fallen to an almost 3 decade low the latest quarterly figures show the economy expanded by 6. 2 percent growth of some countries would certainly kill 4 but in china its the worst result since the early ninetys so whats going on and should we be worried. In the past 3 decades the chinese economy has undergone an extraordinary transformation developing from an inward looking agrarian based society to a Major Industrial powerhouse growth has been rapid for years double digits were the norm now the pace of expansion is slowing down in the last quarter g. D. P. Rose by 6. 2 percent solid by many standards but for china the worst performance since the early 1990 used the governments been keen to offer reassur
From. From one year and generally speaking Economic Performance in the 1st half of the year was within a reasonable range and has sustained momentum and overall stability. However we should also be aware that the Economic Conditions are still severe both at home and abroad Global Economic growth is slowing down the external instability and uncertainty are increasing the unbalanced and in adequate development at home is still accused the economy is under a new downward pressure. Much of that downward pressure is a result of the countrys ongoing trade dispute with the United States which has seen the introduction of hundreds of billions of dollars in punishing tariffs. But there are home grown problems to for years Chinese Companies have taken advantage of largely unregulated lending leading to warnings of an impending debt crisis. To that we can in Global Demand dont you have a cocktail for a further slowdown in the future a source of concern far beyond beijing this years size of the co
Half of the year was within a reasonable range and has sustained momentum and overall stability. However we should also be aware that the Economic Conditions are still severe both at home and abroad Global Economic growth is slowing down the external instability and uncertainty are increasing the on balanced and in adequate development as home is still accused the economy is undergoing huge downward pressure. Much of that downward pressure is a result of the countrys ongoing trade dispute with the United States which has seen the introduction of hundreds of billions of dollars in punishing tariffs. But there are home grown problems to for years Chinese Companies have taken advantage of largely unregulated lending leading to warnings of an impending debt crisis. Weakening Global Demand dont you have a cocktail for a further slowdown in the future a source of concern far beyond beijing this years size of the countrys economy now means what happens to china happens to the world. From the
South korea. This includes former defense officials discussing research and Development Efforts and opportunities for investment. Posted by the center for strategic and international studies, this is just over one hour. Thank you for joining us after the coffee break. I hope you had a chance to refresh yourself chats a little with the new person you met today. My name is sandra and im senior fellow at the center for strategic and national studies. We focus on defense acquisition and on Defense Training for the corporation that we have with our allies and partners. I will introduce our panel and kick off the question and answer session with this group. Our panel is divided into two folks who are presenting it into who will speak to the presentations and other issues under this topic. The topic is finding opportunities to facilitate republic of korea, u. S. Defense r d cooperation. We have a strong panel to present on this topic. To my left is steve who recently completed service as the
My name is andrew hunter. Im a senior fellow here at the center for strategic and International Studies and the International Security program and director of our Defense Industrial initiatives group that focuses on defense acquisition and increasingly on what i call defense trade or the cooperation of defense acquisition that we do with our allies and partners. Im going to introduce our panel, and maybe kick off the question and answer session with this group when were ready for that. Our panel is divided into two folks who are presenting and two discussants who will speak to the presentations and other issues under this topic. And our topic for this panel is finding opportunities to facilitate republic of korea u. S. Defense r d cooperation. I think we have a really strong panel to present to you on this topic. To my left is mr. Steve wellby, who recently completed service or at least within the last several months, completed service as the assistant secretary of defense for research