now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. all those who dreamed of a global economy characterised by free trade, open borders and shared liberal values have surely woken up by now. the world today is a very different place. the us china economic relationship is mistrustful and hostile, and the eu the biggest trading bloc in the world is increasingly talking of asserting its own economic power. but how? well, my guest is valdis dombrovskis, european commission vice president, with responsibility for economy and trade. is the eu about to become the economic tough guy? valdis dombrovskis, in brussels, welcome to hardtalk. good afternoon. here, let me quote to you something you said when you were given the trade portfolio in september of last year. you said, we are currently in turbulent waters as regards global trade, relations with the us, and relations with china. i would put it to you that when you re in turbulent waters, you need to be
time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. all those who dreamed of a global economy characterised by free trade, open borders and shared liberal values have surely woken up by now. the world today is a very different place. the us china economic relationship is mistrustful and hostile, and the eu the biggest trading bloc in the world is increasingly talking of asserting its own economic power. but how? well, my guest is valdis dombrovskis, european commission vice president, with responsibility for economy and trade. is the eu about to become the economic tough guy? valdis dombrovskis, in brussels, welcome to hardtalk. good afternoon. here, let me quote to you something you said when you were given the trade portfolio in september of last year. you said, we are currently in turbulent waters as regards global trade, relations with the us, and relations with china. i would put it to you that when you re in turbulent waters, you need to be a strong swim
completely not. i was completely mystified by what the government were up to. i have been predicting they would let it all pass because that s what has always happened in the past with every single report from a committee finding that a member of parliament has been up to no good so i was mystified that jacob rees mogg gave this 45 minute speech in which he basically told about the rules at the 11th hour in what is meant to be an independent disciplinary process so no, i thought i m still going to try and persuade people in the chamber and sometimes as mp5 we go, right, i m just going to rant and get it off my chest and deliver my single transferable speech, but sometimes you do actuallyjust want transferable speech, but sometimes you do actually just want to persuade everybody you possibly can. it s interesting to see you are mystified. ifelt uber it s interesting to see you are mystified. i felt uber angry, it s interesting to see you are mystified. ifelt uber angry, very m
hello and a warm welcome to viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. new evidence has shown the extent of foreign project funding by china, much of it in the form of expensive loans. the study by researchers at the us university william and mary shows china has that was as much international development money every year as the us and other major powers combined. a lot of the money supports china s belt and road initiative, beijing the initiative to build new trading routes and many of the loans are concealed from balance sheets and with the story, this is the agr pacific editor. in 150 page report full of hidden data, and took root us researchers four researchers to uncover, full of heading into information that the chinese government does not even have about its own lending, namely that china is bankrolling international infrastructure projects, big thing like bridges and caught are twice the rate of the united states and other major powers. in the majority of that fu
from the balkans. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday.. hello, and welcome to newsday. it s 8am in singapore, and 3am in the devastated ukrainian city of mariupol, where it s hoped the coming hours will see civilian evacuations resume after rescue efforts stalled on monday. hundreds of women and children are sheltering in the tunnels beneath a sprawling steelworks, some haven t seen daylight for weeks. the azovstal plant is surrounded by russian troops. on sunday, aid agencies oversaw the rescue of around 100 people who were evacuated to nearby zaporizhzhia, from where our correspondent laura bicker reports. a short break to feel grass under theirfeet, after weeks of only concrete. the survivors from mariupol are allowed a break in their long awaited journey away from the front line. translation: for a month we were eating - over 40 l of us six food tins. we boiled two buckets of soup out of them and that was it for the whole day. weeping trans