at auction next week. a very warm welcome to th programme. president macron of france and the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, are in beijing, where they re holding talks the chinese leadership. the joint trip is the latest push by europe to engage with china, and they are expected to urge it to use its influence on russia to halt the war in ukraine. this was a short time ago at the great hall of the people. the europeans meeting china s premier, li qiang. in his first comments, president macron said the visit would focus on economic ties as well as international stability. he and ursula von der leyen will also have talks with prseident xijinping, that meeting is expected in a couple of hours. let s go live to our asia hub, and speak to the bbc s mariko oi. today the official talks get under way, took us through what has happened so far. has happened so far. indeed, toda is has happened so far. indeed, today is the has happened so far. indeed, to
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If the conflict spreads to other parts of the region especially iran, it could immediately impact well prices because even though iran has been under sections for the last two years it has pumped well quietly and provided them to customers across the globe. The white house has turned a blind eye especially with the last year or two because its been trying to smooth relationships between iran and the western world. Now if the white house enforces the sanction that means the supplier from sanction that means the supplierfrom iran could be cut off and comes at a time when oil supplies have been tightening because saudi arabia and russia, the two largest exporters of oil in the world, also part of 0pec , have been reducing Oil Production by 1. 3 alien Barrels Per Day and will keep doing it until the end of the year. There is a good chanceit the year. There is a good chance it could continue into next year as well so if this happens and they will be a where there will be less oil supply, wh
Am sally bundock. We start in china, where the Chinese Vice Premier he lifeng and the European Commissioner for trade Valdis Dombrovskis are meeting in beijing today. The eu and chinas economic and trade ties will be the focus of discussions. The meeting comes at a time of growing tensions between the two superpowers. Earlier this month, the European Commission announced there would be an anti subsidy investigation over chinas car prices. China is accused of keeping car prices artificially low by huge State Subsidies a move that china says is evidence of protectionism by the eu. Trade between the eu and china is significant, especially for countries like germany, where china is their biggest Trading Partner. Im joined by anna ashton, china director at eurasia group. Lets unpack this. Good morning to you, anna. How are these trade talks likely to go, do you think . You think . Its hard to say exactly how you think . Its hard to say exactly how they you think . Its hard to say exactly ho
The united states feel threatened as they were our allies and we view the export of chips in to the development of an advanced chip industry in china as threatening. so the export controls too. at the same time, the administration has been sending signals to american business about the consequences of investing in china. this notion of them going over there and saying that we want to continue the relationship is very conflicting and ambiguous. to give you an idea, since before donald trump became an president, china s share of us import is down by 25%. in the first six months of this year, us imports from china are down dramatically from last year. china is becoming less of a trading partner for the united states and is becoming less of a trading partnerfor the united states and it is notjust chips. partner for the united states and it is notjust chips. is notjust chips. less of a trading artner is notjust chips. less of a trading partner but is notjust chips. less of a trading part