jackie. good evening, bret, the administration is still gauging the scope of today s cyberattack on multiple federal agencies and pressure is on to stay tough on china after its foreign minister told secretary blinken to show respect in a call yesterday. but the president keeps getting questions on things he doesn t want to answer. on the cyberattack. president biden not responding to bribery allegations detailed on an fbi 1023 form allege ago burisma executive paid then vice president joe biden and his son hunter to gain u.s. oil rights $5 million each. that money going to hunter and indirectly to the big guy via shell companies. why telling [inaudible] why do you ask such a dumb question? the document did not say joe biden received any payment. but the president also did not want to comment on federal agencies hit in a global cyberattack. initial reports from the administration suggesting china may not be behind it? we are trashing it as a criminal group. many
hi there. welcome to asia business report with me, mariko oi. as we told you on newsday, the united states so there was a more constructive economic relationship with china. the comments were made in a speech by the country s treasury secretary, janet yellen. it comes at a time when diplomatic and economic relations between the us and china are increasingly fraught. the bbc s north america business correspondent samira hussain has more. it has been five years since the united states imposed tariffs on billions of dollars of goods coming in from china. since then, not only have trade relations, but diplomatic relations between the two countries have deteriorated. but in a speech at an american university, us treasury secretary janet yellen was emphasizing the need for a more constructive relationship with china. we seek a healthy economic relationship with china, one that fosters growth and innovation in both countries. a growing china that plays by international rules is good
treasury secretary, janet yellen. it comes at a time when diplomatic and economic relations between the us and china are increasingly fraught. the bbc s north america business correspondent samira hussain has more. it has been five years since the united states imposed tariffs on billions of dollars of goods coming in from china. since then, not only have trade relations, but diplomatic relations between the two countries have deteriorated. but in a speech at an american university, us treasury secretary janet yellen was emphasizing the need for a more constructive relationship with china. we seek a healthy economic relationship with china, one that fosters growth and innovation in both countries. a growing china that plays by international rules is good for the united states and the world. both countries can benefit from healthy competition in the economic sphere. but healthy economic competition where both sides benefit is only sustainable if this competition is fair. but t
welcome to world business report, i m mark lobel. we start here in the uk where the business lobby group, the cbi, is facing a second allegation of rape by a woman, who claims she was sexually assaulted by two male colleagues. the guardian newspaper reports, the alleged attack took place when the woman was working at one of the cbi s overseas offices. the city of london police is already investigating claims of a rape, at a cbi summer party in 2019. let s go through the latest developments with our correspondent marc ashdown who joins us now. we are getting a growing list of business organisations who are cutting ties with the cbi or pausing, they have around 190,000 businesses who are members and the insurance giants aviva and zurich were the first to do that. the likes of asda, shell, natwest, they have pause relations, and john lewis has terminated its membership as well. these follow fresh allegations today with a second woman claiming she was raped when working for cbi