Have relations between the u. S. And china salad to the point of no return chinese leaders threatening retaliation for the closure of its consulate in texas from trade to security and human rights will the superpowers find room for compromise this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program on iran come on its being described by some as a new cold war relations between the us and china unraveling quickly in the latest spat chinese diplomats have been given 72 hours to shut down the consulate in Houston Texas President Donald Trump accuses them of spying and stealing intellectual property Chinas Foreign Ministry is threatening retaliation for what it calls malicious londa roselyn jordan has more. Its a scene straight out of a spy film employees at the chinese consulate in houston burned documents before theyre forced to leave the u. S. On friday the expulsion of the 60 diplomats and their families is just the latest step taken by the u. S. Against a country it considers a National
Several areas we consider planes to reopen. Optimistic. Emains treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin says he expects the session to end this year with another Stimulus Program in the pipeline. Paul we are about an hour away from the open here in australia and tokyo. Lets get a check on what we can expect for the new trading day with sophie in hong kong. Sophie asian stocks looking at a muted start this wednesday. This after we sell stock gains fade into the close. Check out what is going on with qe markets. The qe dollar is trading ahead of the rbnz decision. In the bond space, we are seeing five basis points this morning. The central bank of new zealand seen holding pat. That is one of the items on the agenda we are watching with market very much in wait and see mode. Plenty of firepower being amassed in deal space the latest news of kp are having pulled together 10 million. Lets jump into the turn will. The terminal. We could be seeing positive mental for asian stocks. As you can see on
So moved. Second. All in favor . Aye. Aye. Can i have a motion to not disclose anything that was said . So moved. Second. All in favor . Aye. Thank you. Okay, pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america. And to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Okay. Item 7 announcements. Please be advised that a member of the public has three minutes to make pertinent comments on each agenda item unless the portion commissioner has a shorter period on any item. Note that during the Public Comment period, the moderator will dial in participants to use their touchtone phones to register in a desire for Public Comment. And audio prompts will signal to dial in participants when the audio input is enabled for commenting. Please dial in only when the item that you wish to comment on is announced. Item 8, executive directors report. Good afternoon, commissioners. Michael martin, Deputy Director of r
My concerns about longterm sustainability. President breslin okay. Who made the motion again . Clerk commissioner lim. President breslin would you like to withdraw your motion or modify i think the concern of commissioner follansbee is getting all the commissioners i mean, getting all the health lines answer questions about increases. Id be willing to withdraw this, but remember the timeline, although i wont be there for the next meeting regarding the renewal for next year. President breslin commissioner lim, you will be there for the next meeting in may. Clerk no, he will not, president breslin. His term ends tomorrow. Commissioner simanski would be there, as long as we get others sworn in. President breslin well, i think its fair if they have the same questions across the board here, so they could be done at the next meeting and dispose of this. Just some clarification, and i think mike would be able to help me on this one. Blue shield this is a flex funded plan, unlike kaiser. Its n
Manager. Hes with us today. The study is looking at five Sea Level Rise curves. We intend Robust Community input along the way. If the army corps finds a federal interest in the project and Congress Authorizes the project, that opens up the door to very significant federal funding, 65 federal, 35 local. Next slide, please. Were looking at the entire port plus aquatic park, the National Park up there and looking at five neighborhoods. Weve identified what were referring to as four areas in the study area separated by high grounds where you could have independent flood risk mitigation. And were drilling down into an even finer level of detail in 1o varied and unique in locations. Next slide, please. We start by flood modeling. Using those Sea Level Rise curves, looking at recurring flood damages over the 50year study period. The army corps is the lead in this effort through their Economic Modeling and they can calculate flood damages for that 50year period in todays dollars. And thats im