Live from london, this is business today. We start with uber, the us Tech Firm that has become a global transport giant. Around The World some 6 Million people work as drivers and couriers through the uber app, and their services are used by 150 Million people at least once a month. Well, the boss of uber, dara khosrowshahi, has been talking to our business editor simonjack, about their plans to make the firm greener and get more of their drivers using Electric Cars. But hes worried that trade tensions with china are getting in the way. The us and europe are hitting chinese Electric Cars with hefty Import Taxes or tariffs to protect their own auto makers, making them more expensive. I think cheap chinese vehicles are a good thing for the environment. And i would tell you that china is transitioning from notjust being cheap but also being high quality and for us, we want to electrify our fleet and make sure it is affordable for our drivers to switch over to evs. The political considerat
After the chinese government chose not to announce any additional measures today. Chinas chief economic planning official, zheng shanjie, told a Press Conference earlier hes fully confident the country can hit its 5 Growth Target for the year and had no further policies to reveal to boost chinas struggling economy. For more im joined by Alicia Garcia Herrero chief asia pacific economist at the bank natixis. Has that disappointed investors . Did they expect more . Yes they did because there was already a softening of the market overseas. Of course the chinese market was already closed. But already by friday you could see overseas markets waiting for more on the fiscal side. This Press Conference was announced in china and there was a big expectation that it would go beyond the 2 trillion. That they had an officially announced. The reality is they didnt even fully confirmed that and the markets remained a little bit surprised that they would call a Press Conference for such little infor
You. They dont know what makes you tick. And why do you think that is . Whats the disconnect . Its an election, bill. And i take it seriously that i have to earn everyones vote. This is an election for president of the united states. No one should be able to take for granted that they can just declare themselves a candidate and automatically receive support. You have to earn it, and thats what i intend to do. That was part of Vice President Kamala Harris Interview with 60 minutes Last Night. Well have much more from that wide ranging sit down in just a moment. Also ahead, the very latest on Hurricane Milton, which is intensifying in the gulf. Its now a potentially catastrophic category 5 storm headed towards western florida. And it comes as Donald Trump continues to lie about Hurricane Helene Recovery efforts, drawing more criticism from federal officials as well as Vice President harris. Good morning, and welcome to Way Too Early on this tuesday, october 8th. We are now exactly four w
Pacific. According to these findings, the region is expected to see a slowdown in growth next year, partly due to a lack of post pandemic recovery from china, the well s second largest economy. A look at the report, joined by chief economist at your expecting a stage in pacific growth to slow due to the chinese slowdown. What steps can countries in this region take an urge to mitigate some impacts? take an urge to mitigate some imacts?. , , impacts? you re absolutely riuht. Impacts? you re absolutely right jen impacts? you re absolutely right. Jen has impacts? you re absolutely right. Jen has been impacts? you re absolutely right. Jen has been a impacts? you re absolutely i right. Jen has been a powerful right. Jen has been a powerful engine for growth in the world and slower growth means lower growth in the region. china. It needs to do more on its own to grow and that needs reform. First of all, of the service sectors sound breaks up. . . Not notjust for not just for service