Of 7 judges 4 whose terms have expired have not been replaced because the United States has blocked the naming of their replacements 2 of the remaining 3 are due to leave on wednesday with only one member remaining the court would no longer be able to function and the director general said that he will be now holding intensive consultations of a political nature ill get to his statement in a minute but what he said was that he thinks we need to dig deeper and we need to have a broader look at what we might be able to do in order to get a permanent solution to this problem involving the appellate body many of washingtons objections center on rulings related to trade with china. Without a court the 164 member w t o would no longer have a binding dispute Settlement System in a global trade environment that is a ready highly volatile that prospect has many feeling highly alarmed. Lets check in with our china expert cliff coonan who is in hong kong at the moment. Are they really that diffic
Of 7 judges 4 whose terms have expired have not been replaced because the United States has blocked the naming of their replacements 2 of the remaining 3 are due to leave on wednesday with only one member remaining the court would no longer be able to function and the director general said that he will be now holding intensive consultations of a political nature ill get to his statement in a minute but what he said was that he thinks we need to dig deeper and we need to have a broader look at what we might be able to do in order to get a permanent solution to this problem involving the appellate body many of washingtons objections center on rulings related to trade with china. Without a court the 164 member w t o would no longer have a binding dispute Settlement System in a global trade environment that is a ready highly volatile that prospect has many feeling highly alarmed. Lets check in with our tonics both Clifford Coonan who is in hong kong at the moment clifford are they really t
7 judges for whose terms have expired have not been replaced because the United States has blocked the naming of their replacements 2 of the remaining 3 are due to leave on wednesday with only one member remaining the court would no longer be able to function and the director general said that he will be now holding intensive consultations of a political nature or get to his statement in a minute but what he said was that he thinks we need to dig deeper and we need to have a broader look at what we might be able to do in order to get a permanent solution to this problem involving the appellate body many of washingtons objections center on rulings related to trade with china. Without of course the 164. 00 member w t o would no longer have a binding dispute Settlement System in a global trade environment that is already highly volatile that prospect has many feeling highly alarmed lets check in with our tonics both cliff coonan who is in hong kong at the moment clifford are they really t
Meeting with, and of course better known as the new nafta. And the s and p and the nasdaq hitting new highs. Lets bring in our investment committee. Joe, stephanie and john, marg reet reed, union bank private bank, and rob of ubs private wealth management. So stocks, joe, pushing to new highs. Youve got the president who is probably going to tout a strong economy, high gdp, low unemployment is he going to give the market another leg up i think you and i used the phrase coiled spring here we are, we are springing higher, with very good reason. I think when youre looking at the steepening of the yield curve, the uninversion, if i could create a word, the uninversion of the yield curve, theres been a significant rebound in yields. And then earnings, and steph talks about earnings all the time eps gross was expected to be negative, 3 to 4 we came in down only 1 . So i think there is a lot to present a very fertile environment for the capital markets. Every asset class is higher. Where is t
[applause] for he claims he is taking a stand for science but it turns out of science is not prepared to take a stand for michael mann and that is great news for scientific integrity in the United States and the wider world. Thank you very much. [applause] you are watching booktv on cspan2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. Booktv, television for serious readers. Now on booktv with help of our local cable partner documentation we take a literary tour of omaha, nebraska, where we spoke with matt holland author of ahead of their time the story of the omaha de porres club which advocated for social justice and racial integration in the early 1950s. The omaha de porres club was this phenomenal story of an Unlikely Group of people in an unlikely place at an improbable time in history have faced and challenged Racial Discrimination and segregation in omaha nebraska. And it took place in the late 40s and early 50s predating of the civil rights activities, if not by decades r