President of colombia here as our special guest, president uk. Hes not pensively with washington, d. C. Hes been here for 14 years off and on and he got some of his graduate degrees here from American University and George Washington university. Hes trained as a lawyer and is working as well at the Interamerican Development bank where he served as a senior officer in the cultural area and also special advisor to the president of the bank on colombia. He was elected in june of 2018 and assumed his office in augus. He will make some opening remarks and then following that i will come up and preside over some questions and then have anybody here who wants to ask a question be able to do so. We will go and tell exactly 9 30. Everything is on the record, and so please when you do have a question standup, identify yourself, your affiliation and then asked the question, not a long statement. That would be appreciated, and one question per person would be appreciated. Okay, its my honor to do
Pushing china canada in relation to normal traffic though to present that china canada relations are facing serious difficulties the responsibility lies entirely with the canadian side so canadian side is very clear about the crux of the current china canada relationship weirds the canadian said to reflect on its mistakes it is seriously chinas stern position concerns you know youll be released meaning winds now and let her return safely. He hopes the new ambassador Dominic Barton can repair the relationship between the 2 countries previous ambassador John Mccallum was relieved of his duties by Prime Minister trudeau after saying she had a strong case to fight extradition to the u. S. And listed several arguments he thought could help her with the case he added it would be great if the u. S. Were to withdraw their extradition request form this situation sets a dangerous precedent as this is a rest is seen as politically motivated where man is effectively used as leverage in the ongoing
Of talks between beijing and washington since january the news also comes as the u. S. Is introducing a 15 percent tariff on 270000000000. 00 in consumer goods from china plans are also in motion to raise tariffs on consumer goods from 25 to 30 percent expected to take effect on october 1st on the news of the talks markets in china japan and the u. S. All well lead making huge gains for thursday. China has called on canada to immediately release arrested follow executive moments all during comments regarding the appointment of a new canadian ambassador to china man who serves as c. F. O. Of the Telecom Giant was arrested at the vancouver airport in december of 20 at the request of the United States during thursdays remarks Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson trial spoke about how the situation has strained the relationship between china and canada. The chinese side has approved the new canadian ambassador to china to take up the post. We hope that he will play an active role in pushi
Regarding the appointment of a new canadian ambassador to china the man who serves as c. F. O. Of the Telecom Giant was arrested at the vancouver airport in december of 2018 at the request of the United States during thursdays remarks Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson trial spoke about how the situation has strained the relationship between china and canada. The chinese side has approved the new canadian ambassador to china to take up the post on china we hope that he will play an active role in pushing china canada relation to normal traffic though to present that china canada relations are facing serious difficulties the responsibility lies entirely with the canadian side so the canadian side is very clear about the crux of the current china canada relationship if we are to the canadian said to reflect on its mistakes it is seriously chinas stern concerns you can really release ming winds now and let her return safely. He hopes the new ambassador Dominic Barton can repair the rel
It slightly lower and above seven again. Guy italian btps firmly in focus. A big selloff in italian bonds. The british pound also under pressure. When do we go through 1. 20 . Vonnie lets take a look at the week that was through the numbers. The numbers that have moved the markets most this week is seven. Chinas daily currency fixing became a closely watched event. Monday triggered the biggest loss in the yuan since 2015, and a tumultuous week in markets as well. The episode leading to the u. S. Labeling china a currency manipulator, the latest escalation in the trade war that sent investors rushing once more toward haven assets. 15 trillion is the world stockpile of negative yielding bonds. , gold futurese hit a sixyear high wednesday. The precious metal has been one of the chief beneficiaries in the trade dispute between washington and beijing. To unpack all of the reaction, we are joined from st. Petersburg, florida by james , with about 10 billion under management. James, what was