A big question about Political Risk heading into november. Francine we will have plenty more on u. S. Politics. We start with Leslie Vinjamuri shortly. Lets start with first word news with ritika gupta. Ritika joe biden is counting on thela harriss ties to Africanamerican Community and herself branding as a prosecutor. As a progressive prosecutor. She is the first black woman in the first asianamerican on a major Party President ial ticket. Before being elected to the senate, she was californias attorney general. Upcoming trade talks with the u. S. , bloomberg has learned to chant that chinese will bring up President Trumps second ban on the two apps, wechat and tiktok. In hong kong, media tycoon jimmy lai has been released from jail after being arrested monday, the most prominent figure detained yet under chinas sweeping new National Security law. It is seen as a sign of how hong kongs independent Justice System is being undermined. The apple daily is critical of chinas communist part
China wanting sanctions from shipping firms to be removed. Termsonal transparency in of how china manages its exchange rate. What is not on the table, any of the big issues the u. S. Wanted resolved at the start of the trade war. Intellectual Property Protection , market access, China Industrial subsidies. Even if we get a mini deal, the question is will that be enough to move the dial . David the bloomberg report is the currency provision will be similar to what we had with mexico. Would President Trump be willing to meet the vice premier if he was not willing to do some sort of deal . Good point. A to me it is surprising the chinese have come at all. Lets think about the backdrop to the talks. We have the nba controversy. We have the u. S. Imposing sanctions on massive Chinese Technology surveillance firms, we have the bloomberg scoop about the u. S. Pondering barriers to dollar flows, portfolio flows into china. The new music around these talks is extremely negative. It would not ha
About the vote, and he felt the vote was the ability to get somebody to change their circumstances. Martin hraouter king comes to the white house and says to johnson, we need a Voting Rights act, and he said, martin, i agree with you, but i cant do it this year i have all this other Great Society legislation to push, and then many people are beaten and nearly die marching for Voting Rights and johnson is shrewd enough to understand that the country was outraged and he needed to start pushing this, so basically the Justice Department started to draw up a Voting Rights bill before selma, but johnson and his administration moved quickly, and he talked about the Voting Rights act, and six months after the atrocities in selma, we had a Voting Rights bill. It was quick and effective and i think it was an example of government at its best. And didnt johnson with congressman lewis encourage john lewis and dr. King and others to make the demonstrations public and force the countrys hand . He di