:00:00. > :00:07.Hello, I'm Kasia Madera with BBC World News.
:00:08. > :00:10.Our top story: The main suspect in the Istanbul nightclub attack
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:00:17. > :00:21.after a police raid at a housing complex in the city.
:00:22. > :00:25.He was reportedly found with his four year-old son.
:00:26. > :00:29.Beijing says it will "take the gloves off" and pursue "strong
:00:30. > :00:33.countermeasures" if Donald Trump continues to provoke it over Taiwan.
:00:34. > :00:38.It comes after the US President-elect challenged
:00:39. > :00:43.And this video is trending on bbc.com: It's time to say
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:01:08. > :01:12.Secretary of State James Brokenshire has set the date for March second.
:01:13. > :01:27.Now on BBC News, all the latest business news live from Singapore.
:01:28. > :01:38.China's president takes centre stage at the world economic forum. And
:01:39. > :01:50.Theresa May is suspected to signal a hard Brexit in a speech later today.
:01:51. > :01:55.Welcome to Asia Business Report. China's president is expected to
:01:56. > :01:58.urge for more inclusive globalisation as the World Economic
:01:59. > :02:04.Forum's annual meeting kicks off in Switzerland. Xi Jinping will be the
:02:05. > :02:10.first President to attend the summit from his country and this year's
:02:11. > :02:14.gathering in the Alpine resort of Davos focuses on how leaders should
:02:15. > :02:18.respond to growing populism and protectionism.
:02:19. > :02:23.Tanya Beckett has more. There is a chill wind in Davos this
:02:24. > :02:27.year and I am not just talking about extremely low temperatures and piles
:02:28. > :02:33.of snow. The political backdrop is also pretty unforgiving. Top names
:02:34. > :02:39.from the worlds of business and politics are meeting here to cut
:02:40. > :02:45.deals at a time when a backlash against globalisation and elitism is
:02:46. > :02:50.only gathering pace. The forum's founder says social inequality will
:02:51. > :03:02.not be reduced by raising barriers. I hope that all countries will
:03:03. > :03:08.favour "All systems -- open global systems, but I think we will have as
:03:09. > :03:16.a whole, as a world, as a whole, we will have a big setback if we go
:03:17. > :03:22.back to the old times of big walls around our nationstates. And
:03:23. > :03:28.stepping in to champion the pro- trade message this year is Chinese
:03:29. > :03:34.President Xi Jinping. Traditional protagonist America is keeping LO
:03:35. > :03:39.profile, allowing the world's second largest economy to take centre
:03:40. > :03:45.stage. A welcome prospect for young trade entrepreneur Laila Dong.
:03:46. > :03:50.President Xi Jinping's coming shows China is willing to take the world
:03:51. > :03:56.leadership role and also working closely with other countries in
:03:57. > :04:00.terms of security, globalisation and providing more job opportunities.
:04:01. > :04:06.And he has a very high profile audience for his message. Other top
:04:07. > :04:13.attendees include Colombian singer Shakira, Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg,
:04:14. > :04:20.Ali Babar's Jack Ma and Christine Lagard. But Francois Hollande and
:04:21. > :04:23.Angela Merkel are staying away -- Alibaba. But for those who feel they
:04:24. > :04:30.can afford to tear themselves away from domestic troubles, the World
:04:31. > :04:34.Economic Forum will be awash with ideas and debate as to whether ever
:04:35. > :04:42.freer trade is now a certainty. Tanya Beckett, BBC News, Davos.
:04:43. > :04:45.Well, it is a big day for speeches because later today the UK Prime
:04:46. > :04:49.Minister Theresa May is expected to spell out what kind of Brexit deal
:04:50. > :04:55.she once and says the UK will not retain partial membership of the EU
:04:56. > :04:58.when it leaves. US President-elect Donald Trump says his promise to
:04:59. > :05:04.negotiate an early trade deal between America and the UK could
:05:05. > :05:08.strengthen Mrs May's can. Our political editor reports on what we
:05:09. > :05:11.can expect based on the evidence so far.
:05:12. > :05:18.Brexit means Brexit. What is that? Brexit means Brexit. And in case you
:05:19. > :05:22.hadn't heard. Brexit means Brexit. I'd ignore the platitudes, the big
:05:23. > :05:26.decisions have been clear since June. -- but ignore. There is no
:05:27. > :05:31.mandate for a deal that involves accepting the free movement of
:05:32. > :05:35.people as it is hitherto. Unlimited EU immigration won't stay, nor the
:05:36. > :05:40.power of European judges. Judges, sitting not in Luxembourg, but in
:05:41. > :05:46.courts across the land. Without them in charge it means we will be out of
:05:47. > :05:50.the single market. It will talk -- people talk in terms as if we are
:05:51. > :05:55.leaving the EU and we want to keep parts of membership. We are leaving.
:05:56. > :05:58.We are coming out. She has even dressed up to make plain how doing
:05:59. > :06:02.business outside Europe will be more and more important. With an
:06:03. > :06:07.enthusiastic offer now from stateside of doing a deal at speed.
:06:08. > :06:11.It is very good news the United States of America wants to do a good
:06:12. > :06:15.free-trade deal with us and wants to do it very fast and it is great to
:06:16. > :06:21.hear that from the President-elect Donald Trump. Spreading good cheer
:06:22. > :06:25.for Brexit backers. We will have the European Court of Justice no longer
:06:26. > :06:29.overruling our laws and we will be out of the single market so we can
:06:30. > :06:32.control our borders and probably outside the customs union so we can
:06:33. > :06:36.negotiate our own trade deals with the rest of the world. This is the
:06:37. > :06:39.most crucial set of choices any Prime Minister has made four years.
:06:40. > :06:44.And although the fundamentals were clear before she moved in, their has
:06:45. > :06:48.been precious little detail in public. Theresa May's opponents fear
:06:49. > :06:52.she will disappoint because she is juggling her party as well as the
:06:53. > :06:57.public. Partly because she has had to overcompensate as a former
:06:58. > :07:01.Remainer to prefer soft to her own party, partly because she has no
:07:02. > :07:05.mandate, she hasn't been elected by anybody, so she is not in a strong
:07:06. > :07:09.position, but partly because she has chosen really only to listen to her
:07:10. > :07:14.50% of people who voted for Brexit and not be almost half of the
:07:15. > :07:18.remaining part of the voting public who voted for a different future.
:07:19. > :07:22.Theresa May will tell us and then the other European countries more
:07:23. > :07:26.about her decisions that will shape Britain for decades to come. Her
:07:27. > :07:34.political hope, she and the country are not on their way to isolation.
:07:35. > :07:37.Laura Kuenssberg looking to the key speech, and worries about the hard
:07:38. > :07:41.Brexit pushing the pound to the lowest since the flash crash in
:07:42. > :07:43.October last year and today in Asian trade it is back above the 120
:07:44. > :07:52.level. In other news: the owner of Oakleigh
:07:53. > :07:59.and Rayban has signed a $49 billion deal to create the biggest company
:08:00. > :08:03.in eyewear -- Oakley. They are combining in a merger that is one of
:08:04. > :08:07.the largest ever in Europe, coming after four years of talks.
:08:08. > :08:12.Rolls-Royce is paying more than $800 million to settle bribery probe is
:08:13. > :08:18.in the UK, US and Brazilian authorities, the group is accused of
:08:19. > :08:22.paying to win contracts in Indonesia, China, Brazil and other
:08:23. > :08:25.markets, and they have announced that the four-year profits will be
:08:26. > :08:30.better than expected despite weakness in the marine business.
:08:31. > :08:36.Now, a South Korean court will decide on Wednesday whether the head
:08:37. > :08:40.of Samsung should be arrested on bribery charges in the latest twist
:08:41. > :08:46.in a corruption scandal that has engulfed the president of South
:08:47. > :08:49.Korea. The family run conglomerates known as trebles were typically
:08:50. > :09:03.considered Untouchables but is it now changing? A question I asked. It
:09:04. > :09:06.is a big shock and impact to the Korean economy and it may be
:09:07. > :09:10.shocking, especially Samsung is known for the global brand,
:09:11. > :09:21.essentially a very world-class company, so, you know, in the past,
:09:22. > :09:25.many chaebol chairman, like Hyundai, or SK Group, it was shocking with
:09:26. > :09:29.Samsung. It is not the first time we have seen chaebols in broad in this
:09:30. > :09:32.kind of scandal but we know, as you say, they are incredibly
:09:33. > :09:36.influential, these chaebols, just how much of the South Korean economy
:09:37. > :09:42.do they control? Well, it depends on how you measure that, but if you
:09:43. > :09:52.just compare it the sales -- compare the sales for Samsung compare to
:09:53. > :09:58.GDP, it is 70%, so you can see how important the chaebols are to the
:09:59. > :10:02.Korean economy, Hyundai control shipbuilding and the automotive
:10:03. > :10:08.businesses, and SK control mobile phone and also the chemical
:10:09. > :10:12.businesses. Incredibly influential, as you say, but in light of this
:10:13. > :10:17.scandal do you think these chaebols will now be forced to change how
:10:18. > :10:21.they do their business? I think so, because it will be a tremendous
:10:22. > :10:27.impact to them in terms of improving the corporate governance practices.
:10:28. > :10:31.The major weaknesses of chaebols is the success in issue, so in Korea,
:10:32. > :10:36.you know, the chaebols are an independent company that is
:10:37. > :10:38.controlled partly by the family shareholding, but the family
:10:39. > :10:46.shareholding is fairly little compare to the shareholding, like
:10:47. > :10:54.maintaining the control, but in Korea there is 50% Inheritence Tax,
:10:55. > :10:57.so if you have to pay 50% tax, and a chaebol family cannot maintain
:10:58. > :11:04.control for the next generation, so it is why they are cutting corners
:11:05. > :11:07.and pushing to the limit, so after the scandal I think chaebols
:11:08. > :11:13.families should be careful and will be more careful. All right. In how
:11:14. > :11:19.to work with minority shareholders not at the expense of the business.
:11:20. > :11:25.A quick look at the markets, because they are almost lower, with the
:11:26. > :11:29.Nikkei making losses, and exporters have been sold off with investors
:11:30. > :11:33.ploughing into the Japanese yen as a safe haven after the pound was sold
:11:34. > :11:38.off so much on Monday, and of course there is a lot of caution ahead of
:11:39. > :11:44.the key speech from the UK Prime Minister Theresa May later today.
:11:45. > :11:45.That is it for this edition of Asia Business Report. Thanks for
:11:46. > :11:49.watching.