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Takaomi Tomioka, Co-Head and Partner at Carlyle Japan, discusses the investment opportunities in the private equity market and sees the Bank of Japan raising interest rates by 25 basis points twice this year. He speaks with Shery Ahn on Bloomberg: The Asia Trade.

Francis Wedin, Executive Chair at Vulcan Energy Resources, discusses the company's business strategy and the impact from the price swings in the lithium market. He speaks with Shery Ahn and Haidi Stroud-Watts from the sidelines of the BNP Paribas Global Electric Vehicle and Mobility Conference in Hong Kong.

AmCham China Chairman James Zimmerman says the Trump Xi summit provided greater predictability and clarity for the business community, with both sides showing willingness to stabilize their relationship. He also notes that the "board of trade" agreed upon by the two leaders would help institutionalize business dialogue.

China's growth slowed in April with investment declining and retail sales rising just 0.2%. HSBC's Jing Liu says the latest data should be viewed in the context of the Middle East conflict. "China is probably more resilient than others but no exception in terms of taking the hit," she tells Bloomberg Television.

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The Republican-led Congress, faced with deepening economic discontent exacerbated by President Donald Trump's Iran war, is struggling to find consensus on any plan to address the cost of living with less than six months before midterm elections. Frustration is building among vulnerable GOP lawmakers and moderates who say the party is wasting valuable time on issues that aren't resonating with Americans while ignoring the concerns about prices and inflation dominating the campaign trail. Bloomberg's Balance of Power's Kailey Leinz and Joe Mathieu hit the road to preview elections in Georgia.

Rep. Yvette Clarke, Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, joined Christina Ruffini and David Gura this morning on Bloomberg This Weekend fro a wide-ranging conversation following a Supreme Court ruling that struck down Louisiana's second majority-Black congressional district.

US President Donald Trump said he discussed guardrails on artificial intelligence with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, while adding that Nvidia Corp.'s H200 chips also came up during a two-day summit in Beijing. Meanwhile, investors will eagerly be awaiting earnings results from chip giant Nvidia, the world's largest company by market capitalization, for signs of how much momentum the artificial intelligence rally has left in it after a bout of jitters. Bloomberg Tech co-host Ed Ludlow joined Christina Ruffini and David Gura this morning on Bloomberg This Weekend to discuss.

Author Theo Baker joined Christina Ruffini and David Gura this morning on Bloomberg This Weekend to discuss his new book "How to Rule the World: An Education in Power at Stanford University," chronicling the prize-winning reporting he did for Stanford Univeristy's student newspaper -- reporting that led to the resignation of the university's president.

New York City's effort to close a multibillion-dollar budget gap has triggered a high-profile clash between Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Wall Street leaders, including Citadel founder Ken Griffin. Mamdani's proposed "pied-à-terre" tax on luxury second homes has become a flashpoint in a broader debate over whether the city should raise more revenue from wealthy residents or focus on restraining spending growth. Wall Street veteran Whitney Tilson, Partnership for New York City CEO Steve Fulop, and real estate executive Ruth Colp-Haber all warn that messaging matters when competing for businesses and high earners, even as supporters argue the existing property tax system places much of the burden on middle-class property owners and commercial real estate owners. The dispute highlights a larger challenge facing New York: balancing its books while remaining attractive to workers, investors, and employers.