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cheaper and better electric cars within 3 years thanks to a more efficient battery technology. and to devastating wildfires along the west coast threaten this year's wine harvest. hello i'm monica jones and this is your business good to have you with us tensions between china and taiwan heating up china has stepped up military activities while taiwan demands china back off of the saber rattling has economic implications taiwan is a major source of computer chips for the global economy. the world would grind to a halt without taiwan's computer chips or inside t.v. smart phones computers the globe's producers rely on the small island electronic component supplies most deliveries go to china which regards taiwan as a breakaway province under its one china policy but recently tensions in taiwan. it

had reached heights not seen in years. on tuesday the island's president saying when inspected an air force base a clear message addressed to beijing. was about marriage we have to deal with the provocation of people's liberation army fighter jets surrounding taiwan and disturbing the peace the situation makes a defense duty in paying who airbase more difficult but i have faith in every individual that every one of our well trained airforce brothers and sisters can carry this heavy responsibility to go. the u.s. stands firmly behind taiwan in its dispute with china recently supplying it with sea mines drones and air to ground missiles worth $7000000000.00 that's partly because taiwan is such a global trade heavyweight alongside south korea and japan it's a mainstay of world microchip production making it strategically important for

western economies besides that taiwan is a functioning democracy that makes it a thorn in the side of the asia because it is living proof to chinese people that there are other successful political systems in the region. have a well let's bring in our correspondent in time paid some hung and to here in the studio with me my colleague and china experts cliff that could include i'd like to start with you because what we see here do you think that taiwan could be a 2nd hong kong what is china i think the short answer is yes it could become another hong kong what we've seen with the national security law in hong kong is kind of a blueprint almost for what could happen in hong kong for taiwan for a long time the chinese government is playing a very. conciliatory role trying to move taiwan and that hasn't worked just as in hong kong the 2 to one country 2 systems model was held up as a model for taiwan but now we can see that it's there's a lot less. cars and

a lot more stick and of course as you mentioned all of this has been going on for quite some time so the timing is quite interesting we'll talk about that in a moment but. i mean the one thing is the military tension but what are the implications for the economy how important is china for the taiwanese economy both as a business and trading partner or china is now as number one trading partner and how is it exports are highly dependent on china the percentage of goods to china hong caught in a macau rose from 37 percent in january to almost 45 percent in july so that's what makes taiwan the us economic growth the 1st among the 4 asian tigers the hong kong korea and singapore and it's really hard to tell and not to depend on china right now because china is probably the 1st country to recover from the pandemic but experts believe that the threats of war from china will further push

taiwan to the u.s. . that's also an interesting point and that maybe that is what investors are betting on because when i was looking at the markets when the shares would down but nothing dramatic on the other hand we sold the taiwanese dollar reach 7 via high. spook how is all this connected. well it's probably odd and sad to say that anything evil are used to it the threat has to be in there for more than 70 years and there were times when tension was really high and china fired missiles at the senior taiwan but this time at least until now only warplanes have flown close to taiwan sold out the markets to stable currency stable and the housing prices are still very high. thank you very much 1 so hans who in taipei a woman question for clifford and it's already mentioned how taiwan is drifting closer to the u.s. what's the role of the u.s.

here we do know about this big jobs deal that that's going on. is taiwan going to be a poor in the us china trade war fill us in place well i think it it's certainly a player in the in the trade war in that it's it's benefited very much from the fact that those restrictions on trade with china and the microchips have been a particular recipient of the u.s. is about to protect china if there is a conflict the promise was made 70 years ago somehow mentioned. but increasingly under trial design that it could do so we're entering a very phase where the geo political dynamics of what's happening in the region of always been a flashpoint in the region are also taking on very strong economic. tones and so going forward we could see the u.s. showing much more support for taiwan that would have big implications for the economy in the region well and with about half a minute to go just to hit briefly cliff to do we have to be worried now about

computer chips applies well i think the fact that taiwan is such a big player in the chip global market that it's able to unsay able to move things incredibly quickly so i think that it has its i think for the time being we're probably safe but it's always something we're going to be watching very very closely all right cliff it can and as always thank you so much for your time and your expertise. to bangladesh now where a centuries old tradition could soon be extinct while bangladesh according to its finance minister fares better than many other countries in recovering from the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic globalization and mass production have taken a toll on the country's leaves us. things were bad before the coronavirus crisis hit the lives of bangladeshis traditional weavers hanging by a thread who had put 20 kilometers from the capital dhaka it was once a hub for to dish no weavers employing 12000 people at some 4000 looms now just 3

dozen remain. together though we are not i didn't teach my sons weaving because it is a lost cause despite all centuries old heritage there's no bank loans or anything that's why they don't want. bangladesh because one of the world's largest ready made gaunt exporters machines have now replaced the centuries old business clock with the wrongs and salaries can be made for a fraction so traditional weavers have been left with no alternative but to seek other work only i can make 500 to 700 taka in half a day pulling a rickshaw out have to sweat it at the loom to earn the same amount for one of these girls a live report for many here a few dollars can make a difference and the coronavirus pandemic is making that choice even clearer much to the detriment of an age old business of traditional weaving. and from old traditions to new technology tesla is racing ahead with construction of its new

gigafactory just outside of the inn and it's not just capacity tesla c.e.o. elan musk is after within 3 years he aims to build sleek and more affordable cost thanks to new battery technology. battery day at tesla shareholders and coworkers so watching from inside their e-car social distancing tesla style on stage c.e.o. elon musk who had set expectations high by announcing in same news then announced that the company's working on cheaper batteries also driving down car prices. better really is always our goal to try to make it affordable electric car and i think probably like that about about 3 years from now we're confident we can make a very. very compelling $25000.00 electric vehicle that's also for your part of us . so far the cheapest tesla costs around $45000.00 euros to much facing an ever

stronger competition in germany folks are going there is heavily invested in equal ability offering their eagle fire the 3 under $40000.00 euros putting pressure on musk and tesla. this wildfire season in the u.s. is unlike any other more than 5000000 acres burned so far destroying wildlife homes and livelihoods and us wine grapes the fires are endangering this year tire production. plants and minions in oregon normally the picturesque source of some of the best wines in the u.s. but the constant pall of smoke is threatening this year's harvest. this is probably an recoverable i'm going to try making some more. i'm skeptical at this point that it's going to get to bottom. the just the density of the smoke that we've had these past 2 weeks has been. astonishing. this month doesn't just deposit particles on

the grapes it seeps into them as well it can't simply be washed off. your resulting wines can taste and smell overly ashy or smoky and obviously that's not a character most people want to know one. definitely not which leaves of in an adjacent hansen despondent 90 some percent of all. american wine. gosh that's crazy. but it's probably even crazier that this is on top of the pandemic can you know our tasting rooms were closed for a few months this year that didn't help. so. you know who house a lot of growers here sell their grapes to one producers but they can't be sure

they should even risk processing the grapes at all it could leave them sitting on a year's worth of bad wine so even good grapes might not find buyers i think these wildfires are likely are going to be without question the single worst disaster the wine grape growing community has ever faced. oh it's going to be a real struggle for many people to make it through this year for years hard work gone to waste for many here a catastrophe it could see several growers and producers go out of business. and for consumers it could be a year at it well that's a business update here on the dell the you from meat on the team as always thanks for giving us company.

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a somewhat larger research group to test dosages and in phase 3 the vaccine is given to thousands of people to make sure it's effective so far there are no successful candidates. seems normally require years of testing and time to build up production volume w.h.o. said he doesn't expect widespread vaccinations against coronavirus until mid 2021 but even that is optimistic. germany's tough biotech companies. clinics rushing to come up with a vaccine to defeat the novel coronavirus some are already carrying out human testing after the lengthy approval process was speeded up the stakes are high and so let's take a look at how the trials work. a little pinprick but it brings high hopes with it inside the syringe a vaccine from the cure of fact company it's designed to imitate the corona virus

in the body to provoke an immune response about 200 people have volunteered to take part in the trial. so this way i can do my bit to help defeat the virus. 10 companies in germany are currently working to defeat the virus by developing vaccines. to or already testing their vaccines on humans in trials that generally consist of a number of phases. after discovery in the lab there are preclinical tests then comes phase one which is mainly focused on whether the human body can tolerate the vaccine and the reaction of the immune system face to looks at how high the dosage has to be in phase 3 tests effectiveness whether the vaccine offers protection in everyday life normally approval takes about 8 to 10 years but now the process is supposed to go much faster. here at the university of tubing in hospital scientists

are working on phase one. from the data so far we can see that the vaccine is well tolerated and safe and we also hope that the 1st signals of the immune defense which are becoming apparent are also very positive see a post gives. another company from germany is already testing its vaccine on humans biotech based in the german city of mines is partnering with the u.s. pharmaceutical company pfizer. they are already combining phases 2 and 3 testing whether the vaccine actually protects against coronaviruses in everyday life biotech has around 30000 volunteer test subjects worldwide it hopes to have an approved vaccine before the end of the year the head of germany's medical regulator re body thinks germany is on the right track. german vaccine developers will advanced there in a global premier league these modern platform technologies for vaccines are

expected even to vaccines could possibly come from germany if there are more so much the better. a vaccine for everyone by early next year and ambitious goal that will require a lot more pinpricks. when i speak to professor alric to noddle he's then your ologist and founding director of the qwest center for transforming biomedical research thanks for joining us the search for a vaccine is all about trading off speed and safety how regulators managed to quicken the approval process without compromising on safety. is the 100000000 dollar question and answer. in principle was. here are the odds fundamentally and so one has to make a tradeoff here this is about risk benefit and i think it is at the

moment it's very much at the discretion of those agencies where they are accelerating whether they are approving drugs particular vaccine is now or not and a lot of this obviously is not really transparent so we don't know much about those processes and i think what a lot of people might be wondering is whether or not we can be certain that any vaccine that does go through this streamline process is totally say. i mean there's nothing that is totally safe in particular not with the product development and there are certain risks certainly with vaccines and they may even be late be delayed those risks so that is obviously a very. difficult decision and at least i and i think i'm in the community home with many others would argue that we should not sacrifice safety for

speed. because too much is at stake but in principle although there are these rules and you mentioned the phase 123 and so forth. in the end it's at the hands and in the decision of the regulator as to phosphoric and so we can only hope that there is good evidence and the evidence will be weighed so far it's hard to tell whether we're on the right track but we all know that there have been. trials that have been halted. and there are concerns about the phase 12 trial from from russia so this just shows that this is very sensitive and the public has to really follow this in fact right now over the weekend i think we had the release of protocols from the 3 major drug companies that are running those face retrials which is unheard of and i think is a good development because it allows experts and also the public to scrutinize what

they are doing speaking of scrutiny we should talk about russia which it just mentioned back in the oldest they said that they had approved a way came back saying sputnik 5 as they're calling it but the international community is doing i tell is basically rejected that all we any closer to knowing whether that is an effective vaccine. no not at all i mean there was a publication in the law only recently i think listened to weeks ago. but it reports on a face one slash 2 trial that is open and that actually has no true if you can see and point it just looks at immune response it does not look at whether it prevents actually those infections and it's a very small study and it has raised concerns and there is a as an open letter of concern about the validity of the data and in fact lancet has contacted the authors to respond to that they have not responded they have said

that they are going to respond but they haven't done so yet so we don't know it's very unlikely that in such a short time period any nation could determine safety and if you can see such an approach continues to be controversial that one do you think what will come out of this pandemic is perhaps potentially a different model for approving medication do you think we will have a swifter process going forward. well we will see whether the bet. will materialize and whether these fast developments actually pay off that will certainly push it in this direction but the whole issue of accelerated approval is actually not a new development in fact it has been discussions of this topic for many years now especially from patient communities for example children parents of children with c.d.'s diseases who argue that they don't have the time to wait for love for

a large clinical trials and that they want almost experimental treatments right now and we should be aware of the fact that 16 percent of the f.d.a. approval was right now already are on an excel aerated mode so this is not a new development it's an ongoing discussion and many experts as it is but also biomedical research are concerned about this because we are lowering the bar and this certainly must certainly increase the associated risks so also not ahead these ice thank you very much that's today that's our fred we've run out of time we could talk about this all day of course professor or extend thanks for joining us. thank you. and now it's time for your questions to our science correspondent eric williams. why has the coded 19 mortality rate dropped so much i answered this a few months ago but what was a fairly 10 u.s.

strand back then has turned into and to an undeniable one today so i'm going to answer it again 1st of all i need to emphasize that that mortality rate which is our best guess of the percentage of people who will on average die from the disease if they contract it and that's only something we'll really be able to calculate with any accuracy after the pandemic is over what we can look at now during the pandemic is what's called the case fatality rate which is the proportion of people who have died from among the people who we know beyond doubt have had it the ones who have tested positive for the disease and as you rightly say that number has fallen pretty dramatically over the last few months by around half in some countries the experts say there are a couple of reasons why 1st and foremost there's the experience factor the more

medical professionals all over the world treat severely ill patients the better they get that knowing how to save them then of course there's the fact that the number of tests being carried out on a daily basis is rising continuously which means we're catching a lot more positives than earlier in the pandemic when testing was was limited mostly to people who were severely ill in hospital settings and now we're also confirming a lot more cases among those who have mild or no symptoms and that's related to the 3rd factor the experts say which is that the rise in testing means that we're now also detecting covert 19 much more frequently in young people and as we all know by now there are much less. likely to die from the disease then older people are finally some experts have expressed hope that the case fatality rate is maybe falling because maybe the virus is now mutating to be to be less virulent but

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