drink drink, water, coal, oil reserves starts december 4th. china will seek openness in trade. well, that's the message of judging, paying sent out of the virtual asia pacific economic cooperation of 4 of countering suggestions that beijing might decouple from the u.s. and other trade partners to a major rise to it. protectionist also coming up national interests so fast stalled agreement on the e.u. budget, which includes a much needed 750000000000 euro covert 1000 rescue fund. we talked to a member of germany's economic council to find out what's at stake. and deal,

or no deal. time is running out for brussels and london to ensure smooth trades come january the 1st. hello and welcome to do business on what to johnson berlin. good to have you with us. the chinese president xi jinping, hits back against suggestions china could be looking to go it alone amid a rise in protectionism and trade tensions speaking at a virtual asia pacific economic cooperation forum. she said global collaboration on issues from free trade to vaccine development is needed now more than ever. critics, however, were quick to point out china's increasing aggression towards trade partners such as australia and its lack of progress on long pledged commitments to open its economy. as most of the world's major economies struggle to deal with, the coronavirus pandemic repeated his message. thursday,

our doors are wide open. at a video meeting with asia pacific c.e.o.'s, the chinese president pledged to carry forward with efforts to open the chinese economy and warned that the rising protectionism is putting the global economy at risk. we will not reverse course or run against the historical trend by decoupling or forming a small circle to keep others out. i pod which she pledged in his speech to sign more trade deals like the newly into regional comprehensive economic partnership covering 15 asia pacific countries and to cut tariffs. but his comments were quick to draw criticism. china has long face scrutiny from countries like the u.s. for allegedly undercutting foreign competitors with unfair trade and business practices . china's widening diplomatic disputes and spats over the origins of coronavirus have spilled over on to foreign trade. at a separate briefing in beijing,

a chinese official made it clear the country is not open to collaborating with countries like japan and australia on increasingly tense diplomatic issues such as his involvement in the south china sea or hong kong. you're well aware, i'm sure he should recognise the situation and stop their misdeeds. that damages china's sovereign interest in inner ear and china's internal affairs. earlier this month, china banned imports of some frozen food and began restricting billions of dollars worth of australian imports. that's left wine sugar and even live lobsters stranded in transit. now for some analysis now i'm joined by steve assange is director of the china institute at sauce university in london. good to have you with us. so, we're getting mixed messages here from china. how serious is trying are about free trade? well, if you, china is serious about free trade because trade and it reached china. but they

would want free trade on their terms watered down on terms laid down by others. they have just joined our sab, which is something that they are parties true in joining up, so they are ok with that. but they're not so keen with the c.p.p. people example. right. another somewhat we had statement, a public statement that came out china's government labeling the coronavirus as, as an external threat that enters the country through imports. what do you make of that? well, that is fairly normal. the fact of all, it cannot position the chinese government state because they picked the 19 really was not a problem, co-sponsoring, china. and now that china has contains the virus domestically. he called it in

1000 wrench to china. is there, although mr. new sources where we are talking about potentially employed by a function of the old regime or by overseas travelers arriving in china. and you have just comedians autons that he started in china. stiffed sangat, director of the china institute at soas university in london. thank you so much. you're welcome. well, e.u. leaders are meeting in brussels today to find a way out of the political deadlock that blocks the much needed 750000000000 euro covert 1000 rescue fund. the head of the european central bank, christine lagarde, made it perfectly clear. there is no time to lose. she said the e.u. recovery fund must become operational without delay. meanwhile,

the political wrangling continues. let's take a look at how major economies are actually taking fiscal stimulus into their own hands. germany is providing almost 40 percent of the previous year's g.d.p. to provide relief with government participation in companies. the 80 reduction and short time work allowances. now, britain, on the other hand, is providing only around 25 percent of last year's g.d.p. in coronavirus relief. while across the atlantic, the u.s. you see here the bottom as only spared 14 percent of last year's g.d.p. to support its covert 1000 hit economy. so germany is really vivid, seemed rather generous. early i spoke to a member of the german economic expert council, and i asked her how sustainable this is whether germany is in the very bad position that the farther crowd as its debt ratio was down to 60 percent from 80 percent, which we had 10 years ago after the financial crisis,

and so within 10, yes we actually measuring to us is that rational very considerably. and this now gives us the chance to take on debt favorable interest rate of negative interest and even. and so that gives us the you way to actually give generous or parts to the companies who are affected by the prices at the same tam even thought there is this very generous a relief package. we see that our 2 now it's not being used for leaves are there is still a lot of are some parts of there that can be yours. if aggressively getting worse, looking beyond germany and all those national measures, because we're not living in a bubble, we're part of the european union and the e.u. struggles right now to get its relief fund up and running the political squabbles going on. what's this tell us about the e.u.'s fiscal responsibility?

well, it tells us if far we're not managing to get this recovery from now on the raj, that we are in trouble. there. something needs to be changed structurally. past. it was such a positive signal that the members agreed on. this are strong, we are. and if you're not making this are available now, something's wrong, it really is a bad sign for our, the e.u. project as a whole. and so this makes me very active and i would very much hope that our people call themselves together and actually make this happen because it's needed. saw that all of the current release that most from the pandemic actually made and came in our invest in things that happened to grow endemic. and that is what we need their member of the german economic expert council joining us from munich now. thank you so much. thank you. and i are just some of the other

global business stories making news. trouble to german industrial giants to suncor posted a record net loss of 9 and a half 1000000000 euros for its fiscal year. the global economic term downturn in the wake of the pandemic worsened the situation of the company's already ailing steel division. just a cop announced it plans to slash $5000.00 more jobs. taking the total up to $11000.00. the u.s. federal aviation authority has cleared boeing's 737 max to fly again, provided the aircraft are fitted with software upgrades and pilots are given special training. the planes were grounded last year after 2 crashes which killed nearly 350 people. both accidents were caused by fault in the flight control systems. the cost of the damages from cyber crime is rising steadily, says europe's biggest insurer, an analyst among several insurers over the last 6 years,

shows claims related to cybercrime have grown to $660000000.00 euros and are rising each year. and the us also says hackers are increasingly selling their software to other criminals. now another big topic at the e.u. summit today will be yes, you guessed it breaks it. the transition period ends in a little bit more than 6 week. and then what the logistics sector is bracing for chaos. these goods have to arrive on time. otherwise this transport company will lose customers. that's why 20, fully loaded trucks leave from this depo in southeast england every day. they deliver to france, italy and spain, among others. but starting in january, the chaos begins. what for our company was going to be it's going to be pretty bad, but obviously because most of our tip it is going to be over europe. and the,

obviously is going to delay you know, all our operations. i mean, is it going to cost is a vast amount of money, a trade deal, or a heartbreaks it with high customs duties? no $1.00 knows what will happen after the transition period. lorenzo is doing all he can to prepare his drivers, but he feels ignored by politicians to make it to suicide. i mean, for instance, our custom clearance, these permits and everything else, they should have had one or 2 companies on the trial period of 6 months and see how it works. the company can see where all its trucks are from the control room. the green they see now will soon turn red after breaks it were experiencing on the 1st of january. there's going to be lots of chaos around this part of europe. right here, next to the highway, the government is building

a customs clearance facility, measuring more than 100000 square meters. hundreds of trucks will be processed at this site every day. but britain's breaks it preparations still have a long way to go with just 7 weeks before the transition period ends. it's still not clear how things will proceed from january. the 1st, keeping trade flowing smoothly will prove a daunting task. that's all for me and the business team here in berlin. well, this is a business update. thanks for watching the be

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smart the way to the best stocks to the big has the coronavirus already found a way to beat the vaccines. a mutation in maine has led to mass killing in denmark. the new strain doesn't appear any deadly it to humans, but it does raise serious questions. we have to evaluate over time as for the forester's only difference in transmission or clinical severity, or where the reason, the implication for diagnostics or rexy were a long, long way away from making any determination of the kind. the reason for

concern is that mutations have occurred in the viruses by protein. that's the very target of the most developed vaccines. officials have since discovered the corona virus on make farms in half a dozen countries. but the biggest producer, denmark is hardest hit, and it's become political with the agriculture minister, stepping down after the government admitted it didn't have the legal basis to order the nation. my colleague there are more than 1300 main farms in denmark. many of them are in the minister palette of the office, including piano paid, arsons. the virus reached his farm in early september. he clearly remembers that day and began to cornea. it was like a way of passing through the stables. it began at one end with the animal, sneezing and losing their appetite, and it kept spreading. but one week later on the following weekend,

it was over. the animals were healthy again. the new mystery going to be on a paterson also contracted the virus. now to be on the safe side, all of his 10000 mink will be culled. he never imagined that denmark's meant farms could develop into hotspots. it is thought that the corona virus stems from the animal world. it is believed to have 1st jumped from a bad species to humans via the pangolin in china, on dead marksmen, farms. it is now jumping back to animals from humans. once a mink is infected, the virus spreads to almost all of the animals on a farm in less than 2 weeks. viral and just are concerned about this. extensive transmission. and us from scott's team analyzed the mutation on the link farms and

found it matched the virus found in some people in the region who fell ill. so the question, we can see exactly how the virus spreads. it comes from humans, it is transmitted to minks where it spreads on mass and mutates in a manner we don't see and humans. and then it jumps back to the human population and thus to the rest of the world. every 3rd corona case in northern new england can already be traced back to the mink farms. exactly how it spread is still unclear, but with ever more mutations in circulation, especially those from animals, the pandemic will become difficult to stop. the vaccine could lose its effectiveness and the people who have been ill might not be immune to the mutation . so we would never achieve herd immunity. and that is why culling task forces are now rapidly traveling through denmark. the animals are killed with carbon monoxide in boxes like this one. there then

immediately incinerated, along with their valuable fur. protective gear is mandatory as any animal might be infected. and here we have to kill 39000 minks on this farm will be busy for 2 and a half days. we have 30 workers, 5 vets, and a standby team of 5 to 10 men here. and they will need at least another 4 weeks to work their way to all the farms. a total of $160.00 farms are affected and there are suspicious cases on many more millions of makes have yet to be called peter pan and barack is an expert in food safety and zone out of the world health organization in geneva. could you explain to us 1st of all, what's actually going on in the mix? how is the virus when you take it? well, what happens is that we put into any population,

human violence and that's our coffee. it 19 birds. and of course, this fire is this, human virus has not lived up to the me and environment. and therefore traumatization. when jumping from one being to the next indeed speak many forms, it mutates and try to adapt to the new and violence. and that's what we are seeing . we have the virus, you know me and outer space from one me to the mic over a period of time. ok, well the question is, could these mutations which occur in the spike proteins which are used to enter a host cell and are also targeted by most of the promising vaccines that are in development, undermine the progress that we've made on a bank saying that it's very difficult to say because these mutations are difficult to predict, and we have seen so far and the traumatic, we've seen one famous cluster finding variants in denmark. and he says

that these would tend to indicate that it would be to sensible, sensitive to potentially seeing bit early days when he had much more studies to to get better understanding of that. but what worries us is the potential for another mutation, another of aryans that has not yet it's a pia. and that would be much more problematic with regards to a vaccine or will be more elite or easier to translate between him and so is the potential for one day when the patient coming out that he's not nice well and that not so nice. mean taishan could that occurring any other animal? yes. include in any, anywhere with the virus is allowed to mutate when jumping from one of

the early and that's more likely to happen in a population than worry continues to simply if we humans and more likely to happen to me or cows, goats shape it doesn't from initial studies, it doesn't, the virus doesn't seem to be in 15 cattle of peace or sheep. easy. if he, if you can it's, it's very difficult. it's not at all it up to these mars and therefore jumping from one account of the next one k. to the next will be a difficult process and in most likely the virus will die off and not marriage. that's john whiting to me, ph. and he seems to be very well transmissibility between x. and therefore it has to jump quickly between one need to the next. he speaks in and he has not seen c 2. it's much more likely to happen or that most species

where. 'd it's not like 2 to 2 in 57 years old to translate between and humans. but why is that happening? what is it about that makes and to me it seems to have sales in the very split, retracts nolan's very similar to the human wants and therefore the virus. and it's already an easy way to, to, to answer me make response really say, and we use ferrets. we use their baby regularly as model animals where we just call in the nurses. so it's not surprising that there has his natural affinity and society leading to the virus. so is this the right approach? killing all of us makes it's seems to be the logical approach.

because the only way to avoid it is to either take the meat from the virus, meaning protecting the farms, the virus it infect or disarms or protecting the humans who are working on these farms. and what we have seen in past months is that these seems to be very difficult or impossible. and therefore the only logical solution he's to remove makes it in dark from the w.h.o. . thank you very much. i think you could dogs spread over 19 a study by the university of crown and on the atom lucien school of public health shows living with a canine can increase the risk of getting a virus has one doctor has to take extreme hygiene measures with their pets as it's not yet clear whether owners were infected by the animal or from taking it out for

a walk in public of a 2 hour science correspondent, gary williams. now he's been looking into your questions on the coronavirus. how long does immunity last? once the disease is overcome, straight off the bat, no one can really answer this at this point, but that doesn't mean that it isn't worth talking about on this is really a key question, especially with the vaccine approvals, apparently, just around the corner. because immunity in people who got the disease will also sort of set the goal posts with the immunity that we can expect a vaccine to provoke. although the 2 aren't necessarily tied really closely to one another. knowing about one will at least allow us to make a stab at guessing the other. so this is what we know so far about immunity and people who've recovered from covert 19, we're over 10 months and,

and so far as far as we can tell, very few people have gotten it a 2nd time just just a handful so. so that's positive that indicates average immunity could last least a year as long as with other coronaviruses that are less deadly. possibly even 2 or longer, which was the guestimate force for sars. there have been worrisome results from studies that showed levels of antibodies falling in people who recovered from coated 19 just a few months later. but most experts say you shouldn't focus on that because that's to be expected. we focus on antibodies so much because they're one of the easiest markers for us to measure. but there are many other aspects to an effective immune response. ultimately, for societies at least the $1000000.00 question, is it really how long an individual is immune after catching the disease?

it will be how long community life after people get vaccinated, that's what will determine whether or not we reach herd immunity only then will the pandemic and i've been fizzling for any other developments on the bar schedule website w dot com slash over 90. but

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this is the w. news live from berlin, despite almost 3 weeks of partial lockdown, germany's infection rate is much too high and the situation is serious. that's the warning from germany's top scientific advisor. the country's number of new coronavirus cases per day remains above $20000.00, also on the program. another grim sally in the struggle against a.