and now i want to meet all of those moving back home for bones about in 2004 for whom and inform them of old dead basic rights my name is the about of people homes and a war into. account the raw urges they using to clarify reports that say china will ban australian coal imports the australian prime minister saying such a move would file h.w.t. own rules we ask our china expert what's behind this brewing trade war coming up the e.u. says it's time to limit the power of tech giants the european commission is about to unveil new rules for the digital.

business unlike johnson good to have you with us and relations between china and australia appear to be further deteriorating china's state owned tabloid global times reports that the country's top economic plan a has approved to power up plans to import thermal coal without clearance restrictions from several countries except for australia if this is confirmed by the government the move would further inflame tensions between the 2 countries which appear to be heading towards a trade war. state owned newspaper global times reports that china is now targeting australian coal the country's most lucrative export besides iron ore can browse alarmed us china has already slapped high tariffs on most trail you know wine and barley the asian country has altogether halted imports of australian timber and lobster. ties between the 2 nations are deeply strained but so far the australian government is treating the new report as media speculation. while it waits

beijing's response. what is important to note here is that if that were the case if that were the case then that would obviously be breach of. rules it would be obviously a breach of their own free trade agreement and so we would hope that's certainly not the case and that's why we're seeking clarification on this. the global times report said china is targeting australia's thermal coal which is used by power companies to produce electricity. last year australia sold thermal coal worth $26000000000.00 worldwide china however is not australia's biggest customer japan takes the lion's share china is 2nd with 16 percent south korea takes a similar amount and taiwan takes 12 percent of exports the australian government believes if china bans thermal coal it could easily sell that amounts to rising

emerging markets like india and vietnam. but a chinese ban on australian coal might not be the end relations have been strained since us trailer pushed for an international investigation into the origins of the corona virus in. china however has sought to portray covert 19 as a originating abroad. where i was his head it's true and what's behind it and i expect if it can and joins me now in the studio formal clifford so 1st of all what's behind it i mean is it all down to beijing being miffed about australia saying you brought the corona virus into the world well i think it's partly that a couple weeks ago we had a list was leaked by the chinese government of 14 things that it's annoyed about in terms of chinese relations with australia and that was one of them but it's also how its attitude to taiwan jiang and other controversial issues i think that china is doing this because it can really i mean australia is is very reliant on china

and it's a much easier target then the us because they're now waiting to see what happens in the us with biden coming in and so is in some ways an unfortunate victim of this right but australia also happens to be a member off that just recently created the greatest free trade zone in the world the comprehensive and progressive agreement for transpacific partnership of which china is a member it's even a driving force is this partnership not worth the paper it's written on then well as well as that you also have the fact that they have a free trade agreement which was signed only in 2015 so yes there's a lot of trading links there and the should be free trade it is very interesting i mean i do have to think what is the point of a free trade agreement if as soon as a very small issue comes up or relatively small players a political issue comes up the traits of he is abound so i think next year we're going to see a lot of changes in how trade agreements are done and i think china is going to be

playing a big part in how these are going but also i think with the us with the new administration we're going to see a lot of rethinks about how these things work and i guess australia will have to wait until then to see if you can get clarity on its relations with with the chinese all right wait and see cliff and conan there thank you so much for your time. and now to some of the other business stories making news folks is counting its production following coronavirus infections as a supplier some workers are set to go on short time work at the plant and will spit on the brunswick fact facility thousands of workers could be affected by the cutback. german a sporty a company added does this it's mulling a sale of reebok added currently drafting its new for 5 years strategy which is set to be rolled out to marjorie but was acquired in 2006 but has since lost value and failed to compete with u.s.

rival nike investors reacted positively to the news. the e.u. commission is gearing up to present its long plan to digital services act and it's a company in digital markets act later today it will lay out strict conditions for internet giants to do business in the blocks 27 countries. the european commission used in advance callender should announce its updated due to 2 groups a long awaited chocolate treat for many people some say this new legislation could change the internet as we know it and limits at least in some parts the enormous power of tech giants that influence so much of our daily lives we search with google online we buy a christmas presents on amazon we share our latest holiday snaps with our friends on facebook or instagram or whatsapp that both belong to social media giant

facebook a few tech giants dominate the internet and dictate its rules which are best talker via commission vice president responsible for digital takes a dim view of this it is very important that we do not let a few literally a handful of privately owned companies define the rules of the game for the marketplaces that they have created if them so in an unfair manner we size comes responsibility studies show for example that google's online shopping search engine is still disadvantaged in rivals just spied a regulatory crackdown 3 years ago our let's take a look at you tube by google companies like you tube collect data from users this information then feeds augury thems that decides which ads and which content we see online it is not transparent how it works the use legal framework for the internet

is 20 years old when the world wide web was completely different. this time for an update but it could take years to be implemented as different e.u. institutions have to agree on a common law and. one for more i'm joined now by christy klassen from d.w. business kristie this is not the 1st time the e.u. is trying to control the way big tech companies operating well a bit different this time well what we've seen in recent years is essentially the european commission chasing after these companies and specific behaviors with targeted lawsuits and big tech has frankly been relatively successful either getting these verdicts overturned if they didn't favor them or in just avoiding paying the fines that they were ordered to pay so what would be really different in this case is we're looking at bottom up legislation that would really set a framework for how these companies are allowed to behave in the commission really wants to get to the heart of problems like the spread of this information hate

speech online and make these companies really take up more responsibility for very serious but and when you say. regulation was there any input from tech companies as they say they'll be affected by it. yeah great question well i have as with any legislation there's always a phase in which public and other stakeholders are allowed to provide feedback about about the idea and of course the companies had something to say google thinks it's about idea and that's really saying that this is going to drive up prices for users their logic there is that if they are forced to pay heavy fines or to dry drop out of projects and wished they've invested heavily that they're going to have to pass those costs on to their advertising prices they also said that they actually welcome clarity about what to do about hate speech but that companies need to be given enough time to respond to instances of hate speech before being held financially liable and then there was apple who said that the the legislation is too wide sweeping and that

a company that makes tech devices like they do shouldn't be handled the same way that social media giant like facebook should be ok so no euphoria there just yet and of course the e.u. is currently the framework as we just heard from the internet just 20 years old and it could take years to implement this the new rules right now we know that technology won't wait for that will that. yeah no i'm not thinking it well and it's a great question i think that it's going to be hard to say right now whether this legislation will be able to react in time like you said it's going to be taking 2 years before negotiations are going before this can pass and a lot of the smaller and midsize digital companies that are actually supposed to be protected by these laws have complained that they'll be put out of business before they even go through on the other hand the commissioner of us has really state her legacy on taking reining in big tech so i think that it's really going to come down to who has the greater influence here or the commission or big tech well we'll find

out soon enough to christie flats on their business thank you so much. there's just one day he left for shopping until christmas that's if you're in germany because the government's imposing new lockdown measures from wednesday that's tomorrow forcing non-essential retailers to close again this is led to chaotic scenes as stoppers rush stood by their presence. so much for social distancing germans found out on the weekend that the christmas shopping period would be cut by just over a week shoppers in hamburg say they were taken by surprise and i think it's a bit ridiculous to have a lockdown with just 2 days warning i'm going to have need to go out i should have made the shutdown start today right away however i'm glad the shops are open because i also need to do some shopping on of us because. it's not just shoppers coming to terms with the news germany's retail sector makes as much as 100000000000

euros in the run up to christmas sandra tiranny owns a shop in hamburg trendy shunts unfertile district a she says there's little to be done but i prefer to try to be a little more present online to do some advertising here and there to make up for at least part of what i lost but that's the big question mark hanging about the school target. there was hope that christmas could be a time of respite it now seems any break from the pandemic is still a long way off. that is your business update here on the w. from me and the team and lin thanks for watching stay safe stay healthy.

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not just good old subtle suffering it's the environment we went on a journey to find ways out of the question if you want to know how old one cliff to the priests and the whole shows changed to only 3 years listening to our podcast on the green fence. to roll out of the cold 9. vaccine is the moment to millions have been waiting for in the hope it will mean a return to normality. but many factors like some of the vaccines being difficult to store mean there is no guarantee they will be distributed fairly around the world. as people in rich countries such as britain get their 1st shots how can those in less developed areas get theirs as well.

the sick overnight especially here on. african countries have been faring much better in the pandemic then many experts have feared the spot and shoot outs for example about the impossibility of social distancing in communities where large families often share is single room but with the coronavirus vaccines are allowed to developing nations could now run into the just sickle financial and cultural roadblocks. the race for a club in $1000.00 vaccine is almost over. 3 an occupation candidates are in the final stages of approval. and former announce of african scientist professor should be a my idea the role to a vaccine has been difficult. it's already been said months since we 1st discovered the fight is of course covered banking and in that once beat it procter been able to achieve it saying this is develop not one of the vaccines that they have not

been shown to be safe as well just to be effective in preventing cope with 90 and that itself is a phenomenal achievement in a centric community included the monkeys favorite scenes to it seems that they actually being evaluated in south africa. south africa has bore the brunt of called in 1000 devastation on the african continent. at the beginning of december the country had officially recorded over 820000 infections and 22000 deaths infections are again rising amid worries of an imminent 2nd wave. and south africans taking part in vaccine trials are determined to play their part in fighting a pandemic. but it's one thing from the would seem kinda now from getting i don't want to take part in this trial to prevent myself and others from getting corona that's right. but not all of the potential vaccines are suitable for

the developing world and wealthy nations stand at the front of the queue. the more benefits you know about trying to get a part of operation was free to say i'm likely to go outside of the us in the foreseeable future and if the conditions of the us funding to fit seem to fry the vaccine which needs to be stored at all for low temperatures minus 70 degrees celsius unfortunate there needs to be unlikely for that scene to be deployed in its current information in a country such as south africa so what's left behind is really the aesthetic of it's here which is a good. your theory can cut it in south africa because being the preferred candidate for the media deployment in the country even if south africa can secure enough doses for its population of nearly 60000000 community work and still need to convince a skeptical public. the firm i'm scared of the side effects and stuff i have to know much more because you know all of us to be not where we are seeking in

different ways. we don't need to tell us if maybe i have a choke me how what i say. to the advocacy work is must also compete with the daily realities of one of the world's most unequal societies . would still hope it is not one of the major issues they have to worry about they most of the time so worried about bread and butter issues professor remains resolute that south africa will lead africa's charge for a safe and sustainable solution to the food that's being accumulated. during provide evidence to make an informed decision yes to reject scenes for a south african context beyond that it's really up to the government to manage the process to ensure that such africa gains access to that and its effect there for an appointment of fixin's in part because government inefficiency is may mean mass

rollout will only be reached in 12 months time. for more let's bring in ruth faden she is the founder of the berman institute of bioethics of johns hopkins university and a member of the world health organization's kovan 1000 vaccines working group welcome to you where do you see the biggest challenges for a fair distribution of these vaccines challenges are enormous at the global level and also within countries. the global challenges have to do with the fact that for reasons we can. easily understand it's not completely defend wealthy countries of the world have made their primary commitment securing vaccine for their own population this has resulted in a state if it can't lock on supply for some vaccines for the forseeable future countervailing. challenge is the existence of something called the

kovacs the syllabi which is a global commitment to provide vaccine to all peoples of the world what kodak's needs is more financial support from wealthy countries more money coming in to kodak's and also we need more wealthy countries who are not currently part of the kodaks collaboration to be at least thinking about bilateral commitments to low and middle income countries also we need support for the world bank on that note the g. 20 nations recently said they will quote spare no effort in ensuring equitable access to proven vaccines how much is that commitment worth. well let's put it this way it's worth a whole lot more than the countries who are high income who have not yet begun that kind of a pledge and i include in that the united states my own country so while of course

we never know until we really see what happens what a pledge like that from a group of wealthy countries is actually worth i have to applaud this collection of countries the european countries for even making that commitment now we see the biotech fires are vaccine being rolled out in several countries the latest being the united states we need we know it needs to be stored at extremely low temperatures now doesn't a prerequisite like that in itself hamper a fair and equitable distribution absolutely this is a better day in the united states very 1st people will be receiving the pfizer back prize or biotech bechstein today in the us but it is not a vaccine that is part of the solution to global equity at least not in its current form relations so if you were to grade that right now in terms of the likelihood that it will contribute to global equity it would get

a poor mark reformulations perhaps otherwise but right now we have to look to other bechstein types to address the needs of people living in low and middle income countries as a workers and senior citizens are among the 1st to be vaccinated from an ethical point of view is that the right thing to do. it's an important framing and it is as defensible as other strategies that we can think of the problem comes with the competing interpretations of equity that are at issue so if you think about countries like the u.s. or britain or south africa or pretty much many countries in the world and there are profound background in equities preexisting in the population with respect to health and well being more broadly and those inequities are reflecting themselves in just requestion that burden of the pandemic now so the challenge from an equity

point of view is to how to use to make sure that your priorities. and strategy addresses these gaps. rafay been of the berman institute of bioethics at johns hopkins university and a member of the world health organization's covert 19 vaccines working group thank you for your thoughts. my pleasure and now it is over to our resident coronavirus experts to w. science correspondent derrick williams answering your questions about the pandemic . if a vaccine is not 100 percent effective can you still catch the virus off to vaccinate ssion. first of all no vaccine that we've developed for any diseases ever provided perfect protection to everyone although although a few like those for measles or for polio come very close but because every

person's immune system is different in some people exposed to sars cove to the new vaccines will not stop the corona virus in its tracks trials in healthy volunteers indicate however that the candidates now being authorized for use in countries around the world are highly effective at doing so in most people it's kind of complicated but a simplified way of quantifying the efficacy demonstrated in trials would be to say that if you haven't been vaccinated you're around 9 times more likely to contract symptoms of covert 19 after an exposure then you would be if you got the shot so it drastically reduces that possibility. but what's really interesting is that for a return to something like normal vaccines don't actually have to prevent covert 19

in every one if they can just stop the disease in many or most people and that's half the battle especially if they also limit its spread so if they keep most vaccinated people from transmitting the virus to others for every person that can catch the virus and then subsequently give it to someone else one step closer to herd immunity as the virus finds fewer and fewer unprotected hosts that will slow the speed of the pandemic and eventually stop it and there's another possible upside which is that even if getting a vaccine isn't an ironclad guarantee that you won't get coburn 1000 later there are at least some indicators that if you do the vaccine could limit its severity so you might then very well have milder symptoms. now do you have a question for derek let us know simply send an e-mail to feedback dot english at

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