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because of breck's and related complications. and digital no marks find a place in the sun despite the coronavirus pandemic. i want to johnsonville in good to have you with us turbulent times for the us with president strong facing a 2nd impeachment and only days to go until joe biden's inauguration the outgoing u.s. administration has called off last minute trips by its top envoys to europe and taiwan of the latter has caused much friction between the u.s. and china washington wants to end the quote complex restriction on diplomats dealing with taipei but beijing opposes any diplomatic recognition of the democratic island which also happens to be a world leading tech up. as was only to be expected beijing responded furiously to the united states plan to lift restrictions on official contacts with

taiwan. we are drawn as u.s. secretary of state pompeo to have a clear understanding of the trend of history stop manipulating taiwan related issues and stop acting against the trend and not to go further down the wrong and dangerous path otherwise he will be severely punished by history. the new era was said to be marked by the visit of an american diplomat to taiwan for 3 days this week the fact that all travel by the u.s. state department including that trip has since been canceled to assist the biden transition is unlikely to call beijing taiwan is an essential global supplier of high technology to china as well taiwan is trying to fill the gap caused price ancient's on china especially in the microchip industry and it's been pressing hard for a trade agreement with the us. of a more. fun sue in taiwan good to see you. well i mean obviously beijing is not happy about washington's latest move in taiwan including the plan to send an when

un envoy there do you think they'll be retaliation. 7 days left in office trump could still take further action to anger vision but china knows clearly that trump would do his best to embarrass china and to her china's position and there's fine old days so analysts believe that china will not want to take actions to hamper our 1st to reboot relations with us up call me and the stray ssion so apart from trading words china might not want to retaliate until . on lest the things get to an acceptable level for example like trump sali visit in taiwan which is very possible. until they can wait to for child to get out of the office of course we have to be careful what's possible and not with trump but leaving that aside the us is currently certainly busy dealing

with domestic issues especially the transition from trump to biden what will that leave taiwan and its trade relations with the us. well the u.s. trade representative lied heister just said that there was no time for a negotiation of the us and taiwan bilateral trade agreement and the 2 sides had not yet to resolve obstacles to the trade dispute so the train goes asian cannot start so in one of the biggest problems cited by live hires or is the u.s. in taiwan growing trade deficit from the beginning of last year to the end of november the u.s. trade deficit with taiwan reached $26900000000.00 so and so we probably have to wait till biden's trade representative catherine dop catherine tai who's parents are from taiwan to see how she will deal with it and to see if that will lead to a concrete progress of the trade agreement of the 2 sides let's say

a trade agreement is reached what's this mean for taiwan's relationship to china taiwan of course made to take up supplying both the west and china where does it leave it while it's a heated debate here in taiwan because on the one hand it seems that taiwan's export highly depend on china's vast market but on the other hand china also depend on taiwan's export of high tech chips which they cannot mate by themselves so until then we can expect trade go in between the 2 sites all right somehow sue as always thank you so much. time now for a look at some of the other business stories making news. the u.s. has put new duties on some products to failing to resolve a 16 year dispute over aircraft subsidies brussels wants to be go she ate over the imported carrots over 15 percent on at kraft and 25 percent on wines as soon as

president elect biden is in office. ford workers in. the brazilian state of south palo have protested against the closure of 3 production facilities in the country ford said it would stop producing in brazil where it has operated since 1919 unions and 2 factories said the move would affect just under $5000.00 workers. tesla is moving closer to launching in india the u.s. based electric comic has registered a company with an office address in the country's high tech capital of benghazi or bengaluru while there have been rumors of a production facility local officials say india would focus on research and development. google and you tube suspended to donald trump's channel and removed a recent video that it says violated its policies against inciting violence the us

president will be a unable to upload any new videos for one week it comes after twitter and facebook removed tribes accounts following last week's armed insurrection. while most of us are daydreaming about traveling to sunny destinations again digital no lots are living this stream on a daily basis despite the pandemic remote ideally somewhere nice is a growing trend digital nomads prefer sitting on a beach with their laptops instead of working at some office who could blame them. let's spend girls picturesque capital is a favorite destination for digital nomads among them up to 28 year old has previously lived in canada and sweden a year ago she began a new adventure in portugal. when i came here i was like what am i doing here i

didn't know a single person i didn't know a single word i didn't even know how to say thank you. but this is not to come here for me it was one of my best decisions. to. melissa eggers employer is based in canada her work is digital and flexible leaving her free to live where she pleases and lisbon really appeals to her with its mild climate and beatrice on her doorstep. but agger says it's a misconception that digital nomads always work on the beach or in their pajamas in bet she regularly rents a flexible work space in the city center for a few people can work here for a day or a whole month making hues of the office facilities being removed from your team from your family from anybody else you want to feel connected somewhere and i think having a place like co-working space which is. your base this way important. melissa

egger organizes online events at the appearances for organizations of doctors and midwives and it's one of the anyway it's one here and anything for the country to get right most of her customers are located in north america and the difference time zone that can mean working long hours but digital nomads needs to be especially performance oriented you need to be determined to make it work even if there's nobody sitting behind you and say well read no you're not doing your work please go back to work so it'll. self discipline and self planning. melissa a girl is home after a long day she too sometimes experiences dolts loneliness and the longing for her family. gets that and. especially during their pandemic she calls her sister and mother as often as she can.

yup and along with it. the 20 year old returned to europe so she could reach her family more quickly. it's evening in a bar in central lisbon described the pandemic places that 3rd food or allowed to stay open melissa regularly meet her friends here some of them are locals and some are experts like her who love in a mad existence i want to see more before i even. try my parents hours. oh through a it's in the will remain her home but at 28 she still finds its true parochial bear right now giving up reliable did who know math is out of the question. different world. the european union and the united kingdom clinched

a last minute deal on christmas eve to keep economic links alive after january 1st when britain completed its departure from the e.u. but it's not a perfect deal and things certainly aren't what they used to be fishermen from scotland for example are increasingly becoming exasperated with the border checks and paperwork that comes with life after breaks it. the catch is in but where is it going for now scottish langoustines scallops or mussels won't be on the plates of upscale diners in paris brussels or madrid. scotland's biggest logistics provider has halted exports to the e.u. until wednesday what used to be a one day delivery has turned into a much more complicated and sometimes uncertain endeavor. that appears that checking every warty every poll at every box sticking a stead of 45 minutes to water it's taking 5 or britain's departure from the e.u.

is the biggest change to its trade in decades now reams of paperwork must be completed to move goods across the new customs border those trading in livestock or perishable goods face the toughest requirements so fears are growing that the seafood industry could become viable. fisherman bleeding you know. moment you know bleeding largesse and trust more terribly you know because everybody knows that you have missing and. there is hope that i.t. glitches and paperwork bottlenecks will be resolved going forward if not scottish fishery representatives warned that a centuries old market could be destroyed. before we go general motors has unveiled a concept for a flying car the company's 1st foray into personal era mobility the drone like vehicle has room for 2 and g.m.

says it is built for those situations quote when time is of the essence and convenience is everything if it were the office for example and now you need to get to a meeting across town however the exists only as a computer animation so it likely won't be built in the near future. kitty that's your business update here on this hour from me and the team of the land thanks for watching. residents can finally party again in china where things are almost back to normal it was from this city that the corona virus spread around the world. now it's considered defeated here china's crisis management seem to perform well. but the

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