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with their own personal stories. we explore every day life. what europeans fear and what they hope for. on their own. on g.w. . said covert vaccine patents be scrapped that's a question for the world trade organization today as it consults with countries who argue doing so would help boost supply and what other nations who say it threatens innovation. also on the show we take you to rwanda where the ban on single use

plastics has given rise to more elastic solutions. this is the w. business i'm joined now the lot in berlin so happy you can join us. the chief of the world trade organization rosie a condo if we all has demanded a boost of cold in $1000.00 vaccine production in developing countries she said and i quote the fact is that each additional day the vaccine shortage continues people will pay with their lives some countries say waiving intellectual property rights on vaccines would boost supply others still say innovation has to be protected it's become a matter of debate for the w t o today here's what's at stake some 20000000 people in britain have already received at least one vaccine does in fact the government is hoping to have offered everyone over 18 a jab by the end of july it's an important milestone one that for many other

countries in the world still seems a long way off. in from last fall's pleaser and it's regrettable that some countries continue to prioritize vaccinating younger healthier i don't outlaw risk of disease in their own populations. health workers and older people elsewhere. at the current right the you us israel u.a.e. and taiwan will have received enough vaccines to cover their entire population by the end of this year. in other parts of the world especially in the southern hemisphere people can expect to wait another 2 years. in south africa and india fears of new virus variants have made the vaccination rollout all the more urgent the 2 countries have both appealed to the world health organization to remove

patents on vaccines until the pandemic is over. they argue that countries including cuba senegal south africa thailand and india may not have the money for expensive patents but they do have production capacity enabling them to create their own off brand versions. but whether their plea will get w.h.o. backing is another matter both united states and the european union want to up hold patents on the basis that they encourage companies to invest in research and innovation so does that enable firms to profit from the pandemic yes and no many companies have benefited from both state funding as well as cash injections from foundations. both u.s. pharma giant johnson and johnson and swedish british company astra zeneca received one and a half $1000000000.00 in state funds both then committed to selling their vaccines

at cost price you know other words not to make a profit from them by own take fires or got about half a 1000000000 in state funds pfizer's says private investors have taken on most of the risk and are now being rewarded accordingly so far as a biotech vaccine is expected to have a profit margin of up to 30 percent this year alone that would amount to some $4000000000.00. now one obvious other opponent to the idea of scrapping vaccine patents are the patent holders and selves pharma companies earlier we spoke to thomas quiney he's the head of the international federation of pharmaceutical manufacturers and associations here is what he adds. i am by to jan and of making more progress at the summit which i just mentioned which was harvested by chance in my eyes we all from developing country met vaccine manufacturers and i remember as we committed to further expand access we don't

doing both and very easy also for i am concerned if you would suspend the patent you wouldn't get a single dose more it was amazing to listen to all the experts in manufacturing supply chains their concerns about bottlenecks in gloss wise bottlenecks in limited number of particulates scarcity in room with tears and how can we tackle the inefficiencies they are concerned about export prescriptions interventions nerve of the nobility neither from developing countries noir industrialized talked by patents being a hindrance now to some of the other global business stories making news. sudan's prime minister and saudi arabia's crown prince have met to discuss investment opportunities in the red sea saudi arabia is seeking to boost its influence in the region meanwhile sudan's economy has been rocked by soaring inflation which topped 300 percent in january. german sportswear maker

added profits dropped almost 80 percent in 2020 with stores close closed due to the coronavirus pandemic however the company expects a strong rebound in sales and 2021 added as had already announced last month that it intend it intends to sell subsidiary reebok. the recent cyber attack on microsoft's email servers is putting pressure on the u.s. government the 2nd major hack in a matter of months has led to calls for the u.s. to retaliate or boost protections for cyber space the full impact of the latest attack blamed on china is yet to become clear. relentless the number of cyber attacks being carried out around the world takes up by the 2nd for those charged with finding them and shutting them down these are busy times we have about $550.00 folks on the ground responding to breaches right now and i'm not sure

that climates ever been worse for the amount of work that we have the recent cyber attack on microsoft's exchange service is believed to have affected upwards of 30000 organizations in the u.s. including businesses and governments they've been left vulnerable to data breaches through so-called back door was created during the hack a trademark analysts say the chinese hackers they put this secret door in every city or house in the neighborhood kind of thing and that's what they did here the back door that they put in place is exceptionally consistent with the chinese threat actors this latest attack from overseas follows last year's massive solar winds hack blamed on russia back then joe biden called for action we can't let this go on answered that means making clear and publicly who is responsible for the attack in taking meaningful steps to hold them accountable. now that he's president

it's his chance to act the question is how in cyber if you really assess the domain united states is actually not true when it right now in my opinion if we have it back it's like being in the glass house rocks at a mud hut. cyber fire the wrong demain right now to exert force and maybe aid to be able to do some force but i will figure about diplomacy alliances economics the work carried out by online security firms shows the threat posed by cyber espionage is only increasing nations like the us a still working out how to defend their economies and themselves in a heck of a dominated willed. they've become a regular routine during the pandemic meetings on zoos and other services which allow us to see and chat with our colleagues without sharing an office but there are issues like finding a quiet corner in your home

a business and the stone you may have the answer. nora talley lives in the a studio capital thailand as both an entrepreneur and a parent of 3 she's got her work cut out for her family. to move oh. she really quiet mom has a work home. mom to get some peace for an important business school today laura is trying something new she's rented what's known as a as soon box it's located in the cafe in features all the tech required for an online leasing it costs $50.00 an hour hard to runs the company behind them before the coronavirus he used to rent a conference rooms that he's moved to soon boxes a lot of the family. that are technically speaking it's as easy as renting an electric scooter our goal is to install these boxes in as many places as possible

close to where people live so they can reach them within 15 minutes. in the. over the next 3 years the company plans to install a 1000 boxes like this across a stone yet it expects him on to hold firm well after the pandemic including in remote regions. and is still money an idea that may well catch on elsewhere in the world. too are a wonder now where a ban on single use plastic has been in place since 2019 but living entirely without plastic is a challenge especially for the agricultural sector where the necessity being the mother of invention creative strategies have been found take a look. plastic in a country where the material is supposedly forbid and farmers co-op a soft day is preparing seedlings for its tea plantation rwanda is one of the 20

biggest tea producers in the world more than 18000 hectares of it an area twice as large as the city of paris now spread across these lush green hills the tea harvested here is very valuable but without plastic it wouldn't be worth nearly as much. pollution then we need these seedling bags and plastic covers without them it becomes difficult to get the desired quality because the seedlings depend on the moisture to grow and to get the necessary nutrients. to a year more. the members of the $4000.00 strong co-op use more than $2000000.00 plastic tubes and other plastic materials each year. in the capital kigali the government is waging a war against plastic the punishment for the production import and sale of single use plastics is up to a year in jail environmental agency agreement recognises that the journey to a future without plastic will require

a lot of creativity. as we move on react when we have or directives when we see. you have to look for best tentative so we are always. better we put in. a framework for dealing with. that use of plastics. and to again today care for the. agro plasters one of the companies looking for an intelligent way to deal with excess plastic waste they employ 11 teams that regularly travel the country collecting it. they use what they get primarily to make farming products. after all the farmers aren't the only ones having difficulties finding the right to choose for their seedlings. what we do we money talk around we know their way out the way i look at it. after

using and if they are necessary oh a product we go back they are and it would bring back their did they used to press the point and also we do this same the same walk. in the end it's progress for the environment and another milestone on the road to rwanda becoming one of the environmentally cleanest countries in africa. thanks for watching. into the conflict zone to sebastian germany's human rights policy is on the spotlight these days also fresh international criticism of its new strain to gas deal with moscow and that is a chanst of this unfold my guess is we can form it is the christian democrats and andre isn't it isn't it down the policies of joe human rights in favor of conflict

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