distribution builders and architects compete with each other. this is how massive churches are creating. contents to put. stores. on g.w. . china continues to gather momentum and fresh data released today shows exports and imports growing fast underlining the country strong economic rebound from the contents found meanwhile the u.s. president to joe biden aims to calm fears about the global chip shortage in a meeting with major manufacturers he's promised to push for billions of dollars of funding for the u.s. senate conducted industry to talk to an analyst to find out more about the potential problem there's. a long welcome to do business i want to get johnson

girland good to have you with us and china's exports rose will then 30 percent over a year in march as global demand revived despite the persistent coronavirus pandemic facemasks and other medical supplies as well as home electronics made in china when hyde amounts meanwhile the country's him towards jumped almost 40 percent analysts say it's a sign that consumption in china is picking up strongly and foreign companies profit from that trade and thus china's trade surplus shrank to almost $14000000000.00 in march much narrower than analysts had predicted. for more let's bring in. and taipei and it has a delay in frankfurt a good morning and hello to both of you and i would like to start with you so because. so china seems unstoppable but has a stain of all its economic rebound. monocle les let's look at the 2

numbers that imports rose 38 point one percent much higher than expectations it shows china still missing demand is solid after recovery with its people working as normal before but the consumption is not at a high enough level to drive growth and if you look at the export number the rebound overseas demand for chinese goods continued yes but the current strength of export growth is unsustainable when we see the resurgent poland of ours infections abroad and constraints in global trade overall speaking there are many positive factors but his journal challenges have not diminished so china's foreign trade still has a long way to go to ensure steady growth all right. i mean it's interesting what you're saying that imports a high as an exports chelsea who are selling to china. really everyone is selling to china right now one of the big increases in and imports that we've seen in china that is from semiconductors because there is so much demand for consumer electronics right now so taiwan and japan south korea the big semiconductor makers

have been selling a lot to china but we've also seen a huge increase in exports from the u.s. to china they were up about 70 percent in march that's in part because china has to export more to or china has to import more from the u.s. as part of its trade deal with the previous trumpet ministration but also europe is benefiting enormously from this we've already heard this from a lot of european companies especially that they automakers here in germany that china is the major market right now where growth is really strong. and of course i mean with china continuing to grow a recent survey shows that china's g.d.p. growth rate is expected to average 8 in the hospice and d.c.s. that's definitely exceeding the 6 plus just. is that possible adul. well monica everything is possible and now we see the many factors that are further strengthens momentum of domestic demand lead growth we've talked about but there

are still risks like corporate debt issues and sluggish progress investor nation also the confrontation with the u.s. is also a risk factor if the situation intensifies but we all have to note that the biggest risk is another wave of the corn of ours the damage which will lead to disruptions in production and hit consumption. and chelsea thank you so much for your time. well disruptions in production and supply chains are a big problem for the global economy and that's something u.s. president joe biden wants to tackle he has been meeting with industry leaders to discuss the global chip shortage that's hurting manufacturers and especially comic as general motors ford fall and many of us have had to halt production of plants around the world because of a bottleneck in chip supplies following lock downs last year and one industry group warned that almost $1300000.00 fewer cars will be built this year as

a result of the semiconductor shortage president biden is now urging congress to back plans to invest $50000000000.00 in chip manufacturing and research as part of his broader efforts to rebuild u.s. industry we're going to have here these chairs these wait for batteries brought it's all infrastructure this is the infrastructure. we the world in the middle of the 20th century we lead the world. we're going to read more over . 20 per cent of. all right let's bring in form one our international trade policy adviser sylvia chen good to have you with us we just heard joe biden there saying the u.s. is going to lead the world again in the 21st century will it especially when it comes to the supply of semiconductor chips. thank you for having me

so president biden is about to handle the u.s. already leads the production of semiconductor chips but not in the manufacture in of itself is in design in in the equipment manufacturing however the globalfoundries had that that other the producers of the semiconductor chips are located in asia ts m.c. of taiwan and samsung korea so. so the supply semiconductor supply chain is highly integrated why us leads in the high value added portion of the semiconductor production but nevertheless the world the world has experienced or last 12 months a huge shortage in supply and it's all europe as well tried to somehow change that in catching up can we can we actually compete eventually with asian supplies.

it would take time and building a foundry in europe and an and rebuilding the infrastructure for foundries in europe or in the united states would take a long time and so recruiting the engineers and suppliers i chemical suppliers and materials suppliers. take additional time so it would take. take a few years for europe europeans and americans to catch up with the foundries a few years and we talk about $210.00 what is more likely a few years. well. it depends on the policy of each country so you know just thinking about moving the plants moving the equipment. talking about top cultivating engineers and also. incentivizing other suppliers their chemical suppliers and. suppliers

to be nearby so there's that's not just red and mortar brick and mortar foundry building so it sounds like quite a tall order a lot of homework there for the yes for for europe if they want to catch up with supplies what are they saying i mean so far semiconductor production is maybe taking place in taiwan and south korea are they worried that eventually business will go away oh so you can now you see that him state and him somehow are investing in the united states and building foundries in the united states and has vowed to build up their foundry capacity but. but no it will not go to support the manufacture capacity what now go away in asia it was continue to grow wow other.

industries say they're downstream customers what demand a diversification of. supply chain so foundries will start to. spy building other locations. and by supplying from europe and buying from the united states or its international trade policy advisor sylvia chambers thank you so much for you for sharing your insights and for your time thank you thank you. not to some of the other global business stories making news. southeast asia right right hailing and food delivery firm grab has agreed to a deal with a special purpose acquisition company backed by a u.s. based i'll to make a copy till its values grabbed at almost 40000000000 dollars and will lead to a public listing in a so-called blank check a company deal. the british economy is showing signs of improvement thanks to the united kingdom successful vaccine rollout in february the economy grew north point

4 percent according to the office for national statistics exports of goods to the european union jumped what was 50 percent but failed to reverse january's record brix a driven slump. bitcoin reached a record high of $62800.00 on tuesday extending its 2021 rally the world's most valuable crypto currency has more than doubled in price this year as major firms like master cotton to tesla gave their backing to the digital coin. for tourism to industry fairs many of the world's biggest trade exhibitions out the councils due to the pandemic last year organizers of trade shows in germany lost nearly 60 percent of sales the national statistics office reports the event industry employs almost 50000 people most of them are unsubsidized salaries. well and one such event is the famous hand of

a trade fair currently underway it's normally the largest event of its kind in the world but things are a little different this year with a showcase moving entirely online usually the city of hama will be buzzing with guests from around across the globe but the coronavirus pandemic has made that impossible this time around the vast halls of the trade fairground to empty the 2021 edition focuses on artificial intelligence machine learning and robotics in future lifestream exhibitions and online networking. that's very different to the usual character of trade shore's trade shows and we asked a yahoo cutler chairman of deutsche a message which organizes the hand of a trade fair how companies are promoting themselves without the help of such events absolutely it's a real challenge for everyone to think about a situation that is not all where you in why are your clients and hopefully new

clients from many countries you need a bit do you think about how to organize movie or a life stream to come when it's your clients if you have the best product so that is a bit like the olympic games not on your own intuition also on presenting in a new digital form that is really great and we're all here in the book to learn to understand what is really a real world you add it to a business and so we're we're delighted how encouraged our exhibitors are and i have today a lot of positive feedback so that we do this show in this way the pandemic tongue . finally just weeden where the pandemic means the rave scene is in the a shadow of what it was and its ninety's heyday however it's at least trying to make a comeback a club in the city of monterey we opened its doors on saturday but check this out just 4 people were allowed on the dance floor at any one time tickets for the 12th

a sold out with this it has having to choose the time slots to get down sweden stop short of a compulsory lockdown but there have been restrictions on socialising. as a business update here and for me in the team thanks for watching stay safe. the fight against the corona virus pandemic. has the rate of infection been developing what does the latest research say. information and context the coronavirus update 19 special. on t w. n u you may know years years we can hear you and how last year's german chancellor will bring you i'm going to back off and you've never heard her before surprised to

so with what is what's a girl who is magical really what moves them all somebody who talks to people who follows her along the way admirers and critics alike now as the world's most powerful woman shaking her legacy joining us from eccles last stop. hungry is easing its low down but doctors are sounding the alarm death rates are among the highest in the world still stores are reopening with the government praising its vaccination campaign. at the same time is banning journalists from hospitals. coronavirus wards of filling to capacity but that's not the message the state wants to broadcast like it or not the 3rd wave is hitting not. hungry has the highest number of people vaccinated in europe and one of the highest

covered related death rates won't wide relative to its population health care workers say restrictions should have been in place sooner and should stay in place longer access to hunger in hospitals for independent media to verify what's going on is almost impossible. met one doctor who dared to speak on camera about the situation inside our correspondent funny reports soldiers money for people checking into his hospital treating patients when we start to film the building go there and do your t.v. thing over there they ask us to film the parking lot according to staff inside the hospital is that capacity. one doctor has to take care of 10 patients and oxygen is in short supply these are just some of the claims for hearing from inside the hospital from a doctor but we cannot verify these claims as all sorts of barred independent media

from entering that doctor is. we need him after his shift 120 hour working reeks of the average now he says but the hungry and government says everything is under control. tonight i mean we've heard a lot from the prime minister that those who get sick shouldn't worry that they will be cured that we have extra medical staff but where are they every day we're left wondering what to do we not have time for today what did i forget. that most of his colleagues don't want to talk in public because they're worried about repercussions. we need to reach the people not to create panic but to say people this is what this is about and this is why you need to follow the rules. in an open letter to the government a large number of journalists requested access to hospitals prime minister viktor orban responded in a televised interview. with now most of this is not the time to go inside hospitals and produce bogus videos and fake news. is

a photojournalist he too would like to show what's happening in hungary right now. stop filming the hospital it's a public space or it's a very common situation says. sam not a share of the past this affects the people who want to know the real situation inside the hospitals. because of the war on we know that more than 300 people died today in. a pleasing it's hard to tell the story behind those numbers. meanwhile many young people in hungary are starting to shed their masks without knowing what's really going on in hungary hospitals to them it might seem as if the pen demick is already over. to shine a light on the situation in hungary to what you know secret joins us she's a senior researcher at the center for social sciences in budapest is it time to be

easing restrictions or is the crisis only getting worse. oh my destiny is that the crisis so a lot of us are completely at its feet and hungary we have extremely high mortality rates of. her that we are going to. have that. so that will. not. yet. but i hope you are in also so why if i can jump in there when when the government's doing so well with its vaccination drive. if that was that's the other thing we have a very high like summation of 8 at the same time people get into hosts they they are in the really terrible situation current day hungary and these maybe toothless the fact or as i would say 11 of them as. the.

is that the public institution. has been moved. as independent as up in 2017 and since it has been under. control so this means that we are not getting enough information and. cannot really tell their ideas their expertise in so this is some sort of it because the prisons are. probably the other if you may be the center of cuts to the host expenditure in hungary recently not only recently but. under the or by governments and the 3rd was is the most out of my great. care from hungary and in the fast the a how is the situation with the hospitals on the military why

is that and what that affecting the situation. well yeah because i have been put under military rule the other the other census. and this means that there is either for or through. by best and that is where we control over the course and also that they send up. their opinions in the media really and the media is not let into hospitals this was not going. to ace and you know how people are here or because or the stars of nurses are doing and then may even top that but it limits the information that the awfully and the media make that is worrying whatever the situation may be.

we don't offer from a cell usually house that this is a. situation like the regular hungary and i believe this is one of the only countries in the world to refuse any sort of extension of unemployment benefits in this pandemic. yes to find them make us in though does not only have tests related consequences but also really severe social consequences so in hungary just like in other parts of the word many people hundreds of thousands of love. but as opposed to other countries including our fellow spent far east european countries in hungary no accents and so the unemployment benefits to some of us me. we lost. with this was the recess that really in the developed 1st before that and then may was 3 months of

a must must a moment like months inference benefit that means that after that 3 months is gone you can or cannot face some sofa less this at a very low and mom and instead their oath. of oath come up if. people are not ready for that hole in the state system so they are left without any police. when they are low over unemployed and this. rate of the 4 especially those who have been invested in a certain facts are events on and so forth i also believe the government used the crisis to push through a motion see measures to make life harder for the l.g.b. community. you know some of the m.o. since the measures have not much to do with copious itself but rather the

government's political independence and to pursue. closer basham measures including . the best. think of 1st those let out and this is to come for gay couples as. possibilities. and the other one is. that sexual people over think their sex and their ids with the game does not pass. anything with on them a broader and idealized god when. to. celebrate. it would have to be that that the hijab she cried on the latest developments in the past thank you very much. the topic of mass vaccination campaigns and mutation is his our very own derrick

williams with today's real question. is there a link between mass vaccination and me taishan of the virus. like other pathogens sars kovi to mutates constantly and vaccines do have an impact on its evolution but a less direct one than for example a theoretical antiviral treatment would because the to work in different ways drugs work by wiping out an active infection while vaccines work by preventing them from occurring in the 1st place wiping out an existing infection with a medicine applies a kind of spore earth selection pressure the only pathogens that survive are those like these with mutations that make them resistant to the medicine and only

they go on to spawn the next generation that's why drug resistance is such a common problem nowadays because we put pathogens under massive pressure to evolve quickly in a very particular direction which is to grow resistant to a medication by deploying vaccines on a wide scale we're also having an impact on virus evolution but a more subtle one by making a lot of people resistant to infection we can drastically reduce opportunities for a virus to spread so we're also upping the selection pressure but in a different way when the supply of potential hosts grows limited because many people are vaccinated viruses that have for example mutate. to be more infectious they'll have a clear advantage and will on average in fact more people that's why more

infectious variance can supplant less infectious and suster old ones over time and there are indications that this is happening in many places now with sars hovey to. thanks for watching as they say and see who gets a. kick

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