of imports from ukraine. the move came as e u. countries have to deal with plummeting agricultural prices, while african states struggle with food shortages. the russian president assess the results of the green deal, which unblocked black seaports for shipments. he highlighted only 3 percent of deliveries have reached african nations and need while the majority of supplies headed to you countries, poland and hungary introduced a ban on green imports from here on the same day last week with warsaw making the decision after farmer's rallied and protest here it's border with you creed, full and says the ban is intended to protect its domestic food market. budapest says the band will last until june, 30th this year, and as express hope that brussels would set quotas and duties on ukrainian grain imports. you have reacted to the initiatives, criticizing morsa and budapest saying their decision contradicts previous agreements. meanwhile, the european commission has reacted negatively to the ban saying,

unilateral actions on trade by members states are unacceptable. it is important to underline the trade policy, ease of exclusive competence, and therefore, unilateral actions are not acceptable. and so challenge in times it is crucial to coordinate and align all decisions within the you. legal expert and independent analysts will cardiac says those who are in dire need of food haven't received the much needed grain. i believe this is the proof. the 1st place or the destiny of that green is not for the poor countries. when the p and union address is going to make the noise from for the russia that went seek, make definition of that. a great deal with the see did. the 1st place is the do the poor country because that poor collectors need we have so many different countries are calling to complete suite diplomatic changes. and that said that,

but we see the different moving to the dead serial that green's green's going only for the rich countries in particular in the europe sector. so that one's the prove the words are very different from the actions here in the muslim beak is expansive . you will refer to other countries. it's very expressive because we have the magic changer created the big impact. in the most part of the african continent. we see, for example, here and more than we have that example in as of as yes right now for a take length receive to. so my deal with the people don't have any food we don't as any inside to the development agriculture. so that is the one big prod, the problem for now. the migration crisis and to nisha has been a source of growing concern for years and has once again come to the forefront of public debate. as recent reports indicate an uptick and migrant death,

you and estimates more than 400 people drowned while trying to cross the mediterranean from north africa in early 2023, which is the highest number over a 3 month period in the last 60 years. this comes as tensions remain high in tenicia after its president, accused sub saharan african migrants of fueling crime and label them a demographic threat. these remarks have caused an international outcry and promoted the refugees to call for evacuation. from tunisia, the country has become a transit point for asylum seekers. added to europe with the number of immigrants increasing several times this year. we spoke with some seeking a new life who describe the conditions they're not in a got up in general is we haven't been allowed to contact any embassy spirit told to go back to our country, but there is more in famine there. i can go back to yemen. my parents died there and my children suffered there. how do you want me to go back? my husband even received death threats there. how can i go back home,

roodick utilities when we go don't on and to nissans, look at us when they call us names, this beat in our faces, and we cannot defend ourselves. we can. what can we do here? where refugees want to be? take you to know the country in a place where we can be respected by all the people. one of the stuff i used to work for to mission employ. after the president's remarks. i was fired since the president said that if it to me shouldn't cause an illegal sub saharan walker, both of them will be banned from the business. however, the official representative of the tenicia pro presidential 25th of july movement insists it's european countries who are to blame for the escalation of teenagers, migrant crisis. when european politicians talk about our country's economic collapse, it is done to instill fear, particularly among certain segments of tunisian society. they intend to purposefully push individuals to move, including illegal migrants,

and then use african migrants to argue that there is racial discrimination in tunisia. and that the 25th of july movement is incapable of protecting all national religious and ideological minorities. as a result, i believe that all of this is done to incite public outrage and produce st riots which is simply one aspect of this program ah, broader cooperation between russia, china, and african countries, will lead to increased self sufficiency and reduce dependence on the u. s. dollar political advisor robber, hawkins discusses that and more in the latest episode of option returns is going underground. you can watch a full interview here in r t, right after the program, but for now, here's a preview. there is a good deal more talk now about the dollarization than there used to be. i think largely going to the fact that a number of the brick nations and other nations as well, are trying to kind of get out from under the us dollar as the sort of principle

transnational currency. so if you had a training block form, say, between china, russia, maybe some other bricks, members, maybe all the other bricks members and maybe a few other nations. it's highly likely that you would actually have the makings of a kind of all tarkey within that particular training block. as we know, russia has vast natural resources as well as a great deal of technical know how we also know, of course, that africa is very resource rich and china in particular. but also russia have been expanding their trade relations and their economic relations with africa. and you know, between africa, russia and china, it would seem to me that you got the same sort of diversity of resource availability and maybe even a greater degree of diversity of resource availability and productive capacity. then you have say, in north america or in europe as a whole, so if a block of some sort were to form among those countries,

there would be simply no need for them to rely on the dollar or to be dollar dependence and stuff. there would be no real danger. opposed to them by dollar related sanctions. ah, that's her. up on the hour and reminder coming up are us progressive democrats actually progressive action returns. they also asked this vital question to one of a seeds and elizabeth warren's advisors. and this and much more next on going underground. ah, what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy fantasia, let it be an arms race in his offense. very dramatic development. only personally, i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very difficult time time to sit down and talk

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i'm after it answered, welcome back to going underground, broadcasting all around the world from dubai in the united arab emirates here in the mid least economies, a booming, but the outlook for what some call the post ukraine dying you as empire vassal states in europe. things may not be so rosy while 40000000 will go hungry tonight in the usa, the media may be talking about something called a debt ceiling. they probably shouldn't be, says one economist who advised congresswoman alexandria casa cortez, amongst others. amidst his fight to end the climate emergency. professor robert hawkins cornell, edward cornell, professor of law and professor public policy cornell university and senior counsel at westwood capital investment bank joins me now. from new york city. thank you so much, professor. all get for coming on. yeah, the world's financial markets. they've been concerned about the f o. m. c monetary

policy interest rates. that doggy will affect the financial, the indices around the world. but i mean, here maybe in the global south is de dollarization, the environment. and the issues of the impact of ukraine is bricks, bank and shanghai cooperation organisation. movement occurs. what do you think the impact of ukraine will be on e u. s. economies. thanks ashley. great to be with you. i think i'm either a number of distinct. i think effects that are worth tracing. what is, as you suggested, there is a good deal more talk now about the dollarization than there used to be. i think ours are going to the back of a number of the brit nations and other nations as well, are trying to kind of get out from under the u. s. dollar as the sort of principal, trans national currency. and of course, the reason for that intern is that the, the role of the dollar in the global economy, unable the us to exert a good deal of leverage through a sanctioning activity of a kind. of course that's been fairly active over the last year. there is, however,

one possible sort of itch to that, that might stand in the way. and i think what it's going to do as far as the bricks, in particular, china, to essentially make some sort of so called hard choices as they say here in the u. s, so the thing about the dollars global role is that it's actually been in a certain sense helpful to china and other economies who's growth model has been an export land growth model. the reason being that the dollar is, of course, over valued in virtue of its role in the global economy. and that of course, makes american exports more expensive than they would otherwise be. and it makes other nations exports less expensive to americans. at least some of they would otherwise be, and that's the course why the u. s. has been incurring current account deficits of large magnitude over the past decades. however, we also know right from the words of president g, himself and from other bricks leaders, that they are engaged in efforts to sort of move off of export growth strategies in

the move more towards domestic demand generated growth strategies. and in so far as space exceed in doing that, the idea, the coupling from a dollar or at least lessening their dollar dependence, will become much more realistic to put into practice. yes, some people estimate that china won't even be able to satisfy domestic demand. and as regards planning, actually since you write so much about planning and your desire for planning actually in the united states, how can companies is how these dasia and the global south plan given this sanction regime that you allude to changing every other day. i mean, they say japanese electronics firms don't know how to plan to make things given that they don't know when the next chinese chip is going to be thanks.