the chair is the labour mp hilary benn, who chaired the now—disbanded brexit committee.ent still has to sort out a trade deal and decide how to work with fellow european countries on a host of issues. so, mps had a lot of questions for michael gove, who's second in command to borisjohnson. now, the government produced a 60—page impact assessment for the proposed free trade agreement with the united states of america. are you planning to do the same for your proposed free trade agreement with the eu? no. why not? because we're going to take a different approach. we're going to invite from across a range of organisations their views on what the impact of a free trade agreement with the eu and consequent changes might be. i am personally sceptical of efforts to say that any given impact assessment by a government department is an accurate prediction of the future. as mr gove tried to explain what he meant, his attempt to pour water went a little awry. so, if that's the case, why did the government publish 60 pages of economic assessment of the free trade agreement with the

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the the intelligence committee in the senate, and another member is the wife of the chairman of the new york stock exchange. denied any wrongdoing. the coronavirus has struck at brexit britain and the eu with both sides having negotiators in isolation. one is showing symptoms of the virus, according to a british official. on thursday, france counterpart michel barnier announced he tested positive for the disease. california's governor gavin newsom has ordered all of the states 40 million residents to go to home isolation, the most stringent measure in the u.s. to curb the spread of the virus. it allows people to leave their homes for groceries in medicine, requires they limit social interactions. business is not deemed essential are to be shut. in norway the central bank, reductionbasis point is the second time the nordisk bank has resorted to an emergency move in response to the coronavirus. it is the latest move in the wake of global easing to fight the economic fallout. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. much.thank you very merkelchanc

brexit elections to eu elections, at home, madagascar are. i don't know if our sophistication and capabilities match what the threat is. i have the privilege in this committee. from what i witnessed with my own eyes when i visited africa, i am concerned about our ability to keep up and it seems even though great patriot in the administration and committed folks we are not taking this thread as seriously as we should. unless you want to comment on my one minute and 40 seconds. >> i agree with all that and it is even worse because the chinese have been doing this since the end of the cold war. since they identified us as the main threat to the regime this has been going on an extremely long time. the one positive note is the taiwanese fought back successfully on a massive disinformation campaign working with twitter, google and facebook as we helped them, they are still on the streets protesting. the closer they are to china the more they dislike the ccp. >> very briefly, i agree as well as the combination of russian and chinese activities across the world is a cause for alarm. in the long-term health of democracies speaks to the point why every country matte