ok, we just listened to president, news, 12 summits of the brics nations made up of major emerging economies. this year, it is being chaired by russia remotely, of course, because of the pandemic. and you just outlined the need for brics, saying it was for global security and also for stability and the development of emerging economies and also stressed the need to collective action against threats such as the pandemic and terrorism. and of course, we'll keep, a close eye on the summit as it progresses. now we are going u.s., secretary of state has received a lukewarm welcome as he kicked off a multi nation tour. the french president met, might, pompei o, after leading calls for more restrained relations. was a hoe, is finding it tough to move on from the tensions with the trumpet, ministration party shoulda been as more on the story. for years, although trump ministration have reigned relations with you, that pushed some, such as the french president to advance the idea of europeans to court for me. but even the prospect of joe biden heading into the white house, is having little effect on

he said the brics nations were facing momentous changes. he said they were all in the same boat.t is not clear many in india and china would agree with that sentiment. for many, president xi's call for multilateralism will ring hollow, particularly when you look at beijing's actions against australia in terms of trade. president xi is set to address the apec summit later this morning. that after the signing of the regional comprehensive economic partnership, that asset trade deal between nations which many analysts say shows the strength of china and its role in trying to pull nations together in a broad trade pact. it is potentially a challenge for the incoming biden administration. we will see what president xi says in that summit. some familiar themes you would expect. shery: did any of that geopolitical risk make a dent on demand for china's zero yield bond selling? tom: all those concerned about the potential decoupling between china and the u.s. being put to one side because the hunt for yields is taking a priority. we saw pretty strong demand for that eurobond. chinaing to

is this part as citizens of azerbaijan, complying with national legislation of the republic of, as of right now, the 12th bric summit held for chile, how long the leaders of the emerging economic powers has been focusing on high to confront the challenges posed by the corona, virus pandemic, here's what the russian president vladimir putin had to say. he just didn't want them. i would like to emphasize that russia, along with india and brazil have secured agreements on the sputnik 3 vaccines. clinical trials. also rushes agreed with india and china to open production centers for the vaccine on their respective territories. not only to meet the demand of our countries, but also other states. i think it's very important that we have russian vaccines in place. they work, they're effective and secure. the question is how to provide mass production. i would not say it's a problem, but it's an issue we have to solve. in that respect, it's crucial to join efforts in securing mass civilian circulation. by the way, a 2nd down to coronavirus vaccine called at the exact corona has now been registered in russia. a 3rd is

brics, it would rip with a new deal would represent very long term disruption to trade flows that would, doubtless have a very severe impact on the u.k. economy. and on g.d.p., britain being a trading nation. this is borne out by a study that the london school of economics finalized in which essentially put the magnitude of the no 2, your brakes at approximately 3 times the impact on g.d.p. that the covert crisis will have. now, hillary, we know that the bracks it's been going on since 2016, but clearly the pandemic has made it harder to hold substantial negotiations. or why is that you still get the delay in this transition period? and is the u.k. even asked for this at this point? where you are right about the pandemic come, obviously it's wrecked, lots of things internationally about particularly the e.u. trade negotiations negotiator. he actually contract to get back in march and lord frost on the british side. he's at the moment in self isolation. however, once he comes out of that isolation, purportedly vonnie is going to return to london hopefully to finalize things. so yes it has put some, some problems they've been doing. a lot of things though i would say remotely. there's been