the chief negotiator for the e.u. saying that e.u. consent will be given in the new year 1st we heard from sort of on the law and the european union commission president who said that it was a good deal she said it was fair balanced responsible from both sides really a sense of relief from her saying finally we're able to leave brics that behind us wanting to continue this special relationship with the u.k. she mentioned the 5 year 5 and a half years of predictability for fishing communities talking about the phasing in there of quote is at the end there she said questioned we're tartly what does sovereignty really mean guy i want to talk about how for her i mean seeing the sli working and doing business across 27 different countries she did thank the u.k. for being tough but fair negotiation negotiating partner is let's go to bernard smith who is standing by for us in paris but you were listening in there what did you make of what the line had to say. well there was certainly no triumphalism in fact one of the things i underlined say

and other use the e.u. struck a milestone trade deal with china removing key barriers to investment coming after years of talks and despite the incoming administration demanding it be consulted ahead of the deal. last time to look back we speak to some of the medical workers around the world who have become the unsung heroes in the year of the pandemic. and we've seen people die in the scene people coming in a car we have to be way down what we. did what we had to do. live from russia around the world this is our international the 31st of december new year's eve with me kevin i would great to have you company hope you can stick around for the next half hour as we go through some of today's stories and take a look back as well at the last 12 months so 1st 3 quarters of england's been placed in the toughest stay at home tier for restrictions as covert cases saw for a new highly infectious strain of the virus was detected not hancock the health secretary said he had no choice but to bring in the new measures.

the e.u. there will be changes for british businesses that will be extra paperwork and you know that there will be an adjustment. yeah i mean most trade deals are there to reduce the barriers between 2 countries and or 2 entities and how they trade with each other this is doing the opposite this is putting barriers r.b.s. they were trying to keep those barriers is as minimal as possible but. you cannot say that the u.k. is going into 2021 with the same relationship that it had with the european union before and there may not be tariffs and there may not be quotas but there are going to be barriers to trade and that's a strange position that's a strange thing for a different trade agreement to to do what businesses i think now will be very very thankful for is that they can start getting some certainty because the government of the u.k. has been saying for a long time you better prepare get ready get ready and they've been saying but for what we just don't know long lost they now have some kind

and the e.u. strikes a milestone a trade deal which moving barriers to investment comes after years of negotiations and despite objections from washington. very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at our in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. an extra 20000000 people across england have been placed under the u.k.'s toughest coded restrictions known as tear for case numbers have been soaring since a new highly infectious strain of the virus was detected and the health secretary says tougher curbs were unavoidable. the new variant means that 3 quarters of the population on now going to be 4 and almost all of the country into 3 and 2 and i know that 3 in 4 measures place a significant burden on people and especially on businesses affected but i'm afraid it's absolutely necessary because of the number of cases that we've see more regions entering turf or that includes the north east of england north west the south east the rules in that area is to stay at home now experts are warning t

the e.u. is china's 2nd largest trading partner with bilateral trade amounting to $650000000000.00 china's human rights record is complication the talks there have been reports france was refusing to support the pact if china didn't agree to stop forced labor on the massive term into mostly muslim weaker is inching jiang. the pact could also strain relations between europe and the u.s. advisers to president elect joe biden of called on the e.u. to hit the brakes on the deal until after the new administration takes office i mean to put forward to the congress time now for a quick go to some of the other business stories making news turkey is there as search say 5 week high against the u.s. dollar after any better known than expected interest rate hike the central bank raised interest rates to 17 percent to cool skyrocketing inflation than there are has been among the worst performing currencies this year down around 23 percent amid coronavirus lock downs and double digit inflation some $850.00

still had the e.u. and china strike a breakthrough investment deal after years of talks but washington saying it should have been consulted details on that story and more after this break. every year with great pleasure to be answered questions from our viewers and this year is no joke but as usual your questions focus on future postponed events my panel and. to look at. is your media a reflection of reality. in the world transformed. what will make you feel safe. isolation community. are you going the right way or are you being led. by. what is true what is faith. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the death. or a made in the shallowness. welcome back this year's pandemic could be a sign of things to come judging by the latest warning from the world health organization but the prospect of more deadly outbreak so around the corner the w.h.o. emergencies chief is urging all nations to ramp up their health care but this time they make has been very severe is it spread around the wor

great -- the e.u. was an extraordinary concept, and it was born out of the agony of the byond world war, founded idealistic people in france and germany and italy who never wanted those countries to go to war with each other again, and other countries. belgium amongst others. and is aays, it was very noble enterprise. i don't recognize the kind of language that you talk of. u.k.'s own relationship with it was always difficult. the language, the idea of this union, this very dense ideology of endless integration, we found quite hard, george. and i think as a fellow brussels reporter, you remember there was quite a lot of friction involved. here is the basis of a long-term friendship and partnership that basically stabilizes that relationship. u.k. must always be a great european power. outside the e.u., but as a friend and supporter, as a flying buttress, if you like -- as we have done so many times in the last couple of hundred years, we are able to lend our bece when it is needed, to of value to our e

well e.u. officials say this is an investment agreement they're not going to change the way the chinese government operates that being said one of the key demands on the european side was that china sign up to. conventions international labor organization conventions on forced labor and we all know there's been extensive reporting over the past years about forced labor reeducation camps in the western region of shin john. this this this was a real issue no china signed up to committed to continued and sustained effort towards ratification of these conventions but this is not the same assigning the conventions and that's why a lot of people are critical of this deal you mentioned earlier about driving a wedge between the u.s. and the e.u. what does this deal tell us about how the e.u. sees itself in that world between the u.s. and china. well let me you european capitals the e.u. institutions have been saying for years they don't want to have to choose between the united states and china. now cl

the e.u. all. together we still need she's more than we do apart finally a deal is done in the u.k. a deal you reach a post breaks a trade agreement after 5 years of the go here sions. this country will remain culturally emotionally historically strategically geologic. attached to your. prime minister abbas johnson praises the deal and promises britain will always be a part of the e.u. . either give it al this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. a 3rd new strain of corona virus has been recorded in nigeria as the world celebrates its 1st on festive christmas in the century. protests broke out in iraq after the biggest currency devaluations as the fall of saddam hussein the cost of living is skyrocketing. we begin with breaking news you and u.k. to go she says have finally reached a post breaks a trade deal 9 and a half months of negotiations went into the 11th hour with just a week to go before the u.k. leaves the single market british prime minister boss johnson who was elected on his pro

the e.u. china. deal 7 years old talks it opens up the chinese market to european investment while giving beijing in wrote to some strategic european projects taking up the story for us this hour r.t. charlotte. this deal is almost been several is in the making between the e.u. in china and they've really pushed the boat out to get it done before the end of 2020 essentially it means that there is the opportunity for the e.u. for investment in certain industries this is companies within the e.u. to be able to invest in areas of china before it had barriers around them such as the financial sector and the health sector for china it means that there is this possibility of investing in renewable energy so this is something on the table for each side in this and this deal has been described by many as being the most ambitious deal that china has ever struck with a nation country tomorrow's post covered world needs a strong e.u. china relationship to build forward better but this requires cooperation recip

still had the e.u. and china agree on a milestone investment deal after years of talks but washington's angry it wasn't consulted details on that story and more after this break. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then. to welcome back this year's pandemic could be a sign of things to come judging by the latest warning from the world health organization but the prospect of more deadly outbreaks around the corner the w.h.o. emergencies chief is urging all nations to ramp up their health care but this time they make has been very severe is it spread around the world extremely quickly and is afraid to get requirements but this is not necessarily the big one and we live in an increasingly complex school society these trends will continue if there's one thing we need to take from this trend and it could all of the tragedy and loss is that we need to get our act together we need to get ready for somethi

the e.u. certainly appears very happy with the deal but it has taken a really long time in fact we were notified last night already that a deal was probably in the making it's taken another 24 hours what's been the holdup and how difficult has it been for these 2 sides to come together while we're looking back at the very tough negotiations and of course charlotte already mentioned that it was all about fish in the end the fisheries and home march access to european union would get to you k. waters not a very important issue in terms of trade relations and economic relations but still a very emotional and symbolic issue for both sides here member states like friends and belgian and of course for the u.k. fisherman and actually in this context it's quite interesting to look at the 1st reactions from for example the french president who said on twitter that. paid off to be united and that this deal is essential to protect our citizens fisherman and our producers so he seems to be quite happy wit

also this hour the e.u. strikes a milestone trade deal with china removing key barriers to investment it comes after years of talks and despite the incoming biden ministration demanding it be consulted ahead of the deal. and we speak to some of the medical workers around the world who become the unsung heroes of the year of the pandemic. and we've seen people die in the scene people coming in they call we have to deal with showing one in 5. is what we have to do. that afternoon and welcome to the program this is our 2 international coming to you live from the russian capital bring you your live news update. 3 quarters of england's been placed in the toughest stay at home tear for restrictions as covert cases soar after a new highly infectious strain of the virus was detected how secretary mount hancock said he had no choice but to bring in the new measures. the new variant means that 3 quarters of the population are now going to be 4 and almost all of the country into 3 and you and i know that 3 in 4 measure

elsewhere the e.u. strikes a milestone trade deal with china removing key barriers to investment becomes after years of talks and despite the incoming biden administration demanding it be consulted ahead of the deal. we speak to some of the medical workers around the world who've become the unsung heroes in the year of the pandemic. and they seem people dying in the scene people coming in they can't breathe we have to be away and now what we want then. is what we have to do all. good day from moscow this 31st of december and as the 1st places around the world samoa and kiribati right now welcome in a brand new year congratulations to you guys stella 2020 kevin owen here in russia with the update from r.t. international's world news h.q. and 1st of all a miserable topic this become all so familiar this year covidien the latest today is that 3 quarters of england's been placed in the toughest stay at home for restrictions as covert cases saw after a new highly infectious strain of the virus was detected h

the e.u. strikes a milestone deal with china removing barriers to investment and it comes after years of talks and in spite of resistance from washington. the british government puts most of england under the current toughest level of code restrictions as case numbers spiral following the discovery of a highly contagious new strain. that new variant of code has now been detected in the u.s. we chronicle a challenging year for the country worst hit by the pandemic. are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us now the e.u. and china have struck a landmark deal after years of talks it opens up the chinese market to european investment while giving beijing and inroads to some strategic european projects. picks up the story for us. dealers almost being several is in the making between the e.u. in china and they've really pushed the boat out to get it done before the end of 2020 essentially it means that there is

and e.u. will form 2 separate markets and free movement between the 2 will and both sides patched up their differences at the 11th hour to a virgin encroaching crisis as the end of the 12 month transition period approached . just days before the january 1st deadline britain is set to leave the european union with a trade deal after months of wrangling the 2 sides finally agreed to the terms on which the e.u. would be allowed to continue fishing in british waters the last piece of the puzzle to fall into place before the deal could be announced both sides are selling the met as the best deal for their positions. british prime minister boris johnson said it would benefit greatly part of the u.k. a deal that would protect jobs across this country do a lot of goods u.k. goods and components to be sold without tariffs and without coaches in the e.u. market a deal which will if anything allow our companies and our exporters to do even more business with our european friends over in brussels the e.u.

and the e.u. and the 1st 3 quarters this year so in that sense 7 years is nothing explicitly compared to the fact that the. president said it is a deal in which china has made unprecedented concession to a market entrusted to the church ace who's going to benefit most from the e.u. side of the chinese side well i thing. is i think it's a win win situation you know china 'd used to have a foreign direct investment like many countries we have sections in education national security and finance but since china is now 23 trey songz in 2014 we have a lot attract a lot of money in and if you trace sort but now we have this if this investment is rectified. do you could allow european countries countries and companies to further invest in china's health transport manufacturing including the production of electronic carts so i think it depends on which area industry you are in and understandably america has been kicking off this not happy want to be more involved in these consultations but it wasn't. talk

e.u. will form 2 separate markets and free movement between the 2 will and both sides patched up their differences at the 11th hour with a virtual crisis as the end. the transition period approached. much of the british press hailed it as briggs miss the deal itself more important than the details after months of missed deadlines intense talks the prime minister tried to reset the e.u. u.k. relationship i think this deal means a new stability and a new certainty in what has sometimes been a fractious and difficult relationship we will be your friend. your ally your support or and indeed never let it be forgotten you will number one market. on the streets of london there was relief at the end of the ordeal. i think it's brilliant it was a mistake to try to come off the union in the 1st place but that was what most people decided and we've done it and we just got to get on with it and make it as profitable for ourselves as possible it seems to me that it was probably deliberately left to the

have to follow e.u. rules on subsidies or tax on workers' rights on the environment or potentially incur the imposition of tariffs that's right isn't it i mean we just heard you live on the line to say that she got her level playing field which you explicitly rejected all the way through you also just said there would be no non-tariff barriers again that's not right from january the 1st as a result of reading the customs union and michael gove has been warning about this week in week out for months there is a ton of new bureaucracy of british businesses lots of new non-tariff barriers this is not to say the deal is a bad deal but you're not selling it correctly are your mis selling. well iran has to respectfully disagree with you because there is indeed a clause in the in the deal which is nothing like has as damaging as it as it was and in my view neutralize which says that if either country we feel that the other one is in some way undercutting them or or dumping in some way then subject to arbitration

and e.u. before a break this agreement is in place thousands of truck drivers are already stranded in the english port of dover struggling to get coronavirus test so they can cross into france and get home for christmas and as paul brennan reports from dover drivers are becoming more frustrated. facing a 4th night trapped in their vehicles and unable to depart for kalik. frustration and anger led one group of drivers to briefly blockade inbound freight arriving from france there was confrontation as the police tried to clear the road to demonstrate a lay down in front of one of the lorries oh speak to the drivers and time and again the lack of information is what's really causing tempest to flare and i don't know what's going on the police will tell you what's going on all they want to most of the former on the ball to let these people follow them blindly no no no no no no it. should be bustling now instead it is ghostly shut down by the impact of the new variant of covert in the u.k. the fren

the e.u. strikes a milestone trade deal with china removing key barriers to investment that comes after years of talks and despite the incoming administration demanding it be consulted head of the deal. and we speak to to some of the medical workers around the world who've become the unsung heroes in the year of the pandemic. and we've seen people die in the scene people coming in they can't breathe so we have to be way down what we want. is what we have been all. hello very good morning from moscow this 31st of december monday was kevin 0 in here with the update from r.t. international's world news h.q. so 3 quarters of england spain place than in the toughest stay at home tier 4 restrictions i'm sorry to report she was covert cases saw after a new highly infectious strain of the virus was detected health secretary saying he had no choice but to bring in the new measures. the new variant means that 3 quarters of the population are now going to be 4 and almost all of the country into 3 and you

agree that it comes after 7 years of talks the e.u. hails the accord as a major win for automakers and other european companies seeking to do business with beijing the critics accuse brussels of ignoring human rights concerns and risking a rift with washington the deal still has to be finalized and ratified a process that could take several months. in the meantime is talk about this without chief international editor richard richard what's in the deal and what's been left at. well ben this deal is all about making it easier for businesses from each side to respect it to invest in their respective areas so it's not a trade deal it's an investment deal it's about going to the country and trying to do business there so this is been a particular bug bear basically of the european side for many years you just mentioned this deal has been in negotiations for some 7 years about the fact that european companies haven't had as fair a crack at the chinese market as their chinese counterparts here in europe and examples of that would be for examp

the e.u. and others repeatedly criticize the links between politics and goodness crime and the lack of an independent judiciary in montenegro. could. be here that's interests and that's very problematic some of these dots here been already. investigated in clear out some of them not that we need further efforts to be invested in this kind of investigation is. not going to change a journalist yeovil much a new feature of the judiciary was seemingly very efficient he was arrested in 2015 while researching drug trafficking and weapon smuggling. he shows us a video that should provide evidence of his research arms trade as had hidden machine guns pistols and hand prevents hear the words of one years ago they took the nails each balls his. this cargo was banned from france some of the stuff found it up with terrorists. and it was confirmed officially that . the weapons from the former yugoslavia were used in. terrorist attacks. the court would not admit this servants that i was on assignments. the

is really rushing things through and the e.u. will be taking their time with things we need additional data about the quality of the vaccine and after that the company has to formally apply but even with this vaccination is really difficult to be quite positive here in the united kingdom of course britain has been dubbed plaguy the end after the last few weeks it's easy to see why remember just a few months ago boris johnson promised the u.k. that it would be normality by christmas and really we've already done christmas and it couldn't be. your all or just told us to leave the surgeon for actions couldn't of go at a worse time for hospitals in the u.k. or. you know it's a very challenging situation in. the us but. tremendous stress at this moment is much worse than what we've been seeing in margin condign and mind you these are all of the crunch. and it is a moment invasion in these critical months and look to what gets going and all of that we've got abandonment so putting the 2 together it's highly challenging it's very very.

is really rushing things through and the e.u. will be taking their time with things we need additional data about the quality of the vaccine and after that the company has to formally apply but even with this vaccination it is really difficult to be quite positive here in the united kingdom of course britain has been dubbed plaguy the end after the last few weeks it's easy to see why remember just a few months ago boris johnson promised the u.k. that it would be normality by christmas and really we've already done christmas and it couldn't be. the new covert strain has not spread from the u.k. to the u.s. it's been detected in colorado as the state of new york braces for a new surge in cases we have been. talking about potential for spread during christmas. well as america struggles to deal with the effects of the pandemic or u.s. correspondent killed martin has been looking back on an especially tough year for the city dubbed the epicenter of the crisis new york. they call it the big apple and in 2020 that apple got a giant one

and the e.u. argued negotiated compromised and cajoled but they've done what many feared they couldn't and agreed to a future trading relationship. it's a moment of reflection for the european commission president. at the end of a successful negotiations journey i normally feel joy. but today i only feel quite satisfaction and frankly speaking relief for the u.k.'s prime minister it's a political success that caps a year which gave him very few of them. there will be no palisade of terrorists on january the 1st and they'll be no non-tariff barriers to trade and instead there will be a giant free trade zone of which we will once be a member and at the same time be able to do our own free trade deals one area of disputes that seen compromises fishing rights outside the e.u. britain has control of its exclusive economic zone but it's had to budge on how much access he has have there's also been movement on state aid to allay e.u. fears european companies could suffer from unfair competition and now b

is the e.u. use 3rd largest trading partner the talks were painful but the alternative was worse pushing the begrudging neighbors closer together never has the european union offered to so much to a so-called 3rd country the u.k. has enhanced its decision making at home. am but still has access to the e.u. market whereas the e.u. has kept a key customer for billions of euros of goods selling british wares freely in the e.u.'s marketplace is the 1st big step but britain still has a monumental task ahead of it before the brics it britain had access to scores of deals now it's on a shopping spree buttering with partners to snap up trade pacts worldwide. the u.k. has already signed up $59.00 countries to continue trading under the same conditions as with the e.u. plus a fresh deal with japan that's $220000000000.00 euros worth of trade still there are noticeable absences the u.s. would be the big prize but president elect biden has voiced concerns over bracks it which could signal tough negotiations

this is state of the news live from berlin the e.u. and china opening markets brussels and beijing seal an investment deal after 7 years of talks but is the e.u. putting business before human rights also coming up deadly explosions ripped through givens adding the airport to lock the target a plane carrying the country's newly formed unity government. and signed and sealed you can prime minister bars johnson and e.u. leaders put this signatures to the post brings a trade. american held welcome to the program the european union has struck a controversy 0 investment deal with china they use has high yield the accord saying it will give european companies better access to chinese markets but critics say those economic benefits come at the expense of human rights. for 7 years european union representatives have been haggling with china at the negotiating table the results were presented at a joint 1st show press conference. market access for both sides will be improved a level playing field means that chinese state owned enterprises will n

diverges the e.u. has a right to respond with tariffs that was that he used fundamental asked how many do so. in that press conference from johnson she is not denying that we've been locked out of security databases which is a vital element of ek policing and he simply responded to the journalist by saying everything will be falling with security that is not the kind of assurance which french people need. what will change from january 1st for every day people in there in the u.k. in the e.u. will people notice this immediately. well it seems although i see we need to read the small print to deal addresses there but it seems that he case it since he treats it as. country nationals so i have to carry 3 different cues for example when passed into the e.u. and it's also not clear actually if you can use it since we'll be able to enter the e.u. on the fast january because of coronavirus the e.u. has rules have been the only e.u. citizens have an automatic right to enter the e.u. and o.c. u.k. citizens will

and the e.u. are trying to protect their fishing industries so we have just such in the last few minutes they are prime ministers is the number of ways to deal with efficiency and from a percentage share and he's would like to see a deal before christmas talks make it beyond december 25th so they're still all of them trying to keep pushes right down to that to the one and still hopeful in some quarters that there might be a deal well there's been calls from opposition m.p.'s hair in the u.k. calling on the british government and prime minister by his johnson to extend that transition period to continue those talks but right now british prime minister promised johnson think he's position is unchanged the u.k. did leave the e.u. block earlier this year on january 31st but they've blighted by e.u. trade rules on 31st of december that is set to end the u.k. will leave the customs union and the internal e.u. market now if a deal isn't reach reached they will go to world trade organization rules that co

leaving the e.u. untangle in decades of integration we spent years interviewing politicians campaigners even body language experts and now after travelling across the u.k. as well as the continent and even the scenes we're taking a moment to select our past now the biggest threats that loses and some of the winners to. maybe one after that gunship maybe we can use diplomacy. and allow access maybe to some but not to all. forger is really few sleep protective about his fish he's a fisherman in hastings that's on the southern english coast and his family has been there for generations for centuries really if you're looking for the winners of pranks that we've met them in the english channel just off the british coast of some of northern europe's richest fishing grounds british fishermen are now able to fish much more freely and that's exactly what pool joy wanted to do take back so often free of pretty cool to. on the right that's one of their aspects of directly we take back control of their territory

left the e.u. legally at the end of january but remain subject to its rules when it negotiated new arrangements a deal now in place people will start to see what breaks it really means it could be years before some changes a felt the agreement on reducing the easy access to british fishing grounds the last 5 years will need to go she decision still have to be made on financial services and data sharing there won't be any new taxes to pay on exports at the border but they'll be plenty of red tape impossible to lace every day freedoms will also end with new rules on travel immigration mobile phone use bank accounts the list goes on and there are profound implications for the future of the united kingdom breaks it's reignited scotland's independence debate the scottish national party's called breck's it an unforgivable act of economic vandalism promising to restore e.u. membership to largely pro e.u. scotland if it becomes independent. northern ireland is the only part of the u.k. that will continue t

this is the arena use the life form berlin raising the bar the e.u. agrees on a more ambitious goal in the fight against climate change member states agree to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 percent in the next decade also coming up germany sees a 2nd record day of corona virus infections with nearly 30000 new cases the pressure is growing for a new nationwide lockdown to begin before christmas and activists celebrates as argentina's lower house of congress narrowly causes a bill to liberalize the country's of course the odds. are thank you so much for your company everyone we begin though with the e.u. european leaders have reached a heart foreign deal to make a dramatic cuts to the blocs greenhouse gas emissions following all my talks the member states agreed to reduce emissions 55 percent by the end of the decade while the new target aims to put the e.u. on track to reach net 0 emissions by 2050 but judging by their faces there was no doubt it had been a long night here in brussels. after hungary and poland had finally agreed to drop th

the devil a bit in the detail as e.u. diplomats pour over the cracks at trade agreement we look at what is and isn't in the deal on what both change for businesses come january 1st. also coming up when the going gets tough the tough get going how would german state has its carving as a new jersey looked at. this is the doubling of business i'm paid ferguson thanks for joining me the deal is done now. so it's time to examine the details e.u. teeth negotiation michelle carney has been briefing member states on the backs of pact it's expected to get unanimous backing meanwhile british prime minister barak johnson has been selling the deal to his country as well t w m d harman reports. in a christmas message british prime minister boris johnson was upbeat about the 1200 page deal which he prays is good for the whole of europe and a present for britain this is a deal a deal to give certainty to business travelers and all investors in our country from the 1st of january a deal with our friends and partners in the you remember t

when the e.u. and china say they're on the cusp of a major investment deal and we asked friends well goldman for his take he's director of the asia and china program at the european council on foreign relations a pan-european thank you. i think it's business rather than what it takes it's a product of the trade and it's your product of the german presidency by chancellor merkel who prioritize really. the industry issues and maybe that should be right for investment the of the only problem is that in china everything is political nothing is purely economy what the premier is doing is confirming to the chinese companies that they have access to the european market which they always have the problem is the other way around it's above the you access of european companies to the chinese market which has always 'd been more close in terms of investment because of the way that china entered into the world trade organization as a developing economy with special rights. all right friends will go to mt there

needs a strong e.u. china relationship to build forward better but this requires cooperation reciprocity and trust especially in our trade and investment relationship but this deal comes with a huge amount of criticism many have said that the e.u. was far too soft on china on issues such as labor rights aren't human rights in fact some e.u. countries said they were unhappy with the fact that the e.u. hadn't done enough to secure those issues these countries were countries such as the netherlands and belgium and the was also criticism from some e.u. parliament ariens who said you know essentially this didn't tackle issues such as hong kong and that of the weaker muslims in china e.u. china investment agreements we gained access to the documents and it's extremely light and human rights and slavery as i feared the french declarations on putting an end to forced labor as a condition for a deal which just empty words hey from the land the european commission president well does dombrowski joins a brill you s

now it has been signed by e.u. leaders as you mentioned and headed off to london but one thing is being overlooked in many many places and that is that the european parliament also needs to sign off on this deal just as the u.k. parliament does but they refused to be pushed into this very tight timeline and said we're not even going to look at it until january so we may not see an approval or a vote at all by the european parliament until march that said the deal can go into effect provisionally starting january 1st because all the e.u. governments signed off on it and to the u.k. site as well but there is one more step to come out of the brics that the negotiations are not completely finished yet as much as people would like to see the end of them yeah not long road continuing big bars johnson said break that is not the in but a beginning but the road that we're talking about that isn't quite over is going to be quite bumpy for the u k. the u.k. doesn't have exactly the same benefits that it had when it was part o

the e.u. good how are working hand in glove when ever our values and interests coincide while fulfilling the sobering wish of the british people to live under their own laws but it comes at a price and pays from northern ireland and scotland voiced their concerns that the unity of the united kingdom was now under threat the opposition labor party agreed to the deal largely because it didn't have a choice a thin deal is better than no deal adopted preventing this deal made immediate tariffs and quotas with the e.u. which will push up prices and drive businesses to the wall it will mean huge gaps in security fees. leaders put fear into the deal earlier on wednesday. it was in flow in about the royal air force to britain to be signed. but with many aspects of a deal not yet final this saga is not over yet. britain has become the 1st country in the world war the rise the corona virus vaccine developed by astra zeneca and oxford university but while the drug maker has received emergency approval on

within the e.u. over the block's budget and coronavirus relief package appears to be over poland and hungary had blocked the nearly 2 trillion euro passage over a clause linking funding to respect for the rule of law both governments have been accused by brussels of rolling back democratic freedoms but a seasoned crisis manager apparently stepped in to find a compromise it was them against the rest of the e.u. . polish prime minister matteo small he and his home garion counterpart victor off on both opposed a clause linking the release of e.u. funds to the rule of law and we made washington yeah we see a resounding no to all the mechanisms that punish nazi like naughty children which 3 year old in another member states of european union was on it quickly and very strong go through in europe very still a power move that put a lot at stake. specifically the carefully crafted 1.8 trillion europe package on the blocks future fine insists that includes a trillion euro budget for the next 70 years and a 75

and i feel at home here but for me the e.u. is also important and it's important as a peace project these are the roots of the e.u. but that doesn't really resonate in the u.k. and i remember when i was talking to a friend about this before the referendum i explained this to her and it was a completely new idea for her and she voted for granted. i'm quite confident that over the years we'll manage to form a new relationship like becoming friends after divorce but what we will not have is this institutional pressure which we have in the e.u. to solve problems to tackle problems together. in today's world you need to team up to tackle global issues like the environmental crisis like regulating tech giants like migration and without the u.k. a team europe lacks a key player can take back control as the phrase goes of our money our borders our laws so the brits to tears now need to define what actually is global britain what do they mean by it and how will it work and they need to prove that this acrimonious divorce process that is