good good solid information so we know exactly how concerned to be fred kaufman author bet the farm thanks. thank you . and as the world's 2 top superpower superpowers continue to drag out their shipping spat over tariffs and trade the effects of now spread into the field of science while consumer goods have been focused on most with regard to the tariffs levied by the united states one product has caught the eyes of the scientific community live primates for research according to the south china morning post the vast majority of primates and us research labs were bred in china and that number has been steadily falling since the election of donald trump and his subsequent tariff actions this move has faced some heat from the bio medical community with some taking their concerns straight to the top in a letter to the u.s. trade representative the and national association of biomedical physicians aired his concerns about the damage this could cause to both the scientific community and the country as a whole writing that quote the increased tariffs will firstly cause a reduction in the number

threat to the cavendish the most common type of banana here to sort it all out and settles down is fred kaufman author of bet the farm how food became big business 1st fred oriented here to this fungus where is it now and what is the threat it presents. daniel this fungus has been around for quite some time really for more than a decade scientists have been awaiting for it to actually hit ground 0 of banana which would be south america and central america and what was found in colombia recently everybody got a little bit hysterical we're talking about a $44000000000.00 global industry we are talking about $400000000.00 people whose primary food is a banana and again we're talking about a large swathes of the economy in south america and central america the so-called banana republics so on the one hand we've been waiting for it now it's here and now we're going to have to deal with it and how long would this take in theory it's slow moving it's just it's a fungus but once the spores essentially once you've seen the symptoms in the plant it's too late years soil is infected how long could it take