i mentioned the world trade organization. china has taken advantage of us through that and using rules that are unfair to the united states and they should have never been allowed, should have never been allowed to happen. when china joined and was allowed to join under those circumstances, the world trade organization, that was a very bad day for the united states. because they had rules and regulations that were far different and far easier than our rules and regulations. plus, they took advantage of them down to the last -- and you

downs on industrial shutdowns the effect on national economies is grim so grim that the world trade organization has issued a dial warning about the global economy. the deepest downturn of our lifetimes that is how the world trade organization assesses the economic damage caused by covert 19 this year spring outlook delivered via video by the w t o o's director general. chair the proven false simply in every region of the world and across all sectors of the economy in an optimistic scenario or all over economists it before he was of global trading good standing by 13 percent 2020 now if that and then nick is not probably all the government's failure to coordinate policy responses the decline could be 32 percent or more and you can see why with half the world now being asked to stay at home business of all kinds has shut down images of grounded planes like these symbolic of a global economy whose engine has simply fizzled out. and as disruption to supply chains even solid sectors like the automobile industry fearing for their survival governments around the world have been scrambling to limit the

world trade. we have world health and we have world trade. we have the world trade organization, and until i came along we were losing cases, so many cases, we were always losing these cases, almost every case, and now we're winning cases, we just won $7 billion because they know i'm not going to put up with it. china has been unbelievably taken advantage of us and other countries, you know, for instance, they're considered a developing nation. then make a developing nation, too, they get advantages, too because they're a developing nation. the united states is developed nation. we have plenty of development to do. okay, and now we're winning cases because they know if we're not treated fairly i'm going to pull out. you never heard this before. no one heard about the world trade organization, the world trade organization has treated unfairly. they know i'm not going to put up with this. the countries are taking advantage of the united states. in the court system we're not approving new judges over the last year and a half. we're not going to approve them. but we had always a min

you've never heard this before because nobody ever talked about the world trade organization, but the world trade organization has treated us very unfairly, but they know i'm not going to put up with it because all of these countries are taking advantage of the united states. now, in the courts, and the court system, we're not approving new judges over the last year -- we're not going to approve. bob lighthizer is working very hard on that. but we had always a minority position, meaning numbers of judges. so we'd have a minority number of judges. i said how do you win a minority number of judges? but all of a sudden we're winning. the reason we're winning is they know if they don't treat us properly, and we won 7 billion dollars just this very recently, and the money is pouring in. we've won other cases too. we've won a lot of cases. but you know, from covering it, i know you know, that the united states was taken advantage of by the world trade organization, and by the way, speaking of china, if you look at the history of china, it was only since they went into the world trade organi

world trade -- isn't it interesting. world trade. so we have world health and world trade. so we have the world trade organization. and until i came along we were losing cases, so many cases. it was ridiculous. we were always losing these cases. almost every case. and now we're winning cases. we just won $7 billion because they know i'm not going to put up with it. china has been unbelievably taken advantage of us and other countries. you know since they're considered a developing nation. i said well make us a developing nation too. they get big advantages because they're a developing nation. india a developing nation. the united states is the big developed nation. well we have plenty of development to do, okay. and now we're winning cases because they know that if we're not treated fairly i'm going to pull out. and you never heard this before because nobody ever talked about the world trade organization. but the world trade organization has treated us very unfairly. but they know i'm not going to put up with it. because all of these countries are taking advantage of the united states. now in the courts, and the c

global growth could be cut by a 3rd this year warns the world trade organization after the pandemic brings the world economy to a near standstill. and minorities appear to be worst hit by the outbreak in the u.s. the mare of new york says woman off of deaths in the city of black and hispanic people even though they feel less than half the population. a step away from a coronavirus not to bring up to date on some other stories making news around the world the un's chemical weapons watchdog has released its 1st report explicitly blaming the syrian government for sarin and chlorine attacks against civilians the report highlighted 3 attacks in northern syria in 2017 found reasonable grounds to believe the government forces used sarin bombs during the attacks on heavily congested civilian areas in hama province including a hospital and it says chemical weapons have been a crucial part of president bashar al assad's military strategy our diplomatic to james bays is at the united nations with more on the specific incident. an important report but will it be a game changer clearly the long and hor

world trade. we have world health and we have world trade. so we have the world trade organization and until i came along, we were losing cases, so many cases, it was ridiculous. always losing these cases. almost every case and then winning cases, we just had $7 billion, not going to put up with it. china has been unbelievably taken advantage of us and other countries and considered it a developing nation. i said then make us a developing nation, they can take advantage of us because they were developing nation. india, a developing nation. united states is the big developed nation. we have plenty of development to do. and now, we are winning cases because we know that if we are not treating you fairly come going to pull out. the world trade organization has treated us very unfairly. they know i'm not going to put up with it because all of these countries are taking advantage of the united states. now in the court system, we are not approving new judges over the last year and working very hard on that. we have a minority position, meeting numbers of judges. we have a minority number

lockdowns and industrial shutdowns the effect on national economies is grim so grim that the world trade organization has issued a dial warning about the global economy. the deepest downturn of our lifetimes that is how the world trade organization assesses the economic damage caused by coded 19 this year's spring outlook delivered via video by the w t o's director general. for simply in every region of the world and across all sectors of the economy. you know not to miss that scenario or over economists the volumes of global trading standing by 13 percent 2020 now if they're big is not wrong all the governments food to coordinate policy responses . 32 percent or more and you can see why with half the world now being asked to stay at home business of all kinds has shut down images of grounded planes like these symbolic of a global economy whose engine has simply fizzled out. and as disruption to supply chains leaves even solid sectors like the automobile industry fearing for their survival governments around the world have been scrambling to limit the damage injecting billions sometimes trillions int

world health organization? >> we're going to be talking about that very soon. i'm getting a full report. i'm not happy with the world health organization. not happy with the world trade organization either. we've been ripped off by everybody. this country for so many years has been ripped off by everybody, whether it's the

honestly it's not fair to the world global trade is expected to fall by up to a 3rd this year as the pandemic brings economic activity to a standstill the world trade organization describes future results as ugly the head of the w. c.e.o. says this may be the deepest global recession in living memory. u.s. senator bernie sanders has ended his bid to be the democratic party's presidential nominee the vermont senator's exit clears the way for former vice president joe biden to become the party's candidate sundaes the sounders told his supporters the coronavirus pandemic was a factor in his decision. the un's chemical weapons watchdog has released its 1st report blaming the syrian government forces and chlorine attacks against civilians but a port highlighted 3 attacks in northern syria in 2017. those are the headlines we're back in about half an hour from london is one of the most unfortunate cities in the world and decisions made here have an impact right around the globe and so here it out is iraq we will show you the true impact of those decisions on people but how it affects their everyday that. we are free to put them on air and to really engage those storie

it's not fair to the world and global trade is expected to fall by up to a 3rd at this year as a pandemic brings economic activity to a standstill the head of the world trade organization says this may be the deepest global recession in living memory worse than the financial crisis 12 years ago the saudi led coalition has announced a cease fire in yemen amid the corona virus outbreak is set to last 2 weeks and will come into effect on thursday the coalition has been fighting who is the rebel since the war in yemen began in 2015 but in the past few hours they have been reported attacks from both sides the un's chemical weapons watch song has released its 1st report blaming the syrian government for sarin and chlorine attacks against civilians the report highlighted 3 attacks where government forces use sarin bombs on heavily congested areas in hama province including a hospital back in 2017. u.s. senator bernie sanders has ended his bed to be the democratic party's presidential nominee is x. it clears the way for former vice president joe biden to be the party's nominee for november's election. with headlines on al-jazeera as always more news on our website at al-jazeer

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if you look i'm like you going to look at some timelines but the world the world health organization just like the world trade organization i'm telling you i call them they have been treating the united states for decades so badly and they've been so in favor of china china took off when it joined the world trade organization because of what's happened think of it they're considered a developing nation and because they're a diverse and we're not but we're developing nation 2 in my book ok we're developing too but the fact is we have been treated so badly by these organizations and believe me i'm look at that one do well winning a lot of lawsuits right now that we never won before in the past we're winning a lot of money that we never won in the past that's where the world trade but with the world health organization what's happened there is a disgrace his the other things we pay $400.00 to $500000000.00 a year china is paying $3839.00 and $40000000.00 a year and it's like they control this group i could do that too if i want to devote full time to it or have some very capable people dealing with dr ted wrists

other countries have imposed lockdowns which will fit their economies so much sort of the world trade organization has been forced to issue a dial warning about what this could mean for the global economy. the deepest downturn of our lifetimes that is how the world trade organization assesses the economic damage caused by covert 19 this year spring outlook delivered via video by the w t o's director general. chair or simply never region of the world in across all sectors of the economy you know not to miss that scenario or. the 5 years of global trading doubling by 13 percent. now and then nick is not brought all the governments to coordinate policy responses crying will be 32 percent or more and you can see why with half the world now being asked to stay at home business of all kinds has shut down images of grounded planes like these symbolic of a global economy whose engine has simply fizzled out. does disruption to supply chains leave even solid sectors like the automobile industry fearing for their survival governments around the world have been scrambling to limit the damage injecting billion

, world health in the world trade appeared the world trade organization was a horror for us because china got in and from the day they got in, they took advantage of world trade and especially with the united states and we've never had a president that did anything about it or an administration or anybody. we had no trade deal. a lot of people think we had a bad deal with china. they just did whatever they wanted. and what i've done is we have a very strong deal of my hundred $50 billion worth of our product, that's phase one. a phase will, regaining tariffs on the 25% on $250 billion. we never had anything -- china has done a great job, but we've rebuilt china because we gave them so much money for so many decades. we poured money into china and it is absolutely ridiculous what we did. and that was world trade. world health, very china centric as i say, very basically everything was very positive for china. don't close your borders, they told me they strongly recommended and not telling me, but they strongly recommended that we not close our borders are that would've been a disaster, wou

world health organization. >> president trump: we are going to be talking about that very soon. i'm not happy with the world health organization. not happy with the world trade organization either. we've been ripped off by everybody. this country for so many years has been ripped off by everybody, whether it's the world health or world trade. they are like, i call them, the bobbsey twins. they look in our country. for years and years we had people who did nothing about it we are doing a lot about it and will have a report and we are also talking about the world trade organization. we made a lot of progress there. we are winning cases the first time because they know that i will leave if we don't get treated fairly. this country, our country, was at a point where we rarely if ever won lawsuits in the world trade organization. but now we are winning a lot of them because they know i'm not playing games. we will pull out if we have to. we just won a $7 billion lawsuit which was very nice. >> reporter: do you expect a decision this week on cutting funding for the w.h.o.? >> president trump: i would savor the end of the week i'll make a decision. there's a lot of

pandemic brings economic activity to a standstill describing future results as ugly the world trade organization says the lockdown of factories and retailers disrupting global markets ahead of the group says this may be the deepest global recession in living memory the number of confirmed infections in the united states has now surpassed 400000 is the worst affected country in the world the president donald trump says the u.s. will soon have more ventilators than it needs to help those suffering. ahead of the world health organization has defended his agency's response to the coronavirus pandemic are facing criticism in the u.s. president donald trump had to threaten to end funding for the show saying it was too focused on china to say well this witness is coming up next i think. in . in. this. time i know i'm glad i found one but he learned important that when i grab a move that will see the home when i bought it and yet they didn't you know i will go behind i'm gonna need you all day long but i got it and no idea millennium they got it back i give it back what if you go to that's what the plat

s financial burden estimated to be as high as $1.00 trillion dollars it comes as the world trade organization predicts up to a 3rd of all global trade could be lost this year. spain has announced more than 750 people have died in the past 24 hours with new infections also on the rides the number of fatalities has been increasing again in recent days spain is one of the worst affected countries in the world with more than 146000 confirmed cases a french military aircraft carrier has been instructed to return to port off the sailors on board started showing symptoms of coronavirus nearly 40 people on the shoulder goal are now being placed under medical observation screening team with test facilities has been sent to the ship to prevent further spread of the virus. in other news the un's chemical weapons watchdog has released its 1st report explicitly blaming the syrian government for sarin and crore in attacks against civilians the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons looked at 3 attacks in 2070 in the northern syrian town of lots of men in hama province says there are reasonabl

estimated to be as high a one as $1.00 trillion dollars for the european union comes as the world trade organization predicts up to a 3rd of all global trade could be lost this year. well spain has announced more than 750 people have died in the past 24 hours with new infections also on the rise the number of fatalities has been increasing again in recent days spain is one of the worst affected countries in the world with more than 146000 confirmed cases well let's get a more positive perspective on the pandemic now the original epicenter where life is returning to normal the chinese city of rouhani is reopening its doors after being sealed off a nearly 3 months it's under close watch tight health restrictions to avoid a 2nd wave of infections so a clog as that story. packed and ready for departure tens of thousands of people from the city of woo han are on the move after 76 days holed up in their homes when i wasn't here when i planned to go home during the chinese new year but because of the epidemic i didn't get to do so my family asks me every day when i come home the lockdown has been gradually

world by taking decisions that favor china. global trade is expected to fall by up to a 3rd this year is the pandemic brings economic activity to a standstill ahead of the world trade organization says this may be the deepest global recession in living memory worse than the financial crisis 12 years ago. now like many other nations in africa rwanda is struggling to carry out enough daily tasks for corona virus the number of infections is rising despite the government ordering an almost total lack lockdown 3 weeks ago catherine sawyer reports. rhonda's government. coronavirus reception to gianna lists for the fast time it's a rare move on the outskirts of the capital kigali to publicize and reassure 12000000 london citizens that all is under control and to show the wild how the country is dealing with a pandemic stage of trying to size and the outbreak in the country because we have our 1st kiss is already in country since the 14th of march 88 percent imported kisses mean from the few cases that. call famine by contact with. with those imported cases. several patients have been more needed at this center for around 80 people and at a 2nd specialist hospital to health workers say

world by taking decisions that favor china. global trade is expected to fall by up to a 3rd this year as the pandemic brings economic activity to a standstill ahead of the world trade organization says this may be the deepest global recession in living memory worse than the financial crisis 12 years ago. ok let's get more on that ceasefire in yemen christine back alleys the legal director for accountability and we dress more tanna here for human rights it's an independent yemeni organization involved in defending human rights she joins us from barclay in california we appreciate your time and your patients we tried to get your earlier we had some technical problems thank you for staying with us can i ask you 1st of all why do you think the saudi that saudi arabia and the saudi led coalition has decided to make take this decision at this time. thank you very much for having me i think that there's been a lot of pressure from multiple sides on both of the party is including the saudi coalition as well as on who these in the face of corona because everybody agrees and it's certainly true that would current reach yemen it would be absolutely devastating but the thing i think to rem

world trade. isn't that interesting? we have world health and world trade. we have the world trade organization. until i came along, we were losing so many cases, it was ridiculous. and now we are winning cases. we just won $7 billion because they know i'm not going to put up with it. china has been unbelievably taken advantage of us and other countries. they are considered a developing nation. i said, make us a developing nation, too. they get big advantages because they are a developing nation. india, a developing nation, the united states is the developed nation, but we have plenty of developing to do. now, we are winning cases because they know that if we are not treated fairly, i'm going to pull out. you never heard this before, because nobody talked about the wto, but the wto has treated us unfairly. they know i will not put up with it because all of these countries are taking advantage of the united states. in the court system, we are not approving new judges over the last year. bob lighthizer is working hard on that. but we had always a minority position, meaning numbers of judges. so we

and global growth could be cut by a 3rd this year warns the world trade organization after the pandemic brings the world economy to a near standstill. and just to let you know we'll be bringing you this news conference shortly which is the white house briefing the daily briefing on the coronavirus pandemic respect president trump to be holding that shortly in the region. early research in the us suggests that black americans are more likely to die from the virus it's thought longstanding inequalities and access to medical care law beneath this next year brown has more. it's been said that the coronavirus doesn't discriminate with the rich famous and powerful among those who fall in l. but that doesn't tell the full story because some statistics suggest that if you're poor or from an ethnic minority you're more likely to get sick or even die covert 19 is killing black americans at a higher rate than anyone else. in the morning. yesterday. gary harrell has lost 10 friends or family members to the virus 8 were black one hispanic everyone seems to know someone like. he lives in louisiana wh

world. global trade is expected to fall by up to a 3rd this year as a pandemic brings economic activity to a standstill they had of the world trade organization says this may be the deepest global recession in living memory worse than the financial crisis 12 years ago the saudi u.a.e. coalition has declared a 2 week cease fire in yemen and made the corona virus outbreak is set to come into effect on thursday but in the past few hours they have been reported attacks from both sides the saudi led coalition has been fighting who is the rebel since the war began in 2015. we're taking you live now to tehran way iran's supreme leader ali how many is delivering a televised speech on one of the most important shia religious occasions is expected also to address political and international as well as domestic issues unless listen in 'd. the. arabic. 'd 'd or farsi. 'd you. 'd know you very hard to be true. we wish to be. sure. you are the 3rd parties are. you are you similar lalage came. to us from. 'd 'd called al yassine which is really the meaning of blogs you are just bored specialized in. getting the history of human beings busy busy busy. there

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i mentioned the world trade organization. china has taken advantage of us through that, and using rules that are unfair to the united states initiative and shared have never been allowed to happen -- initiative and should have never been allowed to happen. when china was allowed to join under those circumstances, the world trade organization, that was a bad day for the united states because they had rules and regulations that were far easier than our rules and regulations. plus, took advantage of them down to the last -- and you studied china and you know what i mean -- they took advantage of them like very few people would think to take advantage of them. they are considered a developing nation. you are not considered a developing nation. ok? for many years, china has ripped off the united states, and then i came along, and right now as you know, china is paying 25%, and we have taken in billions and billions and billions of dollars in tariffs from china. i know a lot of the people kept saying, we are paying. we are not payi

look at some of the investigations that are going on in terms of world health organization, and i'll take it a step further. world trade. we did years ago. many years ago. the world trade organization from the day china came in, that's when china bloomed. they were main lining it, then they were up like a rocket rocket ship because they took advantage of he little ridiculous clause in the world trade documents. china was a developing nation. they make the cars, they make everything. and they are a developing nation. so we have had -- i might have gotten elected to a certain extent because of china and other countries. the united states is getting ripped off in trade. japan is paying $40 billion and buying a lot. the u.s.-mexico was a great deal. i would also put the world trade organization in that same group. i was very tough on these countries. with china we made the deal and became friendly. but then this happened. this is tantamount, this is something that's really incredible. i want to read something i just saw today on television. i was look and i just said, that's an interesting statement. we talk about the demo

look at some of the investigations that are going on in terms of world health organization -- and i'll take it a step further. world trade organization, too, world trade. we did years ago, years ago, many years ago, the world trade organization from the day china came in, that's when china bloomed. they were main lining it, then, boom, they were up like a rocket ship because they took advantage of every little ridiculous clause in the world trade organization documents. they were a developing nation. china was a developing nation. they make the cars. they make the plant, they make everything. and they're a developing nation. so we've had -- i might have gotten elected to a certain extent because of china and other countries. one of my big things was trade. the united states was getting ripped off in trade. now japan is paying $40 billion and buying a lot. that's before we even do the deal. u.s./mexico was a great deal, nafta was one of the worst deals made in trade history. and i would also put the world trade organization in that same group. so i was very tough on these countries. with china we made the deal and it beca

if you look at timelines -- you've got to look at some timelines, but the world health organization just like the world trade organization, they have been treating the united states for decades so badly, and they've been so in favor of china. china took off when it joined the world trade organization because of what's happened. think of it. they're considered a developing nation and we're not. but we're a developing nation in my book. we're developing too. but the fact is we've been treated so badly by these organizations, and believe me i'm looking at that one, too. we're winning a lot of lawsuits right now that we never won before in the past. we're winning a lot of money that we never won in the past. that's with the world trade. but with the world health organization what's happened there is a disgrace. here's the other thing. we pay 400 to $500 million a year. china's paying $38, $39 and $40 million a year. and it's like they control this group. i could do that too if i wanted to vote full time to it. i have some very capable people dealing with dr. tedros, okay? i could do it too with that. but there's

but the world -- the world health organization, just like the world trade organization, i'm telling you, i call them, they have been treating the united states for decades so badly, and they've been so in favor of china. china took off when it joined the world trade organization because of what's happened. think of it. they're considered a developing nation, and we're not. but we're a developing nation too in my book, okay? we're developing too. but the fact is we have been treated so badly by these organizations, and believe me, i'm looking at that one too. we're winning a lot of lawsuits right now that we never won before in the past. we're winning a lot of money that we never won in the past. that's with the world trade. but with the world health organization, what's happened there is a disgrace. here's the other thing. we pay 400 to $500 million a year. china is paying 38, 39 and $40 million a year. and it's like they control this group. i could do that too if i want to devote full time to it or have very capable people dealing with dr. tedros, okay? i could do it too. coy do very w

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a china that is integrated into the institutions, the promote global norms. >> laura: world trade organizationyear after that, communist properly, with china's position in the wto secured, clinton and federal reserve chair alan greenspan held a resin for dominic triumphant rose garden -- >> as china's citizens experience economic gains, so will the american firms that prayed in their expanding markets. into the wto will create new opportunities for american businesses and farmers. >> i believe that chairman greenspan has established a pretty good record for knowing what is in america's economic interest. >> laura: i can't even listen to that. to be fair, it wasn't just the clinton administration. just two years later george w. bush echoed his predecessors naive sentiments. >> china is on a rising path. and america welcomes the emergence of a strong and peaceful and prosperous china. >> laura: how to that all work for us? and then obama of course echoed bush, like literally. >> the united states welcomes the rise of a prosperous, peaceful, and stable china. we want china to do well. >> laura: w

you have the world trade organization, you have the world health and the world of trade, the world trade organization was a horror for us. china got in and from the day china got and they took advantage of world trade and especially with the united states. we never had a president that did anything about it or an administration or anybody. we had no trade deal. a lot of people think we had a trade deal with china, we had no deal with china. they just did whatever they wanted. what i've done is we have a very strong deal. they are supposed to buy 250 billion -- with a b -- of our product. phase two will come. we are getting tariffs, 22% on $250 billion. we never had anything on china. china has done a great job, but we've rebuilt china because we give them so much money for so many decades. we poured money into china. and it's absolutely ridiculous what we did. that was world trade. no world health, you have the world health, very china centric, as i say, very basically everything was very positive for china. don't close your borders. they told me -- they strongly recommended, they aren't

world trade. but with the world health organization, what's happened there is a disgrace. here is the other thing. we pay 400 to $500 million a year, china is paying 38, 39 and $40 million a year. and, it us like they control this group. i could do that too if i wanted devote full time to it or have very capable people dealing with dr. tedros, okay? i could do it too. i could do very well with that but there is something going on, something going on that is very bad. now the 500 million we save we'll determine, we'll make a determination over a little period of time. but they're going to either have to make massive changes, i don't even know if they will be automobile to do that or we're going to give money to people, we want to help people. what we do in africa with aids, people have no idea what we do and money we spent. we were talking about it the other day, doctor. we are spending billions of dollars to help people in the case of, one that dr. birx is very much involved in, aids, billions of dollars. you know what it is a great thing. nobody talks about it. nobody giv

honestly it's not fair to the world global trade is expected to fall by up to a 3rd this year as the pandemic brings economic activity to a standstill the world trade organization describes future results as ugly as global markets are being disrupted by the lockdown of factories and shops the head of the w t o's says this may be the deepest global recession in living memory worse than the financial crisis 12 years ago. u.s. senator bernie sanders has ended his bid to be the democratic party's presidential nominee the vermont senator's exit fares the way for former vice president joe biden to become the party's candidate sound has told his supporters the coronavirus pandemic was a factor in his decision. the un's chemical weapons watchdog has released its 1st report explicitly blaming the syrian government for assad and chloe net tax against civilians the report highlighted 3 attacks in northern syria in 2017 it find reasonable grounds to believe government forces used saddam bombs during the attacks on have any congested civilian areas in hama province including a hospital and he says chemical weapons have been a crucial part of president bashar al assad's mili

. >> the world trade organization is out with its trade statistics and outlook report they forecast the global trade could fall by as much as 32% due to the pandemic. joining us to discuss that is roberto asevato, director general, thank you for being with us. >> my pleasure >> when we look at world merchandise trade down 13 to 32. what do we think this range could be over the next couple of months >> we would characterize that as two scenarios, rather than a range. because the number of uncertainties are so great there are so many unknown factors here that it's difficult to actually call these projections. but we are seeing, in a positive scenario, a fall in trade of around 13%, which is about the same order of magnitude that we saw in 2008, 2009. so that's huge the pessimistic scenario would see a decline in trade of around 32%. that's pretty much what we saw during the great depression of the 1930s, over three years. we're seeing that in one year. but that's just part of the picture. i think what is important to note is that we can recover much more quickly than we did in 2008 or in

. >>> the world trade organization is learning that trades could take a bigger hit from the coronaviruspandemic than it did during the global financial crisis. the wto says global volume will drop 32% year on year if the crisis is not brought under control soon. its optimistic scenario shows a 13% decline, assuming that trade will recover in the second half of this year. the forecast coverering merchandise trade were released on wednesday. north america's exports are expected to plunge this year by as much as 14% and asia by 36%. in a statement, wto director gegeneral roberto azebededau sa "these numumbers are ugly,y, ths no getting a around that."." even so, thehe organization believeses trade volume will rebound in 2021 by momore than % from this yeyear. >>> and now moving on to world weather with our meteorologist setzi. cyclone harold caused widespread destruction to fiji on wednesday. what is the latest? >> the cyclone gained momentum once again it is much stronger and flattened down lots of places along fiji and causing some destruction over the island countries there and it is in

. >> the world health organization, just like the world trade organization, i'm telling you, i call call, they have been treating the united states for decades so badly and they've been so in favor of china. china took off when it joined the world trade organization because of what happens happened. think of it, they're considered a developing nation and they're not? we're a developing nation too in my book, okay? >> joining me now is former ambassador to the united nations, samantha power. her memoir is titled "the education of an idealist." it's great to see you, ambassador. thank you for being with us. the attacks on china and w.h.o. on these global organizations, your concern has been this is risking a global response which could have the spread of a virus, especially to less developed parts of the world, to africa. millions of people, as many as 10 million could die and that would bring it back to the united states if we're just looking at our own vulnerabilities. >> yeah, i mean, there's the humanitarian catastrophe that awaits people who live in close quarters and who have no soci

world health organization? >> we're going to be talking about that very soon. i'm getting a full report. i'm not happy with the world health organization. not happy with the world trade organization either. we've been ripped off by everybody. and we have in this country for so many years has been ripped off by everybody. whether it's a world health or world trade. they're like i call them the bobsy twins. they look at our country for years and years we had people who did nothing about it. so we'll have a report, and we're also talking about the world trade organization. we've had a lot of progress there. we're winning cases for the first time because they know i'll leave if we don't get treated fairly. this country, our country was at a point where we rarely if ever won lawsuits and we will pull out if we have to. we just won a $7 billion lawsuit which was very nice. >> do you expect a decision this week -- >> i would say by the end of the we can i would make a decision on that. right now there's a lot of things happening. >> on china, where are there no consequences for china -- >> how do you know there are no consequences? >> what are the consequences, mr. presiden

world health organization? >> we're going to be talking about that very soon. i'm getting a full report. i'm not happy with the world health organization. not happy with the world trade organization either. we've been ripped off by everybody. this country for so many years has been ripped off by everybody, whether it's the world health or world trade. they're like -- i call them the bopsy twins. they look at our country for years and years we had people that did nothing about it. we're doing a lot about it. we'll have a report. we're also talking about the world trade organization. but we made a lot of progress there winning cases for the first time because they know i'll leave if we don't get treated fairly. this kupcountry, our country, w at a point where we rarely won lawsuits in the world trait organization. they know i'm not playing games. we will pull out if we have to. we won a $7 billion lawsuit which was very nice. >> do you expect a decision this week on cutting funding for the w.h.o.? >> i would say by the end of the week i'm going to make a decision on that. >> a lot of -- right now a lot of things happening. >> china, why are there no consequences for th

for roughly 16 hours they are divided over how to share the financial burden it comes as world trade organization predicts up to a 3rd of all global trade could be lost this year u.s. senator bernie sanders has dropped out of the democratic presidential race that leaves former vice president joe biden as the presumptive democratic nominee to challenge president donald trump that's in november the united nations chemical weapons watchdog has released its 1st report explicitly blaming the syrian government for sarin and chlorine attacks against civilians the attacks targeted sites in hama province including a hospital. right of states with the headlines here on our deserved got more news coming up right after inside story. out of lockdown china lifts restrictions on the city where the corona virus pandemic began 4 months ago but is it too early and walk to the lessons for the rest of the world this is inside story. hello welcome to the program. much of the world is now imposing strict lockdowns to stop the spread of corona virus but the chinese city where the pandemic began is easing restrictions a

that mechanisms for solidarity and global participation are there are flexibility is in the world trade organization treaties i think we've got to really rethink what these public health cracy is mean to us as a global society and i think there are some blueprint for that and some of the activists movements that have allowed us to scale up a hiv and i think we need more of that collaboration and solidarity. and we are nations all working against each other at the moment on the in the race to find a vaccine they want to be 1st they want the prestige they don't seem to be that keen on on collaboration. well i think they're the scientists on collaborating and there's been the most amazing sharing of the genomes there's been real collaboration among scientists globally from china and including the u.s. now it's the governments in the public policy people who have rarely been antagonistic and of course the u.s. turning its back on the world at this crucial time as a government has not helped at all because the last thing you want is tensions between the great powers or as china is going to have to be par

for let's get you up to speed with the other stories making headlines around the world the world trade organization expects to comment coronavirus for social to be the worst downturn in living memory it predicts that while trade could drop almost a 3rd of this year and of course all the international cooperation going to shore a quick economic recovery in the months ahead. russia's president vladimir putin has announced additional measures to help businesses and workers cope with the consequences of the current of artist and the government will provide more financial support to fund american workers and families and then be helpful small and medium sized enterprises to reassure jewel that. in the chinese city where the core of it is outbreak was 1st reported a months long lockdown has started to ease drastic measures taken there have served as a model for other countries battling the pandemic after 11 weeks chinese authorities are now allowing residents of more freedom of movement there is relief but also fear of new infection as the scene of city opens up once again. as the clock struck midnight a

like thehe contract evn more meaeahile on a wider scale at the world trade organization says the international trade likely to drop. by this year. even more if pandemic drags on and governments don't. to k keep more open the head of the w. describing the panda. as come the fuel lines the world economic engine he's that it's is really. properly a bit of. and rebound is. but not certain it needs a serious plan. for government a and from bothh privivate and public sectors around the world. k. moody how business editor thank. you very much indeed. thank u. k. coronavirus deaths of. nine huh in a day for the very first time the government announced nine hundred thirty eight deaths. among the total deathth toll of seven thousand ninety seven sie the crisis began. to develop health and social care reports of a sixty thousand p people have tested positive. the most famous of them boris johnsnson uk prime minister remains in intensive care for a sececond day he's reportededly sitting up and engaging. positively with h the medical staff that a patio is following this force in london. it's official the p