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Re-examine travel restrictions. there was an announcement after my meeting that you may be aware of where we are setting up the working group to address that and figure out how we can move forward in that regard. there was a discussion about also what mexico will do in terms of increasing its temporary work visas for people entering mexico through a southern border. there were no promises made or any commitments but we did have the discussion. we did not discuss title 42. >> our next question wi...

Minutes in. it was almost a 35-minute press conference in which the vice president discussed policy extensively. policy ideas and agreements and commitments that she was able to achieve during this visit. this is a popular opinion in the business now. i think we need to have some perspective. there are century countries in central america. theres another dozen countries in two sort of territories in south america. the border with mexico is not the only important issue that matters to the world. ...

On a beach and it is clearly branded as coke. that is what is happening, we have armies of volunteers doing beach cleanup and doing a brand audit where they look at these products and make a record of the brand. we are seeing repeatedly the same companies again and again in the ones that are found littering our beaches. i think that reputational risk is becoming increasingly apparent and were seeing companies make more and more commitments about what they want to do and that ambition is increasi...

On reducing plastics? it isnt critical that businesses act now to tackle plastic pollution. some modelling was done to show that if we continue in the current trajectory, it is called the business as usual scenario, plaque —— plastic outflows into the ocean will still triple by 2040. this clear that the patchwork of voluntary commitments that we are currently seen from the industry actually isnt sufficient to tackle the scale of the challenge so what we actually need is something tangible an...

On saturday, the treasury secretary janet yellen announced they have reached an agreement to require a minimum corporate tax rate of 15%. >> there has been a global race to the bottom in corporate taxes. where countries compete by lowering their tax rates instead of the well-being of their citizens in natural environments. the g7 has taken significant steps this weekend to end the existing harmful dynamic, making commitments to provide tremendous momentum towards achieving a robust global minimu...

Similar message from costa rico. the biden administration saying, look, dont come, because we will commit to try to meet conditions better here. the problem is that that has been said by subsequent covenant administrations in washington —— government, including the 0bama administration, for example. and none of those incentives or commitments have really made a great difference to the flow of migration north. and these particular funds migration north. and these particularfunds come migratio...

Majorities that they have in the house, basically no majority in the u.s. senate where its tied 50/50, they have to wait to see what happens to see if anything comes to the forefront to get their votes in order. phil mattingly, cnn, the white house. president biden is also laying out a plan to work with world leaders at the g7 summit later on this week. his national security adviser previewed mr. bidens first foreign trip since taking office saying the president and g7 leaders will lay out a p...

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To the uk and the eu, what we need them to do is live up to their commitments, where they said that the protocol would be put in place with the least disruption to northern ireland communities. the eu has warned that if the uk takes matters into its own hands again by changing the rules of the deal, there could be financial consequences. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. lets take a look at some of todays other news stories. the government says its delaying the launch of a central database of gp re...

Does that worry people in the white house? well, look, its difficult if not impossible for me to speak to the policy of other governments. what i can tell you is how we approach this challenge. and we know that the united states is a powerful country in many ways, and by many metrics were the most powerful country on the face of the earth, but we also know that we are all the more effective and all the more mighty when we work not alone, but we work in concert with our allies and partners, and i...