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Hello. Im mark lobel. The prime Minister Sir Keir starmer is meeting President Biden In Washington today, as allies of kyiv discuss giving Ukraine Permission to fire their missiles at targets inside russia. President putin has warned that doing so would be a serious escalation of the war, but Sir Keir said moscow started the conflict, and can end it by withdrawing its troops from ukraine. Our political editor Chris Mason was on the prime Ministers Plane and sent this report shortly after landing...

The trade implications. Scotlands only Oil Refinery is to close with a cost of 400 jobs the Unite Union calls it an act of industrial vandalism. And Credit Crunch why are so many Women Led bUsinesses cancelling Expansion Plans because they are unable to access finance . Well speak to one big bank trying to address that. Live from london, this is bUsiness today. Im mark lobel. The Aircraft Maker Boeing is awaiting news from its workforce on whether its accepted a four Year Pay Deal which could le...

A very one sided and unfair one but but i dont blame china. After all. Who can blame a country for being able to take advantage of another country. For the benefit of its citizens i give china great credit. To be softening his rhetoric that back over to you sophie how significant is this Two Hundred Fifty Billion dollar trade package then we are to be honest it seems like this deal was meant to revive headlines more than the Economy Analysts are saying yes there are some specific Big Companies t...

On January 26, 2024, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that it would place a temporary “pause” on pending decisions to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) to countries with which...

Na nation status, to have major trade implications and of course, jim, requires congress to act. >> yet more economic pressure on russia here in ukraine, russia is, however, taking further west than we have seen to date. russian forces fired missiles on a wide range of targets causing substantial damage to the central city of dnipro but also attacking airfields here in western ukraine. we heard air raid sirens early this morning, waking us up here in fact, in lviv. its part of the country putin ...

Commercial insurance rates for these ships might go up. these are commercial tankers, commercial seamen who work these ships up and down those waters moving any number of types of goods including oil, petrochemicals, food stuffs. these people have no means of defending themselves. theyre out on these commercial ships trying to earn a living. and they are having a very rough time of it now. jim? >> and enormous economic impact. that choke point there going into the persian gulf. lot of oil flowin...

Secretary of state mike pompeo is arguably one of the most senior level officials with the most close relationships in terms of the back and forth with north korea. he visited north korea prior to getting confirmed like the u.s. senate and it also comes at a time in which quite frankly before he took off from north korea, he looked to put a positive spin on this and the north koreans taking a very interesting risk by just an hour after putting out a very fiery statement. so, look, i think the qu...

Given to other countries that have taken advantage of us for years. they laugh at our fools, our leaders have been, no more. how do you interpret that? is that psychology applicable to these tariffs and who it causes damage to? >> we have to remember that regardless of the trade implications, this is primarily a national security matter. we need to improve our industrial base so we can make the weapons for war. weve got to remember these tariffs are imposed under section 232 of the trade expansi...

Would. mean an afflicted with genetically modified crops government is assured of feeding its growing population. but exporters a warning about trade implications. uganda is one of africas top exporters for organic food last year a country of fifty eight million u.s. dollars from organic exports outside the continent action will be hard definitely because we have to prove that. theres no contamination and they are not traces of g.m. or not productive its going to be a little bit harder than it h...

Its good to have you on the program. in terms of what you have seen over the last 12 hours, 12 to 24 hours, what do you make of the russian military stance on the ground in crimea. >> as the ambassador pointed out, what you see is strong and capable. what i would suggest is conventional military on the ground which has done a superb job militarily of isolating crimea and ensureing it retains access to the only warm water port and has national security implications and has incredible trade implic...