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the 0.75% increase is an attempt by the federal reserve to combat surging inflation. rising prices are continuing to hit president biden�*s poll ratings. now on bbc news: talking business with aaron heslehurst. hello. let us take a look at what is on the show. the global economy is facing multiple crises, from supply chain chaos, war in europe, and potentialfamine. can this so—called poly crisis be taken on by the wto, the world trade organization, as global trade ministers meet fa...

iam going i am going to be discussing all of this with these two. there they are. the boss of the world trade organization, as well as a former wto judge from china. and what does this mean for a business where trade is everything? i will be speaking with the boss of one of the biggest shipping and freight companies to find out how they are navigating through these choppy waters. whenever you arejoining me from around the world, hello, welcome to the show. we are in a poly crisis. that...

Rain to come for some before our attention turns to heavy snow in eastern scotland, i will have the details. Could freelancers finally be brought in to Government Support schemes . The covid emergency measures faces heavy criticism and is given six weeks to turn things around. In sport, they couldnt again, could they . Leicester city top the premier league this morning, five years after they won it against the odds. Its wednesday 20th january. Our top story. After a controversial four years, Don...

Situation is improving, and that any stage we may get another flare—up somewhere else. while it may be covid situation and health situation is hopefully going to calm down, we still have weather—related issues, you sometimes have industrial relation issues that can also pop up, to do with trucking strikes, to do with labour strikes as well. we have various factors which could happen and bottleneck app, which would impact the overall supply chain. no room for any complacency. we need to work ...

In terms of covid. if it hits again, another variant hits again, will we have learned to right lessons to move forward? you have hit it on the nail. i am often asked, when is the supply chain going to calm down? when will things improve? i say, we are heading in the right direction, but we still of the pandemic existing, and while we still have locked out in certain areas, flairups in certain areas, leading to labour shortages or complete closing down of factories in receiving areas, then that i...

To get it, in part because its highly likely that the surge will last a month or so and then come back down. it happened in south africa, it happened in london, its beginning to peak in new york, washington and boston. so its not a matter of being careful forever. i think were going to find ourselves in a very good place in february but for the next few weeks, yes, theres a ton of virus around, youll be exposed to it. but if youre wearing an n95 and being careful, i dont think its inevitable you...

>> the reason i say we cant predict, we cant predict the timing or the features of the next will be, but confident well have future variants. lets begin to prepare and we know the tools. right, lets make sure theres plenty of tests available. right now, theres still a supply-demand mismatch. too many people cant get a test. lets make sure theres widespread masking available and make sure we meet improvements in indoor ventilation. the indoor air quality is safer, and obviously, lets keep working...

Fully vaccinate and boosted. >> lets keep working on improving therapeutics and vaccines and make sure theres plenty of them so whenever the next variant hits, well be ready, we wont have to shut down schools or our lives. >> reporter: theres now a sub variant of omicron but experts say it is not yet cause for alarm. >> were keeping a close eye on it. it looks a bit more transmissible but not necessarily more severe. >> reporter: sadly, some 2,200 americans are still losing their lives to covid ...

Have received at least one dose of the covid vaccine compared to 73% in november when vaccination rate has stagnated. and more proof of how well vaccines work. according to the cdc, unvaccinated seniors were 52 times more likely to be hospitalized with covid in december, than seniors who were fully vaccinated and boosted. >> lets keep working on reporting with therapeutics and vaccines and make sure theres plenty of them. so whenever the next variant hits, well have-s be ready, we wont have to s...