Heat up among medical firms concerns about nonprofit distribution are coming to light later we take a look at the quest for a cure and the state of the corona virus spread around the globe and later in the program we analyzed the state of trademark squatting as one n. F. L. Franchise announced it would be changing its mascot with a passion today lets dive right in. And we lead the program with the latest on the back and forth between the worlds 2 largest economies as the United States state department has ordered the closure of the chinese consulate in Houston Texas now Morgan Ortega say spokesperson for the state Department Says the decision was made to protect American Intellectual property and the private data of its citizens following this decision the Houston Fire Department responded to reports of documents being burned in the courtyard of the consulate general of china however no further details on this incident were provided meanwhile secretary of state might pump a lot spoke about the situation while in copenhagen denmark on wednesday. We are setting out clear expertise for how the Chinese Communist party is going to behave and when they dont who are going to take actions that protect the American People protect our security our National Security and also protect our economy and jobs thats the actions that youre seeing taken by present trump will continue to engage in those and a spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign ministry responded to the decision saying china is ready to retaliate if needed maybe function to the u. S. Claims a lack of reciprocity in relations with china this is just its old ploy thats completely unjustified as a matter of fact the u. S. Far outnumbers china when it comes to Diplomatic Missions and staff in each others country we urge the u. S. To immediately revoke this rainiest decision should insist on going down this wrong path china will react with firm countermeasures the Chinese Government as a resolute defender of Cyber Security and we have been consistently opposing in combating all kinds of Cyber Attacks and cyber crimes we urge the u. S. To immediately stop the smearing and slander against china on Cyber Security issues. So lets go ahead and take a look at the economic consequences of this latest move and the impact on relations between the 2 countries with us cohost kristie i opposed the economic update professor Richard Wolfe thank you both for joining us today professor wolf i actually want to start with you on this this is a big dramatic move to close the consulate in houston what brought about this decision and what does the u. S. Hope to gain in doing this. Well to be honest with you and with your viewers this is political. Yes exactly on relations. I should reveal it doesnt matter that much but it may come to what we were doing there can be done by the public claims that china in the United States. Drama for people who want to believe that mr trump is doing something they were always about the chinese he isnt and he hands mate going to factors you know are simple number one the United States needs china it has greater profits for american corporations then they were able to get here in the United States. Now christy sensually the the chinese are basically saying exactly what professor wolf said which is that this is political its theater its just trying to rile people up and theyre saying that they are ready to retaliate if necessary so what else are we seeing in their response exactly there is no real punishment for closing down this consulate but the fact is it really is just a slap in the face and on the political stage as this is one of the worlds oldest consulates in the u. S. Since the 2 countries normalize diplomatic ties in 1979 so china vowed to retaliate wednesday saying that the u. S. Consulate will also be close to turn so i mean this is the 1st time in over 40 years that this has happened so its pretty unthinkable that the 2 sides didnt have any communication at all before escalating this issue so at this point it might be time to consider the possibility that president tom could decide to sever diplomatic relations with china some day very soon and this is a really an unprecedented escalation so further decoupling is only to be expected now professor wolf what would be the impact i mean not only on the relations between the 2 countries of the economy if we were to as kristie said if there was to be a full decoupling of diplomatic relations between china and the United States though of course you say like theres other consulates here in the United States so this one in houston obviously symbolic because its the all this one however you can still do your business elsewhere but what happens if these tires are cut where happens if u. S. Pulls out of china and vice versa. Well let me just give you an idea of what. Much of the graphic ability of the american corporations in the last 20 years has come because they have it be in the United States to change or way to china i dont mean Chinese Market if that were told you would be many of the biggest corporations in america with her on there are actually its at a. Time of an demick and economic crash if you words. Theres no real way to say that probably true. Oh no i was going to tell me that were going to go into markets here professor well if i go ahead and finish your point i apologize ill get not a problem. Saying is that those corporations also were involved in bringing goods from china to knighted streams walmart in all their Major Department stores so youll just moments of chinese goods to the american working class at very low writers if you rank it produced those were didnt this country paying the wages americans began you want to raise the prices of low when at a time when were already in economic difficulty and that is going thinkable additional burden on the American Economy so theres lots of handwaving like that certain bowlers them but to really dig a couple would be a crisis in the best of times and then this situation literally you were. A man trying to get reelected who are literally destroys everything in the process and now professor what i want to add about about u. S. Markets theyve been in a melt up mode for the last quarter amid the pandemic but now cases are growing here in the u. S. Again the nations reopening has been halted and geopolitical tensions between the u. S. And china are higher than ever are we at risk of a market meltdown here and what would be the catalyst for Something Like that as we see this this issue between time in the u. S. Continue to escalate. Almost any english now there were reports this morning that a larger than normal number of americas Corporate Executives are selling the shares of their own company sort of exactly that thats a very serious song anything in the way it was originally planned than anything in the way of a stalemate in congress so the best. Candidate or exploiter only gloria will compensation isnt handled by kong congress by the end of this month anything like that or is it still a shoe with these are extremely dangerous alexion games that are being played here you know christine i want to hit on this quick it looks like china is shoring up its strength as shoes in paying rallies chinas tech champions and promised continued support for their operations whats the latest in the tech race between the china china and the u. S. So on some posing of tech leaders was held on tuesday as the tech war between the u. S. And china continue to escalate so this gathering called on chinese entrepreneurs to align their Business Strategies and their business interests with National Means and this speech came amid the rising tensions between u. S. And china and the desire by some foreign firms to reduce supply chain dependence on the country so this is very similar to what we reported earlier on in the week with an financial opting to list as i. P. O. In shanghai instead of new york china is increasingly turning to groom homegrown tech giants and tech champions to compete with the u. S. In china so in attendance i gather where some very familiar names such as hc vision as and as mit as well as other companies in the fields of ai semi conductors and Smart Manufacturing boom bust cohost christiane and professor Richard Wolfe thank you both for your time. And now for the latest in the race for a vaccine the u. S. Has entered a nearly 2000000000. 00 agreement with Drug Companies pfizer and bio intact to produce 100000000. 00 doses of their experimental vaccine now if the vaccine is cleared by regulators the government also has the option to acquire an additional 500000000. 00 doses as part of this deal now it should be noted the vaccine which has done well in preliminary trials is set for late stage testing later in this month according to the Companies Involved the vaccine would be provided to patients free of charge and this raises the question of whether drug makers are looking to profit from this pandemic during a hearing in front of a Congressional Panel on tuesday the chief patient officer for merck said the company will be looking to make a profit from any potential vaccine and be selling vaccine at cost of them is very premature. Really understanding the cost basis of leg room thats the no. During the same hearing a representative from the dirt a leading vaccine candidate said they will also expect a profit from their efforts and in just a reminder here there is a lot of money flowing into pharmaceutical companies as part of the Operation Warp Speed Program merck was awarded just 38000000. 00 from the government while modernity and noble backs neither of which have ever successfully brought a product to market have received 500000000 and 1600000000. 00 respectively astra zeneca and johnson and johnson which both testified they would price any potential vaccine at no profit while the pandemic is ongoing have received 1200000000. 00 and 4. 00 point or 456000000 respectively and of course that list goes on and on so with all of this and by lets go ahead and take a global look at the spread of the virus with r. T. Correspondents so where are things so read the us is really heading in the wrong direction with new cases now just in the last 24 hours over 1500 people have died from the virus here in the u. S. Which is now surpassed confirmed cases to over 4000000. 00 now globally theres been over 8622000 deaths about 8600. 00 of the deaths have been in the last 24 hours which brings the total confirmed cases out of over 15000000 globally and the top 5 countries with the most cases are in order us followed by brazil india russia and south america but the virus is excel or aiding the fasces in the americas which now count for more than half of the world infections and deaths brant now in the u. S. Where are the hotspots where are we seeing surges in cases so a lot of states are actually reporting record breaking numbers of new cases then there are states with the most cases for example california they were the 1st state to shut down months ago but now theyve become a hot spot surpassing the total number of cases of new york but in california. 50 percent 57 percent of new cases in l. A. Are reported in people under the age of 41. 00 sort of peers that young people are driving the spread of cases in california and also while new york at what point had the most cases or only 28 percent of the total cases of new york actually active right now versus in california were over 75 percent of the cases are active now other searches are happening in florida and texas in florida right now 90 percent of the 369000 cases are currently active in texas 48 percent of the 353000 of the cases are active in new jersey just like new york that have under 25 percent of the cases that are active and then you might think just how much worse will but will this get well heres President Trump on tuesday night who has resumed a starring role in the White House Corner of ours briefing after a 3 month gap now the only difference is that hes kept the stage for himself this time without any Public Health experts. It will probably unfortunately get worse before it gets better something i dont like saying about things but thats the way it is its the way he thats what we have you look over the world its all over the world. Tends to do that. So what President Trump just said is pretty remarkable having and nationally played down the virus and reluctant to wear a mask just until recently but i also want to get to my point earlier that i may just how worse they can get well lets take a look here you know the 1st case of a covert 1000 was reported in the u. S. On january 21st i was 180 days ago we had the 1st case now 99 days later we reached 1000000 cases in april right now we took only 43 days for that number to double to get to 2000000 cases and almost half that time to get to 3000000 cases and only 2 weeks later we reach 4000000 cases so now these are the confirmed cases and i want to go to the forecast of cases so this is what we are forecasting that by given the current speeds by august 8th were going to be reaching 5000000. 00 cases and then by oktober its also predicted that we could have almost 10000000. 00 cases and a prediction also by the university of washington now projects that over 224000 will die by november 1st based on current scenario brand r. T. Correspondents are tablature thank you for keeping us up to date. And time now for a quick break but here because when we return we analyze the state of trademark squatting as one n. F. L. Franchise amount that would be changing its master we bring in some professional malices on the subject but as we go to break here are the numbers of the quote. Worst. The big. China japan or america that is the top 3 economies of the world yes so now they are like its atomic plates are moving away so that would be seismically significant. Doesnt sound like a friendly cooperative globalized world so maybe. I 1st heard about you know. From the helicopter for free in iraq. I think that there are people going to going to this military who have never forgiven or. Forgotten traitor the truth of the book it will be getting through so he was really starting to happen. In the pen journalese. Youve heard to see a lot of crimes to outnumber the audience. The idea of developing an anonymous digital trombones and applying it to the media consensus to make sense that was affronts. A good control and just right it would be crucial. In the room one of the worlds most. 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Franchise to donate to organizations of his choosing including those exclusive to native americans macaulay hold the rights to several notable trademark names including monuments americans veterans red tailed hawks and federals the n. F. L. Issue aside this actually raised our interest because what exactly does it mean for someone to trademark squat and how prevalent is this joining us now to discuss his trademark copyright attorney preston 1st necked and boom bust cohost investigative journalist ben swan thank you both for joining us today preston i want to start with you you being an expert in this field i know how much of an issue is trademark squatting and help our audience to understand exactly what that is. So trademark scoring is the concept of acquiring and sitting on trademark rights that someone else might be more interested in with the hope precipitating a transaction or getting them to somehow purchase your rights as far as how prevalent of an issue it is there will always be a race to the various intellectual property offices to try to protect. Rights in a particular name or an invention or Something Like that but squatting itself the occurrence varies over the world and some countries are better protected and better equipped to deal with the situation and ironically the United States some of the best protections are you in the world to avoid this situation now in the situation of the redskins now this gentleman who has all these trademarks he doesnt exactly have any vested interest in the Football Team besides maybe being a fan so would a good trademark lawyer for the n. F. L. Or for the franchise be able to get those trademarks taken out because hes not actually using them in a sports related purpose. I think they have a pretty good chance the United States system requires an applicant at a certain point to prove that theyre using the market theyre trying to perfect ri