Sunday, 15 countries agreed to forge the worlds biggest Free Trade Agreement, including 30 percent of the global population, almost a 3rd of worldwide g. D. P. The pact is set to deliver huge tariff cuts to its and specific rim signatories, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership r c. E. P involves the temp Member States of the association of Southeast Asian nations block, or ozzy on which are written i, cambodia, indonesia, laos, malaysia, myanmar, the philippines, singapore, thailand and vietnam and 5 of their partners, australia, china, japan, you zealand and south korea. The trade volume of all of these members is around 11 trillion u. S. Dollars. Almost one 3rd of all trade. Nearly a decade in the making. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership for c. B. P. Is historic. Many in asia hope it will help speed up recovery from the shocks of the coronavirus pandemic. By lowering tariffs, exports of member countries are expected to grow by more than 10 percent by 2025. A
Can you hear me okay . Im trying not to be in the view. By the end of this, we are both going to be behind the curtain. My name is becca oliver and im the executive director of the writers week of texas, the largest Literary Arts Organization in texas. We exist to support writers in every stage of their career and one of the things we love to do is have the opportunity to talk to authors about their most recent books and we will begin with a talk learning a little bit more about what craft went into creating in the c book and therethere is so many interestg things that kate can share that would be applicable to any writer that happens to be here. There are always a few of you. So, we are going to make sure that we get to some conversations as well. I just want to say quickly before we start,. A big thank you to the people. We have a lot of literary communitieswe and where the big house is that if the bookstore so thank you for having us here tonight. I hope that you will enjoy the conv
[applause] hello everyone. By the this we will be behind the curtain. [laughter] welcome to the book event i am the executive director of the Writers League of texas the Largest Organization in texas helping writers of every stage of their career love the opportunity to talk to public authors about their most recent books and dig in a little bit more than we get to as often as we would like so we are learning more about what went into creating the book especially the books were talking about today there are so many interesting things that would be applicable to any writers. Who here writes but did not raise your hand . [laughter] we will make sure we get to that conversation as well. But i want to say quickly thank you we are so lucky to be here in austin with literary communities and i hope you will enjoy the conversation to bring your book up to be signed the best way to support writers is to buy their books. Yes. Finally i want to read her bio she will beat a little from the book an
Helping writers of every stage of their career love the opportunity to talk to public authors about their most recent books and dig in a little bit more than we get to as often as we would like so we are learning more about what went into creating the book especially the books were talking about today there are so many interesting things that would be applicable to any writers. Who here writes but did not raise your hand . [laughter] we will make sure we get to that conversation as well. But i want to say quickly thank you we are so lucky to be here in austin with literary communities and i hope you will enjoy the conversation to bring your book up to be signed the best way to support writers is to buy their books. Yes. Finally i want to read her bio she will beat a little from the book and then we will dig into our conversation. A seasoned documentary producer whose work has appeared in the New York Times pbs news and abc news radio fox news, pbs news hour and nightline just a few. Yo
A wildfire destroys dozens of homes in chile authorities evacuated thousands from the city of opera easel as the blaze spreads to residential areas. Omarion evanston welcome to the program. Christians around the world are celebrating christmas marking the birth of jesus more than 2000 years ago at the Vatican Pope Francis led the Midnight Mass at st peters basilica his blessing emphasized forgiveness not just for sinners for the churchs south after a difficult year in which sexual abuse scandals continue to rock the Catholic Church francis urged christians to keep the faith. Think already i have it is a ritual that dates back to the 1st centuries of the Catholic Church the Midnight Mass at some pages is a spiritual gathering there the pope is said to confide the word of god to the faith. Of. God. And he may god who by the incarnation brought together the earth and the heavenly realm fill you with the gift of his peace and favor and may you share it with the church in heaven this was. F