Prolonged periods of time about postponing some of those gatherings that we may want to have an exact advice is that we all have to make. And pharmaceutical giant pfizer says its late stage job in 1000 vaccine trial is nearly fully enrolled the companys phase 3 trial is just 2000 volunteers shy of the 44000 needed the company said during an Earnings CallTuesday Morning pfizer and biotechs drug is viewed as one of the worlds most promising vaccine candidates while the company had said it hoped to have data on the efficacy of the vaccine by the end of this month during the call pfizer c. E. O. Albert borlase said this of the situation in case of a conclusive read out we will inform the public as soon as we complete the necessary administrative work which we estimate to be completed within one week from the time we know so with all of this in mind lets go ahead and take another look at the trends in the spread of the virus globally with r t correspondent size tablature so where are we today right now more than 44000000 confirmed cases globally and more than 1 point one deaths globally the us now is leading the way in the number of cases and also deaths now on monday the us reported more than 74000 new cases pushing the daily average above 71000 now thats up 22 percent compared to last week 40 percent compared to 2 weeks ago the most in any 7 days stretch since the beginning of the pandemic brant now deaths there are also up 14 percent with 534. 00 new deaths reported on monday now anticipate seeing a lot more deaths being reported in the coming days because thats tend to rise a few weeks after a rise of infections meanwhile the number of people hospitalized with kovan 1000 is also on a 2 month high which has been straining Health Care Systems in several states now theres also a increase in new cases surging in the midwest right now michigan and wisconsin. Brask there are 3 states where cases are rising very quickly meanwhile new cases in michigan have more than doubled in the last week while nebraska and wisconsin both have one of the highest rates of test positivity in the nation brant now outside of the us right now at least 7 countries 5 of them in europe have reported record highs and average daily new cases now as of tuesday 4 pm theres been at least 8700000 confirmed cases in europe with almost 260000 deaths now russia france spain italy and u. K. Theyve all registered a Record Number of infections just in the last few days now the death toll from colvin 1000 in the u. K. Has just hit over 61000 people that have died since the start of the pandemic its also the 6th consecutive week with a number of deaths have risen and while much of the region is still under an new round of restrictions now meanwhile in russia where the 4th largest cases is just introduce a nationwide mask mandate in Public Places and as also as there are regional our thirtys to consider shutting down some Public Places like bars and restaurants overnight now in italy theres been hundreds of protesters taking to the streets to show their anger at the latest round of restrictions including early closings for bars and restaurants with some demonstrations in some cities turning very violent now in france lawmakers are warning the country to prepare for even more difficult times even after france you know they impose one of the strict this restrictions currently in place than anywhere in europe yet theyve seen the surge and cases lastly spain theyre planning on raising taxes on Large Companies and wealthy. People to fund the increased spending thats needed on a social care associated with cobra 19 so as you can see World Leaders theyre facing a very difficult task of controlling the virus while really trying to keep their condom use afloat brant and sar we just talked about pfizer but what about the other manufacturers who are in stage 3 trials are currently 4 of the u. S. Backed Pharmaceutical Company some are Suitable Companies theyre working on a vaccine all of them in phase 3 except for the pfizer which you mentioned theres astra zeneca during and the johnson and johnson again how you mentioned earlier pfizer is that the most advanced stage right now so where theyre expected to apply for an emergency use or authorization of the food and Drug Administration next month of course that could always change as we saw some of these Companies Facing side effects of last minute so while that is all good news theres also some bad news so shaded with cool with current colvin 1000 treatment the u. S. Government has just put an early end to a study testing of a lilly antibody drug for people hospitalized nickeled in 1000 because it simply doesnt seem to work and this is really a said back from one of the most promising treatments out there right now brant are 2 correspondents tabular thank you for keeping us up to date. And it looks like the prospects for another coronavirus stimulus package before the u. S. Elections next week are pretty much out the window as the senate has adjourned following the confirmation of any tony barrett to the u. S. Supreme court the move came on monday the same day u. S. Markets saw their largest single day drop since Early September so what does this lack of a relief package mean for the immediate future of for equities in the economy lets get some expert analysis from c. E. O. In register to intelligence and former fed insider danielle de martino booth and managing director of the market. Age group and author of the bestselling book plant your money tree a guide to growing your wealth and Michelle Schneider thank you both for joining us today i want to start with you here now that it looks like another relief package is not going to happen before the election unless something miraculous happens here what will be the impact in the near term for the u. S. Economy and markets. Well you know its interesting and there is a new gallup poll out today that showed that american the amount of money that theyre going to be spending over the Holiday Season which is critical given that back to School Holiday shopping season was weaker than it would have otherwise been but it showed that the amount that americans are planning to spend this Holiday Season is going to hit a 4 year low and that is obviously before gallup took that poll that survey before weve seen this latest setback in the stock market if this is to continue then theyll even be more of pressure on consumption on the u. S. Economy again were talking about 20000000 some odd americans who are to continue to collect Unemployment Benefits whose whose actual take home per week if you will has really been eviscerated its a fraction of what it was prior to the 1st 2 amounts of stimulus that bolster what they what the unemployed to come on a weekly basis on top of that there is nothing that weve found since the outbreak of the current virus that is more that is more debilitating the pressures of American Consumers more than seeing case counts especially hospitalizations rise as youve been reporting during your 1st block. Obviously seems when we talk about the stimulus package we also talk about those 1200. 00 stimulus checks which have been part of the previous package and were supposed to be part of this next package and when we look at Holiday Spending obviously that is a concern when you really want to stimulate the economy put money in peoples hands and unfortunately that does not look like its going to happen before the election and before the Holiday Season for sure michelle i want to get to you here now u. S. Equities have been mostly muted tuesday after mondays sell off than as that. Its been able to remain positive ahead of a big earnings week for big tech and this tech has been one of the best performers amid the pandemic investor David Einhorn hes calling the Current Situation a huge tech bubble that actually popped on september 2nd 2020 in Early September but is it really the top or sentiment just really shifting from greed to complacency with tech. Well 1st of all lets just take a look at it from a technical perspective monday there was a huge range expansion in all of the indices and the nasdaq and give to kill are close underneath a key moving average which a lot of traders look at the 50 Day Moving Average so to answer the question whether or not we topped what makes it even more interesting is that today the price action was inside the range of yesterday so that generally spells indecision which makes a lot of sense so as far as just looking at it from a technical perspective if we break down to monday as lows lets say on wednesday we will see follow through how much follow through remains to be seen now in terms of the whole tech sector right now considering netflix reported last week and was disappointed in terms of the price action just as we were speaking microsoft reported an even though it be its basically going down from where it closed and theres no really great prospects i think for the all the facts stocks are back to report like apple and amazon and facebook because theyre already behemoths are not that much upside so what we saw coming into this week was some kind of a rotation out of Growth Stocks anatomy tech into the you but we also have to remember given the fact that were in a cold war the were good home situation is likely to remain for quite some time so that might actually set up opportunities not necessarily for these behemoths but maybe for some of the newer tech stocks or the stocks like for example fastly which reports tomorrow ill have you know eyes on that one. And you know i want to look at the long term able to get your crystal ball out here because if there is a change in power in washington which is possible and nothing gets done to stimulate the economy during a lame duck session between the election and when the new president and congress were to take power if the fed is going to be able ready to step up in intervene further to hold off another market bleeding what are you seeing there. Well you know since you asked the Federal Reserve has some some Credit Facilities that expire on december 31st so that would be within the lame duck if there is a change of power in washington my concern is that extending these Credit Facilities that are largely untapped that has to be agreed upon to go past new years day by the treasury and the fed i do see a risk of that not occurring again if there is a change in power as you suggest if that is the case what were looking at as it is best Case Scenario thats if that if the new congress get seated and has a stimulus package ready to go on day one youre talking about money not getting to people until valentines day at the earliest 2021 and again the fed has been exceedingly pleat full in recent weeks saying we really do need more stimulus passed because the one thing that they know that doesnt work so well is Old Fashioned i cant believe were calling it Old Fashioned at this point but Old Fashioned quantitative easing but in order for there to be a large appreciable growth in the feds Balance Sheet there has to be more treasury issuance and without more stimulus spending there isnt more treasury issuance so its a matter of the fed not having enough product out there to buy given the limited amount of treasuries that are right now in circulation so the feds tool box is extremely limited until the fiscal authorities can get their act together and get stimulus spending passed again that could not arrive until were looking at the next of the next of the next holidays valentines day show we dont like to make the show so much about politics but obviously as we. Get a president ial election coming up just a week away its going to eating up all of the headlines at this time so in your opinion and what youre seeing what are investors looking at when it comes to this election and the turnout at the end. Well it seems like the market is actually hedging for either candidate to win because we saw coming up into this we are looking more like a biden when people were buying more alternative energy selling oil and gas and there was a rotation into the small caps which would really be manufacturing given the fact that they probably would assume by train wars with china might ease up but then weve got into this week now were seeing that little bump in growth comparative to the value and we saw our oil and gas go up today so im going to work it is actually generally confused at this point whats really more interesting to me though is go its going to happen if we have a republican president and a senate that goes blue or vice versa or we have a democratic president and the Senate Remains in a republican state and then we have gridlock and that would be something that would be very hard for the market to reconcile with definitely and certainly might have a negative impact to the whole market because nothing will get done but i do agree that there will be some stimulus and so it will really be a matter of whether or not its with a republican i or a democratic i what gets passed to agree with danielle here it is absolutely necessary that something gets passed or will really become a dangerous situation and the other thing really will be to watch the sector rotation as we get past the election then i would expect volatility up until that point as were starting to see and thats why we saw a big point lets say take a huge run up in the last few days as some kind of safety play bonds have come back into play with the t o ts and gold even looks like now after being stagnated might be ready to go up so its volatile and we may not really know the answer to all of that for at least another week or 2 former fed insider. Letter of the market we could have talked about this for hours thank you both for you. Thank you thank you brant. Time now for a quick break but here because just on the other side following a blow from the World Trade Organization the u. S. Is looking to challenge a ruling in favor of china amid the its trade war and as we go to break here the numbers at the. Same wrong. Well we just dont. Get to shape out these days actually. And in detroit because the trail. When so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. In the 1920 s. And thirtys several 100 africanamericans moved to the soviet union and many of their descendants still live in russia. Looking at the post with no knowledge but i thought up at. Least one thing. Like american suffered from racism and a complete lack of prospects. To deal. One by else on but by doing. So they decided to leave everything behind and start a new life in a country about which they knew almost nothing at all some of the. 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This week before moving into europe and Southeast Asia in 2021 on the new shopping 5 stock was up as much as 3. 8 percent on tuesday and that the u. S. Commerce the u. S. Government has filed an appeal pushing back against a ruling by the World Trade Organization that part of the trump ministrations tariffs on china are unlawful the u. S. Delegation to the w t o is claiming as part of its appeal that this moment quote reflects a major missed opportunity for the deputy au to begin to address the most serious problem faced by every member that seeks to a balanced and fair World Trading system namely aggressive state policies that seek to dominate broad industrial sectors joining us now discusses boom bust cohost Christine Christy i want to start with you here what obviously what can you explain what the deputy o. Panel originally found when it ruled against the united states. Yes of the originally thats whats wrong a month ago in september only when the detail ruled against the u. S. And found that human kind of 34000000000. 00 worth of tariffs and posts on china back in 20092001 they breached the global trade rules so washington had not justified why the tariffs against china were a justifiable exception to its obligation and were illegitimate under a moral public morals defense so right now the us and there is centered on trying to use of the 1970 s. Era u. S. Trade law to unilaterally launch its commercial conflict against china so under section 301 empower the president to lead a dispatch terrace and other import restrictions whenever a foreign country imposes unfair trade practices that affect u. S. Commerce china on the other hand they claim that the terrorist violated the most favored treatment provision because the measures fail to provide the same treatment to all members china also led to the terrace broke a dispute settlement rule that also require countries to 1st seek recourse from the b. T. O. Before imposing any retaliatory measures against another country so in the end the panel of 3 declare the tests in violation of the International Laws as the us had not met its burden of proof and demonstrating that the measures were provisionally justified so basically in other words the us terrorists were illegal and it broke the very rules that it helped to put into place so as if thats i have ocracy enough the trump mr they had previously claimed that the tears were necessary to curb beijings unfair trading practices and i. Met with the details ruling it basically undercut the main justification for trans trade war against china saying that no its actually new u. S. You are engaging in unfair trading practices and violating International Rules you know chris is actually a very interesting story because what many viewers may not know is that the Appellate Board is pretty much defunct can you explain that to them please. So the detail is that fund because the u. S. Basically decided to cripple the organization by blocking the appointments of new judges and theyve been doing this for past administrations in order to protest the way the b. T. O. Does business in other words siding with china and not agreeing with the u. S. That they are engaging an unfair trading practices so that nobody you know basically lost its ability to rule on new dispute cases and also the power to enforce rulings as of october of last year so a minimum of 3 judges is necessary in order to issue new rulings and in terms of and the terms of 2 of the last 3 judges are almost so this is a major blow to the Global Trading systems as now the situation that it creates is training based on power and influence and of the global power to dominate rather than by any International Rules that allow for smaller emerging countries in order to have their fair say as well so countries can then use tariffs are just implemented very protectionist measures without having to worry about the prospect of sanctions if they breach these International Code of conduct so this is actually means that the w. T. O. Cannot enforce its decision on tariffs or really anything else for that matter is that correct. Yes it is essentially a dishonest and its more so just a moral highground they basically had 0 power of enforcement so the media that they were set up in 1905 in order to get country a framework for governing global trade and today its about 96 percent of those rules and those of rules were to keep the trade barriers between countries very low and create some sort of someones of stability for investors so now without the courts to keep the countrys in check the train system has basically lost its impartial arbitrator so this cannot splinter into more to protect spats ive seen in 2001000 between the u. S. And china so any decision now going through the. System they do not have any legal force if the ela body isnt functioning this makes multilateral Trading Systems very uncertain and really reduces the credibility of. The whole and so heres the big kicker the u. S. Has by far been evil its active user of the debbie cheetos dispute Settlement System the u. S. Has lodged more than 20 percent of cases in the entire bodys history so now it seems like when the courts are no longer willing in their favor washington has now decided to construct it so china is now accusing the us of taking advantage of the current paralysis and preventing others from having any so basically chinas win here has been nullified because ultimately the most of the victory can actually provide its just merely authorization to impose a challenge or a sanction but youre china has already are tolerated but that boom bust cohost christi i thank you so much for breaking that intricate story down for us today. You know. 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