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That position mirrors that ofjoe biden, who said back in march that us Steel Corp should remain a domestically owned american firm. Us steel it should remain american owned and american operated. In other News Volkswagen is considering Closing Factories in germany to cut costs. Its an unprecedented move and sets up a showdown with powerful unions. The Auto Maker which employs around 680,000 staff is struggling with its passenger car brand. Profits are getting squeezed amid the transition to electric vehicles and a consumer spending slowdown. A four Day Conference to attract foreign investment to russia is about to begin in the countrys eastern most major city vladivostok. The eastern economic forum is into its ninth year. Last year, more than 40 Billion in new agreements were signed, with 7,000 delegates in attendance. The largest contingents came from china, India And Southeast asia. Professor 0ng Kian Ming from Taylors University spoke to us about the importance of The Forum. Russia
Worn surging numbers may undermine a Global Recovery. Plus, we discussed prospects for the u. S. And the wider picture with the atlanta fed president , who joins us this hour. Haidi lets look at the sydney staggered open, the friday session muted compared to the street we have had in asian stocks, asiapacific stocks seeing 13 consecutive days of gains broken by the thursday session, the longest winning streak since 1988 coming to an end. A flat stock a flat start in sydney, kiwi stocks up, muted start in japan spite heavy inflows of foreign buying. We are seeing a further downside when it comes to trading in the futures session. Getting secretary mnuchin speaking at the moment. He is speaking in an interview with Bloomberg News, saying financial conditions are quite strong, that companies that are need grants,covid not that. We heard secretary mnuchin earlier asking the fed to return unused coronavirus money. We will get you more as we get those comments. This is coming at a time when
Says the first rollout could happen by mid december. The g20 discusses the virus and the potential remedies. Shotspledges to make available to all and President Trump wont say if the u. S. Will join a global effort. Haidi we are setting up for a cautious start to trading. The aussie dollar holding pretty steady. Kiwi stocks are up by half a percent. We are seeing the kiwi dollar trading just flat. U. S. Officials say the first vaccinations could be administered in just three weeks if given the green light for emergency use by the fda. Aboutare still concerns how poorer countries will be given access to any vaccine. The vaccineke Development Team has an aggressive timeline. Be do we expected to achieved and a lot of people are concerned about equitable access. Of movingre a lot parts here. A lot of movement around the world. Drug administration has an advisory meeting that day about the vaccine. Health officials really seem to think that approval could be forthcoming at that meeting or
Clearance. A grand reopening. Thee johnson will outline strategy today, expected to include an increase in Community Testing andriy incorrect reintroduction of tougher restrictions. Biden iselect joe said to have landed a longtime advisor as his secretary of state as the president reportedly moves closer to banning tech exports to dozens of chinese companies. 7 00 and in london, from first, and 10 00. In three weeks, there will be a vaccine for everybody and herd immunization. This is the standout note from fauci. We will vaccinate. 7 of the population. These are big ambitions. Annmarie they certainly are and the news over the weekend from the head of warp speed saying we could start in potentially three weeks, but it is only going to be december 10 when the fda looks at approval for the pfizer vaccine. You made a good point this morning, the fact this is the developed world. What remains in the developing world could be a difficult picture. Isus a question for markets if so risk on, t