exports via the black sea for another two months. the existing deal was arranged last july to tackle a global food crisis caused by russia s invasion of ukraine one of the world s top grain exporters. it was due to expire today, thursday. arnaud petit, executive director of the international grains council says the extension is vital for many countries food security. you re right, it is very important to have this extension, particularly for north african, sub saharan african countries, which would import much more grains that we have seen in the past season, so really it s good news for them that they can already plan some buying contract with producers in ukraine and also in russia. and important, as you say, about russia because there maybe is a tendency to think that russia is just blocking those exports from ukraine, but this is also good news for russia, isn t it? indeed, both ukraine and russia exported 70 million tonnes of wheat during the current season and we ex
to allow millions of tonnes of grain exports from ukraine is extended just a day before it was due to expire. and chipping away at a new trade deal, the uk bets big on a semiconductor agreement with deal, the uk bets big on a semiconductor agreement with japan. hello, welcome, this is world business report, i m ben thompson and good news for the world, that is how the un secretary general as described an agreement with russia to continue allowing ukrainian grain exports via the black sea for another two months. the existing deal was arranged lastjuly, designed to tackle a global food crisis that was caused by russia s invasion of ukraine. one of the world s top grain exporters is of course ukraine. that deal was due to expire today, thursday. here is what the un chief had to say about the importance to world food supplies. these agreements matter for global food security. ukrainian and russian products feed the world. with the black sea initiative more than 10 million tonnes
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we are going to focus on the top business stories. we start with a developing story we brought you this time yesterday because the european car industry is calling for a delay to tougher post brexit trade rules due to come in from january saying the supply chain is not ready. europe s car makers source many of the batteries for electric cars from asia which would see them fall foul of rules of origin regulations that specify how much of a car must be eu produced. it comes amid growing concern about the future of car manufacturing here in the uk where there is currently only one factory making batteries. stellantis owner of vauxhall as well as brands including fiat, citroen and peugeot has warned it may have to close uk factories if the government does not renegotiate the brexit deal. our economics editor faisal islam has more. earlier this week, a strong message from one of the world s biggest car makers to renegotiate details of the brexit deal, as their elec
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