Thank you very much for being here, and i want to thank him because he graciously allowed to have the subcommittee hearing and for me to be able to chair it. This is a discussion really important to so many of us here and so many of our colleagues. Information is power today, and we see it all over the globe when its used improperly, hes used as a weapon. Democracies like ours require a well informed electorate, but our enemies are increasingly trying to undermine that principle through socalled disinformation campaigns designed to mislead voters. Malign actors like russia systematically exploit social media, radio, television, and print to twist facts to suit their needs and distort the truth to an unsuspecting populous. Its not just about elections. We see it today with regard to the coronavirus and misinformation thats being spread. Its an interesting tactic because its inexpensive and yet can be very effective. It has a high degree of deniability. Its anonymous almost always and if
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Around the clock this is counting the cost on aljazeera look at the world of business and economics this week as the death toll rises the Economic Cost of the coronavirus is being felt in every market in the World Oil Prices have tumbled prices. We have an exclusive interview with the general secretary of the gas exporting nation. A few 1000000000. 00 spent trillions of dollars later from new york. We look at the Economic Cost of rising sea levels. The extraordinary risks in peru taking to bring in the cash. Death toll from the coronavirus keeps on rising its not only crippling chinas economy its having a knock on effect globally formula ones race in shanghai has been postponed and this is. As mobile World Congress half a global way in barcelona has been canceled or oil prices have tumbled 20 percent below that january peaks raising the prospect that opec could cut production again its not only opec that feeling the pinch china has also turned away gas tank is slashing gas prices in ha
Later from new york carter look at the Economic Cost of rising sea levels. Warm up the extraordinary risks divers in peru are taking to bring in the cash. Death toll from the coronavirus keeps on rising its not only crippling chinas economy its having a knock on effect globally formula ones race in shanghai has been perspective and this Years Mobile World Congress half a global way in barcelona has been cancelled or oil prices have tumbled 20 percent below their january peaks raising the prospect that opec could cut production again its not only opec thats feeling the pinch china has also turned away gas tank is slashing gas prices in half and Just Like Oil theres a glass of gas on the market yet unlike opec theres no collective resolve to control prices but over the last 2 days. Cades a group of 12 gas exporting nations have been working to break the link with oil prices right now 34 percent of gas is traded on the markets but despite controlling 70 percent of the worlds reserves they
A mood. Over. There because if it is theres a. Sign jenny says. Are the u. S. Sent china ready to sign the dotted line face one trade deal between the 2 nations looks to be near full of mean for markets that are already hitting record highs. And well look back on 2019 and what the year meant for business worldwide from the corporate hallways of boeing to the angry streets of santiago chile. This is your Business Report im stephen beards in brylin its good to have you with us carlos kona is. Gone media reports say the former Nissan Renault chairman has left japan where he was under house arrest and arrived in lebanon on monday apparently jumping bail going holds dual french and lebanese citizenship going was on bail in tokyo awaiting trial on charges of hiding in common financial misconduct related to his time at nissan he has denied those charges calling them a plot by this frontal nissan executives a condition of goans bail was that he remain in japan his trial was scheduled to begin