and sent us the latest. well, apec has started here and it s really a huge moment for the city of san francisco. it s the biggest summit to be held here since the united nations charter was signed here in 1916. and this is really a huge economic summit. you re talking about more than 50% of all of the world s trade belongs to the 21 nations who ll be attending here this week. and we re talking about 40% of the world s population, by the way. so it s a big economic conference. but by far the biggest ticket item here is the meeting betweenjoe biden, president biden, and his counterpart in china, president xijinping. now, relations between those two nations have not been particularly good of late. they last met last year in indonesia. and since then, you had that moment where the american government shot down a chinese spy balloon. you ve had flaming tensions in the south china sea. and you ve also had joe biden ramping up a ban on high level ships, which really hurts the chines
last time you and i chatted, linda, you said you were only having one meal a day and you were only putting the heating on for an hour. is that still the same? the heating s more or less the same, but i am eating a bit more. i ve got to, with me health. i have lost weight. for steph, a single working mum with two kids, she s now working an extra day a week, but isn t feeling a financial benefit. how much is childcare now? it s £50 a day. and then, obviously, - because i m a single mum, i have 15 hours free. so my 15 hours cover my monday and half of my tuesday. - so then i have to fund half- of tuesday and my full wednesday. so, despite working an extra day, because of the extra costs of childcare for that day, you re not really any better off, are you? no. the money that i earn for that extra day covers my childcare. it also covers the cost of living, the rise in food costs, - and it covers a rent increase. the government s announced that from september 2025, working paren
humphrey. there was a rather interesting statement put out today by the chinese state news agency. it wasn t long ago they were talking about the us threat, but now we have this lengthy article published in english about the enduring strength of mr xi s for americans and includes him sitting in a tractor. maybe there is some feeling to be done tomorrow. to be done tomorrow. christian, i think both to be done tomorrow. christian, i think both leaders to be done tomorrow. christian, i think both leaders are to be done tomorrow. christian, i think both leaders are coming - to be done tomorrow. christian, i think both leaders are coming to | think both leaders are coming to this summit looking for a little bit of breathing room. if you look at the situation in china, it s still feeling the effects of the pandemic. when you look at the economic growth, it s been quite sluggish. if you look at the situation in the united states, 2024 is a presidential election. joe biden w
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