and lobster. we discussed recent volatility in nickel markets and i made the point that predictability in business and trade is in all of our economic interests. we spoke earlier to former trade and tourism minister steven ciobo. there has without any doubt been a long period now of strained bilateral relationships. this visit signals in many respects a stabilisation of the relationship. note that both sides referred to stabilisation rather than normalisation, which i think in many respects contains the genesis of this. slowly slowly, perhaps, the steps towards normalisation. china proposed it would halt all australian wine tariffs, ending a three year long dispute. is this a sign of things to come, especially on the trade front that there is room for progress? a lot of room for progress. we ve come a long way from when the former government put in place the trade agreement between australia and china. some backsliding that took place over a number of years. consistent with t
respects a stabilisation of the relationship. note that both sides referred to stabilisation rather than normalisation, which i think in many respects contains the genesis of this. slowly perhaps the steps towards normalisation. china proposed it would halt all australian wine tariffs, ending a three year year dispute. is this a sign of things to come, especially on the trade front that there is room for progress? a lot of room for progress. we ve come a long way from when the former government put in place the trade agreement between australia and china. some backsliding that took place over a number of years. consistent with the fact that the bilateral relationship was under significant pressure. a lot of those pressures still exist today. much of china s more assertive posture in the south china sea continues. since then, we ve seen australia move forward with aukus, putting pressure on relationships. the fact that both sides are doing what they can to try to stabilise the
on the market unchanged, at least from now, since an emergency order from the supreme court back in april. what does today s decision mean exactly, joining me now is nbc news senior legal correspondent laura jarrett. good to have you here. so you ve read through it. speed reader, what s up. short story is the case is going back to the supreme court. nothing will change as of right now, but things could get tricky depending on what the supreme court does with this. all of this started in april when a federal judge in texas blocked access to the pill nationwide, gutting the original approval of the drug that had been on the market, the most commonly used abortion pill, had been approved since 2000. the drug actually has been, again, used widely since that time. the judge actually in the fifth circuit there, got it blocked in full by the supreme court back in april. supreme court said let s just press pause on everything and allow the natural court process to play out. that pr
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minister s questions. it is always a little different, the pmqs ahead of the budget. he has vacated the chair for the deputy speaker. she will be going through some of the notices ahead ofjeremy hunt, the chancellor, delivering his budget statement. he will take to his feet shortly and will probably speak for about an hour shortly and will probably speak for aboutan hourand shortly and will probably speak for about an hour and then it will be the turn of the leader of the opposition, keir starmer to respond. we will take both of those live and uninterrupted and we will then have reaction from the chief secretary to the treasury, laura trott, part of the treasury, laura trott, part of the treasury team and her shadow for labour. here isjeremy hunt. madam deputy speaker, as we mourn the loss of life in israel and gaza, the loss of life in israel and gaza, the prime minister reminded us of the prime minister reminded us of the need the fight extremism and heal divisions. i start