A growing scale global trade doesnt always make sense. In todays world goods and services are traded between countries and continents on an unprecedented scale as globalization is credited with boosting Economic Growth free trade is a big honor for the corporations and benefits millions of people around the world but the price for that prosperity say critics is paid by the poor and nowhere is that more visible than in africa. 54 percent of the continents workforce relies on the Agricultural Sector but cheap and often subsidized goods brought in from asia and europe a swamping domestic markets causing prices to plummet. Over 120000 tons of tomato products enter ghana annually thats a 95. 00 fold increase since imports began in 1996 and that boom is taking its toll on local producers. Tomatoes they could be garners red to gold the soil is ideal and they can cultivated in the country for decades yet ghanas tomato factories now stand empty and farmers are opting to leave the country. There
control of how the public services are being run in northern ireland and instead permanent secretaries within northern ireland executive departments running the day to day operations and at this point we are yet to receive a budget folly next year but that budget will be signed off by the northern ireland secretary of state. the detail of the decisions as to where there will be spending cuts and decisions will lie at the foot of civil servants rather than elected politicians and thatis rather than elected politicians and that is a concern. that is a concern. thank you for “oininu that is a concern. thank you for joining us- that is a concern. thank you for joining us. brendan that is a concern. thank you for joining us. brendan hughes - that is a concern. thank you for- joining us. brendan hughes looking at the address from president biden. we saw earlier him meeting the sooner can be have had a comment from the prime minister about the meeting. it s great to welcome p
For advocating for justice, gender equality, and womens empowerment, also at personal risk. Global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists. Im alisa parenti. This is bloomberg. Selina im selina wang, in for caroline hyde. This is Bloomberg Technology. Coming up, nine months after the historic vote, the process of brexit is underway. We will discuss what it means for the u. K. s 25 billion industry. Plus, samsung hopes to put a pr crisis in the past. Would hear from the u. K. We will hear what brexit means for a music app. First, its now official. The United Kingdom triggers article 50. Prime minister theresa may vows to get the best deal for this vow tohile eu leaders seek an orderly withdrawal. It could have a huge impact on the u. K. Economy and cause a Ripple Effect across the globe. Is sure to industry be affected. With me is joe cross. Investors in his firm include paypal and richard branson. Joe, your company has been very public and outspoken about its though
For advocating for justice, gender equality, and womens empowerment, also at personal risk. Global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists. Im alisa parenti. This is bloomberg. Selina im selina wang, in for caroline hyde. This is Bloomberg Technology. Coming up, nine months after the historic vote, the process of brexit is underway. We will discuss what it means for the u. K. s 25 billion industry. Plus, samsung hopes to put a pr crisis in the past. Would hear from the u. K. We will hear what brexit means for a music app. First, its now official. The United Kingdom triggers article 50. Prime minister theresa may vows to get the best deal for this vow tohile eu leaders seek an orderly withdrawal. It could have a huge impact on the u. K. Economy and cause a Ripple Effect across the globe. Is sure to industry be affected. With me is joe cross. Investors in his firm include paypal and richard branson. Joe, your company has been very public and outspoken about its though
Brexit. Theresa may thousand to get the best deal from the u. K. While e. U. Leaders seek an orderly withdrawal. It could have a huge pack on the economy and cause ripple affects a cross the globe. The Fintech Industry has been growing rapidly in the u. K. Up to 25 billion. We spoke with the u. S. General manager at a u. K. Based peertopeer Money Transfer business. It has been an interesting time in fiintech. We are a platform for moving money between countries, so our customers Live International lives across borders, so the brexit vote was averse to one of the things, which is living the lives they live across borders. In the company, a lot of staff have come to london or other offices around the world and identify with the problem they problem we solve, which is expensive bank transfers. A lot of our staff are people who are internationals. I want to kick it off with the senior fellow at the Brookings Institute in washington d. C. You have written extensively on brexit and the adver