Virtual event hosted by the Washington Post. This is about 45 minutes. Everyone in virginia made sacrifices. Everything you have done has truly made a difference. We must figure out a path forward. But we must always be array aware that the virus is still with us. Good morning and welcome to Washington Post live. I am bob costa, a National Political reporter at the post. We continue our leadership in twong crisis series with governors who have been dealing with the coronavirus pandemic for days and weeks on end. We will begin with Ralph Northam and then we will hear from arkansass republican avenue, asa hutchinson. First, governor northam, we welcome him to Washington Post live. He is a medical doctor and he has recently announced plans to reopen virginias economy. Governor, welcome. Governor northam good morning to you and all your viewers, thank you so much for doing this. So important that all americans and in my case, virginians, have access to updated information so i appreciate t
Lots more on all of our stories on a website, you can even try the bbc news app, but now lets go to singapore for Asia Business report. Shinzo abe becomes japans longest serving perimeter, has his Economic Programme been a success . How the boss of mozilla, the Company Behind the firefox web browser, is taking on big tech. Its wednesday good morning asia, hello world. Glad you could join us for an action packed edition of Asia Business report. Im rico hizon, lets kickoff the programme with japan because this morning we had that exports flipped by 9. 2 in the month of october compared to a year ago levels. And this comes on the same day that shinzo abe passes the milestone of becoming the countrys longest serving Prime Minister. His time in office has been marked by his centrepiece Economic Programme called abenomics. For more on this Economic Revival Initiative from the Prime Minister, imjoined now Economic Revival Initiative from the Prime Minister, im joined now by my collea g u es P
Anti Money Laundering rules for allowing payments from high risk countries. And americas biggest e cigarette firm, juul labs, is hit with a lawsuit accusing it of targeting teens and misrepresenting the safety of vaping. And, helping musicians collect royalties, well be hearing from one former drummer whose business makes sure artists get paid. And following the vaping lawsuit in the us, today we want to know do you think kids are being encouraged by vaping ads . And would you like to see them banned . Let us know just use the hashtag bbcworklife. A very warm welcome to our new business show, lovely to have you with us. We start in south america, where the worlds greatest rainforest the brazilian amazon is under increasing threat. Illegal logging, mining and land grabbing has led to vast areas of rainforest being lost. It is a huge store of carbon that is vital for tackling Climate Change but the brazilian government of president bolsonaro has so far denied the problem, but that may no
a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron hazelhurst. let s go take a look at what s on the show. the big china challenge. a year since the covid 19lockdowns. as the biggest economy back to full health. ongoing trade tensions with the us are some of the problems government is trying to tackle. this leading china economist will explain how the government needs to balance ambitions of the changing demand of a radically different younger generation if it wants the country to thrive. plus this former head of the international monetary fund china division tells me how beijing struggles are affecting all of us around the world. and keeping the internet free and fair. the big boss of web browser firefox tells me how her foundation is trying to compete with the deep pocketed rivals like google and apple and still have an influence. wherever you arejoining me from around the world warm welcome. china, s second biggest economy a trouser united states and is more th
around the world and keeping the internet free and fair. the big boss of web browser, firefox, tells me how herfoundation is trying to compete with the deep pocketed rivals like google and apple and still have an influence. wherever you rejoining me from around the world. once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. china it s the world s second biggest economy. it trails only the united states and is more than four times the size of the next on the list, japan. so what happens there certainly matters. but a year since the government abandoned coronavirus lockdowns, it s an economy that s still struggling. the challenges for president xi jinping s government include vast debts in the property market and local government, soaring youth unemployment, an ageing workforce and ongoing trade tensions with the united states. his government set a target of around 5% for economic growth this year. it was the lowest in decades, and some say that was deliberate, but it will