Chairman risch Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order, please. I want to thank special representative abrams and Senior Deputy assistant administrator hodges for their service and for appearing here today to discuss the worsening crisis in venezuela. Its hard to imagine a more pressing National Security concern in the western hemisphere than the political, humanitarian, and economic crisis provoked by maduro and his cronies in venezuela. In the last several years maduro has dramatically deepened relation was the most dangerous forces in the world which were first established by his predecessor, hugo chavez. On his watch, cuba, russia, china, iran transnational criminal organizations, and u. S. Designated foreign terrorist organizations, have turned venezuela into their playground. Their activities are intolerable. Security threats to the United States and the hemisphere at large. And prolong the humanitarian crisis provoked by the socialist policies of the regime. Nearly
U. S. Trade representative Robert Lighthizer was on capitol hill to testify on the Trump Administration trade policy. The use of tariffs, trade with china and implementation of the u. S. Canada trade agreement. Mr. Lighthizer was asked about the Global Supply chain of the inquisition of personal protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic. The Senate Hearing is just under three hours. Im pleased to welcome ambassador lighthizer. Thank you for joining us. We need to have you here because we face great challenges whether its the murder of floyd or whether its the economic downturn we had because of the pandemic or the pandemic itself. We have a lot facing our country. Its not going to be easy to bring us back on the course of iran and their brave but good trade policy will be one important part of doing so so im glad we have that discussion today. Trade policy is immediately significant because we need to make sure we dont have any unnecessary taxes on goods g2 the recovery or i
He is one of the leading figures in the world of Classical Music hes conducted all the major orchestras and performed at some of the worlds most prestigious concert venues maestro Daniel Barenboim was born in argentina his 1st performance came at the age of 7 back in 1952 years later his family moved to salzburg and then to israel where he became passionate about politics and the palestinian israeli conflict. Barenboim has since had an Outstanding International career and is recognized for his humanitarian work in 1999 he created the west eastern divan old history with Young Musicians from across the middle east to promote dialogue and peaceful coexistence. But barenboim has also faced controversy some of the musicians who played under his baton accuse him of being a bully in order to trash. Im james basic carney the hole in new york of course like almost every other music venue around the world its been closed for almost 3 months this week we connect with maestro barenboim in. As isra
Curbs. The amount of storage is 300 higher than a year ago. And global virus cases top 7 million in less than a week after topping 6 million. The u. S. And u. K. Show signs of a slowdown. India and brazil are the new hotspots. Taylor lets get a quick check of those u. S. Markets and a reminder of how they ended. Erased all the losses that we have for 2020. The nasdaq 100 continues to post more record highs. You see futures taking that in stride, mostly unchanged after what has been an astounding past few days coming up the big fridays jobs report. The optimism continues here in the monday trading. I do want to see how things are shaping up for some of the asian markets. For that, we have Sophie Kamaruddin here. Are asian markets extending some of the optimism we got in the u. S. . So, even afterestly we got warnings from slowing growth from the world bank. Kiwi stocks adding about one third of 1 at the start. Clawing back year losses as the country with social distancing rules. Austral
A virus spread. Why do we panic and when well all miss them just through the topics covered in the weekly radio show is called spectrum if you would like any information on the drawing of virus or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast so you can get it wherever you get your podcast you can also find us at delhi dot com for inside science. All eyes on europe and the u. S. As their economies begin reopening in parts so can businesses find their footing or will 2nd wave of infections push them back to the brink. Also coming up saudi arabia announces further cuts in Oil Production and further measures to help its Oil Dependent economy. And well look at how the pandemic is threatening medicine sure. Just at a pharmacy near you. This is your Business Report im Stephen Beardsley its good to have you with us wall street wavered monday as more economies began reopening at risk of new infections the dow index spending much of the session down before recovering some of i