the global chief partnership. simon baptist is the global chief economist i partnership. simon baptist is the global chief economist atj the global chief economist at the global chief economist at the ir un said australia was never a good target for china to have tensions with. it is never a good target for china to have tensions with.- to have tensions with. it is a sli . ht to have tensions with. it is a slight stabilisation to have tensions with. it is a slight stabilisation peptides| slight stabilisation peptides will remain quite difficult the foreseeable future. this recent incident over the last few years really shows the limit and some ways the lack of sufficient nation of chinese foreign policy. australia was a bad target for china to choose. this was going to side with the us when push comes to shove because of its resource endowment, it has unusually large amounts leverage. push by china on australia hasjust resulted firstly in australia doubling down on divers
grappling with losses in debt since 2019. it was backed by soft bank ofjapan and has reshaped the office sector globally but it has now sought us bankruptcy protection on monday after its bets on companies using more of its coworking space sound. that is just coming out. we should have the latest news on our website and we will bring you more as we get it. that breaking news justin, wework has filed for bankruptcy protection in the united states due to heavy losses that it has been suffering since 2019. let s move on to beijing, where australia s prime minister has met chinese prime minister xi jinping. the leaders have expressed a desire to work together and move on from recent tensions. their relationship soured during the pandemic, after australia s previous government called for an independent intervention into the origins of covid 19. beijing slapped bans on products such as wheat, corn and barley. the tariffs which were only lifted this year. this is the chinese leader.
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permian, the permian would probably be the third largest member of opec on its own at this point. i mean, we never thought i joined the u.s. government right after 9/11. we never thought we would have this resource endowment in the united states. we really saw ourselves as perpetually dependent on foreign supply. so this is explosive growth of american production has been an enormous game changer. but it s really the story of like individual companies and their entrepreneurial spirit. reporter: do you make the link between global independence or growing independence and climate change? i do think there s this kind of general malaise about energy, about investment in energy because there s this view of maybe we re not going to need a few decades out. maybe this is potentially a dying industry. and so i do think that there s kind of a dark cloud hanging over the energy sector. despite the storm clouds