Committee chair chuck grassley, former fda commissioner Scott Gottlieb and others. [ applause ] hi, everyone. Thank you for coming. And thanks to pfizer for sponsoring the event. Just to reiterate, if youre into hash tags, go ahead and use axios 360 and we can have fun on the social networks together. And if youre also inclined, go to signup. Axios. Com to get our news letters, especially vitals, written by my colleague, Caitlyn Owens. We try to keep things short and light. And real quick, logistic, if youve never been to one of our events before, we try to keep things short and sweet. Four segments of interviews. We want you leaving here feeling smarter about what we talked about. And this in particular is about drug pricing in america, which obviously will continue to be an issue going into 2020. So with that in mind, id like to welcome our first guest, senator chuck grassley. [ applause ] good to be with you, bob. Thanks for coming. All right. I think its only its a good place to st
Lets go and take a look at whats on the show. Translation we should support farmers, because without them, l we have no food. Without them, well have nothing. The worlds failing food system with farmers struggling to make a living, can they keep producing the food we all need . Farmers Around The World from europe and australia to mexico and india theyve been taking to the streets as their financial pressures grow. So, what does it all mean for one of the worlds most Important Industries . Im going to be discussing all of that with these two there they are the Big Boss Of The World Farmers organisation, who tells me hes worried about the industrys future and how its going to feed ten billion mouths in the next 25 years. And this man, who was part of a team buying from farmers for one of the worlds biggest retailers, who tells us how Supermarket Pressures for profits puts the squeeze on hard pressed farmers. Also on the show, what do the white house, rafael nadal and Rolling Stone magaz
Commission said there have been 20 incidents so far are people targeting ballot boxes and protest could continue on sunday with supporters of the late opposition figure Alexei Navalny calling on people throughout russia to protest against president putin. In the estonian town where many residents are russian, people cross the border to vote in the president ial election. It is one of only a handful of places where the border between the eu and russia still open. Here in the Estonian Border town lies the frontier between the western world and russia. Across the russia with its formidable forgers lies a town 140 kilometres away from St Petersburg and it is at one of a handful of places where the border between the eu and russia still open. In this place and the surrounding region thousands of people are in fact russian citizens. This is the legacy of the soviet union break up. In the 19605 and 705 people were brought from the soviet union to work in local industries and after the collaps
Mild, temperatures 13 in belfast, 1a in glasgow, highs of maybe 17 across parts of eastern england. That is the latest. Thanks, chris. You may have heard Audio Interference at the start of the programme, apologies for that. And thats bbc news at ten. On bbc one, its time tojoin our colleagues for the news where you are. This is bbc news. We will have the headlines for you at the top of the hour which is straight after this programme. Hello, everybody. A very warm welcome to talking Business Weekly with me, aaron hazelhurst. Lets go and take a look at whats on the show. Translation we should support farmers, because without them, we have no food. Without them, well have nothing. The worlds failing food system with farmers struggling to make a living, can they keep producing the food we all need . Farmers Around The World, from europe and australia to mexico and india, theyve been taking to the streets as their financial pressures grow. So, what does it all mean for one of the worlds mos
Software giant that powers huge amounts of the world wide web. Wherever yourejoining me from Around The World, once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. You know, it seems not a week goes by without farmers somewhere taking to the streets, complaining about the difficulties of making ends meet. Its an industry thats crucial to economies everywhere as well as global trade and, of course, an industry thats fundamental to human survival. Problems ranging from cheap imports to strict rules about the environment and animal welfare, as well as those powerful supermarkets, it all means that farmers have been protesting across the globe, from europe, the uk and india, forcing politicians to listen. The farming industrys also having growing political influence in places including the us and new zealand, as an unprecedented number of countries hold elections this year. Theres also the impact of geopolitics because, in particular, the war in ukraine has made many longstanding proble