businesses groups in northern ireland have expressed hope over the windsor framework the new deal meant to simplify their post brexit trade with the rest of the uk. until now, some imports have been complex to manage others have been outright banned under the so called northern ireland protocol, intended to protect the eu s single market. the british prime minister rishi sunak has been in belfast to meet politicians and business leaders to build support for the framework. speaking to workers at one business, he said the new arrangements would help northern ireland become the world s most exciting economic zone with unique access to both eu and uk markets. if we get this framework implemented, we get the executor back up and running here, northern island is in the unbelievable special position, unique position in the entire world, european continent and having privileged access, not just to the uk home market which is enormous the fifth biggest in the world but also th
In the field, openai, has unveiled its latest chatbot called gpt lio. It has advanced capabilities, including seeing, hearing and talking in similar ways to a person. Our north America Business correspondent erin delmore watched the launch from new york. 20 years ago, the biggest Battle In Tech was over who would win the war for Search Engine dominance. Google took the prize and it isnt nowjust a multitrillion Dollar Company its also a verb. So now, enter the latest fight over who will lead on generative ai. The Start Up Openai took The Tech Sector by storm with its Chatgpt Chatbot in late 2022 that could answer users queries and carry out like human conversation. You are not a Vacuum Cleaner as of monday, we are seeing that conversation happened out loud. The company demoed a chatbot that can field questions and give out answers via voice. Ex hale slowly. In the demonstration, the chatbot was asked to help someone prepare for a presentation by taking calming breaths. That is it. How d
zero covid policy. the manufacturing sector expanded at its fastest pace in a decade in february with the pmi figure coming in at 52.6 that is much better than economists predicted. mark schaub is international partner at the law firm king & wood mallesons which specialises in investment in china. good to talk to you. nobody surprised to see a big bounce backin surprised to see a big bounce back in china, the question, how long will this last fall, is this a sign of very strong growth or well it petered out again? growth or well it petered out auain? , ,., , growth or well it petered out auain? , , growth or well it petered out auain? ,, again? everybody was surprised it bounced again? everybody was surprised it bounced back again? everybody was surprised it bounced back the again? everybody was surprised it bounced back the strongly - it bounced back the strongly and i think is probably that the manufacturing based on export orders, so china was lucky that other countries had
currently running at 3.9%. which actually sounds like a very healthy growth figure compares many economies around the world. it does fall short of china s aim of 5.5% for this year. and there are signs some workers in china are tiring of the restrictions, with reports today of staff at the world s largest iphone factory facing off with police. mark schaubjoins me now, international partner at the law firm king & wood mallesons. and mark, one of your many roles there is actually you are in charge of private equity investment in china. you know china extremely well. give us your take on their zero covid positive and the impact is having on the fact that they cannot seem to keep control of the spread of covid?