in the manufacturing of semiconductors. the move by the chinese ministry of commerce targets the metals gallium and germanium which china is a major producer of. from next month exports of these metals will require a license. michelle fleury has more. us treasury secretary janet yellin is heading to beijing and hers is heading to beijing and hers is the second trip i a cabinet official to china since ties between the worlds to top economies deteriorated earlier this year. her goal is to study the relationship but she has her work cut out for her. ahead of her visit beijing said it was exposing imposing export controls on two rare metals essential for making semiconductor essentialfor making semiconductor is. this is seen as a tit for tat response after the us, the netherlands and japan recently wrist directed chip exports to china. some say the move is aimed at giving china more leverage in future trade discussions. gallium and germanium, the two medals in question will be
the boss of british gas joins us to talk about that, and to answer your questions. jordan henderson cuts short his stay in saudi arabia. the england midfielder has arrived in amsterdam tojoin struggling dutch giants ajax afterjust 19 games in the middle east. cold today. could it change at the weekend? we are about to go from snow to storms. all the details in breakfast. the indian steel company, tata, will confirm plans today to cut up to 3,000 jobs in the uk. most are expected to be at britain s biggest steelworks in port talbot, at britain s biggest where two coal fired furnaces are set to be closed. unions called it a crushing blow and the worst case scenario. 0ur reporter, lucy vladev, has more. after years of questions about the future of steel making, the answers being provided for workers here are about as bad as they get. both blast furnaces in port talbot will close, as part of major changes to the way tata produces steel. jobs will go across the uk, but south w
joins me now, head of autos and infrastructure at fitch solutions. good morning to you. so, this has literallyjust come out, hasn t it? what do you make of this plan? it hasn t it? what do you make of this plan? this plan? it really appears to be future this plan? it really appears to be future proofing this plan? it really appears to be future proofing the - this plan? it really appears to | be future proofing the industry for this shift to evs which is already the fastest growing segment in the market, and that brings with it big changes to the manufacturing side of the industry. we have been looking at something similar ourselves and what will be the megatrends in the industry to 2050 and one of those is automation because evs are particularly well suited by manner of having fewer parts to more automated manufacturing and it has an impact on the skill sets that are required for manufacturing. but notjust are required for manufacturing. but not just the are required fo
throughout the programme. it s tuesday, the 9th of january. our main story. two formerjustice secretaries one conservative, the other labour are leading calls for the government to introduce legislation to quash the convictions of those caught up in the post office it scandal. the postal affairs minister, kevin hollinrake, said various options were being looked at to speed up appeals and compensate the victims. he said more talks would be held today and he hoped to announced a solution very shortly. here s our political correspondent, peter saull. i m the sub postmaster, so i m locked in and everyone else is locked out. so if you want to see my account. this is a scandal going back decades, and now a tv drama watched by millions has pushed it to the top of the political agenda. i know it s probably me because i m really rubbish with technology, but.| ve declared my cash, i ve declared my stock, i ve done it all three times and i still can t get it to balance. mr bates vs