meet with the european institution leaders. i think that joint council that's going to promote trade, technology between the eu and the u.s. that, let's face it, represent 40% of the world's gdp, the idea is that that is to help them counter the economic rise, the technological rise of china, another way of taking the country on. >> melissa bell live in brussels for us this morning. thank you. all right. to the u.s. economy now. the big question of this booming recovery, where are the workers? u.s. businesses complain enhanced unemployment checks are keeping jobless workers on the couch. others blame child care issues for keeping their workers at home. here is another reason for this labor shortage, americans are starting their own businesses. new businesses are forming at a record rate this year according to the census. 2.4 million as of may 2021, that's already more than half of last year and closing in on the 3.5 million new businesses started in the previous two years. some of these entrepreneurs lost jobs during the pandemic or they