President xi told Secretary Blinken that china and the us should be partners rather than rivals. Mr blinken for his part raised concerns over chinas support for russia in its invasion of ukraine. He also raised what he described as chinas unfair Trade Practices in a number of Key Industries that will drive the 21st century economy. Solar panels, Electric Vehicles and the batteries that power them. China alone is producing more than 100 of Global Demand for these products, flooding markets, undermining competition, putting at Risk Livelihoods and businesses around the world. Now, this is a movie that weve seen before, and we know how it ends, with american businesses shuttered and american jobs lost. President biden will not let this happen on his watch. Lets speak now to our north America Business correspondent, erin delmore. In the background to this meeting was a warning we heard from President Biden recently that more tariffs on chinese imports could be on the way. What does this me
live now to professor tim benton, research director, environment and society centre. thank you very much forjoining us today, tim. lots of things of course influence the price we end up paying for ourfood, things like transport, wages and supermarkets. are the increases that we are seeing in the costs of food commodities being passed on to consumers in foal, orare being passed on to consumers in foal, or are they being absorbed, at least in some parts, in the supply chain? to a parts, in the supply chain? trr a certain extent, both. if you think back to our current period of inflation, where we ve had, post ukraine, post pandemic, a global cost of living crisis. sorry, i m getting a lot of feedback, i m getting a lot of feedback, i can t hear myself. thank you. global cost of living crisis, some of that is being driven by environmental effects, some of it being driven by politics, but as climate change increasingly bites, we are going to get a lot more pressure on everyday co