we want to throw him a little bit. he s going to be riding high. thow about tiny dancer ? that s my man. also my nickname in high school. tonight, the biggest pandemic problem no one has really talked about until now. the supply campaign. chain. the supply chain. the supply chain issue. the supply chain. what is it? the issue is like the blob from the early sci-fi movies, this mysterious mass of manpower, motivation, and business maneuvers that is moving slowly, smothering out economy and more. this video of cargo ships in the water off l.a. port. they re not just sitting. they are stranded. why? no one to receive. no one to offload. and no one to export. do i sound like shatner right now? back to news. this is the mark of the blob. and that s why the man who is most threatened by the blob, president biden, went there to take it on. the port of los angeles announced today that it is going to begin operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week. this follows the
strong cigarette game he had in that, where he held it, looking at it. looking at it is key. a lot of looking there. then talking out. he s got a new spoken word album out, in case you didn t know. he is on the show with me tomorrow night. is there any song that you would like to have him speak? well, he has a new album out so he very well might want to speak something of that. but i want to give him something he doesn t have on his album. try rocket man again. that s very original, coop. we want to throw him a little bit. he s going to be riding high. how about tiny dancer ? that s my man. also my nickname in high school. tonight, the biggest pandemic problem no one has really talked about until now. the supply chain. the supply chain. the supply chain issue. the supply chain. what is it? the issue is like the blob from the early sci-fi movies, this mysterious mass of manpower, motivation, and business maneuvers that is moving slowly, smoth
slower demand for consumer goods, rising borrowing costs and constant talk of a global recession, have not gone unnoticed by the manufacturing sector, which is currently experiencing acute challenges balancing supply and avoiding over production. january data from many of the world s key economies will be unveiled later giving the earliest signs of how the global economy is faring. many economists will be looking for risks of recession and any pricing trends. fhaheen khan is senior economist with make uk the manufacturers organisation that represents 20,000 companies of all sizes. good to have you on the programme. wejust heard good to have you on the programme. we just heard from japan and you said many countries are coming out with pmi data say showing that the manufacturing shrank for a third row that make months in a row injapan. export third row that make months in a row in japan. export weakness is seen as persistent at the moment and that is the concern, isn t it, righ
the full effect of higher rates has yet to be felt but households and businesses are coping. for now. plus ripe for transformation. how developments in al are starting to bear fruit in the push for more sustainable agriculture. we are looking at the top business stories. we start in beijing where china s president, xijinping is hosting european union leaders for their first in person summit meeting since 2019. and there is one huge number that is looming over the talks. 400 billion euros. that s roughly the size of china s trade surplus with the eu the difference between what they sell to europe, and what europe sells to china. european commission president ursula von der leyen says it s because of china s unfair support for its industries which means its products are flooding global markets and threaten to undermine europe s industrial base. china says the complaint doesn t make sense when the eu stops it from buying certain sensitive technology such as advanced ch