commons. time for a look at the business news now. we start with the unfolding crisis in the red sea and concerns that the continued attacks on cargo ships by yemen s houthi rebels will affect developing countries the hardest. that s the warning from the world trade organization. today the us has launched a fourth round of airstrikes against the rebels the us military said it targeted missiles that could be intended for attacks on ships. as vessels divert to longer and more costly routes that avoid the red sea, supply chains have been disrupted and economists have warned it could add to inflation. the wto s director general, dr ngozi 0konjo iweala, has been speaking to our economic editor faisal islam at the world economic forum in switzerland. iamjoined i am joined here by the director general of the world trade organization. thank you forjoining 0rganization. thank you forjoining the bbc. 0bviously people are concerned about the fluidity of trade given this big geopolitic
power block. how comfortable are you with ebenezer scrooge being a plurality? ba humbug! , no not literally scrooge because he is british and dead, but people like scrooge. analysts call this group double haters. they matter a lot, not just because there are more of them, but they can be decisive. in 2016, double haters, who didn t like either trump or hillary clinton, and that was a favored donald trump, a big part of his win. double haters. the french existentialist said hell is other people. it s like sartre is the swing vote. not literally because he is french and dead. according to the last quinnipiac poll, biden is currently winning the double hater vote. so what does that mean? joining us now in the spirit of
heard of or friends of friends who you would not think of our soldiers joined the army. all kinds of people are doing, whether it is one here jobs, computer jobs, working on behalf of the country. i think they have shown they care a lot about maintaining their existence. you know, rachel, there s something is that a few minutes ago that really struck a bell, or rang a bell in my head. when you talked about this existentialist rhetoric, and this elimination s rhetoric, sorry, this is the kind of rhetoric that the russians used about the ukrainians. the ukrainians know it. so they also believe that they are fighting for their country. they know that when the russians takeover territory, they don t just take over buildings and land, they are murdering people, deporting people, raping women, and so for them it is an existential battle in which every centimeter of territory matters. for us in washington, or in paris, or london, it doesn t
behalf of the country. i think they have shown they care a lot about maintaining their existence. you know, rachel, there s something is that a few minutes ago that really struck a bell, or rang a bell in my head. when you talked about this existentialist rhetoric, and this eliminationist rhetoric. sorry, this is the kind of rhetoric that the russians used about the ukrainians. the ukrainians know it. so they also believe that they are fighting for their country. they know that when the russians takeover territory, they don t just take over buildings and land, they are murdering people, deporting people, raping women, and so for them it is an existential battle in which every centimeter of territory matters. for us in washington, or in paris, or london, it doesn t mean quite the same thing. so the speed of weapons delivered really does matter. anne applebaum, staffer at the atlantic, author of twilight of democracy most
ukraine? yes, i believe we re really, you know, we re at a very important balancing moment. you know, the ukrainians did chase the russians out of the northern part of their country, they did resist the first attack on kyiv, and they did use extraordinarily creative tactics, and they showed that they need to fight and they want to fight, not just professional soldiers but really the whole population, and friends and friends of mine, who you would not think of soldiers join the territorial army, all kinds of people are doing, whether it is volunteer jobs or computer jobs, working on behalf of the country and i think they show that they, you know, that they care a lot about maintaining their existence. you know, rachel, there s something you said a few minutes ago that really struck a bell, you know, rang a bell in my head, when you talked about this existentialist rhetoric and this eliminationist rhetoric, sorry, this is the kind of the rhetoric