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and virtual passport to paradise: why a remote pacific island nation is offering digital citizenship to people around the world. so, let s get down to business. we start here in the uk, where companies are begging the chancellorjeremy hunt to provide more support for business when he announces his budget next week. as it stands, firms face a sharp rise in corporation tax at the end of the month, just as government help with energy bills is scaled back and tax breaks on investment are phased out. on wednesday, the british chambers of commerce warned the uk risks falling behind its competitors if firms aren t given more help. the uk is the only g7 economy yet to recover to pre pandemic levels, and the bcc predicts that won t happen until the end of next year. our business editor simonjack reports. 450 a50 acres, 350 businesses, thousands of employees, this estate is one of the largest in europe and hosts a huge cross section of the businesses that government wants and needs to ....
we begin in france, where unions will be staging strike action today against the government s pension reform plans. the government is aiming to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 years. today marks the sixth day of strikes and protests since mid january, and unions say it will be the biggest yet with workers across a range of sectors expected to mobilise. teachers, gas and electricity workers, train drivers, and industrial workers are all expected to join. part of the french government plan is also to raise the minimum pension to 1,200 euro a month, which is over 550 euro higher than the current minimum figure. but unions want more due to rising inflation. let s go live to paris now and talk to tomasz michalski associate professor of economics at the hec business school in paris. we spoke about these injanuary but they are still continuing into march. but they are still continuing into march. , , . , , into march. the public support is there for into march. the ....
about support for taiwan in the event of a piercy attack. clifford hart, national security council s china and taiwan director formally, thank you for speaking to us. we will find out very soon if us presidentjoe biden talks about taiwan and the south china sea in remarks he is expected to deliver after talking to china s president, xijinping. they talked forfour china s president, xijinping. they talked for four hours at an estate near san francisco, they took a nice stroll in the garden afterwards as well. this of course is the first meeting between the two leaders for a year and a day. they last met in bali at the 620 last year. and we may be seeing. no, not president bidenjust and we may be seeing. no, not president biden just yet. you are looking at pictures of the press conference, where we are expecting us presidentjoe biden to deliver remarks after his meeting with china s resident, xijinping. this meeting comes after a year, the first face to face meeting they ....