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Business Matters: Quad leaders agree to pool rescources to create and distribte covid vaccines

$1.9tn US stimulus comes into force

12/03/2021 GMT

Quad leaders agree to pool rescources to create and distribte covid vaccines

BBC World Service - Business Matters, Quad leaders agree to pool rescources to create and distribte covid vaccines

Leaders agree to re-double their commitment to their Indo-Pacific alliance

Quad leaders meet at a virtual summit to discuss plans to forge ahead with the creation of a free and open Indo-Pacific

The leaders of Japan, U.S.A, Australia and India meet at a virtual summit to discuss plans to forge ahead with the creation of a free and open Indo-Pacific. They pledged to make visible contributions to peace, stability and prosperity in the region, including overcoming the coronavirus. Patrick Cronin tells us why we will be hearing more of the Quad in future. Also, President Trump's tariff war with China had a big impact on materials and consumer goods moving between the US and Asia. Gretchen Blough, a customs-brokerage manager in Pennsylvania explains the current state of shipping between the two nations. Also in the programme, despite repeated attempts to recruit seasonal workers, there has only been a 30 percent uptake in some areas of Australia, which means fruit will rot after a bumper harvest. President of the Victorian Farmers Federation, Emma Germano tells us why a fruit-picking scheme could prove lucrative.Plus, the BBC's Elizabeth Hotson examines the business opportunities that have emerged for those seeking to make the most of people being stuck at home and bored during the lockdowns of the past year.

Fergus Nicoll is joined by Elizabeth Gwynn, reporter for Nine News in Albury, New South Wales.

(Picture: President Biden attends the virtual Quad Summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia, and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga of Japan. Picture credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images.)

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