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Business Matters: Russia wants to build a new gas pipeline with China

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22/03/2023 GMT

Russia wants to build a new gas pipeline with China

BBC World Service - Business Matters, Russia wants to build a new gas pipeline with China

Fifty  billion cubic metres of natural gas per year would be delivered

Russia hopes agreement with China over new pipeline will help it generate income it has lost through selling gas to Europe.

Russia wants to sign an agreement with China to build a new pipeline through Siberia. The idea was put forward  many years ago, but it has gained urgency as it  wants China to replace Europe as its main gas customer. Google is rolling out it’s AI Chat Bard. It can access up-to-date information from the internet and has a "Google it" button which accesses search. The month of fasting for Muslims, Ramadan, is about to get underway. Dates are one fruit that is much sought after to break the fast and we hear from an Egyptian company that exports the fruit across the world. 


Presenter Roger Hearing discusses global business news with Colin Peacock a producer and presenter of Mediawatch, on Radio New Zealand based in Wellington, and Hayley Woodin the executive editor of the Canada based website and publication Business in Vancouver.

(Picture: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping arrive for a signing ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow. Credit: Reuters)

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