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2020-12-31T00:20:29Z

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By Catarina Demony LISBON, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Portugal's tourism sector is set to lose 60,000 jobs this year alone due to the impact of the coronavirus outbreak and a recovery is still far off, Tourism Secretary Rita Marques said on Monday. Some of the country's regions must diversify their tourism-dependent economy after the pandemic, Marques also told Reuters in an interview. She expected a rebound of international visits to happen by the third quarter of 2021, depending on the success of a COVID-19 vaccine, but it could take until 2023 for those to return to pre-pandemic record levels. Last year, [http://www.google.com/search?q=Portugal&btnI=lucky Portugal] had more than 16.4 million foreign visitors. "We know it will be hard, it will take some time," Marques said, adding that Portugal sought to be among the first to benefit when people were allowed to travel freely again. Tourism was crucial for Portugal's recovery from the 2010 economic and debt crisis and Marques is convinced it will help Portugal recover from the pandemic. However, some [http://photobucket.com/images/regions%20rely regions rely] too heavily on tourism, she said, calling for the development of other sectors there and a boosting of their international competitiveness. Regions such as the southern Algarve, famous for its beaches and [https://kynghidongduong.vn/blog/le-hoi-hoa-tam-giac-mach-ha-giang-va-nhung-diem-check-in-voi-hoa-dep-nhat.html hoa tam giác mạch] golf courses and particularly popular with British visitors, are among the most affected. In Algarve, the tourism industry is not only suffering with the economic impact of the pandemic, which pushed the number of registered jobless up 134% to 24,088 last month from a year ago, but also from concerns about the implications of Brexit. It is crucial not only to develop other sectors but to also attract more tourists from markets other than Britain to Algarve, [https://kynghidongduong.vn/blog/le-hoi-hoa-tam-giac-mach-ha-giang-va-nhung-diem-check-in-voi-hoa-dep-nhat.html hoa tam giác mạch] Marques said. "We need to diversify...but we will work to guarantee the Algarve continues to welcome all British people - no matter what happens with Brexit," Marques said. The tourism industry contributed about 15% to Portugal's gross domestic product in 2018, latest official data show. Though the sector all but collapsed due to the pandemic, with revenues sliding nearly 65% between January and [https://kynghidongduong.vn/blog/le-hoi-hoa-tam-giac-mach-ha-giang-va-nhung-diem-check-in-voi-hoa-dep-nhat.html kynghidongduong.vn] September, Marques said residents opting to spend their holidays closer to home have lent a helping hand to the sector. "I believe domestic tourism is here to stay," she said. (Reporting by Catarina Demony; Editing by Andrei Khalip and Angus MacSwan)

Tony Blair: US And Europe Need A Common Position On Chinese Tech

2020-12-30T10:08:15Z

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id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body"> Tony Blair speaking at Web Summit in Lisbon. Horacio Villalobos#Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images Chinese tech is experiencing something of a boom, and [https://kynghidongduong.vn/blog/le-hoi-hoa-tam-giac-mach-ha-giang-va-nhung-diem-check-in-voi-hoa-dep-nhat.html hoa tam giác mạch] it would be fair to say the US and Europe are unsure how to react. Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has an idea. "One thing that will be really good is for America and Europe to work out how they actually cooperate in the technological sphere, and how they make sure that in respect to China, and as China rises, they take a common position," he said, speaking at the Web Summit in Lisbon on Wednesday. CNET NowAll the latest tech news delivered to your inbox. It's FREE!.shortcode.newsletter h2 width:100%!important; China is the source of much of the cutting-edge research and development in technology, in areas from [/news/huawei-mate-x-is-finally-here-but-its-only-in-china-for-now/ phones] to [/news/peter-thiel-says-googles-ai-work-in-china-is-bad-for-america/ AI] to [/news/scientists-in-china-claim-to-have-created-first-gene-edited-human-babies/ genetics]. But given how vastly different its political system is from that of the US and [https://kynghidongduong.vn/blog/le-hoi-hoa-tam-giac-mach-ha-giang-va-nhung-diem-check-in-voi-hoa-dep-nhat.html kynghidongduong.vn] Europe, the regions need to work out how closely they're prepared to work together, said Blair. "Do you decouple from China or do you try and have some form of competitive cooperation or cooperative competition?" Blair shared the Web Summit stage with [/news/silicon-valley-congressman-ro-khanna-regulate-political-ads-on-facebook-like-copyright/ Silicon Valley congressman Ro Khanna], who agreed that a common position is the key to both regions excelling in technology. But unlike Blair, [https://kynghidongduong.vn/blog/le-hoi-hoa-tam-giac-mach-ha-giang-va-nhung-diem-check-in-voi-hoa-dep-nhat.html hoa tam giác mạch] he was less focused on cooperation with China and had his eyes fixed firmly on the competition. "The most important thing for the United States and Europe is to win the technology race," said Khanna. "We can't afford to lose in artificial intelligence, in quantum computing, in biotechnology -- we need to make those fundamental investments and be in the lead and make sure China is more dependent on our technology than vice versa." Now playing: Watch this: China's voyage to the far side of the moon 4:14 Blair said it's also important that the cooperation between the US and Europe extends to taking a common position on regulation -- and ensuring they invest the time and effort in developing regulation that's fit for the purpose. "Politicians are very simple people -- what they don't understand, they don't like, and what they don't like, they will regulate, but often badly," he said. "Big tech is developed in a way where these companies have enormous power, enormous reach. It's inevitable there's going to be a desire to regulate them. But you've got to get the regulation right." Europe is largely considered to be at the forefront of regulating big tech, thanks to the strong position it's taken on antitrust and tax and the implementation of its General Data Protection Regulation as a bid to protect privacy. "I regret that the United States hasn't been able to participate as much in the conversation because our Congress has not had a privacy framework, we haven't had an antitrust framework," added Khanna. "Frankly, I think there's been too much of a deferral on the regulatory framework to Europe." He said he hopes there will be more of a conversation between the two regions in future. Blair, who was prime minister of the UK from 1997 to 2007, stressed that [http://www.fool.com/search/solr.aspx?q=preserving preserving] the transatlantic alliance he had fostered with the US during his time in office was key to establishing this conversation, and warned against its breakdown. "Our own relationship is becoming transactional when it shouldn't be," he said, but added that he thinks it's salvageable. "The values that bind America and Europe together are strong and important, and we're both, in the end, whatever the temporary issues around our politics, defenders of liberal democracy."

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2020-12-30T10:08:09Z

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