donald trump's first year in office has brought a lot of controversy about the economy is booming we'll ask our correspondent on wall street about the u.s. president's. tourism is booming in cuba despite dollar trump's moves to tight restrictions on american snaking their way to the i'm. also coming out tough times a half for rickshaw drivers and dot com authorities they are up cracking down on the popular means of transportation. for business you all come to the program i'm funny for char saturday marks the one year anniversary of donald trump's presidency since taking office he has repeatedly pointed out his achievements in strengthening the u.s. economy now on doll sadly the economy is going strong more americans working and

the unemployment rate at four point one percent the jobless numbers decreased stably on their trumps for. obama last year the u.s. economy grew by two point two percent but it was even higher in four out of obama's eight years in office many believe biggest legislative achievement is tax reform but critics say it most it benefits the rich and the business world. or at least bringing in school to all correspondents on wall street hey yes so it seems that your u.s. economy is doing great is breaking one record high after another so is strong a better president than he gets credit for after all. the u.s. economy is still doing well but most changes most economic changes that the new administration chief took aim towards the end of twenty seventeen so it's really far too early to tell how those will work out and we shouldn't forget it was the

tax reform that will leave a huge debt burden for the u.s. economy but if we look at wall street investors are happy but what happens on wall street is not what did happen what investors believe will happen and obviously wall street believes that there is more to come just within the first year of the presidency of donald trump the stock market here in the u.s. has gained almost seven trillion dollars and well you know not everything is rosy because if the current year's budget battle is not resolved it's not resolved the question is could a government shutdown have an impact on the u.s. economy we so far about eighteen shutdowns of the past forty years that mostly the economic impact has been limited to for sure a lot depends for how long a possible shutdown would drag on and we also should. remember that this is not a complete but a partial shutdown but yes

a lot will depend how long this shutdown. drag on and if we look at the stock market overall the last big shutdown happened in twenty thirty in dragging on for about two weeks and during that time span and wall street actually even gained three percent so at least the investors do not seem to be to a very good about this possible shutdown yet yes for the thank you so much for your analysis. coca-cola is going green very slowly by twenty thirty to soda giant wants to recycle a used bottle or can for everyone it solves the company behind over five hundred brands of soda juices and water is committing to making all of its packaging recyclable worldwide now if this would be a step to decreasing the amount of plastic waste littering the planet and its oceans coca-cola admits that it's part of an environmental problem.

and one year into donald trump's presidency a lot has changed not only in the united states as we take stock of trump's first year in the white house we take you to cuba it tourism from america aboard after barack obama nuisance travel restrictions but don't trump has tightened again what that means here is more. the man overlooking revolution square is a legend to give our the man on the harley is his son and this to give our eyes the owner of law put a rose a tours and he's showing tourists across of ana is guests love it or they said it's going on to is chase son speaks of the greatness of heart and humility of the families the you military of his father and the you military of the son and it's to give our us business took off after then president barack obama lifted a longstanding travel ban for americans.

the first years were very good there was an opening and an increase in tourism and that helped us but today relations are more closed the world has become more complicated conditions are worse and tourism has dropped a bit. in fact tourism has not dropped twenty seventeen was a record year for cuba with four point seven million visitors spending more than three billion dollars there the number of american travelers also rose to six hundred nineteen thousand more than six times the pre obama level but under new regulations put in place by the trump administration all u.s. travel to cuba has to take place an organized tour groups that's bad news for many private restaurants bed and breakfasts and other providers at nostalgic car cuba tourists can rent the classic cars have ana is famous for the owner has an idea about why u.s. tourists are facing tighter rules again. when americans see the reality of cuban

life when they hear the testimonies of cuban businessmen from the private sector they realize that everything they have been told our lives. tighter regulations are not american tourists still flock to cuba and are enjoying the experience. we were a little bit afraid but we talked to the owner of the company he said no problems no problems and we've been here for days and it's been very very nice surely american tourists will continue to discover cuba but some small businesses won't benefit from their visit until after the trump years. the eighty third burley international week has opened to the public the focus this time is on plan protection and animal welfare its timing couldn't be worse than african swine fever spreading through wild boar populations in europe.

there's a lot to see and even more to taste. of all her green week brings together more than sixteen hundred exhibitors from sixty six countries one big topic the recent spread of african swine fever across large parts of eastern europe the disease is no threat for humans but farmers are worried if their stock gets infected all animals would have to be killed what i heard is a genuine worry that this is will reach germany i would say to farmers or in germany that we are doing everything we possibly can but we have to be vigilant at all times and we have to implement the actions that we have promised to do. last for ten days galleria is this year's official partner country four hundred thousand visitors are expected. following three years of very low rainfall k.-tel faces a huge challenge now to south african cities authorities are tightening restrictions

on household water usage to fight an ongoing drought it getting in february residents will be limited to fifty to say that's almost half the currency. water collection is now a common sight in cape town families here have been feeling the strain of the water rationing measures because. we can't use the tap in the way the water from the tap. water that so we have to connect to sydney and have family collect water three to four times a week after three years of too little rainfall cape town faces a severe water shortage the water reservoirs of south africa's second largest city are only a third of their capacity and families like sydney's are being forced to go to extreme lengths to save water both in the world to be used for the washing machine and from the washing machine. and from day one we use it for

three for this is just for the twit. my mom was always she didn't like to waste anything so she was always don't waste. so she decided no it was and she heard about the job out we're going to save. the family uses the collected water in different ways including cooking drinking dishwashing and other household chores that way they consume little water from the time we have a family of four including my parents would be six. so that's about sixteen thousand metres we should average a month but we brought down to about four thousand you remember the water shortage has hit hard and conserving water like sydney's family isn't something every as the highest in the world but the government is clamping down on that shot. this is the easiest way to get around the bangladeshi capital dhaka.

bricks others are readily available everywhere but we feel they are useful because they can move around our roles. he said to do what he did know and they are less of an environmental burden than cars for several hundred thousand locals the vehicles represent more than just a means of transportation they are a source of income. i came from a village i've been working in this area for six or seven years i make about nine dollars that's what my family lives on. what i want to vote on. but his days in the job could be numbered critics say rickshaws are slowing down traffic in dhaka so the police are cracking down on them. illegally plying through the v.i.p. rolls and creating traffic jams now it will send these to be trashed less than ten percent are legally registered now hundreds of thousands of drivers face the

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