double its all the. vaccine 300000000 more doses the most secure the new nearly half of the 2 firms global output of the jobs this year. that's it from me and the news team don't go away business news is up next with stephen business and. more reactions from the attack on the capital i'll have more world news for you up the top of the. story of producer propaganda. they were called the rhineland bastards. their mothers were germans living in the occupied rhineland

their father's soldiers from the french colonies. up in a climate of national pride and racism. this documentary examines the few traces that remain of their existence. the truth. storage january 11th on d w. 4 and business leaders scratch their heads over the u.s. one of the most important markets in the world has become more politically volatile in recent years but does that outweigh the power of its curse we'll talk to our financial correspondent. also on the show workers in senegal threat for their livelihoods as a new outbreak of the coronavirus. brings new restrictions. and german institution

how floyd house has closed its doors to the public through the pandemic but is opening them again for special clientele. welcome to the show i'm stephen beardsley in berlin it's good to have you with us well past 4 years have been a mixed bag for u.s. businesses and overseas firms doing business in the u.s. on the one hand tax cuts and regulatory cuts by a business friendly administration on the other hands what happened on wednesday a mob of trouble euless attacking the u.s. capitol and doing serious damage to the country's reputation. this is not the vision of america that manufacturers believe in and work so hard to defeat the good of the president not of the united states but of the national association of manufacturers jake timmons when he saw the same fold. the toll was severe 5 dead at least 50 arrested chaos reigned for hours after thousands of militant trump supporters stormed the seat of government american business representatives of the

scenes are worried about the impact those images could have us american that was shocking or fine and actually quite embarrassing the world so that. you know it's an extreme circumstance and i think it's not a surprise that very very concerned where this could all end and once cooler heads prevail which fortune i believe is what's going to. german companies operating in the u.s. have had their doubts about the political stability there the country's reliability as a trading partner was already being questioned before the violence in washington according to surveys conducted by the u.s. chamber of commerce u.s. president elect joe biden will have the daunting task of unifying a dangerously divided country if you believe we're in some what happened on wednesday and it also shows what even just half joe biden is going to say if i'm in

his presidency and then tell few p.e.d.'s also that his look is going to be in while it's in the beginning. the incoming president certainly want to have an easy to trumpet ministration will end with a nation divided and sick the viruses wreaked havoc on the u.s. economy and labor market the toughest times my lie ahead. all right let's bring in our financial correspondent in new york yemen's korda good to see you. what does this mean for business destination america it's still a vital market around the world. it definitely is i mean their reputation has suffered to yes china has caught up i mean that's true as well but then on the other side the u.s. still is the largest consumer market on the planet one measure you might take the u.s. economy is still the biggest them in the world and then also if you look at the capital

market it's the lows to liquid in the world as well and then we also shouldn't underestimate the role that the us dollar still has it's still the major currency of the world and that all till dusk if their country some leverage so there is the reputation on the one side there is the economic realities on the other side but clearly it is in the interest of the new administration to also get the reputation going again and find some peace with some of those trading partners. we have about 12 days left of this administration but already looking back over the past 4 years what is the balance for businesses on the one hand they get those tax cuts they get the regulatory cuts on the other hand they got a trade war and now they got what happened on wednesday what is the balance for them. yeah i mean if you look back one year as we saw before we saw the full extent of the pandemic of the us and actually and had the longest expansion face in

the history of the same was true for the labor market and then clearly was the pen to make the economy suffered quite a bit on one side the policy itself u.s. president donald trump has been good for some companies for some business leaders you mentioned their low taxation also less regulation the question is did that really help the economy or did that help them some. olds and the pocketbooks of some of those major corporations and if you look for example what happened to infrastructure here in the united states not so much actually did a change in the past 4 years we have to see if the new administration will do better and then what we also shouldn't underestimate so is it really the president who makes a big difference or is it just the times we live in the whole expansion in the united states and actually started in 2009 and obviously that was when u.s.

performer u.s. president barack obama took office yet so we really have to have to. take this. as part of it just maybe one quick word because we do see signs that actually by now the economy is cooling once again so just shortly before the weekend we got the latest jobs report and actually in december 140000 jobs got lost for the 1st time since april economists had expected an increase of 50000 new jobs or actually we do see some signs of cooling at least at the moment. thank you very much. in staying in the business world 2020 was the worst year for new car sales by volume in 45 years the german association of automotive industry says new car registrations plunged 19 percent last year to 2900000 or correspondent chelsea delaney has the story. it was

a brutal year for germany's automakers and to some degree that was to be expected given the business to business disruptions of the chrono virus given the lock down south are still in place here and germany but even so a 19 percent drop off in registrations this is one of the worst figures we've seen and unification history here in germany and it comes even as the german government really tried to boost sales there were many incentives especially for electric vehicles there was a tax cut and all of that really didn't offset that declines that we've seen so now many of the automakers are looking for 2021 they are expecting a bit of a recovery in part due to the growth we're staying in china as well as the booming electric vehicle market which tripled here in germany in the last year but even with those bright spots many automakers say they don't expect ever turn to pre-crisis levels until perhaps 2022 at the earliest. financial correspondent

charles delaney there in frankfurt let's go to some of the other business stories making headlines boeing will pay $2.00 and a half to 2 and a half $1000000000.00 fine to settle a u.s. justice department investigation into 2737 max crashes the company that employees misled regulators about the safety of the aircraft crashes killed 346 people and led to the grounding of the model. giant sam song says it expects its profits jumped 26 percent in the 4th quarter to more than $8000000000.00 the company has benefited from the coronavirus pandemic with remote working increasing demand for t.v. sets and other hardware. over senegal where the new coronavirus outbreak is testing the west african nation president back you saw has declared a state of emergency in parts of the country and that's hitting workers hard. you this take to the street and burn tires and a car during a night of protest against the curfew many of the protesters working nights as taxi

drivers and delivery riders and the curfew is threatening their livelihoods the moment. that's when i have to go to work i'm a father and i'm prevented from working monkee cells decision to introduce a curfew doesn't make sense. the pandemic had abated in senegal before a 2nd wave struck and the number of infections has skyrocketed since early december health authorities reported 220 new cases on thursday it's relatively low compared to other countries but senegal's health care system is weak most infections were in the cities of dakar and chess the president responded wednesday. on the recommendation from the medical team i have decided to declare a state of emergency in 2 regions car and shas from tomorrow january 6th 2021 so of course the state of emergency will be accompanied by a curfew from 9 o'clock in the evening to 5 o'clock in the morning and.

the consequences for many senegalese are severe many workers don't have permanent jobs or social security and the restrictions immediately impact their incomes. that curfew is not good because we have to stop working earlier but that's the solution that's what protects us and protects our families. preliminary data show that senegal's economy shrank by nearly one percent in 2020 after growing over 5 percent in the previous year the government wants to get back to growth so measures that net the pandemic in the but are there for a priority. for the huff or house is an institution across germany and the beloved target spot out this winter with a pandemic forcing its closure just like other restaurants but for one location in berlin the doors remain open for those with a need to look further than might be on lockdown but there's plenty going on in the

whole thread house kitchen shift and the schmidt is preparing something perfect for this time of year a hearty dish that sticks to the ribs. should be we're preparing a coachman's cooler made with pork knuckles onions gravy and dumplings. mina is a regular here she's 35 years old and homeless the relief organization kid to his super then has teamed up with the whole fry house to help people in need for nina this is the only way to keep warm. especially with the temperatures around 0 degrees or less it's hard to be outside all day and for me it's the cold air i breathe in cold air all day long and my body can't manage to keep warm. an estimated 10000 homeless people live on the streets of berlin the pandemic has made their situation even worse many state run aid facilities are closed because social distancing regulations can't be observed there the white house has 2 floors with

around 3000 square meters of space so there's plenty of room to socially distance around $120.00 people come by at lunchtime to warm up and eat before the pandemic up to 5000 liters of beer were served here every day for the manager bureau it's not a money making venture he donates the rooms for free the berlin senate pays for the food and the personnel. that our motivation is really just to do something good we have a central location right at alexanderplatz and we're empty we're closed and we have nothing to do we're only allowed to do deliveries so we can't even use the space anyway you want. nina's been living on the streets for just over a year after someone close to her died she lost all hope now she's getting back on track. and that is one trigger if you

like this one stroke of fate and there i was at rock bottom for a few weeks i really couldn't take it anymore i didn't even think about going to an aid organization because i was just too messed up it hit me all at once. nina can relax in the white house but the respite is brief after about 4 hours she'll head out onto the streets again. that's it for me in the double business you care bill and the line to the dot com slash business it's washed. up today don't miss our highlights. program online w dot com hard. people looking for coverage. there are many answers.

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