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. i am as you my junior and you are welcome to the program it's now official in the central african republic president faustina. has been reelected he managed an absolute majority in the 1st round of voting. to draft. the country's constitutional court's validates at the provisional results on monday seeing what they're received over 53 percent of all election was mobbed by move. but of course rejected arguments the results were fraudulent. some of reaching outside the constitutional court has the best of what people on the streets of bunky have to. he's

a man who started to do well here and will continue to do well i'm so happy my joy is so great you see what's going on people have no problem with him despite the rebels despite the coalition the president's been reelected although they. say want to spoil these elections and we stood firm i mean the fears there but were central africans in the country belongs to one it's not the country of a single individual it's the country of all central african he thought of it now he had the vote in late december to please despite a coalition of rebel groups staging a field coup week before the rebels have websense them to disrupt security just monday it killed 2 united nations peacekeepers in an ambush the violence extends to outfox on civilians and that has led to an exodus of thousands from the central african republic into neighboring countries including. the reporter and he's a young reports now formed by god to refugee come just across the border from the

central african republic. lucy arrived here in cameroon on friday after fleeing an attack on her village by central african republic rebels she walked in the forest with her husband for 3 days before reaching the border. but she doesn't know what's happened to her 2 children she believes they managed to escape with her parents. why is i started on the. the rebels came out at night came with weapons and that's the reason why we fled thought they were shooting everywhere and people started running away many people died and they burned houses. physical exhaustion and psychological trauma are taking a toll on these new arrivals the united nations says about $60000.00 ca are refugees have fled to neighboring countries since the most recent conflict began after december's election more than 5000 of them are in cameroon like abbott who fled

fighting with his wife and 3 children want to see a mob we saw fighting in the city center of boy we saw a corpse and the young man was there for probably 2 days we saw bodies after the fighting between rebels and soldiers i saw 3 people dead at around about. continued fighting in the ca our new refugee shelters are being constructed here at gado refugee camp these men refugees themselves are helping the u.n. h.c.r. to build new makeshift homes gado was already the biggest camp for ca are refugees in cameroon now it's expecting more people. in the past 3 weeks close to $300.00 of these tens how many course chucked at by un to c o u n n justice here see by the end of the month expected at least 5 times and more if from the central african republic. resources are quickly drying up as thousands of

people continue to cross over to eastern cameroon from the central african republic the majority are children. the camp is being overwhelmed. whose only if the conflict continues we have seen another site. up to the government will provide us with another site to settle new arrivals. to the camp where we are at the moment was designated 426000 but we're close 227500. so you can see that with the conflict this camp will become extremely saturated it will be good to create other camps to take the pressure off this one. lucy is uncertain where her children might be she can only hope they're safe with her parents for now she's too frightened to return and will try to rebuild from a distance while in cameroon like thousands of her compatriots forced to flee their homes.

and. glued to television sets across the country people following what's happening at the supreme court because the court started hearing about the presidential elections president was declared when out by the electoral commission and is continuing his 2nd and final time in office bought for president john muhammad is challenging the election results he believes no kind of dates got more than the 50 percent of needed to win and that it was unconstitutional for the electoral commission to be. so 'd what do some think about the court's process well we took our comrades to the streets in the crowd to fish their thoughts we experts in the judges to give. us to have been fine to the issue and also get the country running a small us as you would expect to see that the big question both you know what's

with us and give us information how credible claims of the n.t. is. that ok just today. show us that everything detailed information. what is wrong and what happened and how come all of these happen. why the n.p.t. everyone is fighting for peace but. ok so i think. free and fair critique from the supreme court will bring this. country remove us. and. i think. it is the right to choose to say. rather than. should be that. went

on. the pitch right so that. the. knowledge joined by some of. the university for professional studies closely monitoring for students time. who is thinking who to call it and what exactly. former president john muhammad has to be teaching the supreme court that had a president of the flock to. be elected and so he's asking for a runoff between him and the current president. ok. his demands what are some of the humans made by the respondents against the petition so far. the president says that there's no merits in their petition and the supreme court to dismiss the action without believe to details they seem to be said by day in the

truck commission full of them to be read as a shelf to former president john muhammad that they lesson should go to everyone. ok whether they are in agreement or not called process has begun but here's what i want to understand in 2012 it took about 8 months for you frederick to be reached in a similar case but this time a ruling is expected in 42 days what's changed and how realistic is the timeline. will the changes is because in that time in 20 states who was the face time god knows when to such an election p.t. she sued if we've lent him last fall from the time that to me spend and realize that economically and politically to good for the country and also they've been a few changes this time the chief justice is sitting on the keys in 20 take. the keys. to 2 in the case only one that she just says is that one was

part of the $22.00 petition that. we reduce from night to 7 so everything is being done to ensure that the able to meet that spot of $42.00 days and a ruse that would be changed slightly. on this issue objections and and to lead by lawyers they want everything to pool smoothly and as quickly as possible ok and now what the benefits of such he called for seating to the electoral all democratic process. obviously there is that. harrington rule of law instead of disagreement and cheese or. oversold to court. please they can't get justice and also seem cruel violate the trust system we get to know some of the mistakes. corrected just like in 20. we knew

a lot of mistakes and this time around they were corrected but. it happened on site ok quickly so i mean what's the possible outcomes from this petition in court. to possible outcomes. that the. bt and the president and the defense about 500000. even if there were a regularity said to the table that the president was. to be true or not but if you're able to establish that indeed there were lots of figure he said it affects the margin. the position away. ok i guess only time will tell how things will go. on academic thank you for your time. and also a time on the show for more bastardi you can go to our websites d.w.

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somewhere over the rainbow a musician bringing new respect to this wacky instrument the therapy. well the clock is now ticking down the last hours of the donald trump presidency but the divisions and fears that trump stoked have left an indelible mark on the united states and its artists and his 4 years at the white house trump did away with norms and conventions and so did american artists becoming more vocal and political the men been in decades. yellow hair orange face. the 45th u.s. president like a warning sign. he has sort of. link . never you're. driving on

a road or this struction area. you see these very bright orange signs orange stickers on warning. clinical cartoonists have often reduced donald trump to a figure of fun. even born illustrator ido rodrigue has never used humor in his work about him right from the start he didn't think there was anything to laugh about. at say he comes off or at the time some opposite joke that something something that wasn't going to win the presidency and i saw morris as a very. and i sort of work that. that maybe. i created. rodriguez reacts to current events in his illustrations and like

many of his fellow cartoonists he could barely keep up with the news cycle made headlines nearly every day especially with statements that immediately polarized people and forced many to take a clear stance against him many celebrities joined ordinary citizens in demonstrations. being inclusive being diverse. on immigrants. where these are the things that americans want to be what we resonate in new york author siri hustvedt and paul auster set up the group writers against the pressure of living under the tree. and watching day to day they're. an institution that i think many americans thought were. has been a shocking experience and it's affected me personally. public spats with celebrity

legendary he called 3 time oscar winner meryl streep one of hollywood's most overrated actresses and he feuded with lady gaga and bruce springsteen mostly via twitter his preferred media. hollywood were open in their support for him one of those was actor jon voight whom trump awarded the medal of arts in 2019. great nations produce great thinkers artists musicians and scholars who make our world a more beautiful and lightened in joyful place but trump wasn't willing to invest in that more beautiful world the medal of arts is sponsored by the national endowment of the arts who's funding he reduced the trumpet ministration saw a little use in public arts funding. for his part. hopes he'll never again have to create a magazine cover with donald trump. well trump may be leaving the white house but the infamous baby trump protest balloon is sticking around the giant helium blimp

of trump with a diaper and a smartphone is set to outlive trump's presidency as a display in the museum of london a crowd funded balloon 1st appeared at protests against the president's visit to the british capital in $28.00 team before going on to tour several other countries . and of course the new u.s. president joe biden is said to be inaugurated on wednesday the event is going to be very different from what we saw 4 years ago with trump my colleague adrian kennedy is here for more what can we expect yes well as you said most people remember that trump had some trouble getting performance together for his inauguration show it seems this time around there is no shortage of people lining up to take parts at wednesday morning swearing in ceremony we will get lady ga cause interpretation of the u.s. national am from the star spangled banner as well as

a performance from jennifer lopez now lady gaga of course was regularly seen on the biden campaign trail supporting the presidential candidates ahead of last year's election the singer took to twitter to say she was honored to be performing at the event and was also campaigning for by as yet we don't know what she will be singing can't wait to see now the theme of course is unity do you have to be do the artists have to be members of the democratic party to perform of course there is a country singing a golf broke so it's a republican and he will be performing he has stress though that he is performing for the president for the presidency it's not a political statement but rather a statement of unity where we've got a clip of him talking to members of the inaugural committee you let's hear what he

had to say. so i would say unity i would say we're more divided than ever so that bridge that brings us together. i don't know it's i might be you know republican at this place but it's reaching across loving one another because that's what's going to get us through probably the most divided times that we have i want the divided times to be behind us i want to be able to differ in opinion and hug each other at the same put ok and interestingly of course books performed at one of the bomb a inaugurations but he skipped trump's swearing in citing shapeshifting problems well maybe we should read too much and so they had a dream it's not just going to be music though no that's right the youth poet laureate amanda goldman will be the youngest poet read at you know gratian she will be reciting own inaugural poem the hill be climb which she had

apparently half finished when the u.s. capitol was stormed on january the 6th and she completed it on the same night in a search of creativity interesting backgrounds like president biden coleman overcame a speech impediment before becoming a confident public speaker wow now of course the public ceremony has also been scaled back because of the coronavirus pandemic and security concerns there is still a t.v. and online inauguration show though as well as like there will be a prime time special in titled celebrating america i would a wednesday evening with john legend demi lovato bruce springsteen justin timberlake and the food fight us well ok lots of big names plenty of good entertainment and good vibes to usher in this new political era a dream candidate thanks so much thank you. now one instrument you probably won't

be hearing at joe biden's inauguration is the pharaoh man it's an early form of synthesizer that many people see as more of a party trick than a real instrument musician i think is helping to change that. catalina ike is among the world's best saarinen players the award winning musician performs regularly as a soloist the world over as here in concert with the brussels philharmonic. she also plays her own electronic music composition.

that pheromone creates an electromagnetic field that can be influenced by the human body. change the sound. base upright antenna determines the pitch when i move towards the antenna the pitch rises. and this little 1010 you're on the other side controls the value so if i move further away the sound gets louder. russian physicist leon theremin 1st presented the instrument in 1920 some of the musicians and bands who have experimented with it since are the beach boys like except when tom waits. on mission asia. the movie going public is familiar with the sound of this 4 runner at the sympathizer from a horror inside. section sounds. good still used occasionally on soundtracks even

now. because this tradition came about because when the pheromone was 1st developed musicians played with lots of abroad even on the violin and other instruments. among us if you apply that to the thera man it sounds a bit spooky. how lina ike got her very 1st there a minute each 7 she learned to play from among others the inventor's own grand niece. by age 16 she developed a new technique that's now in general use worldwide it allows the musician to play with far greater precision a challenge because the instrument reacts to the slightest movement. ever if i so much as breathe. that changes the sound. so to play a very precise night i have to stay completely still

a lot of things but if i play no small freely in an experimental performance for instance i can move my entire body up and be. found then was one of the 1st electronic instruments now more than 100 years after its invention it still sounds futuristic. well that's almost it for this edition of arts and culture but before we go one of the few figures in the united states who most americans can agree are dolly parton the legendary singer songwriter and funder of covert night tina research is turning 75 i'll leave you now with her 974 classic jolene.

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need for minds. the to. play . this is it we use life for brilliant tough furt covert 19 restrictions for germany and already light tights rather a lockdown could be extended as chancellor angela merkel meets with state leaders the country fighting to stay one step ahead of new and more infectious strains of the coronavirus plus failing the grade an independent panel hands down a stinging review of china in the war. health organizations pandemic failures

saying china should have been more forceful with their measures and that the w.h.o. should have declared an emergency sooner plus american capital on high alert operations in washington d.c. for wednesday's inauguration are overshadowed by fears or further unrest at the capital our correspondent reports from behind the security cordon about a city audience. thank you so much for your company everyone journey is the latest quarter virus and numbers there are some good news and some bad news for a land locked out the good news is that infection rates are trending in the right direction but as far as an american meets with political leaders to discuss what comes next the bad news is that the country isn't out of the woods yet. people in

germany are preparing for tightened coronavirus restrictions here a 4 likely outcomes from tuesday's political discussions in berlin one that the existing measures will be extended until mid february that means large parts of public life will remain closed like schools and daycare centers and also shops museums theaters and dining restaurants. to an obligation to win medical masks the federal government wants these to be compulsory on public transport and in shops as is the case in bavaria with f f p 2 masks these off of better protection than regular cloth masks but they're more expensive so the new rules would probably also allow for cheaper surgical masks. 3 more working from home the government wants to impose stricter rules to stop

office workers from commuting as much pushing their employers to let them work from home. for a possible night. they're already in place in some regions along with stricter border controls but it's unclear whether they would be imposed nationwide. or else get you more on this so did every political correspondent is standing by has anything come out of the meeting. not said but news agency a report that the chancellor and the state premiers agreed to recontact occur and love down until february to 14 that comes as no surprise given the current situation the infections are still fairly high here in germany. regional leaders and i got america also agreed to make surgical masks a mandatory even public transport's again according to news agency this is already decays in the very hour f.s.b.

2 mosques are mandatory in public transports now on whacking from home it's been saved out of the regional leaders and the chance of the found an agreement the ministry for work should send out a directive a decree issued decree to companies to facilitate and enable work from home whenever that is possible until now it was only a recommendation so as to try and reduce contacts not only in the workplace but also on the way to work and where this is not possible office is must be reorganized so that there will be less people in the same room and medical mosques should be provided by the employer when it is not possible to work from home or the current measure is not working. they do work but then do not work fast enough if you look at the 7 days incidents wage this to around a $130.00 cases 300000 inhabitants knowing that a critical tresh oh the old rate is up to 50 cases pound it has an inoperative

that's better in december and early january where these number was a nearing 200 but the number of infections and especially the number of deaths is still way too high even though even though it is decreasing now it is a race between trying to reach immunization to devise a nation rollout and watching out for news trains of the virus which are appearing at the moment exactly and there is growing concern because a new strain of the virus has been discovered in the very what more can you tell us about that. yes a new variant which is different to the b. 117 has been discovered in a big very hospital it's been found in 35 of the 19 patients we don't know yet if a decent variant is more infectious more deadly than the current virus but so far maybe that's a civil medical expert has said that the variance that we that are currently being

found don't reduce the impact of the virus seen to have user interaction as reporting thank you. are sick look now at the other developments in the corona virus pandemic. the number of people in england with coronavirus antibodies is estimated to have almost doubled from last october to december about one in 8 of those tested in december showed signs of a past coded infection meanwhile france's national statistics office says average life expectancy in the country fell by around half a year in 2020 due mainly to the crew and a virus france has seen more than 70000 covert related deaths since the start of the pen demick and an independent panel of experts criticized china and the world health organization for their response to the pen demick the panel said china should have implemented public health measures more forcefully from the outset and that the w.h.o. should have declared an emergency sooner. well

a short while ago i had the opportunity to talk to the co-chair of that panel ellen johnson sirleaf for former president of liberia and nobel peace prize laureate and i asked her whether this global pandemic could have been avoided if the w.h.o. had acted more assertively and china had been more forthcoming. absolutely. if china has given information on some of the early findings about a breakout. if done oh i had the captive nest of all a timely and effective economic system yes it could have been avoided i think our report is very clear. on why this is so we believe that you debbie issue a communication system is to our needs to be in the in the digital age we think also nations could have done more to use beef and ignatius to ensure you know

a mask source so this is in quantico tracing all of those stepdad to help support could have been given you know suspects so yes i think through timely and effective alarm system yes this bit and they could not have bread at quickly and ass intensive intensively as they did. their co-chair of the panel of experts next to to the u.s. were to say marks donald trump's last full day as president of the united states mr trump will leave the white house with what some opinion polls say are the lowest approval ratings of his 4 year presidency he will also leave washington d.c. in a state of high alert the f.b.i. is vetting all 25000 service personnel involved in president elect joe biden's inauguration on wednesday officials have expressed concern about

a possible insider attack or other potential threat security concerns have gripped the city since a violent mob stormed the capital on january the 6th. downtown washington usually buzzing with people and traffic null a ghost town. on the other side's traffic jams and checkpoints a city split into the center has become a militarized zone. and the u.s. capitol remains under a strict lockdown just days before the presidential inauguration we are just outside the closed perimeter and this is close as the general public can get to the u.s. capitol which is currently cordoned off by a 3 meter high fence and razor wire which is currently installed on top of the fence we're going to go inside the perimeter and out to get a glimpse on the preparations that are underway for an inauguration day that will

be unlike any other in american history. soldiers instead of visit or as some 25000 members of the national guard securing the capitol grounds there has been some concern about a potential inside threat as not everyone is happy with the new president it's a sticky situation as far as politically and. i have my own i have my own thoughts below but in uniform i you know i can't evade them but i'm here to do a job i'm here to follow the orders organization's doing and we're carrying on with that mission. the president of the united states joseph jr and on the west side of the u.s. capital some normalcy is coming back rehearsal sense soundchecks where 2 weeks ago thousands of trump supporters stormed the symbol of american democracy. the rehearsals for the inauguration ceremony were just completed and on this very

long usually thousands gathered to cheer for their new president well this year many things will be different fear of an attack on the president means a ceremony with hardly any guests the national mall will remain shut down and authorities asked citizens to stay far away for the sake of their own safety. the aerial buildings have been boarded up again after a year of protests and a pandemic these views have become a common sight for many washingtonians but businesses are suffering the business was not from last 8 months because we're in the commercial area and this is the commercial hub of all the offices around us are closed and the security has beeves of so much uganda and we're moving over delivery business but mostly all the roads are closed. a life behind fences and roadblocks those who live here can't wait until the new president is sworn in. it's the by

a will find dining that michelin guide its stars are coveted by chefs the world over but widespread lockdowns and restaurant closures meant compiling the guide this year was especially challenging inspectors had to wait for restrictions to ease before packing in as many restaurant visits as possible but it's the work has borne fruits and made for some very happy chefs. reason yet that overcome with emotion after winning a 3rd mission in stock in the midst of to much of us times for the gusto anime industry this was a chink of light for chef alex on thomas the despite the coronavirus pandemic forcing chefs to close their restaurant duelist months the michelin guys annual french edition went ahead with it so was for 2021 and it's reward restaurants who got creative to knock down. am restaurants was among them during the streets last

year with the fee truck when the country's guest on me was supposed to shut the him the stuff is a much needed boost. the heart is it gives us energy for when we reopen so we're going to prepare ourselves for that prepare ourselves to be at this level you know it's like a top level sportsman has a serious injury you do everything you can to prepare yourself to be able to return to that pitch again. it'll make us even stronger to be able to bounce back. some other field lists have cancelled their rankings but michelin widely seen as the world's guest on in the bible said they decided to bestow their verdicts to help highlight the industry in what's been a brutal year remember memphis are now more than ever it didn't make sense for our teams to waste the seattle even if we're coming out of a terrible year and even if there are difficulties ahead of us on the contrary we

had to be there because not giving out the stars to be unfair to the chefs who worked at the cia who struggles who were creative and even in some cases succeeded in taking another step forward. chef so vast and has restaurant flowed to purvey one a michelin star last year. he said that while the lockdown meant his restaurant wasn't able to reap the benefits of winning the star he still welcomed the much needed recognition for the trades. i think if the michelin guide can help french just drawn to me and chefs who are having a very difficult time right now and put a spotlight on a profession then that's a good thing. with the pandemic raging on food it will be unlikely to be able to book tables at his or any other restaurant any time soon. makes you miss restaurants doesn't that are mine and on the top

story that we're tracking for you this hour colonel virus infection rates are trending in the right direction in germany but as chancellor merkel says to meet with public health officials tougher measures and an extended long down on the cards for february. a little rock a brother does it for me for now on behalf of the entire news to thank you so much for spending of this part of your day with us next up is stephen risley with your business that line. where i come from we have to fight for a free press and was born and raised in a military dictatorship with just one t.v. shadow and a few newspapers with official information as a journeys i have worked on the streets of many cantrips and their problems are always the same 14 social inequality

a lack of the freedom of the press and corruption we got on the floor to stay silent when it comes to the fans of the humans and see the white 2 fold who have decided to put their trust in us. my name is jenny harrison anchorage. the stage is set for a change of power in america scene from washington where they're counting down the hours until joe biden is sworn in as president but what will the new administration bring for business and for trade relations we'll hear from one of germany's best known c.e.o.'s coming up. walking to the show i'm super busy in berlin it's good to have you with us. here in europe hopes are high that u.s.

president joe biden will scrap the record tariffs donald trump imposed on goods made in the e.u. and joe biden has so far been quiet on the topic or porridge and looks at what comes next for the u.s. after america 1st. as early as his 1st election campaign in 2016 donald trump has called the e.u. unfair citing the trade deficit at the start of his presidency the amount of goods the e.u. sold to the us was worth about $147000000000.00 more than the goods the us sold to the view to punish the e.u. for perceived trade abuses washington slapped the loft with steel and aluminum tariffs in 2018 and here's a related occupation that the high share of exports destroys american jobs trump singled out german carmakers in particular that's even though german automakers have long since stopped exporting their cars from europe and instead produce them locally employing thousands of american workers despite repeated threats car

tariffs never did materialize but the tariffs did didn't accomplish much. i think there will be a lot more. you know mending relationships with previous allies such as figure in union but also multilateral approaches for common problems at the w t o level the world trade organization so overall a much more consistent a more predictable presidency in terms of trade and engagement ok so at the very least the tone is going to change under biden which is a start but it's also important to realize that transatlantic trade tensions did not start with donald trump in fact the e.u. and the u.s. have the longest running trade dispute in the world the boeing airbus aviation subsidies dispute has been going on for 16 years the european union and. the united

states claim that each other's airplane manufacturer is unfairly subsidized by the government therefore skewing competition in fact the 1st big move in trade policy after biden's election when it was announced was a further escalation of this conflict on nov 9th the e.u. moved to start imposing tariffs on u.s. imports worth $4000000000.00. the target list includes airplanes spirit frozen fish tractors and produce from onions to carry so for now it looks like america 1st will be followed by america 1st for now but its allies have come knocking already anyway hoping at the very least for america and friends sooner rather than later all right the report by our reporter john l. do malone now when joe biden is sworn in as the 46th u.s. president on wednesday he'll inherit multiple crises an economy battered by covert 19 and a climate of urgency among them but what will president biden mean for global business

well that's a question our next guest has also been wrestling with and you ok there is the c.e.o. of siemens a german industrial active around the globe he said to leave the top post next month after 7 years at the helm career has taken him all over the world including to california where he worked for several years and despite the global downturn due to the pandemic he's optimistic that by spending plan to kickstart a u.s. recovery speaking at a digital form earlier this month he said in the u.s. they're holding all the cards and if they put that money to work in a wise way there's going to be a very very strong 2nd half of 2021 and especially 2022. all right and to speak more about this is the man himself joe kayser c.e.o. of siemens joins me in studio is a case is great to have you actually here in studio while you're still c.e.o. i should add. we want to start with this quote we just saw what is it that makes

you so optimistic about the u.s. recovery that $1.00 trillion dollar package that's being proposed i'm guessing that is at the heart of it well it depends on what you spent the money for right but is there in the money for stuff for the past or for the future and if you look at the united states today 1st of all the biggest economy in the world secondly some of the key technologies field which will basically determine the future about microelectronics think about all the chips in semiconductors is about software machine learning artificial intelligence they've got a 350000000 people so it's scalable enough. in their own economies so they're holding all the call to do something else to america and its people and this is about you know if you're down on your knees you stand up and try again and that's an attitude i believe which which can if it can be remembered you know you who can hold a course at the same time many elements of this package would speak more to helping

those people once they're down on the knees such as a minimum wage provision or expanded parental leave how would you as an employer in the u.s. look at those issues is that the right way to spend money i think it if the package is well balanced in terms of opening opportunities for growth and employment i really feel well as a wise tool so look at the employees and the society because at the end of the day if you look at all the stakeholders share who has the employees to customers there is a 4th one and that's society in the society here and you know if a company to license to operate so that's why i believe you ought to go along. how kind of both the package folke rove and prosperity and then integrated this is that the divide which we over to see all over the world now another thing that we could see arrive with biden ministration it could be slim and difficult to get through congress but is a rise in corporate taxes among other taxes you are an advocate for the tax cuts

that happened under the trump years. how would you see a tax rise now. to 1st of all when president trump was going out to lower the taxes i think everybody thought you know if that is aimed at creating jobs because you don't manufacture it would come back to see all those better conditions it's a good thing you know if you lower taxes and give more employment and create more jobs you get the money back lower tax rate but more taxes because obviously they were put in unfortunately as it turned out that most of the companies have been using their money they've been saving for shop x. they've been buying back their own stocks and if you do that there's the other tax you're dressing the wrong constituency which is making let's say the richer ones even richer and creating jobs for employment manufacturing which i believe is

relevant to an integrated society so ideality tax rise would be justified in your eyes i believe if if if the money you know. the country gets you know is being used for training for preparing the workforce for the next generation of food or i think can be money well spent always depends on what you use the money for this goes both ways you know if you lower taxes you use that money for stimulating the economy creating drop it's a good thing if you're raised taxes take that money and help people come along by training education and help the poor you know to survive. you know him in human dignity it's a good thing if it always depends a lot of whole package looks like it's just that isolated thing texas hides that it takes loads good i don't think it's the right way to look at it through a complicated then you know trying to do to build that into the 50 characters of

a small message well then let's take a broader look at the trump air we mentioned those tax cuts that was something that benefited business also slashing of regulations during the short era been affected many businesses. at the end of the trump era we've seen an incredibly divided us society which of course poses problems problems structurally for the business world as well as for normal society what is your assessment of the last 4 years did business get what it wanted well i mean. the world does not really only consist of business consists of people you know businesses are made of people and just some artificial and the prizes i believe that president started out well in the beginning he said they're going to tear down the red tape the bureaucracy which is always complicated in terms of speed. he was you know saying i've got to cut down taxes so that the treatment jobs that companies will you know

bring back the benefaction in from other places he's been in that i like the most he was bringing business people into his cabinet rex tillerson for example whom i've known really really the former c.e.o. of exxon. has seen the world he knows how things work and how to execute carry codes different each and. so that was actually a good thing unfortunately you know that those business people didn't last long and that was the 1st sign. you know what are actually the actions that day that helping the people of the united states and the people in america that made peace that individual preferences he might have had. i believe. certainly a big challenge for people who will be writing the memoirs about the president do you think that businesses should have done something earlier should they have

reacted earlier should they have drawn a line earlier. well you know easier to discuss that after the fact for tyneside to earlier i mean i've been congratulating him through the tax cuts opus leaper those is that the euro well it concerned about seeing the most powerful. is you know at this phase of the most powerful office in the ruled to be associated with france's. so it really is complicated for years. you know a lot of things happening but certainly the contrary as to be more divided in india and then in the beginning a conversation we could continue for a while we got to leave it there joe kayser c.e.o. siemens thank you very much for your time. all right now we take a look at some of the other business stories making news. sales of new cars across europe saw what's being called an unprecedented fall last year due to the corona

virus and to make the industry association says the market for private cars declined by nearly 24 percent. the good news for german manufacturers who received more orders in november 2020 than they did in february last year before the pandemic hit government statistics say the value was more than 3 percent higher he said the industry now even has a backlog of orders. the u.s. is planning to sanction one of the russian ships involved in leg the north stream 2 gas pipeline from russia to germany it will be the 1st us government sanctions on the pipeline which washington says will make germany to reliance on russia. and before we go the e.u. flight safety regulators says it's approving boeing's 737 max jet to fly again next week and this comes nearly 2 years after the airliner was grounded on safety fears

following 2 fatal crashes investigators found that those crashes were caused by a faulty computer system brazil canada and the u.s. have all recertify the plane. and that's it from me and the business team here in berlin as always you can find out more about these and other business stories online at the w dot com slash business to check us out on facebook and twitter as well as always thanks for joining us to focus on in next time. kick off. try back on form they pulled off a victory over friday and extended their league. partially to the forceful formants totty. only believe proved unstoppable notching up 3 points against later closer to.

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