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every journey begins with the 1st step and every language the 1st word going to conclude. he's in germany to sunshine. why not learn with him for. the stuff it's simple online on your mobile and free. t.w. zealand in course. germany may be easy. joe biden gets to work citing a raft of executive orders pandemic relief and the u.s. economy top the agenda of also rebuilding international ties. also on the show these trucks are is moving visit the border between cameroon in the central african republic where political dispute is jamming up trade. flows welcome

to the show i'm sitting could have you with us uniting america was the primary theme of joe biden's inaugural speech but there are many more acute challenges facing the new president he needs to guide the country out of the pandemic and fix a coronavirus battered economy along the way our reporter daniel wynter looks at how biden's inaugural address set the tone for his economic policy. if one word could summarize biden's speech it is unity with the new president highlighting the need to overcome the pandemic and economic devastation together with unity we can do greet the important things. we could right wrongs we can put people to work in good jobs we can teach our children in safe schools we can overcome the deadly virus we can reward reward work and rebuild the middle class and make health care secure for all and this is the state of the country he's

inheriting president biden's address highlighted the shuttered businesses and joblessness saying it's time to rise to the occasion. biden's 1st speech as president painted a picture of america as a soon to be revitalized economic force but with america's economic recovery at stake this was no ordinary inauguration address the plans he's announced and the policies the new president puts in place in the coming few days will affect americans for generations to come. coal to biden's speech the devastation caused by the pandemic to lives and livelihoods as well as the lack of opportunity the struggle of ordinary americans to get by there was little in the way of policy and joe biden's address instead he focused on the challenges ahead. many of my fellow americans view the future was fear trepidation. i understand they worry about their

jobs i understand like my dad the. night stirred the ceiling wondering can i keep my health care going to pay my mortgage. thinking about their families. about what comes next. i promise you i get it or not once did he refer to his predecessor by name the new president is making a clean break with the past biden has to be more than the empty trump his democratic party has one effect of control over the full sweep of legislature and executive the house the senate and the presidency biden has promised to deliver tangible economic benefits to ordinary americans and now the buck stops with him. capping his speech was a rallying cry for getting the country back on track we will get through this together. now president biden's challenge is to foster that necessary unity in

a deeply divided country a country desperate to rebuild. well investors were also watching that speech then biden's 1st decisions in office here's chelsea delaney our financial correspondent from the frankfurt stock exchange with her take a reaction to biden's inauguration. investors a very much embrace that by ministrations since the november election stock markets around the world setting record highs that docks in frankfurt about 20 percent cents election night and we see a lot of optimism among investors about what this new administration could mean for the economy of that by the ministration has already come forward with a plan for about $1.00 trillion dollars worth of economic stimulus that would benefit not just the u.s. economy but really around the world of course there will be a lot of challenges for the biting ministration one of the biggest ones will of course the the role of china and how it approaches china it will also really have

to confront some issues here in europe around how europe plans to tax and regulate some of america's biggest tech giants so we've seen a lot of celebration this week over the inauguration but now it's really time to get back to the issues for both politicians and investors. right our financial correspondent chelsea lately there in frankfurt well in his 1st day in office biden rushed to undo much of his predecessor's legacy signing executive orders to rejoin the world health organization as well as the paris climate accords the biden also says that he wants to shift the tone of america's international relations and that would include those with africa what about economic policy with the continent's here's 3 things to keep an eye on 1st is straight the troops departure leave a u.s. kenyan free trade deal without resolution it was supposed to be completed by the end of the year but biden's preference for multilateralism over bilateral agreements means it may now be dead in the water then there's the leadership of the world trade organization by this expected to give the green light to this woman

nigerian economist who goes. to lead the body and she's been previously blocked by trump and finally vaccine distribution africa under by in the us will join the international kovacs project to to deliver vaccines the poor countries and that's a major boost to south africa in particular as it battles the emergence of new variants of the virus. now for more on this i'm joined by d.w. correspondent isaac collette seat from across isaac can you hear me i can hear you great isaac good to have you on the show i get the sense that bind selection is generally welcome from africans but that there might be questions whether the america is going to play any more of a role on the continent what would you say. yeah it is a factor that in many african countries are happy that there is a change of white house especially because of the push of the naacp from the right of the last 4 years however even though it will come from the prism biting election

and also sir in a new the don't really expect so much to change because they last time it was in power with president barack obama really didn't see much in terms of africa so even the african countries are excited are they for change and i do think that the pressure might present writing will be able to respect them they don't really have so much expectation that things would change overnight or is so important note the just made there that this wasn't just a trump thing but obviously with obama to many africans felt like they were being focused on less about trade we talked about the kenya deal why is this such an important thing whether this is brought to completion or whether it isn't. was so for the for example taking out bill when king actually was trying to sign that deal with a really you ways obviously were constrained among the african union because then there was a launch of the african continent our free treat zone in agreement and so many african countries thought that it was important africa goes to negotiate with the

world power ways we the collective instead of being reasonably neat individually so we had this obviously this bill between king and us days in the limbo because we asked archly is currently 0 preteen and so we look to see how really the biting administration will add up to 2 to date and obviously changes approach in africa. and you talk about often countries want to be i level with world powers china has obviously been very active in africa is there a sense that that could draw the us a bit more into the continent under by. yes of course we know that the us had a long africa our games dream been this way of china but for african countries what they say is that china doesn't be taken lightly what they should do internally so obviously it will go in for they defined around 48 from them so i think america wants to change it up or just wrong if you really want to do being as we are all right really quickly isaac how important is this kovacs the joining of kodak's how

important is that for africa briefly if you can. may have a trunk understand struggling to raise funds to get the vaccine for us to do things and of cause avon america to join in a united one over the my vision obviously means i don't get funding restored and sodium provision is very difficult trickling to poor countries in africa are sitting quietly i'd be able to get a marketing for 2 percent the effort isn't all right to correspond to isaac let's see an across thank you so much thank you for let's take a look now at some of the other business stories making headlines just hours into his presidency joe biden has halted construction on the controversial keystone x.l. pipeline which was set to ship oil from canada to the u.s. state of nebraska his predecessor donald trump had backed the project campaigners have been warning for years about the damaging consequences of the project for the environment. the european central bank has decided not to tweak its ultra loose pandemic stimulus for the euro zone but in its regular policy meeting the e.c.b.

said the said concerns about new virus variants and slow vaccination drives are darkening the economic outlook. google and a group of french publishers have finally agreed on copyright fees after months of negotiations u.s. tech company would help pay publishers for content it uses online the deal comes in the wake of revised copyright laws which entitle publishers to demand a fee from online platforms showing extracts of their news. tesla has received the green light to build an electric battery factory just outside of berlin it will be built in close proximity to it soon to be completed electric car plant where production is set to begin in july tesla c.e.o. elon musk says the german battery plant will be the biggest of its kind in the world. south africa will pay $5.25 per shot for one and a half 1000000 doses of astra zeneca corona virus vaccine made in india the health department says that is based on south africa's status as an upper middle income

country however e.u. countries have agreed to pay just over $3.00 a shot for the same vaccine. border shut to road traffic truckers stuck unable to cross worried about their say about the safety of their cargo it's happening here and the border between cameroon and the central african republic as you can see on this map trade between 2 nations has been growing in recent years leading to a busy cross border exchange of goods most of it carried out by truck but that's ground to a halt to political instability. the cameroon border with the central african republic more than $1500.00 trucks loaded with goods have been stranded here for over a month due to an armed insurgency on the c.a.r. side reports say rebels have attacked trucks that have tried to cross while waiting the drivers cook and sleep next to their vehicles. of course this blockade has

created an enormous financial crisis we're racking up expenses while we're stuck here we've not been paid for a months because we only make money when we make trips with trucks stranded like this we are nothing. trucks coming from ca are have also been held up while trying to head west into cameroon about 30 were allowed to make the crossing this week but more keep arriving ca r. is landlocked and depends on cameroon for its exports and imports including food. we transport essential items goods that are of primary importance for survival my truck for example carries refrigerated goods when a container carrying perishable goods is stranded for many days it's a loss for the company it's a very big loss for the company. neither government has released official figures for the economic losses due to this locate but while the transport companies and

the businesses who rely on moving goods across this border of feeling the pinch it's the drivers stuck in limbo who are hurting most. and a reminder of the top story we're following joe biden gets to work on pandemic relief in the u.s. economy and rebuilding international ties african countries are waiting to see what abide administration means for the continent. that's it for me in the business team here thanks for watching. to the point strong opinions clear positions international perspective such as the u.s. has a new president promising to heal the country's divisions while simultaneously moving the pace to reverse the policies of his predecessor after the trust wrecking

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