because obviously. the chinese state has a lot of money at its disposal. and that's how it's expanding and it's searching its status and position in the world it will be. china's gateway to europe. starts feb 19th d.w. . after america 1st there's by american president joe biden's bids to boost domestic manufacturing strikes a similar tone to that of his predecessor so we'll ask what it means for engineers outside the u.s. . and don't look down we'll meet a turkish woman who has broken through the glass ceiling and climbs to the top of the profession. this is due to be business on robots in valin welcome to the program u.s. president joe biden has signed an executive order forcing government agencies to

buy american he hopes to increase government procurement of u.s. made goods to boost manufacturing and construction american allies had hoped biden entering office would signal a return to economic liberalization especially with the $600000000000.00 that u.s. federal agencies spend every year up for grabs well here's what the president had to say and today we're getting to work to rebuild the backbone of america and the fracturing unions of the middle class is based on a simple premise that will reward work not well for this country and we keep plank of ensuring the future will be made in america. that means we are going to use taxpayers' money to rebuild america will buy american products and support american jobs our competitors aren't waiting to ensure the future is made in america we need

to win not just the jobs today but the jobs and industries of tomorrow so what does that mean for work has outside of america well we can now speak to col hoists can who is president of germany's mechanical engineering industry association the v.n.a. it's the yeahs europe's largest industry associations got more than 3000 members thank you for joining us on day 2 we have business so made in america by american it's all sounding rather protectionist from bison is that bad news for you and your memphis well not really i think it's no surprise if you look into into biden's electoral program it was there all the time biden's play out for us and already back in the obama days there was a program coleman effectuate usa so it's not really a new thing. i think it's a reaction on the weakness of the american manufacturing industries over quite some decades and the minute factory industry in the u.s.

has a comeback i think it's good for the global economy what about for him an engine is specifically that i mean is there a way in which they can be involved in in this broad a use of american made materials. well let's put it that way the german mechanical engineering company is in a lucky position or unveiled is a position as we offer a lot of technologies a specialized machines which are simply not available in the u.s. so suddenly make it in america will help those many factories to do have technology available in the u.s. but those machines that are not available in us will still be come from somewhere else and a big chunk of that comes from german or from european machine built so certainly there will be some effects but i think the effects of these programs are my you know regular business continues and on the other side if you look at what to buy in and it's ration starting example getting the green new deal 'd or coming back into

international trade i believe that the positive effects of what to buy that it was rationed doing now will overcompensate by american initiative so you're talking about things like infrastructure spending there and environmental projects you know members are expecting to have to capitalize on those parts of biden's policies yeah definitely if you look if you look into technologies that you need for environmental protection that you need for control climate change. we're in the business look at wind turbines as an example look at components of solar power plants are more older sister and european technologies so that by the ministration really makes happen what they have what they have initiated the new deal i'm fairly optimistic or a number of german industries which will profit from that. on a slightly less optimistic note i mean you've taken on the presidency of the video

may i mean the past few months at a very tough time for your industry how all mechanical engineers coping turn the pandemic. well it's it's a rough road no doubt. even though let's it will ringback last 34 months have been better than what we expected when we look back 8 or 9 months overall the german chemical engineering industry will have downturn of 14 percent in manufacturing this year and that's definitely significant it's the most severe downturn since the 2000 lives for matching crisis we believe that we've gone through the deepest point and are on the way back up 2021 will see an increase of roughly 3 to 5 percent or corporate moses's for however most of our member companies will only be back to the pre-crisis level in 2022 or 2023 i think we're all hoping we've gone through the worst of it but those predictions are haven't always been right. president al

germany's mechanical engineering industry association of a d.n.a. thank you for joining us on day to be a business thanks to you. and back to the u.s. and biden's pick to lead the treasury department has been confirmed by the senate and it's a familiar face to a strong vote of confidence. if not the a's are $84.00 the nays are 15 and the senate confirmed janet yellen as new treasury secretary with an overwhelming majority of $84.00 to $15.00 yellen no stranger to the world of finance lead the world's biggest central bank from 2014 to 2018 of course janet yellen is best known for her chair chair for her tenure as chair of the federal reserve overseeing a period of falling unemployment and steady economic recovery from the global financial crisis few people possess the experience and expertise that miss yellen

would bring to the treasury particularly during this moment of economic crisis. the 74 year old says she hopes to revive the economy with a massive covert 19 relief package she urged lawmakers to act big given historically low interest rates in spite of soaring federal debt the administration's 1.9 trillion dollar economic relief bill includes another round of direct stimulus payments to individuals and small businesses also planned our long term investments in infrastructure time now for a look at some of the other business stories making the news sentiment among german industrial exporters improved significantly this month hitting its highest since october that's according to the a survey by the economic institute it said their mood was lifted by clarity on breck's it the us presidency along with the start of global vaccinations.

indian farmers clashed with police in delhi on republic day a national holiday as they kept up their months long protest against agriculture reform the farmers are demanding the government scrap measures they say help big companies at the expense of small produces. the u. is calling for tighter controls on exports of astra zeneca is covered 19 vaccine made in the block this after the drug maker cuts deliveries blaming supply chain problems brussels accuses it of failing to keep contractual promises. let's get more on that with our financial correspondent ashutosh pandey who joins us from frankfurt the e.u. seems to be briley i agree with astra zeneca why exactly is that. rob i think they feel that they're being hoodwinked by this company which may be diverting supplies to. remember the u.s.

already paid in excess of $300000000.00 euros for committed gathered supplies and they're only bound to be frustrated when those obligations are not met and that's the reason why they are so frustrated especially at a time when their vaccine vaccination drive is actually faltering it's drawing a lot of flak and that's the reason why they want to set. said it straight for the company and ensure that with your war exports the vaccines are leaving the block. didn't know where they are going or where they're headed and that there's no unfair treatment there. as presented it's not selling off the supply spitzer will see where that one goes but it's just part of the pressure that they're under and a lot of pharmaceutical firms at the moment.

i should tell you can you still hear that story i was just asking you about the pressure suitable firms are under at the moment if you could answer briefly. oh absolutely and it is never going to be any less challenging to meter such a huge demand for vaccines in such a short span of time it's a complex enterprise in the 1st place it's a it needs of vos supply chain network and some delays are only understandable here actually when i shushed monday in frankfurt thanks for bringing us up to date now to istanbul where one woman has smashed through the glass ceiling to reach the dizzying heights of profession not janet yellen but when i say dizzying i mean dizzying. with bucket and cleaning products in hand the crew has to balance along the edge of the roof top attached to a thin wire they slowly move forwards. this red rope is where nazli

humors gets to work now every move is a matter of life and death are met is laid under the safety rope so that the sharp element of the roof doesn't cut into it her life hangs on this thread. now the real work can begin. 130 metres up it's a wonderful feeling i really feel free i'm not dependent on anything apart from my rope. nazli uses mountaineering techniques she learnt during her training it was hard both physically and mentally but she believed in herself against all odds. going through the training pointless you'll never be able to do that job even my friend said that. 5 years ago mostly you almost

worked inside a high rise like this at the reception desk through the window she always admired the cleaners as they scaled down the facade then just moved out of the of shelley who's now her boss if he would hire a woman on his sofa all male team. knows lee proved that women can do this too. it doesn't matter if you're a man or a woman what's important is if you're able to do this risky work or not here. today nestle you'll most is the only woman working in this previously all male domain. she doesn't have time to admire the view of istanbul below the skyline of the city of 18000000 live it's 161 skyscrapers has been totally transformed in the last 20 years. i respect every job no matter how high it is after

i'm roped up i feel safe. today illness and her team are 35 floors up. for cleaning up here in wind and weather. gets hazard pay meaning she earns a 3rd more than the average in turkey just don't drop the sponge. while. the fight against the corona virus pandemic. has the rate of infection in developing what does the latest research say. information and context the coronavirus update 19 special. on d w. 2 children to come to the men's. one giant problem and move in on the scene now.

in. the changing if you leave town feeling. how will climate change affect us and our children. learn more. dot com slash water. it's a fair bit will only beat the coronavirus once most of the globe is immunized. dozens of countries have started vaccinating but hundreds and yet to begin. the slow and bumpy rollout will only allow the disease to continue circulating and delay hopes of eradication. new variants of covert 19 could also raise progress. will the world get its act together fast enough. well israel is way ahead in back

saving its people over 3 and a half 1000000 and counting the palestinians have a longer wait another case of inequality more on that topic with the doctor in a moment 1st this report from be used in ukraine. nurse molly miss ellie and her team work almost around the clock to administer the biotech pfizer vaccine here in bad a town south of tel aviv about 150000 people are being vaccinated daily throughout the country. so in an e-mail the miami now business owners there and i really believe in this vaccine are also got it and this week i get the 2nd dose. we didn't have then god any allergic reactions it's like a flu shot it is a very gentle vaccine it's good. back to make the mail it will be mailed still. the cultural center turned makeshift vaccination point is run by credit one

of israel's 4 health management organizations which provide care through their own clinics as every citizen has to be registered with an agent all using the highly digitalized infrastructure has proven decisive for the fast rollout 1st priority where people over the age of 60 health care workers and people with underlying health conditions now it is the turn of the over fifty's. or the old is great i didn't even feel the shot they did i work as a special needs teacher and we're all kind of in the line of fire it's an absolute must to be vaccinated because as a younger people are also called up to receive surplus doses of the vaccine which would otherwise be wasted the early purchase of the biotech pfizer vaccine by the government has contributed to this speedy immunization campaign however corona

virus infection rates are still high and the government tightened the country's 30 look down once again last week while challenges vaccinating and earning enough time so the vaccines will start to work in on the other end we have the. 5th 3rd wave in israel which has been rising in the huge number of severely sick people hospitalized in the hospitals in the israeli occupied west bank a covert 19 testing center infections remain high as well but here people will have to wait to receive their vaccines israel has not been supplying vaccines to the occupied territories the palestinian authority announced this week that it has signed deals with 4 companies to secure vaccines among them also the russian develop vaccines sputnik what of the. in the news they say it is not yet approved and they want to give. we don't know what happened. but at the end we hope

that through the get the appropriate vaccine and to be done with this crisis. how do you want all of us to take it to feel psychologically it because we are in a constant state of nori that matter and they will have their options palestinians have also signed up to the kovacs program which aims to help low income countries to get a fair share of the scenes for around 20 percent of their population. as to guarantee is chief medical officer at as reus of way company that office mapping and analytics in the u.s. how vital is a concerted global drive in vaccinating the world and stopping this pandemic it's incredibly important there's actually a slogan in global health that says no one is safe until everyone is safe and this is really an indication of our highly mobile and highly interconnected world

recognizing that we depend on international trade and we have travel patterns and if we want to give back to those to travel patterns and avoid unrelenting progression of the pandemic vaccine is our best hope and we can't look at it as individual countries we need to do it in a global way we need to se but that there is so much inequality in the world and in this case the iniquity is so clear be at the palestinians africans the super rich paying to jump the queue how can we change that. well i personally think that taking a geographic approach is one way to really hone in on these problem areas that aren't getting the resources because when you look at this geographically you can spot those in equities and you can start to do things about

it so there are of course organizations around the world from gobby managing kovacs in coordination with the world health organization that are using geography to really try to equalize what's going on how exactly are they doing that can you just explain to our viewers what all that means sure. what they're doing is they're creating of course the plants they're called micro plants really looking at places on that in a way microscopic level when you're sort of thinking about the globe and they're figuring out how we can look at the populations and their access to vaccines and then provide resources in the places where there's not adequate access and it tells you a lot about how much vaccine should you order at different places when you understand where the population is and where the vaccine distribution sites are proposed or

already in place so i guess that also applies to what we think countries but the difference between cities and the countryside all remote areas for example. absolutely so geography is particularly helpful with that because you can look at things like high risk populations and what their level of accessibility is whether you're measuring that as say a 30 minute drive time or in some places it's more likely that people are going to be walking or taking public transportation so you can really define what kind of access that local population will need and then when you identify where you have gaps in access you can start to make different plans those different plans might be a drive through vaccination clinic or working with independent pharmacies or fire stations or schools or other community locations that can serve the local

population you can also do things like create mobile outreach and optimize the routes of maybe a mobile van and to vaccinate highly rural populations or folks who are unlikely to come to a clinic to get their vaccine but even if you identify those gaps is there going to be enough vaccine for everybody. well i think the answer to that is absolutely yes but a more poignant question perhaps is how long is it going to take and the estimates right now are that through 2021 there should be about 2000000000 doses of vaccine made available to the world so since most of the vaccines require 2 shots to be a full series that means about a 1000000000 people can be vaccinated in 2021 well that only represents about 13 percent of the world's population so i think this is going to take several years to

accomplish but yes ultimately there will be enough and once everyone's vaccinated will that mean the corona virus has been eradicated. well. we would hope so but i don't think so so it's the vaccine that basically stimulates your body to create an immune response and that immune response has a memory so that when you're ultimately exposed to the vaccine you can fight it more quickly and effectively but that memory fades over time and current predictions say you know if we're lucky 2 to 3 years of protection but more likely we'll need an annual booster to kind of remind our unit system what it's supposed to be fighting ok we'll have to leave it there as to guarantee thank you very much good talking to my pleasure thank you and now it's your turn to ask the questions our science correspond directly williams has been looking into the topics you've

been posting on a huge of channel. if you contract the virus after the 1st shot in a 2 shot vaccine do you still need the booster shot. this turned out to be a really tricky question because it's so specific and different types of vaccines work in different ways to 0 in on an answer though it makes sense to start with something general what vaccines do which is to provoke an immune response that seems basically kick start that process by faking an infection but it takes time for the body to get up to speed and start making the right defensive cells to fight off the intruder trials with vaccines approved in the u.s. and the e.u. for example has shown that the 1st jab does provide some protection against developing symptoms of covert 19 if you're exposed but it takes more than 10 days

to get there and and it's only around 50 percent effective much less than when boosted by the 2nd shot given the specified few weeks after the 1st one so here's the scenario you describe you got the 1st shot of your vaccination and then you're exposed to over 19 say a day or 2 later and ended up with symptomatic disease because your immune system hadn't ramped up the response here at the centers for disease control in the u.s. says that if that's the case it's important to defer your 2nd shot until you've recovered so i assume that means even if that takes longer than the window of time recommended between the 1st shot and the booster if you other sources i could find on this specific question recommended definitely getting the booster shot once you've recovered anyway as the expectation is it will do no harm

and will likely actually strengthen your immune response to the corona virus if you encounter it again in the future. eric williams there i'm banff is all and thanks for watching stay safe and see you again sir.

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