to the show i'm stephen beard it's good to have you with us. one of the big stories on the new york stock exchange in recent weeks was the expected delisting of 3 chinese tech firms all of them targeted in the recent us executive order prohibiting americans from investing in companies that washington claims are linked to the beijing government on monday the new york stock exchange abruptly canceled. shocking many. as if trade and diplomatic relations between the u.s. and china couldn't get any foggier. the new york stock exchange had an announced it was delisting 3 communications giants china telecom china unicom and china mobile. the delisting followed an executive order from president donald trump which barred american investments and chinese firms owned or controlled by the military now the exchange says it's changing course after talks of quote relevant regulators but today's announcement is not undoing the mounting tensions. this expression of chinese firms has a limited impact on the chinese companies but it will harm the u.s. his own nat

over walk into the show i'm stephen beard 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 great things important things we can 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. 5 years 1st speech as president painted a picture of america as a soon to be revitali

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the welcome to the show i'm stephen beard in berlin it's good to have you with us well the 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 truck loyalists 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 scene unfold. the toll was severe 5 dead at least 50 arrested just rained for hours after thousands of militant trump supporters stormed the seat of government american business representatives of a scene so worried about the impact those images could have as american that was shocking or fine and actually quite embarrassing the world so that. you know it's an extreme circumstance and it's not a surprise that people are very very concerned about where

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