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Business Weekly

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4.4816 Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

How successful has President Trump's America First policy been? On Business Weekly we assess the legacy of his first term and ask what the world wants from the next resident of the White House. We take a look at how effective Covid-19 tracing apps are in tracking and stopping the spread of the disease. Could technology like this be the silver bullet the world is waiting for? As the Hindu festival of Durga Puja begins, we consider how those businesses that rely on the celebrations for the income will cope this year. And we examine the sharp rise in the price of pets during lockdown. Presented by Lucy Burton and produced by Matthew Davies.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, if a week is a long time in politics, a day is a long time in business at the moment,

0:06.1

and it can be exhausting trying to keep up with all the latest developments.

0:10.1

That's why we've interrupted your Business Daily pod feed to bring you Business Weekly,

0:14.4

a new weekend program which brings you an hour of the most interesting, inspiring,

0:19.8

and thought-provoking stories you might have missed

0:21.7

from the BBC's business team.

0:27.6

Hello, you're with Business Weekly and I'm Lucy Burton. Welcome to the programme. Donald Trump

0:33.1

wanted to put America first, along with Make America Great Again, it was the mantra of his 2016 election campaign.

0:41.4

So on the show today, we'll be asking whether his policies succeeded and what effect they had on the country's

0:47.2

trading partners. We'll also be looking at whether COVID-19 tracing apps are the silver bullet we've been

0:53.0

praying for to stop the spread of the disease.

0:56.0

And we'll be finding out why so many people rush to buy pets during the spring lockdown.

1:01.0

Let's kick things off, though, by listening to this. It's an advert from the Trump 2020 re-election campaign.

1:06.9

You finally had a president who stood up for the American worker. I will always put American

1:13.5

workers first. And to put American workers first, he had to press their big, fat reset button on the

1:21.7

U.S.'s relationship with the rest of the world. And China became economic enemy number one. Like previous administrations, Mr Trump and his

1:30.7

advisors wanted a fair relationship with China, in which Beijing no longer swiped technology from the

1:36.3

states, stopped manipulating its currency and eased some of its protectionist policies. The president

1:42.7

imposed higher tariffs on incoming Chinese goods

1:45.3

and told the Chinese to buy more American products.

1:49.2

The plan was to create a more level playing field between the two countries.

1:53.7

But did he manage it?

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