The French connection: Macron’s state visit to America
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🗓️ 29 November 2022
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Behind the pageantry, Presidents Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron will have much to chew over, from a unified response in Ukraine to tricky trade negotiations. Our modelling suggests that Russia’s weaponisation of energy might ultimately kill more people than its efforts on the battlefield will. And a Ghanaian brewer’s struggles reveal the difficulty of business-building in sub-Saharan Africa.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist. |
| 0:06.5 | In London, I'm Jason Palmer. |
| 0:08.4 | And in New York, I'm John Fassman. |
| 0:11.5 | Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 0:18.0 | Russia's munitions on the battlefield in Ukraine have met with mixed success, but one thing |
| 0:23.8 | in Vladimir Putin's arsenal seems sure to kill. |
| 0:27.4 | The weaponization of energy. |
| 0:29.6 | We look at sobering mortality estimates ahead of Europe's fuel-deprived winter. |
| 0:36.6 | And Clement Jama runs Ghana's first micro-burry. |
| 0:40.2 | His beer, brewed with locally grown sorghum, is delicious, but he's finding it difficult |
| 0:45.4 | to grow his enterprise. |
| 0:47.1 | A problem he shares with small businesses throughout his country. |
| 0:55.8 | Just up though. |
| 1:08.6 | Today France's president Emmanuel Macron heads to America for a state visit that starts |
| 1:13.6 | tomorrow. |
| 1:15.0 | There will be pomp and eras. |
| 1:20.3 | Bonnami in back slapping. |
| 1:22.6 | American presidents have long repeated a mantra about the historical ties of two nations |
| 1:27.3 | defined by their revolutions. |
| 1:32.4 | And I think it's important for us to understand. |
| 1:34.2 | France is our oldest ally. |
| 1:36.3 | France is America's first and oldest ally. |
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