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Welcome to the Views Room, a weekly podcast brought to you by Reuters Breaking Views.

I'm Rob Cox, the editor of Breaking Views, coming to you from Zurich, Switzerland, the richest

country with the worst vaccination program. But enough of that, this week will be a COVID-free

edition. First, I hand over the mic to my colleagues in Asia to discuss how seemingly every company in China has gone Gaga for manufacturing electric vehicles and not just car companies.

Various reports have suggested that Huawei, the telecommunications gear maker, wants a piece of the action.

Ditto hire, which makes appliances,

including ones with the GE brand.

Xiaomi, which makes smartphones, is also interested. Even Evergrande, which builds condos,

is apparently eyeing the market. Pete Sweeney, Katrina Hamlin, and Robin Mack debate their

likelihood of success. After that, I chat with Gina Chan in Washington and Rob Searin

in New York about President Joe Biden's $2 trillion infrastructure investment pledge. It's a huge number,

but not far off from what engineering and safety experts say is needed for the U.S. to keep up

its roads, tunnels, bridges, ports, and runways. But getting it through the Senate, where Biden's Democrats have just 51 votes, including

a key moderate or two, won't be easy, not least because Biden is promising to increase corporate

tax rates from around 21% to 28% to help pay for the effort.

Give a listen.

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