we begin in the us, where time is ticking for tiktok. the chief of the social media app shou zi chew was grilled by us lawmakers over a range of issues, mostly related to the company s chinese ownership. his appearance before the congressional committee comes after the biden administration threatened to ban the social media app if the company s chinese owners didn t sell their stakes. tiktok is wildly popular in the states it has 150 million american users, which includes almost five million businesses. well, our north america business correspondent michelle fleury has been following the story in washington dc and sent this report. it was never going to be easy but from it was never going to be easy but from the moment the committee chairman opened the hearing. committee chairman opened the hearing, calling for tiktok to be banned in the united states, there be banned in the united states, there was be banned in the united states, there was no let up. the tiktok ceo
with us, three republicans and one democrat, tom, ridge mark schweikert, bell the democrat, tom corbin, live written a letter to the candidates, for governor, josh shapiro and doug mastriano, saying this. as the commonwealth s four living former governors, we share much in common as regards our beloved pennsylvania. the go on to say more about, that and then they say we are asking you, as the leaders of the pennsylvania republican and democratic parties, to pledge to honor the process, respect the law, who provided peoples will, and support a peaceful transfer of power. in doing so you will demonstrate to all pennsylvania candidates, who will be looking to for leadership, the love of commonwealth and country, must come above all. they say they re asking them to, it s astonishing that there s a letter saying this, but they re asking these two candidates to accept the results, of the november 8th election. to accept the results, and also ensure a peaceful transition of powe
because inaudible battlefield in europe, that we maintain our competitiveness against the us so our decision for the 10 billion in investment in spain, the spanish government played a key role. we had a unique moment in time and a unique opportunity with the european next generation phones that we could use to support us in making our decision, particularly for the new activity of the battery plan in valencia, that was absolutely key and essential and as i say, looking ahead when we see what s happening in the united states and also canada and the north america region, europe needs to maintain its competitiveness. you can see more of that interview in talking business at the times now on your screen. stay with us on bbc news. you can see where but this weekend, generally. stay tuned! still to come:
china, rebuild the middle class. that s what we re doing here, we re starting to big buildings again. inflation is hurting people, there s no question, we need a tax, cut any more money in their pockets. that s been the plan, we are literally have a stream of investments into ohio over the last few months, honda is building a 4 million dollar battery plan, background from in youngstown, we have the old general motors facility, with fine products coming out there now, three electric cars, electric tractor, the battery planned across the street and in toledo they re doing solar. we have the new economy right here in places like ohio, we just have to keep going so we can outcompete china. that s why these stupid, fights like if you listen to that rally the other day, and i just heard bits and pieces of it. it s a bunch of gobbledegook it s a bunch of nonsense, people aren t. the people want to move on out
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