angeles. i m trace gallagher in for bret baier. the crisis at the southern border spreading beyond major cities. we will look at how businesses are contacted by the record surge, plus, whatever happened to the russian military contractor the wagner group? and bret baier explains what additional infrastructure the u.s. may need to meet the biden administration s electric vehicle goals. but, first breaking tonight, president joe biden prepares to win over voters after what many say was a tough year. the president is on a family vacation in the caribbean amid the expanding conflict in the middle east, the war in ukraine and as the prices at the border as well as to record numbers these challenge also remain flash points in 2024. as a new fox poll shows how voters think this year has gone. just 24% think 2023 was a good year. while that number has steadily risen since 2020, it is still 13 percentage points lower than it was in 2019. lucas tomlinson is traveling with the preside
to discuss, not least their ongoing disputes over trade, technology, taiwan, and fentanyl. the bbc s james clayton is in san francisco and he s filed this report. apec has started here and it is a huge moment for the city of san francisco, the biggest summit to be held here since the united nations charter was signed here in 1916. this is a huge economic summit. you are talking about more than 50% of all of the world s trade belongs to the 21 nations who will be attending here this week. and we are talking about 40% of the world s population. so it is a big economic conference, but by far the biggest ticket item here is the meeting between president biden and his counterpart in china, president xijinping. relations between those two nations have not been good as late. they last met last year in indonesia and since then you have had that moment where the american government shot down a chinese spy balloon and flaming tensions in the south china sea and also joe biden ramping u
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The company, with sales of 87 billion euros (USD 94 billion) last year, will create legally separate entities for the three units, trade union IGBCE said in a statement on Thursday, which was confirmed by a company spokesperson. Over the last two years, BASF has also made its catalytic converter business, which relies on combustion-engine powered cars, a standalone subsidiary ready for "strategic options".