medium sized companies to grow their presence on the continent along with strengthening economic ties the german government also holds that investment will curb illegal immigration to europe by creating jobs for young africans for more let s bring in jeremy gaines he s a consultant for business in west africa and runs the nigerian german energy partnership welcome germy the german government just pledging one billion euros for investments in africa is this what small and medium sized companies have been waiting for. it s most certainly a beginning christophe it s a very small beginning if we remember that the americans pledged three times that failing tricity the indians have pledged exactly the same sum for solar power in africa it s a small beginning but it marks a sea change for german government in taking africa seriously i believe now what would be a real game changer for german business presence in african countries i think
government also holds that investment will curb illegal immigration to europe by creating jobs for young africans for more let s bring in jeremy gaines he s a consultant for business in west africa and runs the nigerian german energy partnership welcome jeremy the german government is pledging one billion euros for investment in africa is this what small and medium sized companies have been waiting for. its most certainly a beginning christophe it s a very small beginning if we remember that the americans pledged three times that for electricity the indians have pledged exactly the same sum for solar power in africa it s a small beginning but it marks a sea change for german government in taking africa s seriously i believe now what would be a real game changer for german business presence in african countries. i think what s important is for them to just realize what the opportunities in africa are and how close africa is to their own front doorsteps africa is the closest
africa it s a small beginning but it marks a sea change for german government in taking africa seriously i believe now what the be a real game changer for german business presence in african countries i think what s important is for them to just realize what the opportunities in africa and how close africa is to their own front door steps africa is the closest continent to the opportunities that present precisely in education technical training aviation as i said power particularly renewable energies are immense and they have not yet been tapped by anybody why is that what what is your take on the why has have these potentials not been taken off of the. i think so far german companies have been risk averse to going to africa because we haven t had the mechanisms in place here yet to secure them or rather to give them
u.s. ambassador i think it was volkswagen. if he says that they re leaving the iranian market have they confirmed deaths. that s right we heard that in a tweet from the ambassador but in statements from the companies from v.w. and b a s f they were not that specific what they say is that they re going to comply with national and international laws and that doesn t necessarily mean a leading iran altogether what b.s.f. says is that it s going to leave a business presence but complying with u.s. law at the moment will mean that it can t do business in the oil and gas sector of course one of the most interesting sectors complying with e.u. law means that it can t completely pull out so these companies are definitely caught in the middle and we re not exactly sure how they re going to navigate that just from the u.s. ambassador s tweet despite the threat of you with sanctions the european union is not taking this lying down is it immediately trying to find a way to shield european companie
this notion that we are going to get two or 3% gdp from the tax bill which is not tax reform but think is problematic at best. jon: talking about on the senate side doubling the standard deduction for instance. that s a pretty healthy tax cut for anybody who has children. absolutely. it is a significant tax cut. circling back on what richard was saying, he mentioned a business presence. this tax plan, this tax plan is going to add 1 million jobs rid of the house plan is going to have 1 million.jobs to the economy. over the next several years. as far as a christmas present, this is why the president is saying he s going to give the american people a great big present for christmas in the form of tax cuts.