Hope is fading because it has been more than caught more than 48 hours since the quake struck. Their government says millions may be homeless. Landlocked country about 31 million people. A quarter of the population is below the poverty line. This country has struggled for a long time, well before the earthquake a couple days ago pair the biggest sector in nepal s agriculture, wheat, corn, sugar cane. And tourism is of course very big. Mount everests chief among them. 700 are still stuck at base camp. This is a country that shares a border with china and india. It does a lot of business with both of those countries. More than half of nepals imports come from india. 45 come from china. If you look at exports, more than half goes in india and chinas share is smaller but still significant. Hydroelectric power has been growth for nepal. There was an expectation we would see more deals like that going forward. Mark Deutsche Bank is a major overhaul. Reduce annual costs by 3. 8 billion dollar
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Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight from havana. Good evening from a rainy havana. Behind me, the museum of the revolution. Just a few hours ago this communist nation welcomed president obama who is stepping onto cuban soil under falling rain became the First American president to visit here in 88 years. As part of his twoday trip, the president will meet with cuban leader raul castro and make an address to the cuban people hoping to further nudge open the doors of travel and commerce eight months after the two nations reestablished delictis. There are years of mistrust to unravel and an American Economic embargo still in place. Chief Foreign Affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell joins me with more on today. Andrea. Good evening, lester. What a day it has been. President obama has been working towards this day for years. An historic president ial visit he hopes will make his opening to cuba a major part of his legacy. Reporter in driving rain, presiden
To say the tariffs would be suspended indefinitely and just from the last couple of hours and then to immediately and large quantities of Agricultural Products and to get into the specifics of this deal from mexico deploying 6000 troops to the southern border waiting for the american asylum process instead of the United States. And also stopping Human Trafficking and smuggling organizations to take more actions although they did not specify those actions last night the foreign minister said they got the better end of the deal. I think it is a fair balance because they have more drastic measures. Will the plan work that not to expect this administration get to involve the treasury secretary says that they do not hold up to their end of the bargain expect those tariffs to be back on the table now the secretary is in japan ahead of the g 20 summit ahead of the month in china is expected to be there and the United States and before all the talk of the mexican tariffs there were the chinese
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