A going to judge to explain see what we mean by that. We believe that intelligence fiscal policy kahlo calibrated double welldesigned can actually help boost growth and jobs. But to mean by that . I am not suggesting a new stimulus package because that is not the answer. But what i am suggesting is that because so much has already been done in terms of fiscal consolidation, countries that still need to put their finances in order have to do so at the right place, not too fast, not too brutally, and they have to adjust his circumstances and taken into account. And this is clearly what we do in the programs that we designed. We dont push countries into dasheen brutally. The pace is important, a sense of pace. Second, they have to be well targeted because if so they can contribute as well to boosting growth. For a sense, fighting to oxidation. Support more efficient public spending, reduce the burden of taxation and charges of labor cost, parole taxes, for instance, are clever fiscal meas
[inaudible conversations] are we ready to go . Great. Welcome to todays launch of the council on Foreign Relations and the pendant Task Force Report north america time for a new focus to rid the cochairs hear Robert Zoellick of course, somebody who i think last time i interviewed you we were both in sudan. So thank you very much. Shannon oneil, director and cochair, David Petraeus i think last summer i into the jew we were in iraq. So its good to be in a slightly more tame environment. I want to get right to the question of why now, why this . Reading newspapers, the attention, the focus of this administration clearly on Foreign Policy, current prices the in the middle of these, please to the idea of a pivot to asia and effectively what youre talking about in the Task Force Report is a pivot to north america. So why . Its time for a new focus. The reason is when you come back to it, our number one and two trading partners are our two neighbors, not other countries or regions of the wor
And 6 billion over 12 years of conflict, well look at the shortfalls of foreign aid to afghanistan. A major rescue and cleanup operation is underway in the central philippines. A powerful island struck the island on tuesday. Tens of thousands of people have lost their homes and all of their belongings. The death toll stands at 144 people, and is expected to rise. Reporter this woman was born in this house. But all of it was destroyed in an instant. I dont know where to begin, how to begin. Im only looking at our house i have no mind set yet after this moment. Reporter more than 100 people were killed when the earthquake struck the region. The town was the epicenter of the 7. 2 magnitude quake. Rescue operations are underway. The local government says it is not optimistic. The chance of finding survivors is becoming slim. It damaged infrastructure such as sorts, hospitals, and public schools. It provides thousands of jobs to the people here including those living in outlying islands. Ev
Control as it has ever been. Overnight, the u. S. Recorded the highest single day of new cases since the pandemic began. Almost 89,000 cases reported yesterday alone. The four worst days of the pandemic, all came in the last week. Now, the positive test rate is dangerously high in some states. In south dakota, which has some of the weakest restrictions in the country, nearly half of the tests are coming back positive. Remember, first there are new cases, followed by hospitalizations, which are up 50 nationwide in a month. You know, the bottom line, though, youre going to get better. Youre going to get better. If i can get better, anybody can get better. And ive got better fans. Probably is tell that to the friends and families of almost 229,000 americans who did not get better. 971 people died yesterday alone. New cases are up in 43 states. Thats the most since the start of the pandemic. That includes all sites cnn rates as competitive for this election. The 7day average of new u. S. C
Reporter six days after taking office, President Donald Trump is facing his first diplomatic assistantostandoff. The president of mexico and myself have agreed to cancel our planned meeting scheduled for next week. Reporter thats not how mexico sees it. Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto said he was cancelling the meeting alerting the white house in a message op twitter. Trump learned about it making his way to philadelphia, his first trip aboard air force one, presenting his agenda to Congressional Republicans who are skeptical of how to pay for a border wall. Unless mexico is going to treat the United States fairly with respect, such a meeting would be fruitless and i want to go a different route. We have no choice. Reporter the firestorm between the two leaders has been escalating since their first meeting in august. We did discuss the wall. We didnt discuss payment of the wall. Ta will be for a later date. Reporter that date has now arrived. Paying for the wall is at the heart of