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
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considerably. i do think that that forecast is reasonably accurate but, of course, it is difficult to know because in certain parts of the economy, inflation is staying sticky with a tight labour market and also the brand power of big companies who are able to pass on those prices. the spanish car maker seat has started work on a $10 billion programme for electrified cars and infrastructure. the project got under way as the european union announced billions of dollars of subsidies for the green transition, going toe to toe with massive subsidies announced last year by president biden in the united states. on this week s talking business ben thompson asked the boss of seat how big a part of their decision to invest more in spain was down to subsidies. i think it is playing a key role at the moment and we have to make sure that europe,