programme. there will no be default. those were the words of president biden on thursday as he hailed what he called productive talks with his political rivals as the clock ticks on the country s finances. he is trying to avoid hitting the debt ceiling. the us government is set to hit its borrowing limit of $31.4 trillion next week, raising fears it could run out of money to pay its bills without a deal to increase the debt ceiling. from new york, michelle fleury reports. with just one week left until treasury officials say the us will run out of cash to pay its bills, the mood music from washington was upbeat that a deal can be done to avoid default. i want to be clear that the negotiations we re having with speaker mccarthy is about the outlines of what the budget will look like not about default. it s about competing visions for america. nothing will be resolved till we solve them all. we know where our differences lie. we worked well past midnight last night, we r
a family run fragrance firm has won a king s award for enterprise after growing exports 500%. we ll speak to the boss. could an easing of tensions between the world s economic superpowers be on the way? in a major speech in washington on thursday, us treasury secretary janet yellen has called for a constructive and fair relationship with china, saying a decoupling of their economies would be disastrous for both sides. secretary yellen also said she plans to visit china for talks. us china relations are in their worst state in decades with the biden administraton enforcing a strict export ban on advanced technology to china, which accuses washington of trying to stifle its modernisation. from new york, our correspondent samira hussain reports. it has been five years since the united states imposed tariffs on billions of dollars of goods coming in from china. they not only have trade relations but diplomatic relations but diplomatic relations between the two countries have
a happier new year: after months of covid chaos, can china s economy pull a rabbit out of the hat? hello there. we start in the swiss ski resort of davos, you know what, stay. stay with me. sometimes, this happens. just to prove it is live. chuckles. we will talk about what keir starmer is talking about. the opposition labour party leader. he has very much been sweet talking the elite, the top bankers at the world economic forum. he has been reassuring the financial elite that labour is pro business and pledging to do more to attract foreign investment into the uk if they win power next year. labour points to un figures, showing the uk s share of world foreign direct investment has declined since the conservatives came into government in 2010 from 8% tojust1.7% the lowest since records began. that s according to the un figures. the bbc s economics editor faisal islam reports. at the world economic forum, some of europe s top bankers and ceos assembled to meet the leader o