let s start with china, because it s currently holding its annual two day national people s congress and has set out its economic forecast for the year. premier li keqiang told a packed audience in beijing on sunday, that the government hoped to achieve economic growth of around 5% in 2023. the figure is in line with most analyst predictions. last year, successive strict lockdowns slowed china s growth. official figures show the world s second largest economy grew by 3% last year, which was way below the government target of five and a half % and its slowest for decades. lets discuss this with louise loo, senior economist at oxford economics. there s widely expected to be a big shakeup in the team handling the economy. around 5%, it probably implies that growth as low as 4.5% is probably acceptable to the government and we do think that means the policy matters that we see will be a little bit more than what we expect last year. more than what we expect last ear. , , , ye
Companies. companies. louise, we appreciate companies. louise, we appreciate your - companies. louise, we appreciate your time. i staying with china, one company potentially looking to move some of its operations out of the country is foxconn. according to various reports, the taiwanese firm which makes apple s iphones is considering moving some of its production to india. on friday, the southern indian state of karnataka said foxconn had announced a major deal there, which could generate 100,000 jobs over the next decade. last year, foxconn s operations in china were hit by supply chain problems due to the country s strict covid lockdowns. let s go live to our bureau in delhi to get the latest from our india business correspondent arunoday mukharji. a hiring spree of 100,000 in karnataka, do they have skilled workers for this sort of operation? is it known for it s high level tech staff? there is a lot of speculation about this, what are you hearing?
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Product needs to assist chinese with its intelligence. so it is no surprise to ban tiktok and the house foreign affairs committee last week voted for a bill to allow the us president to ban tiktok that bill is yet to ban tiktok that bill is yet to go towards a full house in front of a full house and the senate and the white house told federal agencies that they need to ensure that tiktok is removed from phones or government devices within 30 days. this momentum against tiktok is growing notjust in the united states but globally as well. similar measures have been introduced by the canadian government and by other institutions of the eu. thank ou for institutions of the eu. thank you for the institutions of the eu. thank you for the update institutions of the eu. thank you for the update on - institutions of the eu. thank you for the update on that l you for the update on that story. now twins aren t that common twins who are business partners well, that s even rarer still. w