For one of his final international engagements as US president, Joe Biden arrives in Angola, making good on his promise to visit an African country. Another president on tour is Taiwan’s Lai Ching-te, who visits the Marshall Islands after trips to Hawaii and Guam over the weekend. Plus: Monocle’s Paris bureau chief, Simon Bouvier, on Donald Trump’s selection of property developer Charles Kushner – his son-in-law Jared’s father – as US ambassador to France. And we get the latest business news from Bloomberg and look ahead to the Fashion Awards. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Hello and welcome to the Briefing, broadcasting live from Studio one here at Midori House in London.
I'm Georgina Godwin.
Coming up on today's program.
We want.
To attract American investment to Angola to help boost our economy and we want to open the doors of the American.
Market to Angolan investors.
Angola's president on the upcoming visit by US President Joe Biden as he finally fulfills his promise to visit Africa before the end of his term.
But does this come too late to prevent China's dominance of the region?
Taiwan's president is also on tour and he too is annoying Beijing.
We'll hear about Lai Chingde's visit to Hawaii and how the military ties with the US May change under a new administration.
A man who's been convicted and jailed on multiple counts of tax evasion, campaign finance violations and witness tampering has been named as Donald Trump's pick as U.S.
ambassador to France.
We'll ask just who Charles Kushner is and get the reaction from Paris.
Bloomberg's Ewan Potts will bring us the latest, latest business news and we'll look ahead to the fashion awards taking place in London tonight.
All that right here on the Briefing with me, Georgina Godwin.
US President Joe Biden is on a two day trip to Luanda, Angola, his first official visit to Sub Saharan Africa.
He's there to fulfill a pledge he made to visit the continent during his presidency, increase bilateral ties as part of his Build Back, Better World Initiative, and to advise the Libito Corridor Project.
Well, to unpack the significance of this trip, I'm joined on the line by Jose Miguel Cerdeira, who's the chief economist at bfa, Angola's second largest bank.
Jose, thanks very much for coming on the program.