2024-11-23
49 分钟Donald Trump picks Scott Bessent as treasury secretary. Wall Street investor will seek to extend tax cuts from Trump's first term. We get the latest. COP29 proposes wealthier countries give $250bn per year by 2035 to developing nations to help tackle climate change. We find out more. The world's largest man-made reservoir, Lake Kariba, has been hit by drought. We hear about the consequences this could have in the economies of Zambia and Zimbabwe. Bitcoin has been on a streak of almost daily all-time highs since the US election. We find out why. Andrew Peach discusses these and more stories with guests on opposite sides of the world: Takara Small, technology correspondent for CBC in Toronto, and Peter Ryan, ABC's Senior Business correspondent in Sydney.
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This is Andrew Peach with Business Matters here on the BBC World Service.
Today, the principal advisor to Donald Trump on economic and fiscal policy will be the Wall street investor Scott Besant, who's a big fan of tariffs.
We'll learn more about him in a moment.
As Cop 29 draws to a close, how much should rich countries give poor countries to help combat climate change?
They have committed to a provisional 250 billion per year which is blatantly insulting to countries in the global South.
And would you get in a taxi that didn't have a driver?
We'll hear about robot taxis in the Chinese city of Wuhan.
Robot taxis would not be able to drive in the center of Beijing.
They would get stuck in the alleys.
Have you been in a self driving taxi?
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My two guests on opposite sides of the world are Peter Ryan, ABC's senior business correspondent in Sydney.
Hi Peter.
G'day Andrew.
How are you today?