20/01/2017 BBC Business Live

Live from London, that's our top story on Friday the 20th of January.

Slashing taxes, talking tough on trade and ripping up

America's President-elect promises double the growth

Plus his arch rival China confirms its weakest growth since 1990,

with fears of even tougher times ahead.

And given the inauguration today, one word dominates the markets,

that's caution. And we'll be getting the inside

track on the mining industry. The founder and chairman

of one of the world's largest mining companies -

Vedanta Resources - will join us. We'll get his thoughts

on the Trump presidency, and likely drivers for

commodity prices this year. And we also want to

know your thoughts - Are you optimistic or pessimistic

about the new leader of the free Or dump! Welcome to the programme.

Lots going on, we've got that Friday feeling.

Later today Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 45th President

The billionaire businessman has gone from long-shot candidate

to the leader of world's biggest economy in just a year and a half.

His supporters will now be hoping that he can shake up the US economy

in the same way the he shook up the presidential race.

Let's take a look at some of the details that we know.

He has promised to create 25 million jobs over ten years,

and to double the annual rate of economic growth to 4%.

He's promised to take a tough line on trade -

and on countries he sees as undercutting US workers

He's threatened to slap a 35% tariff on Mexican imports and a 45%

tariff on products from China, raising fears he could

One thing at the top of the list that we know he has said:

the North American Free Trade Agreement.

He also says he'll cut America's high corporate taxes -

which have pushed big US firms to offshore a lot

Critics say this is too expensive, and will help big companies rather

And he also promises... A lot of promises!

He promises to free up business by ripping up red tape -

he says 70% of all federal regulations can go.

He hopes that will encourage firms to keep more jobs in the US

The markets certainly like the approach, and the so-called

Trump Rally saw the benchmark Dow Jones industrial average rise

Laura Tyson, Professor at Haas School of Business,

University of California Berkeley and former Chair of the US

President's Council of Economic Advisers joins me

Thank you for joining us. 25 million jobs in ten years. Can he do that?

25 million jobs over ten years is actually an estimate that I think

probably keeps up with the demographics of the labour supply,

and is not a number that is out of range given a 10-year time horizon.

There were something like 22 million jobs, I believe, during the Clinton

Administration, I think. So that number is not the number I would

look at. I would look at the growth rate number, which I think is not

believable, the 4% growth rate. Talking about jobs, we saw some

figures saying the US has lost about 5 million jobs since 2000, but 80%

of that is due to automation rather than jobs being outsourced

elsewhere. That's right. And I don't think people really understand that

point. I do think the voters understand that. I think that any

reassuring that occurs in the United States -- re-shoring that occurs.

While they might have 20 workers to do a job abroad, they only need five

in the United States because of automation. Typically after a 2-term

president, typically a recession follows after that. I don't think

that there is any theory which would suggest that to be the case. In the

US economy, we have had a long period of economic growth, we have

brought ourselves back in many parts of the country to follow employment.

We still have the secular problem of employment creation that we talked

about in terms of technology. I do think that is going to continue, but

the economy is not right now, there are not obvious imbalance is, which

would suggest that there would be a recession, so I don't buy the notion

that there will be a certain period of years before you go into

recession, whether or not there is a period of change in administration.

I think you look for in balances in the economy. He has also suggested

major tax cuts for corporations, will be enough to bring offshore

back to the US? I do think one thing with certainty, thinking about the

economy over the next year and several years, we will start with

what we know for sure. We know for sure that the Republican Congress

with the president will introduce significant tax cuts, personal tax

cuts and corporate and business tax cuts, and there will be a need given

the tax cuts to make sure that there are not large differentials between

various forms of business taxes like pass through taxes for corporations,

and corporate tax, so all these rates will come down. The president

has proposed a very aggressive cut in corporate tax to 15%. Businesses

have been looking for rates in the mid-20s, so 15% is a very low rate.

One thing I would say about all of this is that there really is a

tremendous reduction in the source of revenue for the Government, and

that then is associated with lots of cuts in various spending programmes,

so I do think that you are going to see for sure significant cuts in

taxes. A cut in the business tax rate, the corporate tax rate, will

almost certainly bring more investment into the United States,

more capital investment, so one of the things that has been true about

the economy is weak capital investment. Thank you very much your

time this morning. It looks cold! Good snow. Says the lady who just

got back from skiing! Let's look at some of the other stories making

headlines all around the world. President-elect Donald Trump's

choice for Treasury Secretary, Steven Mnuchin, has faced strong

criticism during a Senate Mr Mnuchin is a former Goldman Sachs

banker-turned hedge fund boss He faced accusations

that his former bank, OneWest, ruined lives during the US property

crash by foreclosing But he told the Senate Finance

Committee "I have been maligned". Uber is paying $20m to settle

allegations that it duped people into working

for its ride-hailing service. The US Federal Trade Commission said

Uber offered false promises about how much drivers would earn

and how much they would have The agreement covers statements Uber

made from late 2013 until 2015 while trying to recruit more drivers

to expand its service and remain You are sitting down, you are doing

it! I am doing the tablet. It is all about Trump today. We asked you

start if you are optimistic or pessimistic about the impact you

think trouble have the global economy. Already have some! This

reader says, I am cautiously optimistic, another one is

pessimistic. Some others also saying that they are very pessimistic.

Let's wait and see. I'd lots on the tablet from both sides, as well. Now

let's talk about the second biggest economy in the world. Official

growth figures out of China. And they confirm that last year

China's economy grew at its slowest pace in more

than a quarter of a century. The growth rate hit 6.8 per cent

in the last three months of 2016 - but that gives an overall rate

of 6.7% for the year - The figure is in line with Beijing's

official growth target Robin joins us from Shanghai. Do we

trust the numbers, and what I really want to ask you is, if Trump sticks

to his promise and causes a trade spat with China, that is probably

the last thing the Chinese economy needs? Yes, on that first point, do

we trust the numbers? There is always scepticism, but let's set

that to one side for now. These numbers are bang on what the Chinese

government have predicted. The trend of the slowdown continues, it is a

managed slowdown in growth that the Chinese government want, and that is

their overall aim. Looking to next year, we can look to see something

in the low 6%, perhaps. But the bigger picture here as you say is

that China is preparing for a Trump administration where it doesn't

quite know what he will do. We have had the rhetoric, but there is fear

about a trade war and possibly about a physical, military confrontation

in the South China Sea. The main concern for the Chinese government

is domestic, it is about trying to transform the economy here away from

being one reliant on government money on exports, we saw a big drop

in exports in those figures, and make it instead an economy driven by

domestic and consumer spending. Robin, have a good weekend, we will

talk to you soon. Let's stay with the markets.

Caution is the key word on the markets around the world

as we all await for the 45th president of the US to be sworn in.

Even China's economic growth which beat expectations and Federal

Reserve Chair Janet Yellen who toned down her earlier hawkish policy

stance hasn't been enough to give a real boost.

They are waiting to see what Trump and his team put together in terms

of economic policies. So on that note - I wonder

what'll be making the biz US financial markets have been

jubilant ever since Donald Trump's surprise election win, hitting a

series of record highs. Now that he is about to be sworn in as the 45th

President of the United States, will Mr Trump continue to make markets

great again? Stocks initially rallied on the hope that the

incoming administration would deliver an campaign promises to

rollback regulations, cut taxes and spend on infrastructure. Lately they

have been trading in a narrower range, someone in investors have

been too focused on the upside, and haven't given enough thought to the

potential negatives. At present, Wall Street doesn't seem to be

anticipating problems either with Mr Trump was my trade policies or in

terms of delays by Congress. Will that view change once he takes

office? And on the corporate front, watch out for earnings from the

likes of General Electric and doctor and Gamble.

Thank you, Michelle. Joining us is Lawrence Gosling,

editor in chief at Investment Week. Thank you for coming in this

morning. The husband a lot of noise around the markets, Theresa May

outlining Brexit, the Chinese president in Davos, Trump's

inauguration, but underneath all of that, how other markets doing? There

is an outbreak of what you call a traditional business cycle but

economists look like that starts with a recovery in the US which we

have had for the last couple of years, filters over to the UK and

moves across the world. The UK is hungry -- the UK economy is healthy,

there are signs that Europe is beginning to pick up, and a lot of

people perhaps confused by China, Brexit, an interesting time for the

markets. I will take a sharp turn and talk about, we just mentioned

that Trump and his team will look at the North American Free Trade

Agreement, lots of criticism to Mexico, but Mexico provides United

States with about 80% of their avocados, and I can tell you what

they love, they love guacamole in America! Particularly on Super Bowl

day which is coming up! The avocados were banned a hundred years ago from

going from America into the US, Nafta brought them back, and the

Americans have been gobbling them down. We could see and do that, it

would be a very small thing and it sounds trivial, but it is a piece of

populist protectionism that might make Donald Trump unpopular. We will

see! Do come back and take us through the papers. My father in

Australia had an avocado tree in his backyard.

Still to come: We'll find out what the head of one of the world's

biggest mining companies is expecting from

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The Association of Convenience Stores is calling upon

the government to do more to support the UK's 19,000 rural shops.

Hit by rising costs, a lack of high speed broadband

and business rates - they're struggling.

More than half of rural shops operate on their own,

with no other retailer close by and are therefore essential

Well let's find out more with Chris Noice,

We heard what the issues are, what do you want the government to do

about it? The report is highlighting the concerns we have about the

viability of some rural shops, they are absolutely providing an

essential service to communities across the UK. We want them to look

at rural petrol stations, many of them are fully serviced convenience

stores and they are not receiving the same rate relief that there are

other rural counterparts are, as well. Many rural stores are

disadvantaged by slow broadband speeds and slow mobile coverage.

With many things going online it is important that these stores have a

level playing field when making investments. Regarding investment,

stores that are improving their business, spending money to make

businesses better and more appealing, they are actually being

dis- incentivised and we want to see that being changed. With Brexit, and

what that has done with the value of the pound, it makes things more

expensive for these shops to bring their goods in, are they telling you

that? They don't have the buying power like the huge supermarkets.

You are right. The buying power is different, but I think it is more of

a secondary impact for the convenience sector because many

stores source their goods locally and we have done research and the

impact of Brexit is not hitting yet. It will be interesting to see how

this changes in the next year. We appreciate your time. Thanks.

There is a story on the tablet. Royal Mail, cost cuts ahead, tough

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our top story - later today Donald Trump will be sworn

in as the 45th President The billionaire businessman who has

gone from long shot candidate to the leader of world's biggest

economy - is promising to bring A quick look at how

markets are faring. The word is cautious today. They are

waiting to see what Donald Trump will do when he act she gets into

office. -- he. He has promised infrastructure investment and low

tax rates, which could appeal to businesses, but they are holding

their breath. Trump and China are likely

drivers for commodity Meaning the future for

natural resource companies But Vedanta Resources,

one of the world's largest mining companies is unafraid

of potential protectionist policies. But has he largely

ignored the negative possibilities of tit-for-tat trade

wars with China and other countries? Anil Agarwal founded the Group in

1979 and is the Executive Chairman He joins us now from

the World Economic Forum in Davos. Can we start with this, global

companies like yours, you need free trade to create jobs and boost

growth, what is your message to Donald Trump? Yeah, we have a very

good relationship with America and India. Our companies, our company is

1% GDP of the country, we produce oil, zinc, aluminium, and I've been

hearing about his speech and to support his country for more jobs. I

think Brexit is doing the same. India are doing the same. Trump is

doing the same. Everyone has to hold onto their people and create more

jobs I think he will look at that. He will look at this as a win-win

situation where everybody can win, but as far as our country is

concerned, we have a very good alignment with America. I want to

ask you this. I will give you a break so you can swallow.

Responsible leadership has been a big theme at Davos and we have got

to ask you, your company has come under scrutiny, you have been

criticised about your environmental impact. A team of top analysts in

your country in India have described the data as being in total contempt

of the law. No, this is absolutely incorrect. We are one of the world's

best. We ranked one of the best. When you are in the resource

industry you have got to be very careful and we use technology today.

We are a new company and we can't do anything which is not right. Our

environmental norms. India hardly produces anything and India has only

done anything, about 10%, compare to the world, 90%, we import most of

our oil and this government is completely looking to how we reform

and make more oil and gas in the country and more copper in the

country and how to open up the resources sector and how to do the

start up. And create a phenomenal jobs, and for the world to come and

invest. This is a huge market. It's a huge market. We are going to leave

it there. We appreciate your time, as always. Stay warm. We are joined

again by Laurence. We are going to talk about our paper

stories. We have that tweet, what you think about Donald Trump?

Optimistic or press mystic. Story here about his Treasury Nonna --

treasury nominee who contradicted the president. -- optimistic or

press mystic Donald Trump says he would like a

weaker dollar. But this is a conflicting view. The treasury

nominee is saying a stronger dollar is better. Well, the treasury

nominee is going to get more respect because he has an economics

background. The Treasury Secretary would hopefully understand the

direction the country needs to go. The dollar needs to stay strong

longer term. This is a good thing, they are having a discussion, these

are the checks and balances will stop people are worried Donald Trump

will do what he wants, but these are the checks and balances. Yes, the

nation is not schedule challenging. Exactly. Sticking with that theme.

Here goes the tablet. Inauguration ball. Michael Flatley to perform at

the inauguration ball. Not quite perform, he has rickety knees, but

he will lead his dance troop out and perform. He is most like the last

man standing who actually wanted to agree to appear at this ball. What a

comparison to the Obama ball. Yes, but I'm sure they will have fun,

watching Michael Flatley. Being British, we go for Marmite. It is

wonderful. Anyway, that you might is back in the hands of the Aussies.

They will try to rebrand it, so it is not just for breakfast, you can

have it all day long. You can have it with cheese in sandwiches, I have

that at school, lettuce is very good with vegimite. Always a pleasure.

There will be more business news throughout the day on the BBC Live

webpage and on World Business Report.

Good morning. It is a big day on the other side of the pond in Washington

and we're expecting to see cloud thickening up and likely to bring

some