:00:00. > :00:19.Airlines juggle flight crew and passengers,
:00:20. > :00:23.while the tech giant Google urges some staff not to leave the country.
:00:24. > :00:26.We'll find out how companies are being impacted by the US travel
:00:27. > :00:34.Benoit Hamon is chosen as France's socialist candidate
:00:35. > :00:36.for the country's upcoming election but will his pledge
:00:37. > :00:44.of a pay-cheque for all be enough to lure voters?
:00:45. > :00:48.Welcome to World Business, Report I'm Sally Bundock.
:00:49. > :00:51.Also in the programme another computer glitch grounds domestic
:00:52. > :01:01.President Trump is standing firm on his ban on immigration from seven
:01:02. > :01:02.countries - Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan,
:01:03. > :01:11.He's also denying the measures are targeting muslims.
:01:12. > :01:13.He's also denying the measures are targeting Muslims.
:01:14. > :01:16.The leaders of many global business have been swift to react -
:01:17. > :01:19.the technology firms among the first to speak out.
:01:20. > :01:22.Google says it will take legal action to protect its employees.
:01:23. > :01:25.It's urging staff who could be caught up in the ban not
:01:26. > :01:33.The head of Tesla, Elon Musk, says the ban isn't the best way
:01:34. > :01:35.to address challenges the country is facing -
:01:36. > :01:38.and says he will take up industry concerns with President Trump's
:01:39. > :01:42.Emirates - one of the world's biggest long haul carriers -
:01:43. > :01:45.has had to change flight rosters for pilots and cabin crew.
:01:46. > :01:48.While Etihad - the national airline for the United Arab Emirates -
:01:49. > :01:51.says it is offering affected passengers the option to refund
:01:52. > :02:09.Blake Chisam is a partner with the US immigration law firm
:02:10. > :02:26.One of the problems is the confusion? Absolutely. If there is
:02:27. > :02:32.confusion and fluidity in what is going on. Companies are finding that
:02:33. > :02:37.if they had a senior executive, senior engineer outside the country
:02:38. > :02:44.on business and all of a sudden he or she cannot come back for at least
:02:45. > :02:51.90 days that is going to cause problems to businesses. Key members
:02:52. > :02:57.of staff could be stuck, some could even be de change in airports. You
:02:58. > :03:04.have the likes of Google saying we are going to take legal actions.
:03:05. > :03:10.What should companies be doing? It is not what they should be doing it
:03:11. > :03:13.is what they are doing. They are thinking about this and trying to
:03:14. > :03:20.understand some broad language in the executive order which was not
:03:21. > :03:28.vetted as carefully as it should have been. In the future they will
:03:29. > :03:35.have to solve the problems affect their employees. These kinds of
:03:36. > :03:42.actions by the US government need to be vetted properly and really made
:03:43. > :03:48.to see the light of day with the technical experts that can make it
:03:49. > :03:53.work well. Many as saying this was signed on Friday and has caused
:03:54. > :04:04.complete chaos since then. Many would argue, who is around Mr Trump
:04:05. > :04:10.to advise him. He is a businessman, you would assume that is something
:04:11. > :04:17.in his mind? I do not assume anything. Talking to people and
:04:18. > :04:21.understanding how the system works and making sure to take this
:04:22. > :04:26.confusion out of the system and make it less fluid and more certain so
:04:27. > :04:37.that businesses can plan and keep their people at work and safe. We
:04:38. > :04:40.appreciate your time. A lot more appreciation on our website if
:04:41. > :04:44.you're wanting to more information. Benoit Hamon will be
:04:45. > :04:46.the French Socialist Party's candidate in the presidential
:04:47. > :04:49.elections in April, after winning The state of the world's sixth
:04:50. > :04:56.biggest economy is one of the main reasons he's got the chance
:04:57. > :04:58.to replace Francois Hollande Benoit Hamon is a 49-year-old former
:04:59. > :05:04.education minister whose key economic policies include a working
:05:05. > :05:11.week of just 32 hours. Also a tax on robots
:05:12. > :05:15.which would fund a basic income of about $800 - that's
:05:16. > :05:19.750 euros per month - He comfortably beat former prime
:05:20. > :05:27.minister, Manuel Valls. And now Mr Hamon will have
:05:28. > :05:30.to convince the rest of France he can reduce the stubbornly
:05:31. > :05:32.high unemployment rate Another big challenge
:05:33. > :05:42.is the budget deficit. The latest figures showed that
:05:43. > :05:49.in 2015 the government spent 3.5% more
:05:50. > :05:53.than it brought in. That's beyond the EU
:05:54. > :05:55.limit of 3 percent. And when the presidential election
:05:56. > :05:58.happens in April Mr Hamon will be fighting off the pro-business former
:05:59. > :06:00.Socialist economy minister Emmanuel The centre-right Republican's
:06:01. > :06:02.Francois Fillon who wants And the leader of the far-right
:06:03. > :06:07.Front National Marine Le Pen who wants to exit the
:06:08. > :06:14.European single currency. Tomasz Michalski is an associate
:06:15. > :06:32.professor of economics at HEC Nice to see you again. Give us your
:06:33. > :06:39.take on the weekend news and what you think of Benoir Hamon. Thank you
:06:40. > :06:46.for having me. Basically, yesterday parse mac election marks the closing
:06:47. > :06:51.of the first phase of the presidential campaign. The rough
:06:52. > :06:58.crystallising around major issues. The first, how far to go with market
:06:59. > :07:04.reforms of the French economy. Francois Fillon Francois Fillon the
:07:05. > :07:11.most radical pro- market profiler. And then to different candidates
:07:12. > :07:18.saying to try something else - Benoir Hamon will try to do a hard
:07:19. > :07:24.plastic left stimulus, for example increasing the minimum wage and
:07:25. > :07:31.shorten the working week. A lot of measures that even... They are so
:07:32. > :07:42.radical they have not been tried before. Marine Le Pen saying to
:07:43. > :07:49.install tariffs and 80 from the euro and even if the European Union. --
:07:50. > :07:54.the euro. Ringing back the great old days of the 70s. The other line of
:07:55. > :07:59.fracture is immigration and controlling restrictions. Marine Le
:08:00. > :08:07.Pen the National Front is the most radical. Francois Fillon also
:08:08. > :08:14.presented a tough stand on reforming immigration laws. He would like to
:08:15. > :08:21.select immigrants those who would help France, some kind of a points
:08:22. > :08:28.system. The other groups, Emmanuel Macron all the Benoir Hamon camp, or
:08:29. > :08:36.read on the left wing of Benoir Hamon do not care about that issue
:08:37. > :08:41.that much. The four different groups more or less seem to be equally
:08:42. > :08:46.large fighting it off for the presidency. It will be a very
:08:47. > :08:51.fascinating and interesting election and knowing that we also have a
:08:52. > :08:55.second round. What are you think the outcome will be, I know it is hard
:08:56. > :09:01.to say at this point? The most likely thing is we are going to
:09:02. > :09:07.probably have a showdown between the populace and probably it will be
:09:08. > :09:18.Emmanuel Macron facing on Marine Le Pen Marine Le Pen and winning. We
:09:19. > :09:23.shall keep a close eye on it. In the markets, Delta airlines was a fact
:09:24. > :09:28.that by grounding flights. International flights were not
:09:29. > :09:34.affect it and they say it is managing to fix the problem. Not
:09:35. > :09:40.much action for markets. Most closed for the Chinese New Year but we do
:09:41. > :09:45.have Japan and Australia open and they are not faring well at all a
:09:46. > :09:54.lot to do with the reaction of the band put in place by US President
:09:55. > :10:09.Donald Trump. I will seize on. --I will see you soon.
:10:10. > :10:11.The recent phenomenon of so-called fake news,
:10:12. > :10:15.where deliberately false information is circulated around social media