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World Business Report: First broadcast 19/01/2022 22:32 GMT : Biden defends his first year

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Biden defends his first year

First broadcast 19/01/2022 22:32 GMT 

First broadcast 19/01/2022 22:32 GMT : Biden defends his first year

BBC World Service - World Business Report, Biden defends his first year

He is defending his record at a moment when his approval rating is sinking.

President Joe Biden has held a rare White House press conference to mark his first year in office.

President Biden has held a rare press conference to mark a year in office. Biden has defended his administration’s response to the global economic impact of the pandemic, and concerns over supply chain problems.We speak live to the BBC's Gary O'Donoghue outside the West Wing. Also in the programme, rising food and fuel prices are making daily life tougher for the people of Sri Lanka, and the BBC's Anbarasan Ethirajan reports on the difficulties people in the country face. Plus, less than 10 per cent of trade involving members of the East Africa economic bloc the EAC is currently delivered by rail. Tanzania and Burundi hope to change that and are planning a new rail connection between the two countries. We hear what the countries hope to achieve with the proposal from Nuzulack Dausen, executive editor of the NuktaAfrica news agency in Dar es Salaam.

Picture: President Biden Holds A Press Conference At The White House Picture: Chip Somodevilla/Getty

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