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As votes are still counted in the US, we examine the impact of the election on business. David Taylor runs the Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association, and explains what the uncertainty may mean in the short term for his members. We hear from Michael Johns, a national co-founder and leader of the Tea Party movement and a former White House speechwriter to President George H.W. Bush Dilawar Syed is chief executive of Lumiata, an artificial intelligence healthcare company, and argues the lack of a clear result could lead to instability. Jared Bernstein, who was chief economist to Joe Biden when he was vice-president, and is a member of Mr Biden's transition advisory board, discusses why a landslide victory for Mr Biden, which many polls predicted, did not materialise. And Dr Yu Jie, an expert on China's economy and trade at Chatham House in London, explains how events in the US could impact China. Also in the programme, today the United States formally withdraws from the Paris Accord on Climate Change, which commits countries to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide. Peter Betts was lead negotiator for the EU and UK during the Paris talks, is now a visiting professor at the Grantham Institute, and considers the prospects for future international action on climate change.

(Picture: A ballot worker in Michigan. Picture credit: Getty Images.)