today the 1st is the uncertainty that is creating i always say uncertainty can't get an elephant uncertainty is very bad for business and 2nd the aspect that they would like to underline is the fact that. it's always been good the tools keep the difference between when is business and when is politics and when we there is a risk that we mix up business or polity can a gray area this is something that. can be very dangerous because then there is a less again certainty there are 2 important things for europe 1st of all to defend the multilaterally as we believe in with the router is in and 2nd we believe in global standards and global regulation and for us. for european business these are 2 very important points.

that should be defended another big issue for the u.s. of course is the chinese tech giant way do you think european companies can benefit from while waistband let's go beyond the world way where they were always just only the tip of the iceberg i were just on measurement 2 numbers. which has been recently published research and development investment in china reached 1.76 trillion rim is the 2nd spending in the word the number of patents reached in china 138200000 patents ranking number one in the world. what i want to say that i think that. these

a debate. is beyond the one single company. china. 6 months ago few months ago already started the research for 6 g. saw we are in front of us. a big challenge and we have to understand what the matter today is less trade and more technology and here i say i like to say that the new land is the konar logy so what can the e.u. and china do collectively could they could they use an alternative currency to the dollar to trade for example to to get around the sanctions and tariffs now i think from my point of view for civil you know that. the economy and then just a system of europe and china are very complex complimentary what is important today

for europe our power to keep her. leadership and in the global regulation which we know for many sectors is very important i think what we should do is basically to thinks is accelerate the internal market we need a real european internal market because if we create. and we do we do progress in have a real intern and market these will be very important for europe at the same time also increases the investment on the on research and development. how in your view then is is trade changing and how is this change affecting china the u.s. and europe we should consider trade as evolving today goods less importance than services and we know that the value added is

a focus is a mail in the services not anymore in the goods and obviously here there is a risk because if kountry like the u.s. and other industrialized country they try to do everything in their own country what will happen to them that in countering what other counties outside europe and and the us will do. i think is important other hand as i said the reality is that the services are. more and more important and the new the new game is more linked to the technology. and the digital transformation the capacity to invest in research because technology is all sorts changing the trade that is also changing the entirety of the system the logistical transportation and the

industrial production good to speak with you luigi gambardella thanks for being with us thank you very much. now in the end it wasn't to be fear cries less ambitious $35000000000.00 plan to merge with france's rana the combination would have created the 3rd biggest automaker but the cost in jobs was probably too much for politicians to stomach we'll get more in a moment with our guest as the car industry goes through a difficult transformation consumers are changing their buying habits and governments are clamping down on emissions but 1st our summer binge of a report from turin the heart of italy's motor valley and the home to fear it. almost every car enthusiast in italy has a connection to. the automobile or fia. the car manufacturer is now free at chrysler automobiles but still one of the biggest employers in turin

italy's automotive hub was the same. way a. former colleagues to fight for their rights and thousands of other workers in the diminishing auto industry here chrysler has temporarily read off more than half its workforce at this plant for what it calls modernization and. they work very little and this is very serious it is clearly the result of no longer having the italian automotive industry rather become a multinational company. representatives have met unions and say more than $5000000000.00 will be invested over 3 years and there will be a return to full employment this factory was inaugurated in 1939 it has seen the height of its production but since then the company's headquarters have moved to the netherlands its financial headquarters are now in london and the bulk of chrysler's production is done in detroit. once home to tens of thousands of workers

too in the shadow of its former production of 6000 cars a day jobs the once booming car industry changed talian lifestyles it made them more and more but that's all in the past and more for your future in mind you know it's very difficult to imagine a future for the italian automotive industry because in 20 years the number of workers and the number of cars manufactured has reduced tremendously. it's only so-called motors early still produces fewer but bigger price tag cars such as for romeo ferrari and lamborghini. and some entrepreneurs are using it despite italy's skyrocketing public debt and recession fears. this family owned business which used to make seat belts for passenger cars in both. manufacturer of seats seat belt and motor sports products. georgia founded the company in the 1970 s. but he sees a future it's only if the government pays attention to it least slowing industrial

production would just need the government to realise the big challenge that the country and the industry we have nearly 11 percent unemployment marketed tony is part of the coalition governments commission for economic development we are nowhere in taxes we are lowering bureaucracy brokers he is the war stacks we have in italy one year is not sufficient to change it an economy of account 3 because if you. job problem unemployment problem you cannot solve it in one year the real test for europe's 2nd producers will be to endure this economic pressure in the now and industrial rebound we're joining me now from rome is philippe munoz global automotive analyst at j dynamics thanks very much for being with us so what went wrong in the end why did this merger not go ahead. well 1st of all i think the story hasn't finished yet because. neither

f.c.a. nor very know they have a plan b. so maybe that withdrawal is part of the game i mean we have to remember that both groups together would in only become the 3rd largest car maker but they would become the world's largest s.u.v. make up with almost $2900000.00 units sold last year according to our data so that means they would become the leader in the only driver of growth. that is remaining in europe usa and china. however i think this trunk presence of the governments is had had a big thing to do with this with this and i mean especially in south or in europe the governments instead of enabling enabling business they are making things more difficult to these kinds of operations finally i think

a rhino my fees in this measure proposal to send a message to nissen was been a partner for 20 years and which should be your natural partner to mess with. are you talking there about the government involvement but however way you look at this the political cost would have been too great wouldn't it jobs jobs would have to go because we're producing too many cars and we well yes i mean i think however that in any in any marriage are the main reason of any mail is to save cut save money and reduce costs in the case of of ca and are they telling american maker would benefit from renault know how making the electric vehicles and the french side would benefit from the strong presence of his ca in north america is the cost related to these of course there are costs but i think there are more bend

in the benefits than disadvantages and at the end it's it's up to demp to decide whether to go on or not i mean. when with when we see all these and when you see that the growth is slowing down and of actually in the 1st quarter of this year . vehicle sales fell by 11 percent in china and 4 percent in the u.s. and europe you need to find other solutions to keep profits and the best way is by doing these kinds of operations so how habits changing and i mean why why are people putting off buying cars. well many things are involved i mean as cities get more crowded and public transportation is improving many people are just getting rid of their cars or are just not using them because a car is becoming more a problem than a solution in cities like rome like new york and so people are not buying cars

anymore this is especially the trend among young people and and also we must consider that communication and working abbots are changing so people are working from home so they don't need to move to move around as much so has the industry been too slow to respond to these changes do you think yes absolutely they industry the car industry is extremely slow when taking the stations because it's it's very expensive it's a huge industry and the most important because it's vital in many economies so every time a big thing like this happens local authorities want to get involved and these makes things more difficult as i said before politics and business are of nor are are not always a good marriage so they industries moving very slow just to give you an example in

the in the electric vehicle market constant it seems that counselors are moving faster than our all to make is i mean you find very long waiting lists for electric cars they offer still very limited so many consumers are just not they don't want to wait and they move to other kind of solutions automakers are also spending tens a $1000000000.00 of on electric cars that too is going to lead to job losses as well isn't that what you think going to happen there. i mean i think electrification is not really the threat i mean i mean there according to our data these the sales of electric cars last year total $2000000.00 units which is not in compared to the almost 95000000 vehicle sold globally but it's a lot when you compare the sales in 5 years ago when when the industry sold 175000 units so i don't think the threat is electrification but what i think the big

challenge for the industry is the way how. are going to use own cars if the ownership changes that's going to mean. fewer cars on the streets and that's going to be a big challenge for companies running big plants all right philippe munoz thanks for being with us thank you and that is our show for this week remember you can get in touch with us by tweeting me at has and to use the hash tag a.j. c t c when you do or drop us an e-mail counting the cost that i just you know dot net is our address as always there's lots more for you online at al-jazeera dot com slash c t c take you straight to our page which has individual ports links and entire episodes to catch up on. so that is it for this edition of counting the cost and has a secret from the whole team here thanks for joining us the news on al-jazeera is

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who's trying to mediate the opposition says that the military is targeting workers and banks electricity companies and airports to me that agency has rejected any preconditions and says it will install a caretaker government if negotiations fail when the plan. i hope that our brothers in the other parties will respond without preconditions we appreciate the efforts of our friends and brothers who care for sudan we want to reach a solution but if we don't reach a solution our alternative is clear we will form a caretaker government that has taken aim has more. mohammed went from shaking hands with ethiopian prime minister abi mid to a jail cell in one day the sudanese opposition leader was part of a delegation that met akhmed after he arrived in khartoum on friday to act as

a mediator he is one of several opposition members arrested during saturday morning raids their arrests are expected to hamper efforts to reopen talks between the opposition and the military earlier this week more than 100 protesters were killed in a crackdown by the military hunta the opposition has issued a list of demands including restoring freedom of the press and access to the internet before they'll return to negotiations oh well 1st the military council needs to recognize that the crime was committed secondly there needs to be an international investigation into the dispersal of the sit and thirdly all political detainees and old political prisoners held by the previous regime need to be released. protesters have called for the immediate withdrawal of the paramilitary group the rapid support courses they are accused of raping and murdering protesters

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people in kazakhstan have started voicing to choose their next president nursultan nazarbayev force in charge for 30 years before stepping down in march well 7 people are vying for the top job but only one is from the opposition a correspondent robin forrester walker joins us live from the new the renamed capital nursultan robin this is the 1st election in almost 30 years in which time has a bias is not on the ballot paper that some major development for the country is it not. the morning how do you know it's a big deal because 30 years of the same mr baez and yet he handed in his resignation emotes. the 1st sitting president in this region to do so so he's still very much alive and well but he decided that it was time to move a saw eat to allow as he and his 2nd woman put it this country to move forward with

its democratic development said we have the appearance of democracy but this election taking place today in all those young cousins who never known anyone else other than mr 95 but mr takeyh if he's his chosen candidate he's the interim president and it looks very very much like mr talk i have is lined up for the presidency and we do not expect to see any surprises this is what democracy is all about in kazakstan and very managed process in order for mr knesset by have to have a so-called peaceful transition of power over to his chosen candidate. 2 men now appeared to run kazakstan the official leader of the nation also tend as a pious and his appointee interim president kasim your market took i am not sure do

i mean is that i share a main task is to realize the strategy of the leader of the nation in order to strengthen the potential of a state i firmly believe and the success of on the noble endeavor. look i have has government resources to boost his chances stadiums filled with students the state controlled mainstream media was it was it was it was evil because it stood as it was the decision. when as a boy i have resigned in march ok i have renamed the capital after him some so that . as a sign of subservience. my god will turn is not my town i have a choice said this activist. others have called for

a boycott of the vote seeing talk as a stopgap for dinner stick succession. as senate leader now survives daughter is next in line for the presidency. on friday police raided homes and detained several activists the authorities are on high alert so i want to know for the 1st time in almost 3 decades the voters will have a choice or an appearance of choice at least but failed to show up at this t.v. debate a sign he doesn't take the competition seriously. and he will utility but competition does include a genuine government critic i mean. may take a share of the vote but he isn't optimistic that we could teeter would purposely put out some boaters will boycott the vote but not those who support to cry of i'm afraid these votes will be taken from me by those who are organizing the boycott

today i ask people to boycott the boycott. the students may vote just as they were required to attend the rally off camera one used organizer put it this way failure to comply means failing your exams that is the kind of pressure that will benefit at the ballot box. well robin have there been any sign of protests. there is. one wants to be careful not to over exaggerate the significance of the protest movement in cassocks. because most people are expected to fulfill the wishes of this administration and you to fairly vote for missed its archives however there is a growing sense of frustration amongst young catholics especially and we have seen that demonstrated you know marty the commercial capital and here in

a start and as we were just seeing that in that reports the police the authorities are taking that very very seriously and we had those raids where people had that door knocks down or knocked smashed on to and and people were taken into detention and interrogated as i understand it there may be a few people that are still in detention and this has been a pattern that has been going on for many weeks it is illegal in kazakstan to harald's protests or rallies without the explicit permission of the government is illegal even to talk about the idea of having protests but we've spoken to some young activists they do intend to try to show that they are not happy with the way this democratic system is being handled in this country and earlier after mr talkative voted i had an opportunity to ask him a question and i put it to him what does he think about all these young people that have been arrested in the been a number of arrests of youthful peaceful activists and he said that he the security

services to exercise restraint but he also asked the young people to respect the powers that be here in kazakhstan. came up and forrester walker are joining us live from catholics and thanking. the venezuelan government reopened a key border crossing with colombia president nicolas maduro seal the border 4 months ago claiming that aides the u.s. opposition the zohan why don't want to bring in undermines the country so often say well president's reports. thousands of venezuelans lined up to cross the simone boulevard bridge into colombia was a rare chance for these people to purchase food medicine and other commodities no longer available or in extremely short supply in venezuela only pedestrians are allowed to cross back and forth into colombia the government of president nicolas maduro has blocked large scale food convoys according to the united nations 4000000

people have left venezuela in recent years the u.n. has called the mass migration the largest in the recent history of latin america and the caribbean hyperinflation poverty and political chaos are fueling the exodus the. actress and humanitarian activist angelina jolie who is a special envoy for the u.n. refugee agency u.n.h.c.r. visited a camp for venezuelan migrants in neighboring colombia she was greeted by children who spoke about the desperate conditions that forced their families to leave their country buckle me then i suppose a year is that once i guess i can say yeah we couldn't find food and if we did it was very expensive the same for my medication we couldn't find it and if we did it was triple or quadruple the price or colombia has taken in the largest share of venezuelan refugees 1300000 people jolie praise their.