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story the people of the world over information they provide the opinions they want to express t.w. on facebook and twitter go up to date and in touch follow us. but that. germany has a new government and a new finance minister the business world is wondering what to expect from offshore oil it's will he be a spendthrift or a miser we talked to a finance expert. also coming up useful drinking lots of water was healthy new research shows bottled water contains something you wouldn't expect to drink by the collapsed. welcome to business so germany finally has a new government the most important player for the business world. we're not sure

it's the new finance minister there are many open questions like will the social democrat continue the policy of nicely balanced books that his predecessor followed to the letter and more importantly will he continue to demand fiscal discipline from spendthrift euro zone members. that's in the past but he's the new guy in charge of all of shots seen here on the left is leaving his position as mayor of humbug to step into the shoes of the. geron his time as finance minister known for his face fiscal discipline his ability to save billions of euros and balance germany's budget for the first time since one thousand nine hundred sixty nine but his stingy policies also attracted a wealth of criticism and sparked tension within the coalition government. sure bliz hardline stance on austerity during the euro zone financial crisis was heavily criticized especially in greece but years later the greek economy does appear to be

recovering and sure is taking the credit for it devised dozens of other this is proof of the top policy to stabilize the year right has been a success. the reason is that we've managed after eight years of crisis in the eurozone and despite some doubts to keep the euro stable. and or do so it's quite a good conclusion for me in the open this is over for me. and that's who our source now it's all up schulte says to. one thing he's already revealed is that he'd like to keep the balanced budget brought about by his predecessor. so what can we expect from germany's new finance minister let's talk about that with their hands get a book of finance and banking professor at one hundred university good to have you with us both enjoy blip was much criticised but it was also very much respected by the financial world how will that world receive all national it's well with

expectations that he won't change very much in this respect and all those these are social democrats and that might have a certain tendency towards panic and maybe mold more liberal attitude toward spending money in the europe or nationals himself looks more like conservatives he looks down to earth solid personality if you release we'll find out later but for the most expectation is the change very much ok because he does inherit a very healthy annual budget what should he spend it on what should be spent on investment mainly and less on consumption because the truth is this very healthy budget mainly based on outside circumstances like the weak euro the low interest rate. as well one the economy which is driven by external factors so it's all of us must be aware that if you keep this position no longer. he might not always have such probable circumstance that means investment important spending on consumption should be reduced occasion now is the time to spend which is also something that

would to pieces european neighbors i mean what kind of sort of relationship do you expect scholtz to develop for example with france which wants a more integrated european union i think germany won't go into the direct too much because the conservatives party knows they lose a lot of voters if they go too far in this direction and so there's not too much expected and all our souls will be a representative of this policy a place ago role of somebody who just spoiled the game because he's not willing to spend too much on the scenes kind of european project and what about his relationship with washington he's going to need his u.s. counterpart next week i simply don't know what he'll do with washington because washington is absolutely clear on controllable because all this from coming from washington is not consistent policy but for sure he looks like a person who can't stand his position and say come on you do this and we do that and we'll have a trade war if you really want to have that i wonder if you really plays this game

in the end but one point where you might be more friendly to watching might be a defense i could have made is that you develop some understand that we have to spend more money in defense that something watching would like ok i just very briefly the very priority of shelter is to do list should be to prepare for worst types call there will be worse times coming when the budget will be not so easily it could clearly rated as today had speed a book of finance banking professor at one time university thank you so much pleasure. well u.s. president donald trump's decision to stack canada and mexico from hefty tariffs on steel and allen many and for now was not an act of selflessness he hopes it will give him leverage in the next round of nafta talks which will be held in washington and april here is the current status of the negotiations good news for canada and mexico donald trump's new economic advisor larry kudlow is

a strong supporter of the north american free trade agreement. but despite the presence of a new free trade advocate in the white house there are still massive hurdles to overcome while some of the u.s. administration's demands are plausible such as the reduction of the u.s. trade deficit with then after others remain contentious trump wants to limit duty free extensions for cars to vehicles that drop eighty five percent of their components from nafta countries he is also calling for an end to canada's protections sports there in poultry producers another point of contention the u.s. objects to canada subsidizing its lumber industry but providing its own producers with cheap access to public land despite those stumbling blocks canadian prime minister justin trudeau believes a deal can be reached. canada knows that there is a win win win outcome on improving now after that something will be good for canada

for the us and for mexico so we're working very hard to do that but we continue to stand up for canada's interests canadian jobs mexican they go shitters are into pressure to stand up to trump as well but their want to avoid alienating a major trading partner a possible sticking point aside from the automobile issues access to mexico's energy market canada in mexico's exemption from american steel and a minion tariffs are likely to give trump thing go shaders leverage in the next round of talks. water everyone needs it but is it safe and you studies claiming that bottled water can contain micro plastics the health implications are largely unknown but just to get an idea of the scale of this issue ten years ago the world drank two hundred twelve billion riches of bottled water the latest figures show that number has nearly doubled and the biggest market is china last year consumers there spent thirty seven billion dollars on bottled water the united

states was next with twenty three billion dollars and in third place was mexico and it's a global business with many players the french company down norna has the largest share it's followed by coca-cola and the swiss food giant nestle because you must appear to be drinking more than just water. most people think of water is clean and pure but research by the nonprofit organization corporate media suggests that the bottled kind often contains microscopic plastic particles. researchers analyzed bottled water from a total of nineteen locations in nine different countries the results came as a surprise. every brand of bottled water that we looked at had plastic every single brand. the occurrence varies kind of kind of dramatically certain brands had much higher counts than than other brands are. the highest

concentrations of plastic particles were found in nestle's pure life brand of bottled water. the indian brand had about half as many particles per liter. as did germany's carol steiner and aqua which is owned by the french food giant known nestle and carol steiner have rejected the study's findings very marked loss is a research at the life and its institute of freshwater ecology he says it's not yet clear whether micro plastics of the kind found in bottled water are harmful to humans. we're just starting our research chemists biologists and toxicologists still need to conduct tests we don't even know what kind and size of micro plastics are to be found in the environment and in the food chain as long as we can to certan that we don't know what we're talking

about this is the tip of the iceberg of this icebergs micro plastic contamination appears to be widespread but what effect it might have in the long term is not clear it's most likely liable to do far more harm than good. so why is this microcosmic coming from the sea get into the water from the plastic bottle or is it already in the water before it gets bottled that's something we asked song i.d.m. from environment desk and this was her explanation. well that's not clear and it can't be ruled out that the plastics in these bottled waters are coming from the bottles themselves although it was also found in glass bottles it might actually be from the lid as well which often contains plastics but really plastic is everywhere from the most remote reaches of the ocean to the depths of the antarctic and plastic surgery even in tap water so you can imagine if it's there it's also in a lot of other things that we consume there deliberately added into some of our

personal hygiene products like toothpaste and facials grub and even a big source is synthetic fabrics so those fleece jackets and microfiber blankets that we toss in the washing machine release tens of thousands of fibers in each wash. oh food for thought the next time you take a sip of water that was song again from us and vironment desk and that was your business update on g.w.s. always you can find out more online and takes you follow us on twitter i see in the next hour left so close to the to the to. the to. the to the to cut.

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