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opportunities global news that matters d. w. made for mines. what does a football loving country to reach its goals. will tell you how to german soccer made it back to the top. you know web special. dot com. football made in germany. is there a compromise after all the european union expects to be exempted from donald trump's import tariffs that as china braces for hefty punitive charges on a wide range of goods also on the program as bricks it approaches london fears it could be left behind when it comes to attracting creativity and finding the right

place to install solar panels can also be a challenge well japan may have the answer. this is a business i'm christopher welcome to the european union expects presidents from to announce that the bloc will be exempted from fresh tariffs on steel and aluminum that's according to the european commission earlier germany's economy minister peter altmire had voiced similar hopes he and the e.u. is trade commissioner had to travel to washington earlier in the week to make the case for e.u. steel producers the white house has said the terrorists will take effect beginning friday. and it's not just u.s. allies in europe that are on the edge of their seats over the threat a few are just arabs the united states is expected to announce hefty penalty charges against chinese goods as punishment for allegedly stealing intellectual property of u.s. companies all told the tariffs could affect up to sixty billion dollars of chinese exports every year beijing is bracing for an announcement from u.s.

president donald trump on thursday slapping more tariffs on chinese imports chinese premier the key chain used the national people's congress this week to appeal to common sense in a verdict in impending trade war. i hope that we can act rationally rather than being led by emotions in order to avoid this trade war. but donald trump remains adamant that the u.s. is at an unfair disadvantage when exporting american products abroad and insists on changing that and i keep telling these countries no you have to buy american i want you to buy american you know we help people we help countries we give aid to countries i say where do you buy your quip until we buy from other countries i said what about buying from the united states well we haven't been doing that now they do it on march eighth trump signed a tariff order on global aluminum and steel imports the exceptions to the rule were

metals from the u.s. neighbors canada and mexico the terrace to be announced thursday only affect trade between china and the u.s. and are expected to affect a wide variety of chinese goods from clothing to electronics the measures will likely also curb chinese investments in the u.s. as well as kept visas for chinese researchers an escalation of the brewing trade war now seems inevitable. but for more let's bring in. the stock exchange in frankfurt for us the e.u. commission is expecting to be spared from trump's terrace all the markets buying it . well the issue is that donald trump will still have the final word on those exceptions such investors are still feeling pretty wary broadly speaking european indices are down today this morning we also saw a key index of business confidence here in germany think up to an eleven month low as a result of these trade tensions now the problem is also this even if the e.u.

does manage to get exemptions from steel and aluminum tariffs the interwoven nature of global trade doesn't mean that they would necessarily be exempt from the fallout of a trade war fault elsewhere between other trading partners like the u.s. and china especially if it depresses growth and demand in those places now u.s. terrors for chinese products are much more likely and could come into effect today how's beijing responding. they seem to have adopted a carrot and a stick approach with the carrot approach being represented by conciliatory statements towards finding a win win solution they also made overtures earlier this week to say that they would be opening up their markets more and protecting intellectual property better and while the retaliatory measures on the other hand represent the stick approach that they're apparently preparing they said that these approach these measures could hit the agricultural sector the most and that is of course the sector in the us that is still running

a trade surplus china's commerce ministry has also said it will take all the necessary measures it needs in order to defend itself so they will take signing tariffs definitely as a declaration of a trade war to no other milan reporting from the frankfurt stock exchange now thank you and it's tough times for commuters in france only two of every five high speed trains were running on thursday and half of all regional trains across the country have been cancelled as a new wave of strikes hit the country the walkouts in response to the president across the labor market reform air travelers are facing problems as well. there have been days of warnings with only one in three trains up and running in the capital parisienne transport also richie's have advised people to car pull the trouble isn't confined to front either high speed train operated telly has cancelled services running between brussels and paris and several nearest star

trains to london and not budging either. these are unregistered wildcat strikes and as such effectively illegal the communist union c g t is behind them it's urged members to engage in impromptu and repeated striking even outside of official strike days. the right to strike is laid down in our constitution if it's an unofficial strike then it's essential that public services can function enough for the four point five million daily train passengers to get from a to baby food personally i find these destructions threats by the union extremely serious i've never seen anything like this. the catalyst for the action president mcconnell's plan to labor market reforms he wants to hike up the age of retirement for railway stuff right now train drivers commit tire at just fifty two other rail workers just a few years later french railways a deeply in the red and groaning under forty five billion euros worth of debt

unions warn that if micron topples the long time privileges of railway staff it will open the floodgates for even hausherr labor market reforms mccrone has already announced plans to cut one hundred twenty thousand jobs in public services the showdown between the government and french well because it's likely to continue. when people talk about the u.k. economy it's usually about the financial sector but it's the success of the creative industries that has had growing relevance for britain's g.d.p. now for their specialized services companies rely heavily on european talent with much of the staff's future status in the u.k. in limbo businesses fear that breck said will hit them especially hard. it's a sophisticated tour that helps creatives with three d. animation they got who helped invented is from norway the majority of artists in the studio next us and independent production company based in london comes from

the e.u. nexus provides interactive content and animation for international clients what's important for them to have access to young talent. is jeopardising that. we are already seeing talent we would naturally come to to london immediately after their studies on hesitating and so they might move to barcelona or berlin or london is an expensive city as well so it's kind of slowly losing traction the u.k. benefits hugely from london's reputation as a hub for creativity creative industries amount almost ten percent of all u.k. exports creative workers are in high demand there are already skill shortages creative industries are amongst the fastest growing sectors of the u.k. economy industry leaders want the government to recognise that asking for example first special visa system after breakfast that. the majority of staff at nexus are

freelance highly specialized artists. they are often hired only with a few days' notice. the great thing at the moment is that i can call someone up in france they can hop on the or start coming if there are any issues or issues that we have to deal with my worry is that that won't be able to happen and that will definitely affect us and it will affect how quickly we can assemble a team here in order to qualify for a non you visa before time job and a yearly salary of almost forty thousand euros is needed for many creative workers that's unrealistic industry is moving credibly fast and as a. i think if we're not very clear now as to what the new rules are going to be allowing these people to stay or to come to you as a unit then the industry will suffer fishel. already there are rumors that some

companies might relocate to the continent the industry wants reassurance from the government they need more not less talent to come and stay in london. now one of japan's biggest solar power plants has gone into operation near tokyo now you might say solar power plants are nothing new but trust me this one is different in a country where a land is scarce an answer was needed to the question where to put the panels take a look. the new plant built by kyoto based ceramics and electronics giant cairo sarah floats in the middle of a reservoir the solar array comprising more than fifty thousand panels covers about one thousand had tears of a dam in chiba prefecture or at the commissioning ceremony a kind of sarah spokesman indicated the plant could be the first of many like it. when they know this now know how many there are so many reservoirs we hope that this project will let us expand our business throughout japan by making use of them

i guess i'm going with a muscle to put on a coat if you still think that the weakness of. the operator claims it is the biggest solar power plant on water in japan and you output is projected at more than sixteen million kilowatt hours that's enough to power around five thousand households for a year the plant began operating earlier this month two years behind schedule the french multinational c l a ten which developed the technology says the cooling effect of water on the solar panels increases their energy production and makes them more efficient than land based systems of a similar size the panels also shield the water from the sun and reduce evaporation . that's national thanks for for watching

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