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move the stories about motivational change makers taking their destiny useful to their own hands w.'s new multimedia series. d w dot com africa on the move. at. the opening salvo in a trade war u.s. president donald trump announces new tariffs against china stoking fears retaliate tree measures meanwhile the year was granted a stay of execution. and as break that news london face it could lose its top creative talent. base is your business update on how to humphrey invited good to have you with us as promised u.s.

president donald trump has slapped tariffs on china in response to a trade deficit which he has termed out of control and allegations of industrial scale intellectual property theft the levies on steel an ottoman image you to come into force tomorrow meanwhile the european union and six other countries have been spared the same fate for now at least they have been granted temporary exemptions u.s. trade representative robert light told a senate panel that trump has authorized a quote pools in the tariffs while talks are underway to find a more permanent solution argentina australia brazil canada mexico and south korea will also be exempt from the twenty five percent tariffs on steel imports and ten percent tariffs on the menu. while the same cannot be said for china the world's second largest economies facing levies on products coming into the united states worth up to sixty billion dollars every year so let's take a look at the u.s.

is made it gripes against china that well first they claim that chinese firms forced them into partnerships steel technology and then closed down the joint venture they also say that many of these partner firms are financed by the chinese government which ones access to american tech innovations another frequent complaint that we see chinese hacking of u.s. commercial networks to start on key companies and finally they allege that american companies in china do not have the same property rights as chinese companies do. well moving on to some other news now in tough times for commuters in from says a new wave of strikes hit the country only two in every five high street trains were running on thursday and half of regional trains across the country had to be counseled the walkouts come in response to prisons manual labor market reform those traveling by air are also facing delays. there have been days of warnings with only

one in three trains up and running in the capital parisienne transport or storage fees have advised people to come 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 of a four point five million daily train passengers to get from a to baby for sure and personally i find these destructions threats by the union extremely serious i've never seen anything like this. the catalyst for the action president calls planned

labor market reforms he wants to hike up the age of retirement for railway stuff right now train drivers can retire 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 mccrone 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 workers is likely to continue. when people talk about the u.k. economy it's usually about the financial sector the city of london the creative industries have also had growing relevance for britain's g.d.p. and those companies rely heavily on european talent and with their future status in the u.k. . businesses fear that gregg's it will hit them especially hot. it's

a sophisticated tool that helps creatives with three d. animation they got who helped invented is from norway the majority of artists in the studio at nexus an 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 jeopardizing that. we're already seeing talent we would naturally come to london immediately after their studies on the 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 attraction 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 brics it. the majority of staff at nexus are freelance highly specialized artists. they're 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 bureaucratic issues that we have to deal with my worry is that that way 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 no new visa a full time job and a yearly salary of almost forty thousand euros is needed for many creative workers that's unrealistic industry is moving pretty fast and as

a result i think if we're not very keen now as to what the new rules are going to be allowing those people to stay or to come to you. and the industry will suffer official. 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 when the union government pulled all five hundred of one thousand rupees notes from circulation two years ago it was trying to tail the illicit economy and deny terrorist funding but the move cause a catastrophic cash shortage among traders and retailers because they rely on the large denomination notes for their business eventually enough new notes did come in circulation the crisis east but the country is still getting used to the new cash especially bestially the quickie and essentially valueless one repeat note which

was printed to mark one hundred years of repeat bank notes. brand new one rupee bank note i've never seen anything like this during my entire time in india it looks real and even comes with a watermark quite elaborate given the fact that it equals just one euro cent but see what it buys. what it. once was before you know have you seen something like that for was to put sheen in my jail. oh good so that was a good to see you really think i'm going to give you lots of what. would you accept that. i couldn't see i was a kid who i would. or would you give me for that i want to be no doubt but what would you give me for myself and that question for thank you welcome i'm a free sample is all i get from my brand new one rupee.

normally indians tend to be very proud of their currency the rupee in old delhi you can even buy garlands made of banknotes wedding gifts even the old one rupee note gets on it here but only for display there's not been a single printed for the last twenty years. until this new series. but even though the recently introduced new bills are more colorful in the old ones the garment makers on tapi with them. did you have an idea of the look the old fifty looks much better than the new one but those near bills are no good to look like fakes like toy money. india's central bank founded during the british colonial era is responsible for issuing the country's new cash it wouldn't comment on the new one rupee note though something that has a surprising explanation. currency collects a capital copter sheds light on the mystery technically the new one rupee note

counts as a coin so it's used by the government and not the central bank and the only reason for the new singles is the one hundredth anniversary of rupee banknotes by niggas that they see even if you can't buy anything for it for us collectors the joy that there is a new one rupee note is beyond words and it might pay to hold on to the new single the very first rupee note from one nine hundred seventeen with a portrait of britain's king george the fifth sells for up to three hundred euros nowadays so now you've got a thing for what chased because it's time once again for basel while the walls largest timepiece trade now anyone with a passion for wrist watches will find something of interest he is whitman's third largest city in swiss and of course has long been known as a wall leader in the luxury wristwatch market but is the clock ticking for the makers of traditional time pieces. tech companies like apple and google have been

disrupting the traditional wristwatch landscape for a while now an estimated sixteen million apple watches were sold last year the smart watch trend is very much in evidence at the basel world watch expo clearly there is a strong momentum around smart watches that and when we see a brand like couple shipping and selling more units in one single quarter then the entire year volumes exported from the streets watchmakers we'll still something about what's happening in this world and all smart watches are these wrapping the watch industry. you're up to date so you see. a.

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