the united states and china appear to be heading for a trade war on tuesday the u.s. threatened to widen the list of chinese goods subject to tariffs by a third of the thirteen hundred items which would face a total of fifty billion dollars in duties president donald trump accuses china of stealing u.s. intellectual property to use in its own exports beijing solid response one that wasn't long in coming. we will take corresponding measures of equal intensity in scale against u.s. products according to china's foreign trade law to be announced in the near future . china immediately threatened to levy fifty billion dollars of tariffs on one hundred imported us products think lukey us agricultural exports such as soybeans u.s. soybean futures lost a total one point seven billion dollars on the news facing is also targeting polke the u.s. exports around a quarter of its pork. china is a particularly important market last year we sent one point one billion dollars of

pork to china that made it the second largest export market by volume so it's a disappointment us producers say over one hundred thousand rural jobs depends directly on polk exports they would be in danger if china were to import less because of any tariffs. at the same time the tariffs would make effective products more expensive in each other's country it's a lose lose situation. it will definitely have an impact for example many fruits the kids love only grown foreign countries we don't have them in china. it's absolutely right to impose tariffs because i've seen the news about the us crapping trade deals with us its right to fight back. china is also fighting back formally. it's already lodged an official complaint about the us tariffs at the world trade organization and the

united nations is also watching the escalating dispute between the two trades titans with increasing unease. offers of all to the wars. for those involved to war for the international economy usable. to. international cooperation. that must be. the must be the season start to overcome the problem right now that doesn't seem to be on the chinese u.s. agenda on friday president trump threatened yet another round of tariffs this time one hundred billion dollars worth china said it will quote counter attack with great strength if the new tariffs are imposed. social media giant facebook revealed this week that as many as eighty seven million users may have been affected by the cambridge analytical data scandal thirty million people more than previously thought it also released figures about the location of those affected by

the data breach. the u.s. was worst hit but the date of millions of others around the world might also have been improperly shared after the u.s. uses data in the philippines indonesia the u.k. and mexico was also compromised we didn't focus enough on preventing it and thinking through how people could use these tools to do harm as well anadarko three big news or an interference election beach in addition to developers and data private. right now you have what our responsibility and that was. my our next founder mark zuckerberg finally decided to face the music his company will impose stricter controls of which x. turner companies will have access to which subscriber data and as of monday users will be able to verify if their data was stolen by cambridge analytic or will that be enough the answer may come next tuesday and wednesday when testifies in front of

a joint hearing of the senate commerce and judiciary committees. french railways descended into chaos on tuesday hundreds of thousands of travelers were left stuck in paris and throughout france a walkout of state don't rail operator s.n.c.f. but to the cancellation of almost all high speed train services the few regional service is operating well mostly delayed passmore think that this is really catastrophic something needs to be done we haven't done anything we need to get to work like everyone else it's not normal we're against this we're not happy. coordinated by four unions the strikes are a response to government plans to reform the country's rail industry president. has set out to dismantle privileges including the fifty days holiday a year to which staff of the highly indebted s.n.c.f. are entitled michael also wants to raise the rail workers retirement age the moment train drivers can retire at fifty two. we're very happy with the number of strikers

in the context of the number of trains because due to the strike practically the entire railway network was paralyzed so we're satisfied with the level of mobilization by the train workers. the rail unions have settled in for the long haul for the next three months at least until june workers plan to strike for two days each week and almost a year after kong was elected president on the reform platform other industries are also growing restless workers in the power and gas sectors of also come out on strike in protest of planned privatisation municipal waste collectors are striking for the right to retire early if they deal with hazardous chemicals and air france staff are fighting for a six percent pay hike it's a huge challenge to mcluhan's reforms. swedish music streaming service spotify held its stock market debut in new york this week it shows the rather unusual direct listing process for the launch investors and company founder simply

place their existing shares on to the open market without new shares or intermediaries like investment banks spotify shares bikes at a hundred sixty six dollars though it traded twenty percent lower at times during the week. the first direct train from london to amsterdam has made its maiden journey it took less than four hours operating eurostar hopes the new route will entice business travelers and holiday makers away from the air to the rails from city center to city center its fastest flying only custody five pounds one way. dutch environmental activists have threatened to sue while giant shell unless it ramps up its investment in renewable energies friends of the earth netherlands branch milieu different see accuses shell of basing its corporate strategy on a future fossil fuel demand of fifty percent and only putting five percent of total investment into sustainable sources the activists gave shell two months to come up

with fresh plans tesla c.e.o. he lawn musk decided to play an april fool's joke on his investors this week by tweeting that his electric car company was bankrupt tesla shares dropped eight percent on the tweet but musk's had the last laugh. by friday opening his company's share price had bounced back by twenty five percent. you're right bearish was badly beaten up along this track he's brought the printed smartphone pictures with him as evidence a competitor sent a group of armed thugs cut down his rapeseed and drove the fifty eight year old off the land here at least state owned fields he'd farm for decades his rival obviously has good connections to the local authorities is leasehold was canceled from one day to the next and transferred to his attacker there's certainly a lot of money at stake. they were only interested in getting their hands on the e.u.

subsidies. she says organized crime gangs in eastern slovakia are taking over huge areas of arable land to become eligible for millions of euros in e.u. subsidies every year. he says he knows of thirty other farmers who've been driven away by violence and blackmail so far you're right barrett is the only one brave enough to come forward and talk about it publicly. the police and justice ministry have been informed but slovak you know authorities remain unresponsive. they have so much power and influence they can manipulate the police they exert influence over administrative authorities and also manipulate the agency which distributes the e.u. subsidies. this is the corrupt journalist young quarterback was investigating before he was shot dead together with his girlfriend . a tragic wake up call for slovakians in the country's largest town in the east.

demonstrators now rally in the streets every friday protesting against state corruption and bribery. euro bearish won't give up the fight for his fields. he hopes the current protests will bring about change. he doesn't expect help from the e.u. fighting corruption is a sovereign task for slovakian authorities. today's lesson is focused on the bodywork every screw every wire of a car needs to be in the right place eighteen year old jada gonzalez started training here seven months ago it's the third year in a row that audi mexico has taken on new apprentices here in play a blur. when we were in was the first week was really exciting especially the first day to see where the training in learning and then i saw the q five for the first time which we make here in mexico. yarrow is one of eighty doing

a three year apprenticeship based on the german deal track training system. skilled workers are in demand here as long as mexico keeps producing to the international market. here is training center is only a short distance from the production line out he built the plant a few years ago to manufacture its q five s.u.v. there is room for a second plant here but audi will only be building it if the location remains attractive to the company the city of puebla depends on the auto industry the sector generates a third of its economic output. but there's been uproar there since u.s. president donald trump threatened to impose high import tariffs on cars made in mexico. that would be a grim scenario for the trainees here yet removed here from the north especially for the audi course she shares a small apartment with of the trainees. don't have much spare time so that families

often come to visit. his parents proud of the way to get these but i'm not going to pleasant right now other want to do is finish my training and then start working in the plant in the long term i'd like a secure job. and i'd like to buy a house and the car with my wages and support my family especially my youngest siblings either of them is it when you go to the rescue can you. hear a gonzalez is due to graduate in a little over two years. she cooks mexico will still be making enough cars then for her to get a job. percent to seventy percent plus more for charging. the

museums. she gets to listen to. shake it not to just console side by. people who put big dreams on the big story in. the magazine on the w. birth. home she means of species. a home worth saving and. those are big changes and most start with small steps global ideas tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world. by deals that protect the climate boost green energy solutions and resource to ship. was out of people you cannot protect the forest create interactive content teaching

the next generation about environmental protection. using all channels available to inspire people to take action and we're determined to build something here for the next generation global ideas few barmen series of global three thousand on t.w. and online.