toughest test yet for french president emmanuel mccall rail workers keep up their strike action spelling misery for can each unions protest economic reform. also coming up diesel gate really thought it was over think again police raids of porsche and audi prove the biggest industry scandal of german post-war history is anything but open. and the end of an iraqi for select miguel diaz candela as the sole candidate to take over from the current president as the sun sets on the tiles of castro. this is your business update on how it all free in berlin good to have you with us more travel misery in france as rail workers roll out another day of walkouts a wednesday protesting against key economic reforms put forward by french president emanuel about call only one in three high speed trains was running and more strikes a plan for thursday. outside the station train

driver should be unveiled you know and his colleagues are feeling defiant in a normal working day you brings downs of people into paris and the suburbs. now his train is a standstill in the garden. who owns the railways. we do comes the answer. the. french round unions are well organized and workers are ready to push back with everything they have got to protect their jobs. and serve don't go in cars rail workers are more than ready to fight it out. we're not interested in sitting around and talking about securing our coffee break. i'm proud of being a train worker. what. rail workers in france have built up in title months

over decades drivers like fab yang can retire five years early and enjoy free rail travel across the country but the national rail network is heavily in debt and president emanuel macron wants to roll back some of those privileges macross already made some reforms but says he's ready to push through more for him shaking up the railways is a political battle he has to win. the suffering because of the strike they're working days or longer and some companies could even go bust because of it we need to sort this out i want to make it quite clear we will push through the reforms because we have to have change. that many say strikes like that are a thing of the past. when strikers find themselves in a minority that can make them more radical but public opinion quickly turns against

them then they can maintain the strike and have to give up that could give macro on the opportunity to push through his reforms without unions agreeing. with will be fair of your perspective to put it from. something the rail workers are determined to prevent from happening. we have to stand firm together otherwise the changes will go through. he was. savvy and in no hurry to get back in the driver's seat he believes the track that will determine his future is only now being laid. now you've heard about briggs it but what about checks it's the czech republic's been part of the european union for fourteen years but the political situation is tilting towards an exit business owners are worried about isolationist tendencies few by theories of uncontrolled immigration. czech company based machines and structures generates forty million euros

a year revenues for the family owned companies high pressure storage tanks do especially well almost eighty percent of output goes to other e.u. countries the prospect of checks it the czech republic leaving the european union is a nightmare for c.e.o. frantisek kula vanny its export oriented business model would collapse overnight. we are integrated within the collaborative network. and. this is a lot of benefit far more benefits to stay within the. butt of the market place near the steel company's headquarters in benish of the mood could hardly be more different in rural areas as well as small provincial cities a lot of czech simply don't like the e.u. . here we are in it i don't know what it's worth we are in it ok maybe some fifty fifty but.

i don't think it's good for us and it will be better for us to leave the european union. survey by the german czech chamber of industry and commerce says that eighty three percent of foreign owned companies here under full two thirds of czech companies are worried about the current check to debate some foreign companies say they'd leave the country immediately if it were to exit the e.u. . as long as the czech republic doesn't have a new government which clearly stands by and reaffirms czech membership in this debate will drag on poison for the economy because it causes so much uncertainty for. research and populist parties in the czech parliament or even demanding a referendum on e.u. membership and there's no clear indication which way the vote would go. german police have raided properties three top executives. make a porsche is part of

a fraud probe linked to the diesel emissions investigators to ten sites porsche is owned by fox fog which in twenty fifteen admitted to using cheating software in diesel engines to pass emissions tests. in cuba miguel diaz a canal has been named as the sole candidate to replace outgoing president raul castro the national assembly is expected to officially elect dia's canal to need the country later in the first person from outside the castor family to need the country in sixty years opinion is still divided as to whether he will be the right person to provide a much needed jolt to the country's economy. this modest home is where cuba's next likely president grew up it's in the roughest neighborhood of the provincial capital santa clara may go out yes canal is from a younger generation of leaders and advocates modernization he called paul more

critical national media and defied the party's mainstream by backing an alternative cultural center. he was very visionary because well to support at the time. he came with a lot of innovative ideas like giving space to the l g b t community. it was rather marginalized. despite these efforts their concerns over how much the u.s. canal kind of complex many expect him to put an emphasis on continuity. that we know that is intelligence and his willingness to try to win if you arrive from the principles he learned from fidel and raul he defense them and therefore will continue. cuba's opposition is calling for stronger

reforms to lift the majority of the population out of poverty row castro's modernization efforts have gotten mixed results so far the cuban government reorganized thousands of state companies in twenty eleven to make them more competitive despite those good intentions production quotas centralized planning and the government's monopoly on foreign trade still prevent true autonomy. i agree culture reform so loosened regulations on farmers and prices however the state dominated system was later restored because speculation inflated prices. many reforms remain a work in progress i have yet to begin well the ass canal approached him head on. doowop will find out in twenty twenty one when it will be his turn to wear the boots. now china's top diplomat says now full is a natural heir if the cooperation between his country and india wang was on

a visit to his neighbor which is then it is asked sick about chinese plans for new roads and rail lines but so far india has been cool to beijing's office of improved trading. mt everest could be the world's biggest trade barrier for years nepal has enjoyed it's splendid isolation thanks to the himalayas. but china has an ambitious plan to get its goods to market around the world faster as well as improve ties with india. and nepal doesn't want to stand in its way. and if paul wants to show its geographic advantage and be a link between china and india he could be the bridge linking to big neighboring countries and benefit from our developments. direct links from china to india through mountainous nepal are a key part of beijing's belt and road initiative and would mean being able to avoid even less hospitable to rein elsewhere india and china also have disputes over the

borders they do share. nepal hopes that it can be a middleman and bring its two giant neighbors together has expected some initiatives who contribute to the development of physically and that success in hunting possible connectivity in agreeing to louise in groups of to meet him and they miss me and and the people the people are listens for now and china's charm offensive seems to be working at least on nepal but for beijing the real interest lies on the other side of the mountains. that set you up to date with the latest from the world all business will find us on facebook follow us on twitter data buddy on the school business and that head of the sea home free is my handle tweet me all tweet you back and of course as always our website they got ready slash business i'll be back tomorrow same time same

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