a sigh of relief for the steel industry. at least for the moment for the next four weeks the e.u. can sell steel and aluminum to the u.s. without additional tariffs. then negotiations will come to an end with says washington no more extentions. the reaction from berlin was sober. when it's really only been trying to sell the german government has noted the u.s. president's decision. we would have preferred receiving a definite permanent waiver with immediate effect but that didn't happen we need less tariffs in the world not more. now we should use every opportunity to reach a multilateral and reasonable agreement on. the american president donald

trump feels the u.s. is being treated unfairly for him saving the american steel industry is a question of national security in march trump imposed twenty five percent import tariffs on steel and ten percent on aluminum then two weeks later he granted the e.u. and six other countries a waiver. the goal of the extended deadline is no secret europe should make trade concessions a comparison of tariffs on five thousand product shows the europeans charge an average of five point two percent levy compared to just three point five percent by the americans. germany's economic minister maintains that germany has always been prepared to talk about the lowering of tariffs. on your knees but ips a good place a european union is ready to continue these talks and if and when they lead to a concrete mandate we're ready to discuss it with you. but the e.u. has made it clear it won't negotiate under threat.

greenpeace activists protest outside vico buz annual general meeting they're calling for climate friendly vehicles the banner says clean up and they mean the corporate culture as well inside as ever high performance models are on show including hybrids and electric vehicles and v.w. is going about a massive overhaul of how does business the diesel get crisis is still not completely out of sight and some shareholders remain skeptical. soundly the company needs its loyal customers if they go you may as well forget about the business altogether. when it comes to decision making at the company the porsche and ph families have their say as well as the v.w. workers council and the state of lower saxony have a diesel became boss in april once to change the corporate culture for most voters

wagon must become more honest more open in a word more truthful so that we don't make ourselves more vulnerable again oh. i'm going to have muscle. d. says putting his foot on the accelerator when it comes to restructuring and electric vehicles said i'm mr t. says brought the brand forward which his predecessors did not do. he stand noya he's a breath of fresh air he's not from the old v.w. school so hopefully he'll not be tainted by the diesel issue that often is funded either timothy it's a few most small investors seem to share the newly appointed v.w. boss starts his job with a vote of confidence. outside the v.w. group the diesel affair continues to smolder the u.s. justice department has accused former v.w. boss of into a corner. fraud in complicity in the emission scandal the seventy year old is

facing twenty five years in prison extradition to the usa is considered unlikely however. labor day on may first there were demonstrations worldwide for fairer pay and better working conditions as here in the indonesian capital jakarta but thousands also took to the streets in germany italy and friends. the protest against further labor market reforms by the government escalated in paris mass protesters threw stones and destroyed cars and shops in the downtown area. good numbers apple exceeded investor expectations in the second quarter the us group was able to increase its profit by a quarter to almost fourteen billion dollars. and this despite lagging sales of the i phone ten on the important chinese market consumers prefer the cheaper competitor products apple now wants to release

a slim down version of the i phone ten. greek prime minister alexis the press has good reason to smile he's receiving high praise from. the o.e.c.d. general secretary for his country's impressive progress and reforms even though they were not voluntary and sometimes against the will of the greek people. resist reform efforts are paying off. the greek economy is growing again. we think this year is going to grow two percent. perhaps next year two point three percent. that's why the country intends to leave the aid program by the summer and stand on its own two feet. in order to achieve these goals the o.e.c.d. feels that greece needs to use reforms to further reduce its debt. the

members of the euro group that even hinted that greece might receive debt relief. although germany would be against the move. air pollution and invisible thread that affects almost everyone on the planet clean air has become a luxury now the world health organization has described the situation as unacceptable . lying every ten persons around the wall breathing air that these no so respected recommend that the guidelines of the up until four so he's going to be young the requirement that this dog's that's really very term i think while few have access to pure air air quality goes hand in hand with inequality ninety percent of air pollution related deaths occur in low and middle income areas of the world and the gap between the rich and poor is widening while air quality improved in most european and u.s. cities between twenty ten and twenty sixteen pollution worsened in poor areas such

as southeast asia. emissions from motor vehicles in bustling cities are a major risk factor as people around the world continue to move to urban areas but the world health organization warns that indoor air pollution is also a major killer three point eight million that are associated to the thought that many people around the wall he says still rely on very polluting fuels for cooking or anything or like that in their houses at the house when that strides have been made recently in green technology but they made. benefit the developed world the world health organization will hold the first conference on air pollution in october to hasten change at the global level. a new era is here and a stylish self-confident one at that enter kenya's female taxi drivers the little

cabs out allows customers in nairobi to opt for a woman driver that's becoming increasingly popular so female cabbies are on the rise. is that ted you know. who up and he'll do i like fifteen of us and the number has one hundred into one needs so far and also you're looking oates to be more kenya's economy is expanding but the increase in wealth is far from equally shared women are still worse off than men. when these cabbies earn around five hundred euros per month depending on how many calls they get. if you. have the yeah features a rating system too. but for most it's having a woman at the wheel that counts i'm more comfortable being driven by a woman than a man mine and women are more friendly. easy to talk to it makes the

right. on the job looks easier than it is that women have to be strong and self-confident partly because many men still see driving as a male domain harassment can be a problem too. the expected them to see a very easy food a day me in these last obviously leaves but lots of little gets into it very much you don't get once you want them you give them a one in this town. there's also an s.o.s. but in the rare cases that they need protection and one day these pioneers want to have their own fleet exclusively for women. it's nearly six in the morning and the sun is rising over the western baltic sea fishermen andreas nick and his colleagues have been on the water for three hours they barely notice the sky instead they're busy heaving the nets full of herring on board it's back breaking work look his main fishing grounds the bay of private

funds they having returned here in the spring to spawn. here again it's not been fucked up that we're going to leave this catch area now because the herring a finish spawning we can see from the dirty anchor that their work here is done the area is full of rowan mills little more mud move solet gets ten minutes further east to cast his nets out the european union has lowered this year's catch quota by thirty nine percent that means that fishermen will earn over a third less income from their core business today look as call it around two tons of herring that's around nine hundred euros in revenue. he's now almost reached his seventy ton limit so he can only fish for herring one more time this year. for most of my cold i'd have to return to the old quota of one hundred seventy tons to be able to earn a half decent income we're pushing everything to the limit we paint the boat and

clean it only what's the absolutely essential we have to save what we can try and balance the books. but going to be lying three will not envy. but there's little chance of raising cash limits for herring right down in fact the tune institute for baltic fishing is considering further curtailments temperatures are rising in the baltic making life tough for the fish. to visit us basement and once again tell the big one nine hundred ninety s. reproduction rates were very good but since then there's been a continual decline the only factor involved is water temperature which is affecting various areas. but unless limits increase and his fellow fishermen will have to hang up their nets soon they'll be no more point catching herring they'll shut up shop like a thousand others in the region before that and that was de w.'s business week in review.

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