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loosing town in the united states prepares to swallow the bitter pill of terrorists . will have that story for you right after some. of the. living fun beethoven. his works and the goddess fortuna. the monstrous intrigue should. be told insist upon twenty two.
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women fighting for decades to be taken seriously in the world of war here's what's coming up. this talk on t.w. though they do use the female superheroes on a mission to change out to some of the smart women because smart trucks smart stringent gun legislation by no means missed out on a bring creasing doing dangerous stuff tougher to make money. germany's chancellor angela merkel won't stab us all tariffs could endanger the prosperity of many people she says the e.u. is working on countermeasures if donald trump escalates the current trade dispute and of course as a digger and today. bars are growing across. it's all sectors at the jack daniels
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distillery in tennessee locals are concerned higher tariffs in europe will water down their sales. and how the west african country of senegal is using its young workforce to attract international investors. there's d.w. business out of his welcome u.s. president donald trump stoked the trade dispute with the e.u.'s china even further on friday he said that he is ready to slap tariffs on all chinese imports and excuse the e.u.'s china of manipulating their currencies while at the same time criticizing america's own central banks monetary policy german chancellor angela merkel meanwhile reiterated that the e.u. is determined to counter any u.s. tariffs the situation is quote very serious told reporters in berlin tensions continue to run high in the german car industry with the u.s. government this week repeating threats to impose high import tariffs on cars and
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component germany's coming because association was quick to underline the importance of its members for the u.s. economy. german manufacturers and suppliers operate over three hundred plants they're creating over one hundred thousand jobs in production alone. german chancellor angela merkel warns that the tariffs not only threaten global growth prospects they also contravene world trade organization procedures. the e.u. should call a spade a spade namely that we think it is incompatible with w t o rules we don't want these tariffs we believe that we harm each other not only that we are harmed in the european union but that this can have much wider implications. e.u. commission president john claude younger travels to washington for talks on trade next week if a solution can be found the e.u. says it will consider further counter measures. u.s. car industry is not the only sector being hit by president trump's trade policies
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or tell you as the you put on american products came into effect at the start of this month for jack daniels the united states biggest whiskey exporter it may mean hiking prices in europe and bracing for the worst washington correspondent claridge's and went to lynchburg tennessee to get a taste of the problem. american whiskey in the firing line now that the european union has hit back against president donald trump with tariffs of its own companies like jack daniels are being forced to make sacrifices that could hurt their bottom line. i'm here in lynchburg tennessee home to jack daniels of the office kids for the night they said they plan to increase their prices some ten percent modeled for consumers in the year you and the american people are choosing what they think will forego the expense of american products and simply put. tennessee strongly back to trump in the two thousand and sixteen elections that's
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likely the reason distilleries here are feeling the brunt of europe's response as brussels churns up the pressure on places the republican party needs to win in the upcoming midterm elections. now the few hundred residents of lynchburg have found themselves in the center of an international trade dispute. if the terror of situation is going to. the over all the bottom dollar of jack danial getting their product to anywhere outside of tennessee or outside of the united states would they and that would raise their cost. and eventually could affect lynchburg. where the biggest fear is what unhappy customers in europe would mean for jobs here in tennessee. the immediate probably will be. having to pass that cost on to the consumer so. poor people in germany would have paid more for.
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sorry. for europeans up price bomb and for jack daniels a painful hangover from donald trump's tariffs. let's bring in only boss our financial correspondent who's standing by in frankfurt really not a day goes by without you and me talking about the latest economic shenanigans the man in the white house what's the latest from today. well he says he's ready to go for five hundred and what he means by that is five hundred billion dollars five hundred billion in tariffs that he could slap on the goods coming in from china to the united states and didn't pick this number randomly in fact five hundred five billion dollars is the number that the chinese exports totaled in the year two thousand and seventeen so this is going for broke a few that's not yet decided but he's mentioned this number and as soon as they did
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the markets went south the dax especially had. lost quite clearly for the end of the day and especially big exporters were among the biggest losers companies like continental out of supplier or the big three car companies here in diameter b.m.w. and volkswagen but also just in the steel maker and auto supplier and. if you ask yourself where there's a trade conflict begin or end in a trade war starts well it's with numbers like that that you'll finally achieve a trade war if it comes to that and then ultimately seems to enjoy sort of influencing markets like that and nothing seems to be. in for him you boldly goes where no well the president to go before now he's criticizing his own central bank how did that go down. at that went down really badly it really affected the dollar the dollar weakened on that before the euro expressed in dollars was at around
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under a dollar sixteen now it's about a dollar seventeen that's a big swing in the currency markets trump is suggesting that the interest rate and next time an interest rate decision comes around the fed won't pull any punches in order to prove that it's not listening to donald trump that it's its own person if you will its own monetary policy person. in frankfurt that thank you very much. china. it's continuing its drive to secure investment opportunities around africa permission paying is on a trip around several african countries this week one of his more than most important port of calls is senegal the francophone country on the west african coast has become increasingly attractive to foreign investors it is politically stable has a growing middle class the population is young and wages are low and the government that is working hard to make the most of it. in
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a major step forward onto the world scene senegal's president macky sall inaugurated his country's new international airport and bester is from around the world will soon be descending on plays the anya international airport built by turkish and saudi companies saudi arabia is the major investor in the project. and dust real parks are sprouting up in the surrounding area that's music to the ears of entrepreneurs looking to get in on the action. foreign direct investment in senegal has nearly doubled in recent years climbing from two hundred seventy six million u.s. dollars to five hundred thirty two million dollars last year. china has shown keen interest in the west african country in two thousand and fourteen china's foreign minister weighing met his senegalese counterpart and car in die as part of efforts to strengthen ties between the two countries. and the talks have continued
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. china has secured several major contracts including the construction of a new railway line connecting dakar with bomb ago beijing provided the financing to the tune of one point three billion euros. hundreds of chinese entrepreneurs now also live in senegal from small retailers to factory owners. i've the french government says france is still far ahead of the pack though. it accounts for seventy five percent of all foreign investment in senegal. and as for trade the e.u. is the undisputed leader with senegal. china is a distant second followed by india. but the competition never sleeps besides the chinese india saudi arabia and turkey are keen to expand their. best mids in senegal. the market for comic books is clearly dominated by the
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two big superhero brands superman's d.c. comics and marvel the home of spider-man they account for two thirds of global sales as the market for comic books is in decline though movies and merchandise are becoming more important as revenue streams for all publishers and you can find out what's hot and what's not as comic own son diego the world's biggest comic festival it runs through sunday. comic-con is long so even though the venue can hold one hundred thirty five thousand people a day ticket for those lucky enough to get one can cost almost sixty dollars. on the look of come in style known as cosplay the dressing up trend comes from japan and it's growing fast. i like getting attention like in the pictures taken to come here and have people come and talk to more places else socializing all the.
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visitors spend around one hundred fifty million dollars in san diego during comic comes five days not counting the cost of some of the extravagant costumes plenty of comic con addicts prefer the homemade versions. and this paper sold might last until next sunday when comic-con closest to the. wall had. a business team can and. will have. the next stop before you go. i bought.
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a victory for team spirit friends someone race the world cup champion. the national football team has as diverse as france itself and such a. cup success has transformed a nation that has been charged by terrorist attacks and labor disputes.
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some must. love the open air festival in northern germany. a metal battle will showcase dozens of newcomers from the. c.w. and club experts are going to. fucking open their two thousand and thirteen stars was sent to dublin and the money. did brown really love. or did she love the life he provided for her. she was the dictator's mistress. only an insignificant concert at his side. pursuing her own ambitions.
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but certainly has no other woman got some close to. life and death with the fear. starts july twenty first on d w. hello and a very warm welcome indeed to focus on europe with me peter craven and congratulations are due to france for their impressive victory at the soccer world cup in russia beating croatia four two in the.

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