on the brink of a trade war u.s. president donald trump and european commission president john claudio said they want to trade agreement. until that's in place they'll hold off on imposing new tariffs on each other comes the threaten to tease on european car imports are probably of the table for the time being europe has also agreed to buy more liquefied natural gas in soybeans from the u.s. the latter being important for american farmers. u.s. president donald trump celebrated his latest trade deal in the farm state of iowa. i mean basically we opened up europe and that's going to be a great thing for europe and it's really going to be a great thing for us and it's going to be a really great thing for farmers before trump and younker appeared before the press on wednesday business groups and members of trump's a republican party urged the president to avoid a trade war with success but it's

a deal at the expense of others however trade flows will be rerouted meaning less purchased from china brazil or african countries that spot discussion at a double meeting on thursday evening the u.s. representative had a few things to explain to his chinese counterpart for now it seems economic peace has broken out between the e.u. and us but a single tweet could out and it all the steps is a stock that's the countess's and given the loss of trust over the past few months maybe even years we really hope that the agreement from yesterday will be adhered to. it's a chance for europe to catch its breath but the insecurity remains. amid the trade conflict the leaders of the brics nations have met for their summit in johannesburg the nations of brazil russia india china and south africa contain forty one percent of the world's population arms they account for nearly

a quarter of the world's g.d.p. in the face of the u.s. government's trade policies these nations have signed a joint declaration that stresses the importance of well trade you know. the leaders immortalised their hundred prints and play together a symbol of acting for the good of all nations that's the message of their declaration denouncing customs duties isolation and protectionism and promoting an open world economy there is a miracle. we must work together at the united nations the g twenty and the world trade organization to safeguard the rule based multilateral trading regime promote trade and investment globalization and facilitation and reject protectionism outright. this statement from china's head of state was met with a loss of approval but at the same time china itself has been accused of closing off its market to foreign goods it's known for copying products promoting its

exports and giving preference to domestic companies when awarding contracts. on wednesday and thursday brian as stuff went on strike in several european countries to coincide with the summer holidays the airline has been forced to cancel around six hundred flights affecting tens of thousands of passengers ryan i was hoping to avoid the scenes of frustrated passengers and the mosquitoes that they might have and we thought everyone whose flight was cancelled had been informed we never thought they tell us half an hour before we were supposed to fly . in england i know our son has had a little boy they counseled our flight to pisa we found out in the taxi had a lot of. ryanair had tried to limit the disruption caused by the cabin pre-strike it even pressured many of its employees to cross the picket lines but company management failed to find common ground with the union representatives. from brian is a textbook example of what you shouldn't be at work relations union relations all management

style they abuse that because they humiliate them and you get out of. the strikes are centered on working conditions rather the money. has been flying for brian after six years but despite the loyalty when he sick he says he's on his own like i do with god but if i get three men have i have to foot the bill myself and hope that the irish insurance system pays on back a little bit of a brawl that we also can't get loans for hope so cause because we earn our income abroad. those are going to throw me in foreign banks won't give loans in spite of given the. stock market they're not backing down yet more strike action is planned for august as the dispute continues. folks welcome subsidiary l.t. is getting a new c.e.o. again from competitive b.m.w. the current v.w. c.e.o. habit diesel also from b.m.w. is the one who suggested mark was too small for the top position according to media

reports due sman until now b.m.w. is head of purchasing will become the new c.e.o. al day the former c.e.o. rupert startling was jailed in mid july for his role in the ongoing diesel scandal investigation state prosecutors are investigating a total of twenty active and former county employees. french co-producer p.s.a. german copper and opel from general motors last year now the acquisition is starting to pay off. during the first half of twenty eighteen opel returned to the block after almost twenty years of losses with profits of more than five hundred million euros. p.s.a. is restructuring pound for opel includes shutting a fifth of its former eighteen thousand staff. google's parent company alphabet has reported impressive second quarter earnings they trans to preface testaments boosted by strong growth and its advertising business. google ad

revenues rose twenty four percent but the record trust fine from the e.u. is set to cost the internet giant billions european regulators accused of forcing my pal device makers to take its products when using android operating system alphabet says it will appeal. just three weeks ago china learned pakistan another one billion u.s. dollars a substantial part of the funds will go to. pakistan's infrastructure into the china pakistan economic corridor or the project is part of beijing's plan to create a new silk road trade treaty. the key factor is access to the indian ocean to china that means pakistani ports beijing plans to invest around sixty billion dollars building roads and railways modernizing power problems and establishing special economic zones. the deep sea port of call at one end of the

economic kori dog is now on a forty year lease to china. the details on the precise terms of the project remain unknown but china will benefit from the new shorter maritime route to africa western asia and europe pakistan is hoping the investments will translate into new jobs and economic growth while those dividends may take time to materialise each new installment from china does mean new financial obligations and there are a fit in some quarters that pakistan could in the long term be undermining its own stuff around to take. the venezuelan government is planning to slash five zero is from its currency new banknotes will be issued but that's just a cosmetic improvement they can't do much to reverse the rapid inflation the country with the biggest oil reserves in the world is but. the capital city caracas

is going hungry conditions are already bad and it's supposed to be worse in the countryside retirees a taking to the streets to demonstrate they can live off the state pension on paper that million as but there is million as worth next to nothing. why the president promised four million two hundred believe us but they're not paying us off pensions they're only paying us two million which isn't even a for half a carton of eggs that way. the international monetary fund. has made a prediction that venezuela will reach a million percent inflation by the end of the year. the economic collapse affects all walks of life even state employees who work for the state energy company called poa that workers that have gone on indefinite strike. going up only going to come to my bread at their butts even in my position after so many years working for the company. by my toes for an ice cream to pay for bits of joy welcome to full day or not complicit i mean i don't allow broken up while. management and corruption have

driven the downward spiral the country desperately needs foreign aid but the venezuelan government won't allow humanitarian aid workers into the country. these are sections of decommissioned turbines that to wind park in northern germany . a group of local environmentalists to side too much of the base is still in the ground they want the whole thing to be removed. the concrete bases can be crushed and used in road construction but the rotor blades contain glass and carbon fiber as burning them isn't a viable disposal option i still. dream that they give off just dances and it's difficult to dispose of them until the dust clogs the filters. in if the fibers conduct electricity they cause short circuit some fires in the fill it has

done you push legal impended indian food that's why incinerators won't accept them or they charge exorbitant prices. of the thirty thousand turbines in germany a very large number it used to be decommissioned over the next few years and replaced by larger units environmentally friendly disposal methods need to be developed before the wave of demolition gets underway near comp as a company that recycles modern composite materials and there are plenty of them about. classify the reinforced plastic he used as a many other products but it's not easy to separate these materials back out midge the thing applies to these materials g.r.p. and seal pinched off the constituent hot so so tightly bound together they can't really be separated since of all snitched from five to ten could. the company has developed a procedure to tackle a problem it trips the material did you intended to granular it that granular x.

can be used as a component of cement as a substitute for sun and. so a lot of tissues rotas could well turn up in the cement in the foundations of the next generation of wind turbines. and that was all we can review. must be better. fucking open air festival in northern germany. fucking mental battle will showcase dozens of newcomers from the. w. at carfax force are going to write to. mark in open air two thousand to take charge

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