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billions more with space tourism. and benefits all in let's do business beijing is backing down again somewhat it's a spending additional tariffs on american made cars and it's confirmed its first big purchase of u.s. soybeans since this whole trade war broke out the chinese finance ministry says it hopes china and the united states can speed up negotiations to remove all additional tariffs on each other's goods. chinese consumers will soon be able to afford cars from the u.s. again. beijing is reducing current import duties on u.s. vehicles from forty to fifteen percent tariffs will also disappear for a number of other u.s. products the regulations apply to the first three months of two thousand nine hundred one time agricultural products energy automobiles except for a are among the items that china in the u.s. have reached consensus on. the new regulations are music to the ears for u.s.

soybean farmers storage facilities for the soybeans are bursting at the seams china's been one of the us is most important agricultural customers but during the recent trade dispute china stopped importing u.s. soil farmers held onto their crops now trade is blossoming again since china resumed importing soybeans chinese businesses as well as chinese consumers welcome the move that all. soybeans are one of the most important products china imports from the u.s. . there's a big domestic demand. for. the trade dispute has weighed on china's growth as the latest figures show in november retail and industrial production fell well short of expectations the new economic ceasefire between the world's two largest economies gives both sides the opportunity to find additional win win solutions. why the markets are rejoicing yet. even though that's good news that china is has started

to buy u.s. soybeans once again it's just a tiny fraction of what they used to buy so it's a symbolic move by china and it's by no means the end of the trade dispute between two nations so it remains to be seen whether there will be really a breakthrough development during the course of this remaining year or perhaps early next year and that will determine also whether the stock markets will kind of change track again because a lot of the worries greying on the stocks were why is connected to that trade dispute between us and china because we have seen it already in the third quarter that companies really have a lot of you have problems when it comes to those terror it does cause them a lot of money which of course is not good for profitability and also the share prices were why it. advice their flowers and hold their beauty

for a limited time so getting them to market quickly is crucial in the capital of the world the dutch town of. sal grows and trade is a worry that a heart breaks it could wither away their business. starting at dawn every day a feat a forklift trucks carries crates of for exists chewed lips and twenty two thousand other flour for righties through the world's largest flower markets and runs by. plants arriving from all over the world before sending them off to destinations across europe and north america. this well oiled operation where robotic efficiency meets not truth beauty and color is facing a challenge that could make even the hardiest flower welt bricks it. said i. want to read mentions two different customs important charts in the harbor for instance and calls are all that is in free markets right now and

a really strong. history is on the way. disturbances a time consuming and speed is key in this business. but when britain breaks away from the european union things could slow down considerably and costs could increase. dutch flower exports has faith that fresh gleams will spoil in shipment as they wait in line for customs clearance. we are working together with the principals on a solution where my. paper must. be clear instead of constant so when we reach the harbor or through my little private plane to get on the ball. flight was a big business and they play an important role in the dutch economy sales of flowers to the u.k. alone total around almost a billion euros a year it's the third largest markets after germany and france. the political chaos

surrounding cracks it has left many businesses him unsure what kind of arrangements if any will follow despite talks on so many different levels. flower grow as in trade as a worried that that business with person will wither away. spain enjoys twenty seven hundred hours of sunshine annually a decade ago it looked like sunny spain would become a top sun harvester in europe but then the country was shaken by an economic crisis and solar power generation suffered the consequences a so-called sun tax hasn't helped either but now sun power is starting to shine again. you could call this man a survival expert out votto baton started his business for comics in two thousand and eight just as the financial crisis was beginning today he's the only solar cell producer left in space he installs to see through solar cells on buildings not in solar parks and d.

exports ninety percent of his production he's more successful selling them abroad than he is in his own country. and this is nothing if you know what i mean is starting to get better the sun tax has been done away with and we're now noticing that demand is increasing which is actually logical that a country with as much sun as spain portugal must by now get along with the change of government in summer from conservative to socialist the unpopular son tax penalty payment for self produce so the real atrocity was quickly abolished there were various reasons why the previous government punished the small and decentralized generation of solar energy. they wanted a market that was only open to large suppliers have a pat on the back yes. the government's official answer was that they were afraid that a self-sufficiency boom would make the power grid unstable like that. no wonder that until now the slow return of solar energy was marked by the construction of large

scale plans the former government approved around five gigawatts which will be connected to the grid next year spain is starting to catch up when the new socialist government announced it was abolishing the sun tax it was greeted with widespread relief for francis things change quickly in recent years he and his colleagues had to keep their heads above water with small projects in the agriculture sector. spec to install ten times more solar systems by next year. many of them many companies want to generate their own electricity they no longer need large services to do it just a roof or a facade like the smith does he needed protection from the sun and opted for installing solar cells for several reasons but it was. going well again financially and that allows us to not only make sure that investment pays for itself quickly but also to fulfill our responsibility as entrepreneurs start solar cells are back

and better than ever more and more of them are appearing on houses and companies roofs as well as on facades welcome news for the climate and a great start for the country in achieving its climate targets. the insolvency administrator of germany's defunct bolin is suing its former largest shareholder if he had a ways or two billion euros the suit alleges the go fail and fail to live up to its financial obligations by withdrawing funding for air berlin he had pulled the plug on funding in august of last year forcing a boat in to file for bankruptcy two months later that he had said the claim was without. richard branson space flight company virgin galactic has carried out another test flight this time it reached an altitude of eighty two point seven kilometers which space begins the company's aim making such flights routine and economically viable. to space and back for upwards of two hundred fifty thousand

dollars that jingle act its latest task right from the mojave desert marks another step forward in opening up space travel to the paying public i think back to the early years of commercial aviation and you know a flight across the atlantic actually cost in adjusted dollars around one hundred thousand dollars at one point and now you can buy a ticket across the atlantic for about five hundred dollars so you know often these products will start off in a somewhat higher price point but those higher price points are really helped drive the market forward so that we can eventually reduce the cost over time and enable more and more people to experience the wonder of space. the fourth test flight of the space ship two passenger ship follows years of setbacks for the project including a fatal crash in twenty fourteen despite the accident british billionaire richard branson remained confident of being the first to send tourists into space we now have a space that is capable of going to space we'll do more test flights and we'll learn something from each of those test flights then the whole program moves to new

mexico to a beautiful spaceport we have. i will go up and then after i've been up. paying passengers who want to become astronauts will will follow. branson says he's aiming to achieve his dream of being on both the first commercial spaceflight as soon as next march the and just briefly shares in stocks fell by almost four percent after the company lowered its long term outlook it reached ten. it's slashing its global workforce to cut costs and hopes the teaming up with a new book will help drive sales of living coffins and drinks to homes across the united states starbucks has been struggling against the competition to get dyes into stores. western business if they.

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