financial markets refuse to settle down the wild swings continue from europe to the united states there are fears about slowing global growth and a partial view when government shut down. state interference in venezuela's cocoa. producers say they're worried about prices and security. and mason automation this woman is bringing sanitation and dignity to villages in parts of india. and been physical and let's do business a rip roaring post christmas rally hit the new york stock exchange wednesday thursday sort of best of fears return to wiping out most of those gains but then wall street poked its head back up into positive territory in a late afternoon rally finishing up over one percent gains of materials stocks

banks and health care companies outweighed losses in other sectors but all in all volatility is a reigning supreme at the n.y.s.e. everyone's worried about slowing economic growth it's been the big concern all month for traders around the globe and the market remains on track for its worst december since one thousand nine hundred thirty one. there are reports that a delegation from washington will travel to beijing early next month to hold trade talks they'd be the first face to face discussions since the u.s. president told trump and his chinese counterpart xi jinping agreed on a ninety day troops by the sounds of it both sides are hoping for the battle. chinese industry appears to have suffered most under the trade dispute so far in november industrial earnings fell almost two percent from the same period last year the first such decline in three years analysts believe the trend will continue in

the months ahead that makes beijing ready for concessions the government has begun importing u.s. soybeans again and is in constant contact with the white house from a team of the chinese and u.s. trade teams have kept close communications throughout this time in january other than continuing to maintain consultations through telephone both sides have indeed made specific arrangements for face to face consultations here. in the last meeting of both countries' leaders in early december trump and she agreed to postpone the next round of tariffs and counterterrorists originally slated for january for another three months the past year has already seen hundreds of billions of dollars of goods covered with new fees by both sides some have even profited from the new trade barriers for example the port of los angeles american firms have been buying proactively from china as a hedge against each new potential round of tariffs boosting container ship

arrivals they come fully loaded and returned to china mostly empty. let's check in now with well straight hose into his dato is there for us jose why aren't those reports of trade talks exciting investors. basically ben the trade talks between washington and b.g. now are just skim off the tensions among their wall two biggest economies aside from the tarp problem the reason all the important one which is cybersecurity. and no we're not talking about a james bond movie some immediate reports are a sign of. an initiative order in the new year to declare our national emergency to bar u.s. companies from using telecommunications equipment made by china's. eat these who know the only trouble day ongoing trade talks but also could imply that some come

come from china especially towards the u.s. semiconductor industry which makes it nearly thirty percent of its revenue in the chinese market also one of the doors of wide u.s. companies were down on thursday today here in new york or so exchange jose apart from the spy drama a bit some top unease are hurting from this month's climb to such huge buyback schemes earlier in the year. sure and among them ben should not be happy shares of the i phone maker are down a wrong ten percent beginning of the year and the company has lost around nine billion dollars because they decided to invest in itself by buying back some of its shares this is also happening to other companies like wells fargo or citigroup as the latest a slump in the u.s. the stock markets it's showing that some companies overpaid when engaging in programs early this year actually be. poised to top one trillion dollars these year

where dick and jean of growth here in wall street as specially in the first half of the year you know we've got the trade war worries we've got worries about a slowdown what about this shut down in washington any sign of a compromise. no actually six days on counting ben u.s. senators are biking to capitol hill but there is no sign of a compromise or a plan or a bolian in sight so it seems that the shutdown will continue i need could go well into the new year hopefully not affecting consumer confidence and as usual drawn back into it in accusing democrats of obstruction to a much needed wall tone ben that does not even buy to any resolution or agreement any time soon i think a bit of a rethink is needed on that front thank you jose. a couple of big events have german exporters wired about twenty nineteen is the ongoing trade spat between the

united states and china and there is braggs it a survey by the german economic institute i dealt with you shows that many of the nation's trade associations have lowered their expectations for next year on the up side germany's domestic economy is robust and the construction industry is benefiting from that. venezuela's government is still trying to fix a broken economy it's been trying everything from printing more money to creating its own crypto currency but all that as a little to solve the problem of hyperinflation or its exclusion from global trade due to sanctions now the state plans to tamper with the cocoa. traders and growers are a lot. trader freddie potter on has had his share of challenges in venezuela has had to deal with highway robbery and kidnapping but now he has another headache the government. the governor says he wants to create

a company to export cocoa if he's the only one buying it creates a monopoly it would mean a fixed price and that would be devastating for growers there has to be supply and demand which everyone buys and you sell to the one with the best price. drawn says truckloads of his cocoa where held by the government and when they were released eighty seven tons of cocoa worth around one hundred thirty thousand dollars were missing. other traders in his region have reportedly had similar experiences in recent months but the government says it only wants to cut speeds at the checkpoints. our aim is to break up the cow gangs and when we speak with a cow producers they realize that we are speaking the truth a lot of it is just about building trust they were used to a different government but did not get involved they didn't do anything. but the traders are skeptical and some of them now prefer to hold on to the harvest rather

than still it and that means even fewer exports from venezuela. now having a toilet in your heart or at least in your community is still a rarity in many parts of india and as the government sanitation drivers are only progressing slowly is next door and just couldn't hold on any longer. davey decided to take matters into their own hands to bring health and dignity to the villages of what up radish. the biggest child killer in india is diarrhea it's a result of the country's poorest and in taishan over half the population has no access to a toilet. very modern irish. is. there are two indias that live side by side in our country one is for the prosperous while the other consists of villages and urban slums. these are the people who are forced to defra kate in

the open their biggest problem is that they live in squatter settlements over which they have no legal rights consequently they don't invest in their homes because they live in the constant fear of their houses being demolished. so when we got much out there but then a couple i'm going to demolish. as a young girl. arrived in the bustling industrial city of can pour forty years ago conditions there shocked her. we used to live like them and. there was a tiny pond that everyone used to go to father's doors his everybody ended up going there because there was nowhere else to go. there was a time when no metal way you went you would see feces in the open it was every way . there intolerable plight motivated to start building toilets she raises

funds through donations and government subsidies in some cases local citizens even put their own money to build a toilet. two holes need making one here and the other over there. two pipes will pass through each opening one fills up the second one remains shut. poor rural communities struggle with the same problems as urban slums. my ideas would we should consider ourselves lucky that we have the space here to build toilets a big city certain even have that space color but he davey has already built two thousand five hundred toilets at fifty five she's trying to find someone who will continue her life saving task when she no longer can. finally if you're looking for a traditional german bank goods eleven on seek out allocating his bakery in. mali it's partly because it's one of the few places you can get seasonal staples like

a fruit not stolen but also because it is helpers all have various handicaps they were taught the art of german baking after a german charity donated second hand baking equipment. i was doing business with you.

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