the e.u. and nato. swift and adequate to best what the e.u. says would be its response to a new us import tariffs on cars german automakers are perfectly xed of washington's rationale for increasing levies we'll have the latest on the view from europe also coming up oprah's fading fast for finding survivors of last week's mining disaster in zimbabwe flooding trap the last seventy miners the incident has drawn attention to the risks of illegal mining in the country and germany's skilled workers are getting older and will show you how a device can keep them fit to work even like. i'm chris colbert welcome to the program. german carmakers are insisting imports of

their products are not a threat to u.s. national security this after the u.s. commerce department submitted a report to president that is believed to make the case for much higher terrorism vehicles from the european union on the grounds of national security german chancellor merkel is among those that have dismissed these suggestions. the europeans have returned fire a day after the u.s. commerce department sent a report to trump that could unleash the tariffs on imported cars and auto parts the european commission is aware of the conclusion off an investigation but the one of the u.s. department of commerce one were carrying ports represent a threat to u.s. national security where these reports translate into actions into mental to european exports the european commission would react in a swift and man. the report provoked

a backlash from the german car industry even before it was unveiled the german car makers association says its manufacturers employ over one hundred thousand people in the u.s. you know over three hundred factories german car makers are baffled at the idea they were a threat to security and the german chancellor on saturday it made it clear she stands behind them. and you know it does appear to be all these cars are being built in the united states of america the biggest b.m.w. factory is not in a very a it's in south carolina and now if these cars because they're being built in south carolina are just as frightening as those cars that are built in bavaria and they are suddenly a threat to the national security of the usa that shocks us. i mean because and that just makes sense that. trump has ninety days to decide whether to act upon the commerce department's recommendations e.u. trade ministers a jew to discuss contingency plans later this week during

a meeting in romania now for the latest let's cross over to washington and our correspondent helen humphrey helena donald trump says he's a terror of man is the commerce department telling the president what he wants to hear. right christopher you're right to point out the fact that president trump is a self-proclaimed tariff man but he's also a self-proclaimed deal maker and you've got to look at this and its context the united states and europe have long been locked in negotiations over a trade deal they are somewhat sluggish perhaps the president thinks that this is his leverage this is his way of dangling a threat of up to twenty five percent increase of tariffs on european car makers of getting the best deal for the trumpet administration we understand that privately he said that he used the same tactic when dealing with the canadians in the negotiation of a trade deal so perhaps what we see is leverage in president trump's modus operandi

helena nobody on this side of the atlantic is buying the argument that terrorises on european cars would indeed be a matter of national security how is that argument resonating with the political class in washington. i think it's fair to say christophe that non of president trump's top economic advisers are necessarily in favor of tariffs aside from peter navarro the trade advisor who has a famous or infamous rather protectionist stance on trade we know the congress is against it we know that american carmakers are against it they're warning that when it would cost hundreds of thousands of jobs the very thing that president trump valid he would create during his presidency as well as consumer groups saying that this would increase the average prices for vehicles and many people in this country a very reliant of course on their cars to get to their jobs in remote parts of this country and something you know something to be declared

a threat to national security that would also have to be signed off by the defense secretary we know that the previous defense secretary james mattis was rather dubious about that as well despite these reservations donald trump is known for holding on to the blame if you think it's the right one all we know one step closer to terrorists on u.s. car imports i wouldn't necessarily say that we've got ninety days now to see what president trump does with the recommendations from that report but i would say is that the stage has been set for the next round of negotiations between the united states and the european union with each side's now having their weapons their chosen weapons drawn so for the united states this is the threat of up to twenty five percent increase on vehicle for the european union this is an increase in tariffs on liquefied gas and soybeans but of course with president trump caution is a was advised don't use home to home for you reporting from washington thank you very

much and of course. the birthday. thank you very much. now to some of today's other business headlines around the world british lawmakers have slammed facebook for data of yours a parliamentary committee concluded the tech giant should be investigated for intentionally violating privacy laws the lawmaker is also calling for a regulator to be set up to police content on social media sites it would be financed by a new levy on tech companies japanese carmaker honda motor says it will shut its factory in the u.k. it says the decision to close its only european plant as a response to global market trends and not breaks it promised closure of britain's fourth largest auto factory is believed to cost some three and a half thousand british workers their jobs. and hundreds of passengers have been left stranded across europe by the collapse of british airline flight b.m.i. the carrier blamed the uncertainties surrounding bracks it for its decision to

seize operations and file for bankruptcy fly b.m.i. had nearly four hundred employees in britain germany sweden and belgium. it's to zimbabwe now where rescue operations continue after a dam burst and flooded two abandoned gold mines last week more than two dozen bodies have been recovered only eight men survived the accident which occurred west of the capital harare the incident throws a harsh light on the dangerous conditions workers face in the country's illegal mines. it is the fear of every family with a miner losing a loved one just because they were trying to put food on the table. that we struggled to get the bodies into the body bags we had to do it because these are our relatives i work makes. twenty four bodies were retrieved from two disused gold mines by sunday eight men were pulled out alive but dozens remain trapped in the

flooded mines. no main. wake anything that would do things. really do believe in this thing the way the city and most of them by ways go it is extracted by small scale miners working in unsafe and disused pits many have no other choice but to work their zimbabwe's economy has been struggling for years and illegal mining is the only source of income for some leads this year german medical supplier auto book celebrates its one hundredth birthday across the world the company is best known for its prostheses artificial bodyparts which it first built for german soldiers returning from world war one today on the block is helping veterans of the work force their exoskeletons support the body of aging workers and help lessen the impact of hard manual labor with german workers growing older and the replacements increasingly difficult to find it's

a technology that's welcomed by many companies. at first a few adjustments are needed to fit the exoskeletons on to their backs. and employee medical prosthetics maker auto book shows them how to put them on with a little practice he says it should be possible to do it in just thirty seconds this exoskeleton will fit anyone who's up to one meter ninety two on this unit is it like a normal jacket it's like a backpack. electricians dieter harbor corn and to be as prominent have a lot of smoke alarms to install today mounting them on the ceiling with raised arms is tiring work so the powered exoskeletons are designed to help them get the job done. it really helps a lot it reduces a lot of the force of what does it feel like. it's like there's somebody down below

pushing with a hand. just over seven years ago at a book began developing exoskeletons to assist in overhead work from the start there was a lot of interest from industry. but the problem for the automobile industry is that it's getting harder to find qualified personnel and chloe's are getting older and as i get a folder the strain on the muscles and joints increases. the risk of injury then employers face a choice should i also might keep these people. the company decided to develop a purely mechanical system instead of sophisticated electronics it uses intelligent cable pull technology designed for the industrial workplace. the workers have to move around in many directions quickly under time pressure but they have to be able to move freely anything restrictive is not an option that was the big challenge to build something that will assist but not restrict them. i'm sure. to book sold more

than a thousand of the exoskeletons last year. they've already passed the first tests on construction sides holding even heavy tools it's very easy with one of these devices. and update on chris caldwell and thanks for watching another successful.

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