the u.s. can crush the world needs to qualify well does it really. the new trade deal between japan and the e.u. is showing its uglier side since japan cannot export cars to europe tariff free fall that will close and so european factory call it will cost u.k. three thousand five hundred jobs. this is business asia. so will china shift its position on venezuela the country is one of the key backers of nicolas maduro a socialist government even as fifty other countries recognize the venezuela venezuela's opposition leader legitimate president beijing has more than twenty billion dollars in investments in the oil rich states but with venezuela's economy collapsing china and russia seem to be closing ranks moscow is sending three hundred tons of medicine and groceries which will be flown to the capital caracas tomorrow because the door is set on state t.v.

but aid from other countries like the u.s. is piling up at the border with colombia and the dura refuses to accept it that's despite the widespread malnutrition that followed the economic crisis. in moscow's seem to see that as a price worth paying to keep in the presidential palace. well china support for the socialist majority. is not only down to political considerations china has much bigger fish to fry in venezuela beijing has invested many billions in the country and much of it as part of its belgian road infrastructure initiative also over the past decade china has lent an estimated sixty billion dollars to venezuela caracas was supposed to pay the money back with the revenue from oil of metallic or cold that's used in the production of electronic devices but also being nationalized predecessor. the oil industry there was a. shadow of its former self and the largest oil reserves in the world live

untapped despite that the government in beijing remains unwavering in its support for hard left president maduro a natural political ally of communist china and that is no surprise given that the jurors rival the more moderate social democrat democrat who on why dole was declared himself interim president is more open to the west why don't has also vowed to examine the country's financial deals with china that's something that hasn't gone down too well in beijing but china has also traditionally taken a pragmatic approach two years ago chinese and quiet those people discussed what approach the opposition would take to existing financial agreements should they come to power some experts suggest it shows that china's support from a duro isn't set in stone so let's look into that a bit further and talk to our correspondent in beijing which is not on the

line as we speak you might come to my come to a bit later in the show's us stay tuned for that. coming to another story globally operating tech company using its product to spy on users and hold countries that's not the latest dan brown thriller those are actual accusations that u.s. officials level against well why the chinese mobile phone maker last up until now there is no proof no proof still the u.s. is urging allied governments to force their national network operators nuts to use weiwei hardware insensitive communications infrastructure the fear is that beijing could be listening in or disrupt services using soap back doors now a c.e.o. is pushing back. anyone who uses a mobile phone can hardly get past while away even if they use other brands like apple's i phone that's because the chinese while we group not only sells mobile phones it also makes the technology for operating mobile networks plenty of

sensitive data is running on it and the communications infrastructure is in extremely connected to the economy and society it's met with suspicion in the west especially in the u.s. hallway is closed to the chinese government and could be forced to hand over sensitive information to it some western countries want to exclude weiwei from the construction of their new five g. networks a political campaign against the company one that the huawei founder confidently rebutted in an interview with the b.b.c. . trickle there's no way the u.s. can crush us the world needs while away because we are more advanced even if they persuade more countries not to use us temporarily we could just scale things down a bit and because the us keeps targeting us and finding fault with us it is for starts to improve our products and services. a political hit job or necessary

protection from foreign influence our ways competitor ericsson sees the ongoing debate as a danger to the rapid expansion of fast five g. mobile networks in europe many network operators are unsettled and have delayed their decisions this increases costs and could set a network expansion back here. japanese comic a honda announced it will be closing its plant in the british town of swindon in southwest england in two years as honda sole manufacturing side in europe three and a half thousand workers will lose their jobs and in the company's first ever closer of a v zero production facility the production there will move to japan the new e.u. japan trade deal with scraps e.u. tariffs for cars made outside of its borders cheaper to export cars to europe. the announcement from tokyo was expected but when it came the shock wave could be felt most acutely in southern england you said you have started talks with the

union aiming to end the production of completed vehicles at hyundai u.k. manufacturing in twenty twenty one. honda has insisted that its decision is not due to breaks it the swindon plant had a tough times long before the u.k. voted to leave the you see tech here ahead chico says other factors are pushing it to produce the new honda civic in north america or elsewhere. as you're aware the four wheeled vehicle industry is facing a turning point under the circumstances in order for honda to survive we need to provide our products in a speedy nano to meet our customer's needs and to keep on creating new value towards the future. that will provide no comfort at all to the three and a half thousand workers at the swindon plant and it's another blow to the u.k.'s motor manufacturing sector patternist sampled plans to build one of its new models that the u.k.

government has described hundreds decision is devastating. devastating indeed let's bring in our core advance of correspondent in frankfurt. many of said. honda removing the production facility that taking production to japan that's just another example of the negative effects of brags about is that. well again i'm sure that the uncertainty over breakfast was certainly not a healthy fall at all bowls the u.k. trade secretary and also officials of honda stated that this decision was not related to a brac said well i guess it's obvious the trade secretary has to say something like that more than three thousand five hundred jobs will be lost by twenty twenty eight two because of this new development but it really seems to be the case that there are other bigger reasons behind this the u.k. used to be in fact very attractive for japanese car makers but with this new trade agreement for them it's in fact much cheaper to produce their cars in japan and not

anymore in the united kingdom only a few months ago we have to remember that japan and the e.u. signed their free trade deal meaning tears on car exports from japan are now being eliminated before we talked about terrorists year approximately off twenty twenty five per cent so that's the that's one reason then the mobility is certainly also a big topic and in this plan we did not see any cars being produced that were already ready for immobility so there are a couple of reasons about it seems really that this trade agreement between japan and e.u. is the biggest reason for this position now. thank you very much for that. in china there's growing demand for the fruits duryea exporters have been vying for a piece of that lucrative market boss enormous chinese demand is causing actual

problems in the regions where the food has grown. it spiky and frankly stinky in fact the jury in is so pungent is been banned from hotel rooms across southeast asia but in china people can't get enough of its soft creamy flesh this shop in shanghai specializes in jury and malaysian durians to be precise you. malaysian jury inza mainly grown in a half wild environment they maintain the most original flavor of jury and it's a real jury anita's can't resist their rich taste creamy texture and high sweetness once they've tried them. while. you're going to. but environmentalist's in malaysia are sounding alarm bells because of the fruits popularity to grow large areas of jungle clad hillside are being cleared to make more land to the fruit but you know it's coming becoming

a demand especially where the chinese market is concerned so i would say that right now the evidence of all these deforestation for planting of us is in actual fact preparation to meet that demand. as well as destroying habitats for animals such as tigers deforestation also poses a flood risk as de vries dumped in the water. there must be a balance of how much we produce. and how much it's you know it's taken care of you know that that must be there for us to survive otherwise we won't have water we won't have any. this year in tree sapling has a long way to go before it bears fruit perhaps destined for china where it'll fetch several times the price paid for it in malaysia meanwhile the malaysian government insists it won't encourage any further destruction of the green landscape. if it means state is to buy two hundred thousand tonnes of rise from local farmers

for stockpiling govern. wants to help ross perot's are meant for the messy crisis since the start of the year the value of the crop has decreased by a thud thankfully follows in the mekong delta we fall that yields are high because weather conditions have been perfect for us to grow in more than half the population works and are recalled sector companies third largest exporter of fox. business asia for today for more news on background stories you can always go to our web site that's of course. business and to follow us on facebook and twitter. for the news that's up next right after this quick look at global markets right thank you.

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