oh mate he jobs to a new generation of muslim women. this is the business asia welcome who always chief financial officer men one jew is suing committing canadian authorities over a detention in december in a few days she's scheduled to appear in course to face extradition proceedings to the united states is accused of misleading banks about her company's business dealings in iran but she claims she was detained searched and targeted before being informed that she was under arrest. meanwhile there are reports the u.s. and china could be close to a deal that would roll back u.s. tariffs on at least two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese goods and at the annual national people's congress kicking off in beijing tomorrow china's leadership is expected to move quickly to find an agreement with the u.s. . it is

a grand display of power thousands of chinese leaders in one place to set the path of the republic. but the ceremonial pomp here comes amid growing gloom about the country's economic fortunes. among the foot soldiers feeling the fallout this beijing stock manufacturer. just two of its twelve weaving machines are in operation the boss blames the trade dispute with washington. because some of our u.s. splines have already moved their orders to southeast asia where the labor costs are lower than here it's had a big impact on us and the impact will get worse if the trade war between china and the us escalates especially in the number of orders which will greatly affect us. there is mounting pressure on chinese and u.s. negotiators to settle that tariff war economic slowdown so groff in twenty eight hundred at its lowest in three decades brought on by n ten zero an external forces

. you from your own accord on the one hand china has an aging population problem and our traditional industries are suffering downward pressure is on the other hand the traditional export oriented economy is facing extrusion. for you to throw your current value their annual gathering in beijing delegates are expected to rubber stamp a series of policies aimed at addressing u.s. trade concerns a bed to try to left the mood. back in europe energy ministers are meeting in brussels today to debate the european commission's proposal for a transition to a carbon neutral economy by twenty fifteen germany has long been committed to green energy in twenty eighteen last year renewable energy already made up more than forty percent of its energy make spot conventional energy sources still play a big role take new clear for example the country has relied heavily on nuclear

energy in the past which still accounts for more than thirteen percent of germany's energy makes last year but germany decided to phase out nuclear power after the accident africa schiemann twenty eleven a controversial decision to put fossil fuels back in focus germany has plenty of coal last year coal accounted for around thirty eight percent of germany's energy makes natural gas came in at roughly seven percent in comparison across the european union renewables account for just about thirty percent of the total energy makes nuclear energy makes up for over a quarter that coal and gas together about forty percent so germany looks like europe's dream poster boy but here's the catch if you are heavily industrialized country and rely on renewable energy you better hope for strong winds and lots of sunshine all year round otherwise energy companies have to force industries to go i though it happen more often than you think and it has

a price. this liquid aluminum has been heated to nine hundred degrees celsius it will be used to make thin but stable sheet metal for the packaging and automotive industry says. this noting process consumes huge amounts of energy. is against it it has to shine it can't let go you can see it here a little bit if you will be seen this is kind of dull and when the samples are like that then i know there's a higher percentage of iron. that's a. not good but more iron means lower prices. producing aluminum through electrolysis burns a lot of electricity enough to power a small city. for the local power company this melting site is therefore the logical place to relieve stress from the network if there is a bottleneck if that happens it's taken off grid. is so his reiners long as our electrolysis cells don't get so cold that they shut down or are about to shut down

but we can get by for an hour or more on. the power company pays for the outage so there are no financial losses that try met aluminum but the electricity can't be turned off completely for more than two hours for the entire production process has to be shut down. many fear that might become more common as nuclear and coal fired plants go offline during germany's energy transition. and into corn stored if that occurs more often in the future due to conventional power plants going off line then things could get pretty hairy we would need support in the area we wouldn't be able to solve the problem all on our own anymore and. in an attempt to be more independent the smelting plant is also working to develop its own energy storage systems last year it had to temporarily shut down eight times. while germany is turning away from nuclear japan seems to be going in the opposite

direction fukushima the fukushima nuclear accident initially calls the rethink on atomic energy in favor of renewables because prior to twenty eleven first the thirty percent of japan's energy came from nuclear power plants and twice that amount came from fossil fuels renewable energy accounted for less than a tenth of the mix after fukushima the government shut down every reactor in the country but since then many have gone back online and it doesn't look like japan will turn its back on nuclear anytime soon it's on again it is still expected to make up more than a fifth of the energy mix by twenty thirty fifty seven percent will come from fossil fuels like coal oil and gas and renewables like solar energy will make up. twenty two percent are reported here there is in tokyo at the moment she gave us an update on the situation there. politically speaking japan is still very dependent

on nuclear power politically speaking right now only about two percent of the entire energy in japan is generated by nuclear power and that's because after the fukushima disaster in two thousand and eleven all of the nuclear power plants had to be taken off the grid and then they had to be checked for security reasons of course before they could restart and that process is taking quite a long time but the government around prime minister shinzo actually wants to amp up the percentage of nuclear power up to twenty two twenty two percent in the next ten years that is quite ambitious they reason that is the only way how they can ensure that the power supply in japan is independent because right now japan has to import a lot of energy and they also say that is the only way that they can meet the carbon emissions targets agreed on in the paris agreement but critics say that it doesn't

make any financial sense especially in the long term to invest so much money into construction of the old power plants to be able to restart them again and it would make so much more sense to invest all of that money into building better and stronger renewables but that is not the road that the japanese government is taking right now. from sports retailer decathlon announced it was selling a ramos he job to make sports more accessible to muslim women many in the west see the job as a sign of subjugation of women and the backlash was so great that it would not be selling it after all for the indonesia home of the world's largest population of muslims the jobs are becoming fashionable again and one female entrepreneur is determined to train the religious trend. the prophet mohammad

recommended archery as a discipline for muslims for entrepreneur d.h. ing the story the sport also has a religious aspect every time i do this archery station i feels that it's getting more like the course focus and was so it's strange how your flock was. the story has been at the helm of her company egypt for eight years the start up as a platform for muslim fashion she knows the market in indonesia well and was tired of it being dominated by foreign chains muslim fashion follow strict rules only the face and hands are supposed to be exposed and the textiles can't contain any gelatin and she says that's not all. the failure she itself has to be hello islamic. are modest are muslim faith is not only about how we wear our clothes but how we also concious about how we made it so we have to be

very careful about how it can impact our environment. the story began wearing the he job at fourteen although her mother was against it at the time for the entrepreneur the headscarf is a symbol of self-determination there are two hundred million muslims in indonesia and all of them are potential customers he jobs used to only be worn by older women now they're also used to make a fashion statement in egypt it's kind of planned we give everybody a. very very happy and easy find there and maybe jeff now. the mother of two is one of the few women in indonesia's small startup scene. some investors didn't believe she'd be able to shoulder both roles her children are still small so to make it happen she often works from home her leadership style is anything but traditional i think because i'm a woman. i'm not i'm not feeling that i am the boss i'm feeling about we're team.

and i cannot do anything without my team and i'm not positioning myself as a boss but pushing myself best team player with them. do you jing the story now has people working for her in london as well the founder from indonesia wants to break into markets in the e.u. no easy task but she's already starting to adjust to the different demands in europe he just now offers muslim fashion made from figure material and more muted colors. and that's it from me and the business a lot more back on stories on our website that. slash business i'll say a. quick check on the for. women

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