tv Business Deutsche Welle July 23, 2019 3:45pm-4:00pm CEST
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chosen one will also become britain's next prime minister odds on favorite is boris johnson and that means no deal breaks it the u.k. crashing out of the e.u. without any agreement on future relations with its most important trading partners will be that much more likely than before governments think time now says as a high likelihood britain has already and to the recession. a one in 4 chance the u.k. economy is already in recession pending the release of the latest quarterly growth figures has severe downturn in the event of a messy no deal breakfast and sluggish growth in the best case scenario these are the key findings of a report by the u.k.'s national institute of economic and social research about the impact of breakfast. it follows a similar i'd look in a report the office for budget responsibility or o.b.e. are released last week. speaking on the day of its publication the man in charge of
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britain's finances had this to say. the report published this morning shows that even in the most benign version. there would be a very significant hit to the u.k. economy a very significant reduction in tax revenues and a big increase in our national debt a recession caused by. so why do researchers appear to be so united in the belief that bracks is bad for the british economy. one big factor concerns trade with no clarity on how the country's economic relationships will look post-breakfast companies are finding it hard to plan for the future this has led to a decline in investment. does in turn has hampered growth forcing the government to borrow more money in order to maintain public services. these signs of weakness
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says have led to falling demand for the british currency and a slight in the value of the pound. this makes imports more expensive meaning shoppers are likely to have to fork out more than they used to. deal or no deal the latest report suggests leaving the e.u. is unlikely to benefit the british economy but the clear warning is that departing in a chaotic fashion could put the wheels in motion for a severe downturn. if when britain leave the. freedom of movement for work is vital for the economy. soon those who have many. picking fruit in scotland for example farms benefit hugely from. picture perfect scotland.
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the highlands famous for their breathtaking landscapes the castles and lakes. the workers on the strawberry plantations over don't get to see this side of scotland almost all of them came here from eastern europe. here in around 300 euros a week here. that equals a month's wages in romania and bulgaria. well they were forced. out of what it is and dimitri ion has been spending the summer months in scotland for 7 years now as a name you citizen he never had problems entering the country that brags it could mean the end of freedom of movement. breaks it also has a worrying effect on scottish farmers. the politicians in london neglect and abandon a says angus porter who runs the farm he employs 140 seasonal workers not one of them is british. he struggles to find enough local workers in rural
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scotland. the future worries him. we've built up an industry entirely based on people coming from the e.u. and without them. well it would be very very difficult i mean i don't. i don't know how you can begin to do our work but also some regional politicians have a different view though brags that supporters would rather send unemployed scots to work in the fields. to do more jobs when i was a boy. i worked on the farms. when i was at school. we. got. people coming across the guest that are coming across that should actually. you know there will people of the opportunity. locals however wouldn't want to live in
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nice containers on the farm and be woken at 5 am to start picking seasonal workers dmitri alongside his colleagues dmitri works for the minimum wage often for 10 to 12 hours a day. we had some grace yeah became. 3 days and they left because of no hard job mitri would like to stay in scotland permanently instead of just during the harvest season and he'd like to see more of scotland than just the strawberry fields his dream is to visit the scottish highlands someday but briggs it would stop that ever happening. chua way has laid off most of the workers. in the us future way employed 850 people for offices including this one here in silicon valley telecoms 600 people have been let go earlier this year was added to a u.s.
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blacklist of companies considered to national security meanwhile britain has postponed a decision on whether to allow huawei to help build its fire. gene at work. the rise of artificial intelligence and machine learning has led some humans to fear they're being made redundant and rightly so no job seems to be safe at a bar in prague they've taken human machine mixing to a whole new level they're robot will actually mix your drink but will he also give you good relationship advice. they're known for their efficiency if no they are natural charm these robotic bartenders are the latest stop members to be recruited by a night club in the czech capital prague. their skills session kids cussing lines pouring sugar crushing ice and mixing it all up into a cocktail. patrons can order the drink of their choice from
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a touchscreen menu so far there are 16 on offer but the plan is to add dozens more to the menu. but kind of mechanically mixed cocktail compared to one shaken with human flair i love a bit of never seen anything like a lawyer mom on. the team even though that was a thing. that's amazing. that size really good. while the mechanical bartenders makes the drink stand stairs up stairs a robot d.j. pumps that to choose leaving humans partying their way to redundancy. that's it for me in the business team here and so then the stage you now to the w. for us in culture that's up next right after this update.
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