called the 1st stage of a new trade deal to pass powerful carlo b. says it's incomplete the car makers want more support from the government offered to merge the deal kept existing all tariffs unchanged. japanese car companies welcomed the overall thrust of a trade deal signed between prime minister shinzo abbey and u.s. president donald trump the deal keeps also tariffs to 2.5 percent and the u.s. promises no more for now but the carmakers say their industry is suffering they want to do way with the tariffs altogether. so he has the auto industry is facing many challenges amidst uncertainty like the japanese yen appreciation and the upcoming sales tax. we hope the government of japan recognizes this and not as us farther support to help the auto sector grew as a strategic industry. negotiations have been going on since last year

trump has long complained about america's $68000000000.00 trade deficit with japan the world's 3rd largest economy cars are the biggest source of the trade deficit. trump has not yet followed through on his threat to impose tariffs of up to 25 percent on japanese and european car and parts imports citing ongoing trade negotiations. while earlier this week well leaders were debating action against climate change in new york china unveiled the 2nd biggest order in the world travel is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions and china doesn't show any signs it's willing to cut their this country's carbon dioxide output as other countries worry it let's have a closer look at that china is already the world leader in c o 2 production production with just under 10000000 tons a year that's almost a 3rd of all global manmade c o 2 each year the u.s.

comes in at number to produce in just over half as much in absolute numbers followed by the whole of the european union in a fist and. it's a different picture though if you compare these countries per capita emissions an average american produces the most c o 2 with 16 tons russians surprisingly come in on the number 2 spot with 12 tons and e.u. residents shouldn't be too smug either we produce just as much as chinese citizens for awfully 7 tons each but there's little sign of all this troubling beijing on wednesday chinese president xi jinping cut the ribbon for beijing's 60000000000 dollars ford does ng is ready to serve $45000000.00 passengers per year to set its ban to a pasty of over $70000000.00 with 4 runways and the link $300.00 games. has clearly shows that for china economic expansion seems to come before climate

protection how much sense does it make if we all reduce our as well that's for you know that sound of eisenstein he's with the 3 g. an independent climate change think tank here in berlin next on the. germany produces just 2 percent of global c o 2 just introduced stricter climate regulation. china open. how much sense does all these well intentioned climate action of countries like germany make if we're leading c o 2 emissions like like china obviously don't care that it's a question i guess there's 2 sides of this story a china has a message the can on the crew for beijing we're talking about a city of more than 20000000000 inhabitants 1000000 have a tense 1400000000 inhabitants in china rising middle class of course there's a high demand we have the growth rate in every asian of 6 percent a year so it's in a way a restful project for china on the other hand go back and see in china is

a lot of climate action it's the largest manufacturer so that p.v. for example and the wind and solar already quite cheap so i guess the issue of china is while they're moving in some sectors clearly of moving in that is and that's the big challenge on germany i would dog does it offset the you know that they producing lots of solar panels does it somehow offset their c o 2 emissions no it doesn't it doesn't i mean and they're meeting the targets but the targets they have 420202032 lou for the paris climate agreements so i guess for the next years the big challenge is to cooperate with china there's a big cruel for the e.u. to play a role model showing how this works cooperating with china being more efficient on both sides and that's what we're hearing from tony's officials we want to see a lot of ambition from the e.u. and the move as well well being a role model is an interesting discussion going on because many people say yes we must be a germany's presume must be a role model but others say the street climate regulation will hurt the economy how

much of a role model will we be as germans if a car industry goes down because we introduce climate legislation i actually see the other way round i think germany has to move on time and action to remain competitive. yes the big question for the german car industry do we still sell of course in 10 or 15 years and there will probably more be ecologists than the course we're having right now so for too many i think it's quite the rest know from a competitiveness point of view to move right now. how it will be german british abo mexican car owners ever be convinced to scrap their diesels to do their bit while others do nothing well they see them out on the street i'm talking about that definitely managed to i think that they should be having right now it's not that germany is doing its homework and if you have this kind of package but it's by far not enough so this perception that germany is moving while others are moving not is just not true how much climate protection is economically viable so their recent numbers bite o.e.c.d.

basically showing that the net effect on g.d.p. of ambitious german action is causative in those sheets 20 countries i think it's into out of 20 so it is rest you know the issue is less about the economic case i would say that some sectors are heavily affected of course the coal sector will disappear well others will benefit if major crop sectors like energy efficiency renewable energy need him ability so these are the opportunity sectors i guess the issue is how do we have managed to kill off for example coal how do we manage the transition of the car industry. do you think that china in the very near. and everybody says it's high time that we reduce c o 2 emissions in the very near term will put climate protection before growth. what makes me optimistic is that it's not only a moral question for china there's also a lot of national interest they do already have very high economic costs because of

climate change and major issues over air pollution around this if occasion for example so they have good reasons to move and next year is actually quite important it will be a major you china summits there both hopefully try to work together to work towards a more ambitious term of policies alexander thank you very much was resolved. and now to some of the other global business stories making headlines today chinese firms have ordered considerable amounts of u.s. pork and soybeans in a sign of a potential breakthrough in the long running trade war for more than a year the 2 sides have been slapping each other with tariffs. leading the cigarette maker july an ounce of change in leadership and pledge to suspend advertising in the u.s. after recent regulatory backlash it follows the deaths of 9 people from mr mr a long illness mostly linked to illegal black market culture just containing t.h.c.

the primary active ingredient in mario on. the international monetary fund has picked crystal given to the elite the organization the economists from bug area is due to start a 5 year term on october 1st she said the i.m.f.'s top priority is to help countries minimize risk and be ready to cope with downturns while supporting long term economic stability. but all discussions about climate change one thing becomes increasingly clear not only must c o 2 emissions drop we are must also try to capture the c o 2 that we've already released into the at the simplest way plant more trees millions of them but people who know a thing or 2 about trees us actually saying it's not that easy. pencil is innocent until it's possible to measure the health of a tree how many leaves are needles that sheds is one indicator there are 600

douglas firs in this forest east of one of the trees originally from north america and the development is being closely studied. but this leg of a poker game there a long dry spell has let's say 6 weeks without rain 6 weeks of drought and the trees shrink they don't grow they shrink and the wood starts to contract. the douglas firs have small slit like openings in their bark they close when it's dry in order to stop the tree from drying out they help the tree retain its moisture it's an adaptation to the dry climate that the trees evolved in. and. we don't see any problems in this area. if the trees are growing even during the dry spell. the tree tops also look healthy so we can say they're dealing well with the dryness. it's

a very different picture 150 kilometers to the south. recent droughts have destroyed 110 hector's of forest land and that's created a new problem for forest owners and rangers alike. the invasive bark beetle is spreading fast they burrow their way into the tree trunks if the trees aren't quickly cut down the beetle spread in danger in whole forests forest managers have to cut down huge swaths of forest land. we need to speed up our replanting efforts where having that's a mix of as many different types of tree as possible will allow us to better manage the risks. recently they've begun adding trees from the mediterranean region or southeast asia to the mix they're used to the warmer conditions. but scientists warn beating the heat isn't the only problem is epstein . there are still risks if we introduced trees like these to germany then they

could thrive during the warm months so they have to cope with late frosts that have the potential to greatly harmed them. just giving it a try and seen what happens isn't a viable solution and once it and importing new tree species is expensive. a single kilogram of douglas fir tree seeds cost $1200.00 euros but it's a worthwhile investment douglas firs have shown that there are a good fit for germany's forests. and that's it for me on the business asia team for more business news check out our website that's. business.

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