and based on a new study on working conditions on india's tea plantations aid organization oxfam says retailers need to take greater responsibility for working conditions in their supply chains. alone welcome to d.w. business asia want to get jones and well and good to have you with us apple has withdrawn an app that to protesters in hong kong have used to track police movement this comes after some harsh criticism by the chinese communist party official newspaper the people's daily earlier this week the tech giant said the crowdsourcing app h.k. map dot live violated its terms and that it's been used in ways that endanger law enforcement and residents in hong kong the developers of the app disagree with that . the up in the app store had been used by hong kong demonstrators to track the location of police now following pressure from china it's no longer available explaining the decision the company said it posed

a security risk because it helped protesters plan attacks on police stations a claim the developers reject in a tweet they said we disagree with apple and the hong kong police forces claim that the h.k. map up in the injures law enforcement and residents in hong kong. critics accuse it of putting business interests ahead of human rights china is a multi-billion dollar market for the company about 20 percent of its turnover is generated in the country this isn't the 1st time the us tech giant has taken action after falling afoul of beijing 2 years ago that removed a major v.p.n. used to get around china's internet censorship from its app store in the country prior to that it had pulled the new york times out following a request from chinese authorities. u.s. and chinese officials today re commenced talks on a comprehensive trade deal more than one and a half years ago u.s.

president on much tom said a trade war was good and easy to win ever since the whirls 2 top economies have been clashing at various stages of escalation hampering global growth along the way now they're talking or taking another shot at resolving the dispute. it's the 13th prime just talks and once again the question on everyone's mind is will they or won't they make a deal after a 15 month conflict that seen both sides impose hundreds of billions of dollars worth of tariffs the stakes are high. america does not love imposing. in fact we would prefer not to use but after years of discussions the no tariffs of only forcing a number of our trading partners that had taken. us to pay attention to our concerns. both sides made some concessions in advance beijing rolled back tariffs

on u.s. pork and soybeans and in response the united states agreed to postpone the next steps of tariffs on china until the middle of this month. but then this week washington made a surprise move that cause consternation in beijing when it added 28 chinese firms it said were implicated in abusing the human rights of muslim minorities to a trade blacklist. she don't commit no such thing as the so-called human rights issue that the u.s. side claimed it's nothing but an excuse created by the u.s. to interfere in china's internal affairs. but the tone on both sides less than conciliatory the odds of reaching agreement on thorny issues like intellectual property don't appear too favorable. and trade relations with the u.s. are also a big topic here in europe our financial correspondent in frankfurt can tell us more and the e.u. is taking the u.s.

off its tax haven blacklist does this have anything to do with the u.s. wanting to impose tariffs on starting next week. one could actually see that connection because clearly the us had time until june to actually come fly with what the e.u. wanted from them in terms of like information and how they want to be opaque to the author 1 already it's all full in the european union united states have failed to do so and would not be any other reason than to put them on that blacklist about now all of the sudden things have changed the european union seems to be happy with what they got from the united states and do and don't take them on that live so it's clear there could be that connection between the looming tariffs because clearly without some sort of political horse trading we going to see a tariff imposed on goods from the e.u. going into the united states as soon as next week all right on

a device but in frankfurt thank you so much. and you oxfam study sharply criticizes the working conditions on india steep plantations the organization to mount a law from the german government to hold german companies accountable for human rights violations in their supply chains an issue that not only affects t. produces too you'll miss plantation in assam is being picked in record time more than half of india's t.v. production comes from this region to tell you the organization oxfam says many of the millions of indians working in the industry do so in the reporting conditions around hof get ill because of polluted water what's more without protective clothing many are exposed to toxic pesticides and the pay is often terrible. a look at where the money for tea goes gives an indication why only 1.4 percent of

the price paid for a packet of assam tea in for example a german supermarket goes to work as in india produces exporters and importers each take their share and at the other end of the supply chain the retailers and supermarkets make huge profits more than 86 percent of the final price paid for the tea goes to them. oxfam interviewed more than 500 people in here some plantations he says well parts of the world enjoy the tea and cake many of the workers here are going hungry. for more i'm joined by. oxfam expert on business and globalization and you are also the author of that study which reveals all those well pretty appalling situations we just learned about in this report did those findings come a surprise to you in some ways yes because the case in the some of the really

stream the grievances are very severe a quarter of the people right hunger on the plantations on the other hand the kind of rights violations that we see a typical forefoot production wherever you look at the bananas in that in america tomatoes from europe or seafood from asia the kind of rights violations you see in the way a similar wherever you look and. it's awesome an isolated case you know it's very typical for the kind of problems that we see in supply chains of german and european retailers and brands that's why we think such a fundamental problem needs a fundamental solution which means a legal solution so that no company can try away from taking their responsibility to care for human rights and their supply chains i mean do companies i mean here in germany we have sort of like a handful of big brands selling t. do they actually know what's going on yes the rights violations and assignment in india have been documented for many many years and they know it and they do a bit they tinker at the edges but they're not prepared to look at the business

practices at the core of their business but it doesn't work like that if you say my business business practices can change the prize prize that i pay to produce is going to be raised then sending them letters saying oh but we care about human rights won't change the situation but what exactly what could they do practically making it more expensive will that help it would help if they pay more to produce us. the stark difference in shares what remains with the retailers and brands are what goes to work a show that there is enough money in the chain that could be redistributed we also think the retailer than the dominant companies cannot solve all problems in a sum but they can take care of the supply of that surprised them and they need to have a more systematic approach to human rights to diligence in their supply chains looking rather risks what would be effective measures and what would be grievance mechanisms so that workers can actually report to companies if their rights are violated and what about consumers i buy a lot of t.v.

or in german supermarkets what can i do for consumers it's almost impossible to know whether the tea that they buy has been produced under humane conditions if you go to supermarkets and you look at the picketing it looks very nice you see happy faces of people plucking the tea you see beautiful landscapes and you get information on the supply chain for example on a package of black tea from india it says made in germany where the minute you make german the electee from india so for a consumer it's impossible that's why we say it's not so much in your consumption patterns it's also in the action that you take just try to go to your store manager where the local shop where you where you buy with the retailer and ask him what you know how you are sure ok that sounds quite complex but it's probably was doing but as it was i know there are some experts thank you so much for your time thank you. for the indian government has lifted an advisory travel warning for tourists in

kashmir the local government had instructed tourists and hindu pilgrims to leave just today a spot for india stripped to the region of its statehood and special semi autonomous status the cost to the impoverished region spent enormous. the tourist boats once again plied kashmir's famous doll like. but traders. the troops and razor wire roadblocks have largely disappeared but the army is still blocking the communications networks in a negative i get bored of. the tourists weren't leaving on their own the police force them to leave now they're saying the tourists can come back. but there are no facilities for them here there's no internet the phones don't work. and there's no transport. on a cup when ya. visitors slowly filtering back but most businesses and restaurants

are still shut that's a blow to the 700000 kashmiris dependent on tourist income there's also a shortage of skilled labor has some 400000 migrant workers have left since the lockdown began the kashmir chamber of commerce and industry estimates india's military lockdown has cost the muslim majority region's economy nearly wanted a half $1000000000.00 in 2 months. and as your business update for me and this is a shitty thanks for watching. and

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