and instead appeals to the public to be more environmentally aware. and many farmers in the west rely on giant tractors and threshers for mass production but there are much smaller helpers that can pull their weight in the fields. hello i'm going to get jones welcome to do that we have business asia good to have you with us now the rising costs trade conflicts and regulatory barriers a crippling the confidence of german companies in china a survey by the german chambers of commerce has found that only a quarter of firms operating there believe they'll reach their targets in 2019 and that's the lowest level in the u.s. a huge 83 percent of companies say that they've been directly or indirectly affected by china's trade conflict with the united states and one in 10 german firms are planning to move some of their operations out of the country now their main reason for thinking about quitting perhaps surprisingly is higher labor costs

and not the trade dispute and meanwhile china's big tech firms who are why is paying out more than $285000000.00 in bonuses to thank its employees for helping the company cope with u.s. sanctions the chinese take equipment giant has been scrambling to remove u.s. components from its products since american firms were banned from doing business with it back in may she away has since and they held an operating system it says can replace google's android it's. now the indian government has held off a ban on single use plastic saying it would have too big an impact on the economy and the unemployment rate instead delhi appeals to the public expecting them to voluntarily curb their plastic use and become more environmentally aware.

plastic as far as the eye can see the banks of the jammu no river in delhi look like a gigantic rubbish dump. almost all of the plastic waste that ends up in the world's oceans comes from just 10 rivers 3 of those flows through india the government has decided that things need to improve but they shelved the ban on certain single use plastics. volunteers of the environmental organization parvati meaning the cameras march through town and invite people to pledge to give up plastic everyone gets a photo of the event as a reminder. 17 year old rag vendor along hootie has been a sworn anti plastic campaigner for 4 years. when i was in my peers in the parson oil. so they basically words of. the back of the

garden. it was. from then on the question do not use the do not use do not through the god was on the streets and. the power activist say environmental education in india can feel like a losing battle they try to teach this coconut vend about plastic waste several times they even sent him a t. shirt but he keeps using plastic straws even though he's promised to stop. they have had success stories though customers at this vegetable stall now have to bring fabric bags with them many weren't pleased about giving up plastic bags of plastic bags the cheaper customers have to buy this bag for 10 euro cents but it lasts 2 years. the suspension of the ban has given traders and customers

in india extra time to adjust and to think about how goods will be bought and sold here in the future. in corporate news and who can help turn around the fortunes of jackie landrover that's the question india start a group which owns the beleaguered carmaker is asking as it seeks partnerships for the ailing luxury brand according to bloomberg it has approached a number of car makers including china's gili group and germ. car giant a b.m.w. in an attempt to share the burden of investing in new technology. this sun has cut its a 4 year forecast to an 11 year low after a 70 percent drop in quarterly profits steven ma the company's new chief financial officer said sales had to underperformed in key regions such as the united states europe and home country japan operating profits of $275000000.00 when this ons

worst q 2 performance for 15 years can make it suffering as a result of the strong yen falling demand and the fallout from the ousting of chairman thomas go. products from israel's occupied territories must be clearly labeled as such at least those distance to the european union that is the latest ruling by the european court of justice until now at such products have largely borne the made in israel tack now that says the court could mislead consumers about israel's presence as an occupying power in those territories the e.u. has consistently spoken out against settlement expansion saying it undermines hopes for the establishment of an independent palestine alongside israel. the agricultural industry is known for its powerful machinery track to thresh

chippers you name it but maybe not for much longer exhibited at the world's largest agriculture technology fair called achree technica are trying to prove that bigger is not always better. the thing that robots like coles and di know could soon be a pharmacy best friend. they can harvest so ound extract weeds. french style stuff nyota develop these that will help as. i came from the problem eating we follow miles because found miles was where complaining about playboys show all which is more and more complex to find people who walk in the fall so when we have these we say ok maybe we can open my eyes some task. dyna is a vegetable farming very vault

a camera records the plant growth and an algorithm that decides what stays and what go use. it reduces the need to stock for weed killer as. are. these small self driving field robots are the stars of technica and how the world's biggest trade pfeffer i could cultural technology. the john de company is known for its huge machines but even that being downsized. a future tractor could look like this electric rather than diesel lightweight to protect the soil and of course without to drive his cap. given the it's a complete definitely think the future is about autonomy that's even precision on agriculture needs more precision there are various examples of that in this whole thing about you know. machines can also eric at the crops and recognize wheat 3 senses. these drones fly over fields and

help to locate pests for example all spray chemicals in a targeted mana. they can also cultivate land that's hard to access. actually a lot of places even china they're not able to use picture actors because they are smaller plots we have a lot of small holders in china and also we have places that are out on the hillside so it's difficult to conduct spraying so our plan protection we call for the crops on the hillside or is this the end for mega machines and agriculture . then certainly no lack of imagination these weird and wonderful creations could end up being the farm hands of the future. but. there are. there.

that's. cute somehow poland is europe's biggest producer and exporter of chickens last year it raised more than a 1000000000 birds for delivery but activists say the short lives of those animals could be much better. the chicks tumble along the production line like many other goods produced on an industrial scale this is how they spend day one of their lives they have 41 days left. most of it will be spent here a room big enough to house a jet plane it's home 254000 chickens the owners insist they're taking care of. because just so jim nicholson the vet comes every day sometimes there are 2 of them so they walk around the poultry houses and observe the behavior and physical wellbeing of the chicks when there are problems in the vast majority of cases that digestive disorders there's no risk to the consumer. product of us here the well

being of the consumer is born strictly in mind but animal rights campaigners like anna is in sca concerned for the birds they've labeled them franken chickens after frankenstein's monster. but then you see this missive it's like a 5 year old child weighing 150 kilos so it's not natural that these chickens don't grow up healthy they're sick of even in that i understand. the final destination for the living chickens have to 6 weeks is the slaughterhouse after a process that sees them a nice the tiniest then electrocuted they become proud to use. the main export markets for polish chickens are within the e.u. led by germany the netherlands and the u.k. ukraine and hong kong are also big customers attracted by poland's low prices and without putting creasing 10 fold in a decade polish production of the chickens shows no sign of slowing down.

sometimes it feels extra good to being a vegetarian u.s. billionaire elon musk's space x. eventually has launched a new batch of 60 mini satellites into space. impact satellites will join an initial factional motion in a moscow plans to put thousands of satellites into orbit in an effort to offer high speed internet coverage across the world space access revenue from the project will go towards developing space travel to mock us. lesser folks and that is your business update here on the w. from me on the business asia team in berlin thanks for keeping us company.

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