threatens the old order. this could be the end of communism at the. white racist end of. the story is an era that defines our lives today. 979 the big bang that created today's troops december 23rd t.w. . american business is losing faith and germany and is turning off the taps fewer and fewer lobs u.s. companies want to make major investments here and germany's crumbling infrastructure is one of the reasons. farmers across europe taking to the streets they are fed up with being blamed for every ill of modern society from meat to pesticides. but business is booming for one farmer in australia as she reaches the

rewards of a random gift received decades. this is t w business i'm. well come american companies are rapidly losing their appetite for major investments in germany that's according to a recent survey of 100 top u.s. companies currently doing business here germany only 2 years ago a survey of senior managers by consultant consultancy k p.m.g. suggested that 47 percent of those companies would be making investments of over $10000000.00 in germany over the next 3 years but this year the same service address there's only 24 percent plan on investments of this magnitude germany's high marks for its logistics infrastructure also dropping 2 years ago as many as 72 percent of the company's right to germany's infrastructure tops in europe today only 60 percent of managers share that view a complex. the tax system high labor costs under scott city of skilled workers

workers in europe's biggest economy adds to the gloomy outlook according to this study and i'm not joined by the man who represents many of those companies france falls laurie is the president of the american chamber of commerce of germany which just released its latest figures stating that revenue of u.s. friends in germany has risen employment to frank does that contradict the findings of k.p.n. g that american business captains are losing trust in germany well no one at i think right now we're going through a difficult period in the transatlantic relationship that's no secret and i think it should be no surprise to anyone that companies are giving it a 2nd thought before committing in large amounts of investment money at this time however the fact that our companies grew so much in the previous year and created jobs in germany and said as their number one intention for 2020 to

continue to do so i think that's a positive sign that reflects the long standing and deep transatlantic relationship . if u.s. companies would talk about forward coca-cola and the likes and your own company u.b.s. for that matter if they are indeed tightening the belt here in europe how serious is that for the german economy. well you know the german market as an enormously attractive market for american companies that's why they're all here for many american companies after their whole market in the us germany is often the number 2 market globally and that's given us a firm basis on which to build however the signals are very clear the signals have been out there for a few years by the way american companies have been talking about the problems with digital infrastructure energy costs bureaucracy and interesting only one of the

positives they always mentioned was political stability and now we can't even really talk about that anymore so there certainly is work that needs to be done and there's too much at stake to not take these kind of surveys seriously using political stability compensated for granted anymore are you referring to the reasons changes in the leadership of the s.p.d. not just i mean there's been a view certainly internationally that germany is suffering a bit from right wing politics that certainly particularly in germany is unwelcome and i think all of that has also created an additional area that companies have to consider when they decide where they're going to invest. talking about your own company u.p.s. you are the president of u.b.s. here and germany the curs are you your company's going down investments you.

well we don't want to talk about unhedged eggs but absolutely not to be quite honest our intention is to continue growing globally and to continue growing strongly in europe and in germany and as i said previously for many companies germany's the 2nd important market and that is true for u.p.s. we have over 20000 employees here we're very happy with our success here and we view this as an absolutely essential market for a company that truly wants to be global germany is a big player. compared to the u.s. growth is so large is in germany of the money at the moment roughly half as much as in the u.s. are u.s. companies better off investing at home well interestingly the u.s. companies seem to be able to outgrow the german market and we saw that again in this survey where the u.s. economy of the world's largest is extremely vibrant and it's an extremely attractive market and you know don't forget

a lot of our members are the german companies that invest in the u.s. and they're increasing their investments there too historically europe has had what an american would consider relatively low growth rates and obviously that's priced into investment decisions but to your point when someone goes out and wants to invest he looks at a whole list the fact is that makes the decision and we need to make sure that when that list effect is looked at germany has a lot of plus marks minus. a friend is there anything that you suggest the government should do. well we've continually asked for a strong a signal recognizing that germany realizes that the transatlantic relationship is actually the fundament of the economy here if you consider that germany is by a percentage the largest export or in the world and what an important market the

united states is for germany we would like to see more conversations about that and more reflection and then activities devoted to strengthening that relationship and making it even even more important for us thanks both thank you very much thank you berlin last week was paralyzed by 15000 trucks as farmers said enough is enough farmers and friends have also taken to the streets in recent weeks and protest against what they say is excessive environmental and animal welfare regulation they say city dwellers who have no idea about the realities of the farms dream up new rules and they end up having to pay to build new infrastructure to keep up with evidence james in law's many family run businesses are facing bankruptcy.

meet philip close at 29 year old dairy farmer in the northern german state of. his land cover some 170 heck tears and he works together with his father and an employee and an apprentice this cow shed was built 3 years ago and complies with the latest german regulations on animal welfare. will they shut for $150.00 cows at a cost of $6000.00 euros per account so that means for cancer around a 1000000 euros just in order to make money from the cows which isn't really working at the moment we get $0.34 for a liter of milk but the production costs a much higher so unfortunately at the moment it's a loss making business. the farmer says ever tougher environmental protection regulations are hurting his business soon he'll have to spread manure with a hose instead of with this muck spreader. the purpose of the new rules is to reduce the spread of the pollutant ammonia. from january of next

year away and be allowed to use this manure spreader on farmland any more and from 2025 minutes on grassland either this or acquire another investment of around 150000 euros. he's already reduced his own salary to cut costs relatives often help out for free as well he's bothered by what he perceives as the poor image farmers have especially when it comes to animal welfare. money from the cows if they're not in good health we won't make money from them and we're expected to cover the costs for our own salary it's not on anything look us trim check is in its 2nd year of training the increasingly difficult economic conditions for farmers have prompted him to question his career choice. as an apprentice uli's makes a vacation because all you see is the problems of businesses being crushed. like this at work. the operation is subsidized by european union grants.

but the dairy farmer says he'd prefer to get a decent price for his products instead. of produce is up to standard but it's being sold off cheap you pay more in the shops for a liter of water than you do for a liter of milk they shouldn't happen since we're doing to the standards. philip clausen is part of a growing protest movement within germany's agricultural industry some 100000 disgruntled farmers have linked up on social media and they bling them to spread their message. here's a little business fairy tale for you that illustrates random acts of kindness can go a long way it goes like this once upon a time in australia and follow that a bag of seeds thinking a little of its sheets that's of them across. any 20 years later well self daisies as far as the eye can see why 17 years ago farmer jennifer eager

to in warburton received an unusual gift from a crop picker she met in northern astray leah. kilogram of rothesay and said can you quote if no one else is growing in a strata she and her husband were used to growing traditional crops likely barley still not one to look a gift horse in the eyes they scatter the seeds across the pots of their land little did they know what evaluable business was taking root. it's quite lucrative personally for him some for one hey lend it with 10000000 tonnes one take care of your canola. god like pretty good yeah going to have to go in but i think. this is far more profitable than. in the springtime they sell fresh bunches directly to florists later in the year they harvest the seeds which airport

buy nurseries and retailers around the country for a range $200.00 australian dollars a kilogram. with prices like that it's no wonder that business is flourishing. the outgoing governor of the bank of england mark carney has lined up a new job at the end of january he'll become un special envoy for climate action and find out the position was held by the u.s. presidential hopeful michael bloomberg one thing is for sure though tom is not in for the money he will only be paid a token amount of a dollar a year only. and that's all your business thanks for watching.

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means the germans digs deep interject my culture looking at the stereotype square but if you think the future of the country that i don't. think it's going to take his grandmother there to me it's all that good ok. i'm rachel join me to meet the germans on the w. post. this week on world stories. working on fast so facing food shortages. east german spies retracing history. but let's begin in france. hardly any other european country see so many women murdered each year a new law is set to protect women from femicide but is it effective. and

a good she describes it as a life sentence she says there's a gaping void inside of her ever since march 2017 when her daughter was killed by her ex-boyfriend so when you came to people saw what they had split up 6 weeks earlier knew he had harassed her ever since then one morning he was waiting for her at the horse stable where she worked and he tried to convince her to take him back . but when she refused he pulled out a knife and stabbed her in the heart and the lungs. but i mean it doesn't only blame her daughter's ex-boyfriend she's also furious with the system that she feels that her daughter down this main level 2 weeks before he killed her he broke into her house he wanted to frighten her he was convinced she was seeing someone else i saw deplane went to the police station to press charges but she came out crying so the police downplayed things and didn't take her seriously eyes.