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women giving them the rule making them agent of change in this way. the female peacemakers stores january 5th on t.w. . the. u.s. says it has a signing date for its phase one trade deal with china so why is beijing so tightlipped we'll hear from our correspondent as to china's view of the agreement and how it might approach the negotiations ahead. also on the show kenya has a recycling problem plastic bottles litter the streets even when recyclers are equal for eager for more in their beds. and japan and braces vertical farming will tell you where and why. welcome to business africa i'm stephen beers in berlin

good to have you with us u.s. president donald trump said he'll sign a phase one trade deal with china on january the 15th trump tweeted that the deal will be signed at a ceremony at the white house with high level chinese representatives the deal was concluded in december but many of its details have been slow to emerge trump went on to say that he'll go to beijing at a later date or face to talks will begin. there earlier today my colleague monika jones spoke to our taipei correspondent zone one so and asked him what china is saying about that new deal while very different from donald trump china has remained tight lipped on the details with only the day media confirming that the deal had been agreed in principle but the tech needed to be translated to fred and legally squat and we know donald trump is that he wanted to die of a trade deal with chinese president xi jinping but until now it's only the top

china negotiator leo hood visiting us for the finding that means a lot if the chinese president xi jinping doesn't show up for the timing ceremony because that would mean that china might think that they may need more 30 to confession this time so they would want to keep the profile as low as possible locally and internationally all right so it does this mean that the u.s. has won the trade war. well monica it's only the face one deals so it's hard to say who wins or loses the key is the 2nd round negotiation and we know for the 2nd round goes the nation the u.s. will one china to cancel itself disease for its stay on companies but that they aren't enterprises are the foundations for the chinese communist parties and duration so they will try every way to protect them and for chinese officials they think not only the u.s. one to make more chinese money but to cut china's economic lifeline the following talks so we would expect the 2nd round goes the asian to be more difficult who has

the upper hand is still too early to say all right well it's only the 1st of january to thank you so much for your time. so is on hand speaking with my colleague mark jones earlier on goal has frozen the assets of isabel dos santos the billionaire daughter of the country's former presidents the move comes as part of an anti corruption drive a court in the wand is looking into a legit irregularities involving state companies including oil giant sun on gold which was run by the santos during the presidency of her father jose eduardo santos isabel dos santos is now considers africa's wealthiest woman after amassing a fortune during her father's nearly 4 decades in power she denies any wrongdoing. the plastic waste is a global problem and of course africa is not exempt take kenya for example plastic bottles commonly ends up on the streets instead of in recycling bins so who is responsible for changing things is that the consumers the companies or the

governments. the gutters of nairobi are clogged with plastic waste but it's not just a problem in kenya's capital everywhere plastic garbage mounting up collecting filth . eventually it ends up in colossal dumps like this one on the outskirts of the city but much of the waste is technically recyclable so it's a surprise to hear a local recycling company complaining about a lack of plastic bottles to process. might prove to mean we need to save a 1000 pounds particle maps and only if we can gain the right time to the top of $780.00 pounds a month. only about a 3rd of the plastic produced in kenya can be recycled most people just dispose of bottles like normal trash which makes it nearly impossible to recycle beverage companies are of course familiar with the problem but they have failed to launch

a simple and efficient deposit system so that people are rewarded for returning plastic instead of just tossing it on the ground environmentalist say the beverage me. are responsible. what disco prices need to do is to invest in research and development and develop alternatives to plastics to the us. they need to invest more into feeding systems and using systems kenya has already taken a pioneering role in prohibiting plastic bag now activists want to see more action taken to keep plastic bottles from becoming part of the landscape. and for more on this i'm joined by the correspondent joy doreen here in nairobi joy welcome to the program what's the real problem here is it that the plastic can't be recycled or the kenyans aren't recycling it. there's a problem. a lot of it pierre infrastructure when it comes to recycling souping and

does not have a recycling structure and that makes it very difficult to sort out most of the rubbish that we have while parenting up at the moment is that small companies i'm contracted or p.v. by. to collect their trash and this trash is mounted on to try to get into a lot of fields or down and then we have. a town to sort out. and deliver it to the recycling counties but stealing these ways that is recycled the plastics that are recycled do not make out the time it's these we saved. so they mostly before won't be long on the attack and recycling ok so a lot of decentralized recycling efforts going on there have kenyan lawmakers shown any interest in treating that recycling infrastructure that isn't there right now.

yes they have to start reading the fine. use of plastic bags in kenya and they wanted to see how in fact this is going to be full of the now and completely by the locals in the country but this is an initiative that is going to affect the current manufacture as plastic poses in the country because it's big business and is going to be a bit cool. to also be the interest of these small businesses but what we see is that kenya has a can't eat trying to emulate. it with the methodology so countries like south africa that have successfully recycling infrastructure in trying to make sure to be do the same thing but that is the states and i'm. not in the country. all right choice or in beer of their force and nairobi thank you.

the french president manuel mccall may not be the most popular man on present streets at the moment his pension reform plan has unleashed a wave of strikes in recent weeks but things look different at station in paris that's the start of campus that's home to hundreds of small tech businesses and where young entrepreneurs say that france is doing everything right to lure them. parsons trying a fresh approach to startups in this unconventional work space young entrepreneurs are encouraged to think outside the box the 34000 square meter station f. claims to be the world's biggest startup compas with a 1000 firms president emanuel mccall hopes the accelerator will help ours compete with silicon valley. i wanted them to consumers you would get on the ecosystem it wasn't this was that it was assumed we have a unique situation we have startups in large us european and asian companies shot of the projects right from the start having all of this under one roof is unique.

at this german startup they keep their boxing gloves close in hand but they prefer to leave the actual sporting side to their clients they're working on an online platform for athletes and they say paris is the ideal environment. for the french government has made it very easy for foreign companies to set up a business here lucky that the french president is young dynamic and committed to start ups so that treaty. the french government wants to lure global entrepreneurs with tax breaks and by cutting red tape that's why this is talian start upset up a subsidiary office at the station have compass they help holiday makers find a skipper for sailing trips stretching from. anybody to create a company very very quickly. and to start a business actually a government they want to keep growing into could be present on the international

scene they do come across very very. well it still trails san francisco in london station f is helping paris to stop mission self as a tech hub. and let's stay in europe where the continent's aircraft manufacturer airbus has overtaking overtaken boeing to become the world's largest plane maker by deliveries the 1st change the top since 2011 that's according to industry sources airbus exceeded forecast sales to deliver $863.00 aircraft and 2019 nearly 8 percent more than the prior year u.s. rival boeing is still hurting from the grounding of its $737.00 max which is expected to continue well into this year this all comes despite air bus cutting its $21000.00 to liver goal in october citing industrial problems. over to japan where traditional farming is threatened by the country's aging

population as well as urban migration from rural areas now vertical farms are popping up across japanese cities many of them in former industrial areas. in this form a factory near kioto 30000 heads of lettuce are growing under out official light with minimal human intervention the vegetable factory uses the latest vertical farming techniques 3rd ical farms may sound like science fiction but facilities like this are key to meeting rising food demand in expanding cities. and all they have all they can do call it all down. we can produce in large quantities and in a stable manner all year round without being affected by climactic temperature changes which also means comfort for the workers. who gain more japan is a pioneer in vertical farming the spread company produces $11000000.00 heads of lettuce per year machines shift the lettuces around the factory to areas where the

light temperature and humidity are ideal for that stage of growth. the process works without soil or pesticide and only a dozen or so humans are employed to collect the lettuce at the end smart agriculture is essential in japan where the average age of a farmer is $67.00 there are a few candidates to replace those dying out. and as a for me and a d. business team to check out our web site at www dot com slash business and look at facebook and twitter also there i'm stephen bears in berlin it's watching.

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