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from politics to flash from housing boom boom town this is where. 77 percent. this weekend g.w. . the u.s. shuts the door on new foreign workers now some of america's biggest companies are complaining that a presidential order to pereira lee suspending new employment visas will cost them top talent. also on the show times were already tough for small businesses in argentina and the pandemic has made them unbearable. this is your business report i'm stephen beers in berlin it's good to have you with us apple google and tesla are among american firms criticizing a new order by president donald trump which blocks entry of many new foreign

workers through years and amazon called the decision to suspend employment pieces short sighted and the threat to american global competitiveness the c.e.o.'s of google and apple both said they were disappointed trump claims the order which could block hundreds of thousands of workers will increase u.s. employment but it follows a broader efforts by his administration to crack down on all immigration. and for more on this let's go to our financial correspondent yens quarter in new york younes why are business leaders so fiercely opposed to this move. and especially the tech industries silicon valley for instance they are highly concerned it's not just workers but it's also says he wouldn't and to teachers so was certain j. one visas for example will not get them entry into the united states if they don't already have those visas i'm standing here in front of a brooklyn college should sold still a nickname to

a poor man some harvard because it's a public school but those schools also depend on paying foreign students but if you look at it overall we hear all those executives from those big companies and fearing that the talents are not coming in and that it's also going to kill innovation that there were some managers saying that in the history it has always shown that the united states profited from talent coming into the country the united states is loaded with money and that's very attractive to foreign workers there are some exceptions now specially if you work in the agricultural industry or in food processing plants but of the highest skilled workers it will not be able to file for visas for the reminder of the year. claims that these jobs these positions will be filled by americans is it that simple briefly if you could. clearly it's not donald trump is talking about that would go to 500000 jobs so will get open for

american workers but you have to look what kind of jobs got lost in the past couple of weeks and months it was not high skilled jobs but it was mostly the low wage jobs that need to lower skilled soldiers that whole move seems to be mostly politically motivated ahead of the elections and early november are you with latest from new york thank you very much. over lot america now 2020 was already going to be a difficult year for argentina and that was before the pandemic a tenacious recession and the lifeless currency had already gutted many businesses now a 3 month pandemic lock down is finishing off many of those that survived. people without jobs can't afford to go out to eat so ricardo closeness boners ariz restaurant. is history. i

made the decision to sell the furniture and stuff. and then with the proceeds of the sale i pay the stuff their wages and then i'm off out of it all. it's the same across borders ariz restaurants bars cafes all closed for the time being all forever the city's become a ghost town. this bar is also closing even though it's right in the middle of the entertainment district an area that was once wild with nightlife then the downward spiral says in. an auction tina we've had 2 years of bad consumption hardly anyone spending. and it didn't come as a surprise. 3 months locked down without being able to sell was the straw that broke the camel's back. the future looks grim argentina has massive debts and still hasn't paid its main interest installment to foreign creditors for many

observers another insolvency crisis appears to be only a matter of time. now to europe where the pandemic looks to have taken an even more drastic toll on germany's economy than previously thought the german council of economic experts has revised its growth forecast it's now expecting g.d.p. to fall by 6 and a half percent this year as opposed to the 5.4 percent they prefer previously predicted however economists believe the german economy has bottomed out and that activity is likely to pick up again in the summer 2021 the council is forecasting growth of 4.9 percent. of. c.e.o. of german financial platform wire card marcus brown has been granted bail for 5000000 euros after his arrest monday and that comes after the company said it believes accounts thought to contain nearly 2000000000 euros probably did not exist

the payment services provider has been a shooting star in the markets shares however have dropped more than 80 percent in recent days since rumors of sham transactions surfaced in the company was unable to file its annual report. and let's take a look at some of the other global business stories making headlines. german agro chemical firm buyers closing in on an $8.00 to $10000000000.00 settlement agreement to end claims that its life estate based roundup we kill or causes cancer that's according to german financial daily hundreds blot the company supervisory board still has to agree on the deal. the u.s. is planning to restart tariffs on aluminum imports from canada if ottawa does not curb its exports according to business wire bloomberg washington could announce the return of 10 percent tariff starting july 1st according to the report that's when a new u.s. mexico canada trade agreement is expected to take effect. u.s.

e-commerce giant amazon is launching the $2000000000.00 fund to invest in climate technologies the venture will focus on companies and sectors like transportation farming the retailer which has faced pressure from climate advocates said it plans to grow the fund with time. apple says its back computers will soon feature the company's own chips as it phases out intel processors the 1st macs running the so-called apple silicon processors will be delivered by the end of this year apple's chips are already powering i phones and i pads. well for many spoken as it would be the worst possible time to ban tobacco the beginning of an anxiety inducing pandemic lockdown that's exactly what happened in south africa the measures now in court and critics say the only thing it has accomplished is encouraging illegal markets for smoking

a cigarette is an expensive indulgence in south africa right now the government banned the sale of tobacco products at the end of march the official reason to help reduce the spread of coverage 19 a decision that left many hardcore smokers feeling desperate and. that's really not is it because we're playing we. assume. on the people that are selling on the street which is like a black market there was no need for them to open it. so the sale of tobacco products is currently illegal that doesn't mean they can't be bought we follow tommy to a nearby shop within seconds he gets his smokes a hefty price. i paid out of the president for this. i didn't have a choice because that's the only thing they have at the moment because our products all play and all whatever why we haven't had it for a pass to put

a prostitute for 1. $120.00 rand is approximately 7 us dollars before the ban tami only paid $25.00 randall $1.50 for a pack clark doesn't mind this filming if he doesn't want to comment on his business. the tobacco ban has cost the government $1000000000.00 rand the month in tax losses money critics argue it could have been used to fight the pandemic corney of an while big is a professor at the school of economics at the university of cape town he recently conducted a study on smokers response to the ban the missing tax revenue is not his main concern. the more important thing is that the in this ad market is becoming more entrenched in illicit market was bad already before the lockdown started we think it's in the order of between 25 and 30 percent of the total market was really in the city at that point in time and what's happening now is that people are changing

the behavior to cheaper cigarettes the in the distribution networks are becoming more and more established into the market and that's going to be a very very difficult thing to get rid of in time to come. president cyril ramaphosa or ignored the issue in his latest speech the independent tobacco association feature is contesting the banning court even in many initially supported it the rationale behind the ban now seems unclear since the 1st of may i think it was silly and actually counterproductive to. continue with the bet on the sale of cigarettes especially in light of the fact that so many people were already buying cigarettes on the illicit market and to extend that even into phrase 3 of the lockdown just makes no economic or public health ins what they are. now it's up to the judges to decide on the fates of south africa's smokers.

and that's it for me and the business team here's a reminder of our top stories u.s. tech firms have criticised a us presidential order to suspend some employment visas and wire hard c.e.o. marcus brown as opposed to 5000000 euros bail after his arrest as part of the company's balance sheet scandal i'm stephen beers in berlin as always great to see you thanks for tuning in.

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