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just next day but every day. thousands of children are still waiting for their delivery sponsor approx today so together we can deliver futures. in. the united states and kenya talk trade does washington seeks to have arrived by natural deals over multinational agreement we'll take a closer look at what's at stake for both countries and i ask is america trying to play catch up with china. also on the so far from a sunny outlook a german travel giant to me post enormous losses a day after receiving a nother lifeline from the german government. the time to move on with the 1st

place have. and to deal with the coronavirus the time he says he is also one of the 1st to go back to some degree of normalcy what can the world from there and from the. business i'm ferguson thanks for joining me over the past few weeks the united states and kenya have been holding talks aimed at hammering out a trade deal an agreement could serve as a model for other american deals with african countries parts of u.s. president donald trump's preference for bilateral deals over multinational agreements in a few moments we'll speak more about the negotiations with our correspondent in nairobi but 1st let's take a closer look at the 2 countries economic relationship. kenya is considered east africa's economic engine a fast growing country with an expanding middle class well kenya already exports textiles and coffee to the united states a trade agreement could bring further investments in the industries kenya hope soon

prove standards to meet american export requirements 2 way trade between kenya and the u.s. was a little over 1000000000 dollars last year kenya sold goods worth $668000000.00 u.s. dollars to the u.s. and the u.s. exported products worth $402000000.00 to kenya. pales in comparison with kenya's total trade with its biggest partner china that's 5 times as high. so more let's bring in our correspondent in nairobi joy to reindeer joy good to see you what are the big issues in these negotiations. well kate over one of the biggest issues in these negotiations are the fact that kenya is looking for a predictable trade agreement with the united states considering that the current unilateral agreement ends or expires in the year 2025 so for

investor confidence they are looking to a solid predictable agrement the united states so they can be able to offer that city invest right up to the year 20000 to $5.00 and also they're looking to expand the range of goods exported to the united states as well as look into offering more job opportunities for kenyans in the united states because under the current agreement and goa this has not been happening because it has been more of the united states benefiting as opposed to how much kenya is benefiting from the current agreement that they have and go on now kenya has a much bigger trading relationship with china than itself with the u.s. america trying to play catch up here yes and these conversations have been going on for some time about how america is playing catch up but also on

the other hand the united states is kenya's largest export market and so caught up with might not be the case this time around but maybe now looking to defend those relations in terms of investment in kenya knowing that some of it is being lost to china as well and also china has gained a lot of momentum on the african continent in terms of trade partnerships so there could be some competitive age that the united states could be trying to catch up. and do you think an agreement with the u.s. could influence kenya's trade ties with europe. not up the moment because currency kenya is negotiating or has kicked off talks we've been i think kingdom to see how different the can move forward right after breakfast in december of 2 of the 20 kenya's president who are working as a husband for the talks with the united kingdom prime minister barak johnson and

those talks also started the beginning of last month which was july and among the issues that they're looking at of course is also to see how different the trade agreement or economic partnership agreements are going to be different from what was happening before when the e.p.a.'s were under the european union in general so those talks are ongoing and also kenya has fronted issues like. this before kenyan citizens who are working in the united states and how different that is going to be now that the united kingdom will be away from the european union and so i finally do you think thing you could feel a little bit threatened by kenya coasting ties with. say that again do you think that the european union might feel a little bit threatened by kenya nearing ties with france. i

don't think so because kenya has been riding on its economic partnership with the united kingdom to reach out to the larger markets in the european union and so having to know negotiate separately with the united kingdom now means that kenya will now have to negotiate how the economic partnership agreement with countries out kind. of the united kingdom will be and in this case the the european union and how best they can now strengthen those ties because the united kingdom has been one of its strongest partners and helped kenya connect with the rest of europe through this partnership so i trained there and i read and thank you so much. a day after receiving another batch of stacie aides german travel group to me has hosted. revenue is down a staggering 98 percent amounting to

a 1400000000 euro net loss between april and june with some travel restrictions still in place and the prospect of more lockdowns on the horizon recovery may still be a long way off. then it's this famous gondolas wouldn't normally be parked out of use under the real toll bridge. they'd be packed with tourists wanting to discover the sights but even though italy like most european countries lifted its lockdown 3 months ago the pandemic has dealt a devastating blow to the entire tourism industry. in venice it's not just the gondoliers restaurants and hotels are suffering some remain closed. the. city has to stay open it cannot disappear from the list of tourist destinations in europe and. that's most hotels here are still open despite low levels of occupancy that much at the getty that last year residents of the city of

kanalz were complaining about overcrowding now it's hotels are barely a 20 percent occupancy and that's bad news for to you why has italy is among the most important destinations for the german british travel company. from april to june to you i lost 1400000000 euros it's the worst quarter in the company's history in the same period last year it had earned 23000000 euros it was a very grim quarter because clearly of the months from april to june. the month with like this cv year is locked down all the holiday destinations but also. in countries where people which travel from so i guess yes it is a very grim quarter and the outlook is also not great the british government for instance announced 2 weeks ago that everyone returning from spain will have to undergo a 14 day quarantine that caused a massive wave of cancellations which is hurting to you why this summer's holiday

season is already the worst since the end of world war 2 but as to you are has shown it's an expensive wait for things to improve. now to some of the other business stories making news in the united states weekly unemployment claims have dropped to their lowest level since march but with close to a 1000000 people still applying for benefits analysts say the country remains in the grips of an unemployment crisis back in march the weekly jobless figure has more than 6000000. air b. and b.'s revenues fell by 67 percent in the 2nd quarter compared to the same period last year the home sharing platform has been hit by the squeeze on global tourism caused by the pandemic but it's still considering an i.p.o. before the end of the year. the e.u. says it still hopes to strike a deal with the u.s. over the issue of aircraft tariffs units and comes up to the u.s.

announced it would be maintaining a 15 percent tariff on airbus planes the longstanding dispute is connected to the boeing airbus rivalry the u.s. says are both received too much european state aid. china says it's come up with its 1st mobile. testing the bar tree for covert 19 such labs can be transported easily return results with that the need for additional lip are true testing. in january the chinese city of made headlines around the world as the city where a new virus had emerged spreading rapidly 7 months later coated 19 has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and continues to shutdown public lives back into hondo normality of some kind at least has returned offering the rest of the world a glimpse of how the future could look. for 76 days between january and april

human activity was massively curtailed in this city an outbreak of covert 1000 and may lead to a brief 2nd lockdown within 2 weeks of that 11000000 residents were tested hasn't reported a single new case of the novel coronavirus since but people remain wary of color transport on the flip side demand for cars has increased. government stimulus schemes for shopping vouchers and tax breaks are encouraging people to spend and the streets are busy again. beijing is also trying to attract investment back to the city but perhaps the biggest lesson for other post locked down economies lies in the mass testing that more than anything else has given citizens here the confidence to venture out again. south africa boasts some of the world's richest deposits of minerals and metals but its mining sector has fallen on hard times

mining foot fell nearly 30 percent year on year as the coronavirus pandemic continued to batter economic activity mineral sales also decreased significantly with the biggest drops in gold followed by coal and other nonmetallic minerals the sector is critical to the economy bringing in close to ha of the country's foreign exchange earnings. are not set from a from or to check out our website at d w dot com slash business we're on facebook and twitter too thanks for watching for me good bye and take care.

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