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him. to suffer in simple mine on your mobile and free. w z e learning course. german made easy. a seemingly localized bout between nigerian businesses has become part of a diplomatic dispute that threatens a path to african trade deal. the coronavirus crisis puts paid 2 years of subsidized fuel in nigeria leaving consumers struggling to afford higher energy costs. and how corroded up continues to kill the color. as europe's summer comes to an end how restaurants going to cope when they can sit

diners outdoors. this is the. one in berlin thank you for joining us tensions between gonna and nigeria have been escalating nigerian traders in ghana are accusing local authorities of discrimination and many have had their shops closed in the capital across but this isn't just about community feuds over retail commerce rather fraying god and nigerian relations are becoming a threat to the future of the african continent toll free trade area here is more. this shop in akron has been closed by order of the authorities. to sign warns of sanctions against anyone who ignores the order a number of shops in the square of being closed and they belong to nigerians traders. who runs a small shop selling telephone equipment. for

weeks the tension between grown they and the nigerian retailers has been ratcheting up the nigerians say they're discriminated against claims the grenade and authorities deny a fully fledged power struggle has broken out about who. who controls the market. the president of the nigerian retail trade union and garner views the situation with concern is a shame to africa fight among ourselves despite. what. their poor form about regions because seriously when we have rules we can not obeyed when we have to go we can move forward even a dispute among small retailers like this shows how difficult it is to come to an agreement on trade even countries in the same region find it hard to agree and the biggest fear is that it could well have an impact on

a major pan african trade agreement which nigeria has not yet ratified. alex joins us now from lagos he's a financial analyst at. welcome alex now if you could just help put this into context for us what's behind this conflict ghana and nigeria retailers. well there good have been thank you very much and good evening everyone and i thank you very much. i think just to put into context i think that is something we would have here like the dynamics or it is pretty much just try to be immense and one of the new york i'd like the israelis are part of the investment retreat. for the best of other minimum capital requirement i think is ironic $1000000.00 or $500000.00 emma devils have ever done is it is office what is not also connected to the fact that they do fall out of the us as our very same lot of government just looking what our policy means of actually raising funds because in africa is you know or

does that and was there much i decided to a lot of years ago was that it does it went dead and now i wish it would have been right it is basically saying that and to get the government as well as if it were not a deep dive into really the rule right edge what would also connected to the fact that it complements it what it is it is a very you know about a year now in aggregate that also shut its border it will do it in a jungle without its own reasons engender trust modalism and panic or none of that yes you could look into that alex i'm so sorry to interrupt but yes so we're looking at other conflicts sort of between local laws and international and i wanted to ask you how much do you think about such stuff like the block do you think these are nigeria and ghana and feuds will be for the african continental free trade area. ok i think it just gives us the just shed some light into what we expect from the full of the message of the the to come and future there and we

meant this wasn't that it was midnight which allows some time in july but because of the corporate and sort of an extended and suspended but it does fix it it went out see all of the countries even before you had command is fully been implemented does that sort of give them the opportunity to better to frustrate top manufactory across the likes and i don't think this is just the one of them i think we're going to see a lot of dissent of a few between what up on trees we got after discussions about tariff and without as you know this is connected to the data has not been there sort of cleared out let's go back to that discussion that we have now that the people of arkansas suspended for now both the expectation is that if you this bill is not just lucilla i think it's probably going to spread is probably a bit of a problem with our pockets of the year and there was the aftermath is fully met it especially some of this right surprised ride to

a thank you very much thank you alex and offer from x. amount started speaking to us from lagos there. now staying in nigeria for years its citizens have relied on cheap fuel authorities have spent tens of billions of dollars to subsidize imports now the coronavirus pandemic means the government can go longer afford that despite being the continent's biggest oil producer. car drivers are being sorely tested these days in nigeria like at this gas station in the capital and the cost of fuel at the pump has risen about 15 percent in the past few days to a record high of $0.35 a liter while that may seem cheap compared to other countries motorists here are used to cheap gas in the oil rich nation and they think it's too much if one wants it for president chris twice by saddam decided all of these like it would have almost as. if the prices are rising because the government has dumped

a controversial petrol subsidy system in the face of a coronavirus budget crunch nigeria may be rich in oil but revenue from exports have been drying up since oil prices collapsed last year. analysts have long argued that the subsidies fed corruption and were unsustainable competition could boost efficiency and ultimately help the economy. the government said in a free sweets it can no longer find any money to sustain and he says to do with race in the petroleum said to a lazy and illiteracy signal. but consumers and companies are critical and where a model in how mother who runs a printing company he complains about how electricity prices have risen too that's also affected production. i thought in this in the lights out in the park that's what's doing a lot dot com is trying to solve by. this doesn't just start.

small to visit and also just what is on the increase cost of living was a promotion and i've got some diseases like that. it's a challenging situation almost half of nigeria's 200000000 people live in extreme poverty and they bear the brunt of rising prices. now to some of the other business stories make. news. washington's tariffs on chinese goods are illegal that's according to the world trade organization the w.t. overruled against america's argument that china had engaged in trade practices to specifically harm the u.s. the ruling affects tariffs on 200000000000 dollars worth of goods. google plans to switch to carbon free energy sources by 2030 its offices and data centers that will all run on their new sources of power the us tech company says they'll need to create 5 gigawatts of new carbon free generation capacity to reach its goal.

now since the pandemic the experience of dining out if one can has certainly changed masked waiters digital menus spaced out tables but social distancing will become even harder once the weather gets colder and diners have to sit indoors the thought is making restaurant owners a little queasy. to spend this music is the same but the look of parents being close tapos bar has changed the tables once crowded together now have to allow for one and a half metres social distancing only half as many people can eat here and that's not all. jews are for this part of the fun feeling that we used to have here people laughing patting each other on the back hugging. that's all gone. now everyone's distanced and we're seeing it in our earnings to. america. trying to make the bar inviting despite the kobe 1000 restrictions he's redecorated

the wine bottles act to keep patrons apart now he's looking for ways of fitting in more gifts once it gets colder outside. you have a yes or we'll have to get rid of that table and add 2 tables over here and then separate this off completely when the media have progressed but. the best thing for his business would be a longer open air season with outdoor gas heaters if the city of freiburg would only reverse the current ban on the devices have also got out of the padding it would be ideal if we could set up heaters here in off a lot of people would love to sit outdoors but despite all his attempts to make the best of the situation bent finkler is nervous about the coming autumn he's already had to let 3 of his employees go in the past months. but that's what it is also if you have to shut down the outdoor patio and only use the interior will that be a catastrophe for you. i don't know if we'll

survive with the effort we're putting into it now i know it's impossible because i've been a lurker. on the outskirts of freiburg as gus tells should send owner martin both shutters also pinning his hopes on this terrace which offers space for 300 guests before in iraq because they have to hustle and we'd like to move the business outdoors by setting up a wine bar out here where people can stand around at a large enough distance it would also help generate revenue of course not to here when the going to be on but despite those plans he fears losses of 30 to 40 percent in the upcoming months assuming the guests even come. close to prefer to my biggest fear is not knowing how people are going to react once it gets a lot colder and if the infection rate goes up and not knowing how things are going to develop. you. think low the top us bar owners also wondering how things will go this autumn but he says he'll try to focus on the road

ahead despite the bleak outlook. astra zeneca has resumed kovan 19 vaccine trials in south africa that's coming a week after tests were paused due to serious side effects in a participant in britain some 2000 volunteers in south africa are taking part in the trial tests also restarted in brazil but remain on hold in countries like the us in india pending investigations by regulators. and that's our business news thanks for watching.

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