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behind the wheel and offering them a 6 figure starting salary. welcome to the show, i'm steven piercing. the e u has a proven import ban on russian coal as part of a new package of sanctions against moscow. marks the 1st time brussels has targeted russian energy. you members have grappled with how quickly to in fossil fuel imports from russia, with pressure growing on germany, in particular, to set aside its objections to a ban on gas. the e, you imports 20000000 euros of russian cold daily. but it's a fraction of what it pays for russian oil and gas. a whopping 850000000 euros daily. or the sanctions package is the use fit since the beginning of the war. and that includes a raft of measures. aside from putting a stop to coal imports at bands russian ships from you ports, add the russian bank v t b to a list of sanction financial institutions, and benz e u. exports of advanced computer chips and machinery to russia. the you also want

to help the ukraine by sending it more money for weapons. 500000000 euros. to be exact. you council president charles michelle confirming the proposal and a tweet saying once approved, it would bring the total of you funding for military equipment to $1500000000.00 euros or $4000000.00 ukrainians have fled their whole land since the beginning of the war. the majority of them to poland. now some are returning to areas defended or recaptured by the ukrainian army, such as around the capital keith of a residence as well as businesses. little is like it once was ukrainian or sar, she's a warning against to premier to return to the capital give. but the threat of fresh attacks from the russian army isn't deterring thousands from coming harm. the 1st hello vicky i miss cave. this is harm. so i'll feel calmer here with the use of miss. i want to be close to my parents in tough marmontis,

you should be close to your parents. they're very old, i'm their daughter, and you personally do it. you have a good fit for relative safety. a one reason to return another worries employment many left the language skills needed to find work abroad. at least in key if stores restaurants and cafes have re opened an oasis of normality in the middle of a wall. been loaded with the bus or it was suggested that we open up the terrace and stop making coffee, at least for the soldiers who a close to the cafe. to the spirit in about awake, we decided to open up more space and resume cooking food for our customers. so mama, but an ethical question arise as to whether we had the right to work and returned to normal life. while our country remained in a state of law for the fun,

ukraine's interior ministry sire of a half a 1000000 ukrainians have returned since the war began. in the capital stretches, prayer is a source of the heart for those who have returned to us is he still under threat? let's go now to some of the other global business stores making headlines. warren buffett, berkshire hathaway has bought a stake and computer and printer maker h p worth $4200000000.00. shares of h p were up more than 15 percent reaching a record high. h. p has benefited from increased demand, as people have spent more time working at home since the beginning of the pandemic . yes, retail j. wal mart is offering warehouse staff chance to drive trucks for the company and offering up to $110000.00 as a starting salary. it's an effort to keep their 18 will is rolling as the country has a shortage of 80000 drivers. that's according to the american trucking association . are let's go over against court in new york for more. yes,

the situation that wal mart is facing is um, emblematic what we're seeing across the u. s. is an incredibly tight job market right now, isn't it? it definitely is, i mean, just recently we got the, the latest, the numbers on the unemployment rate in the united states was 3.6 percent. that is almost at the lowest level in about 50 years on thursday. we got the latest, the reading on unemployment claims said they dropped it to the lowest level since 1968. and if you look at the job openings over all there are about to 5000000 more job openings than they are. people are being considered unemployed in the country. so a definitely there is, it's shortage on a job. so clearly it depends on of the industry. but overall yes, there was a big shortage. so wal mart is now turning to staff at its fulfillment centers and offering them these trucking positions. acquitted. i salary to begin with. how critical are these employees for wal mart?

well, i mean, it's even, it's very critical. and also the retail industry has changed tremendously in the past 2 years. e commerce, for example, at walmart, to pretty much doubled to since the beginning of the pandemic, and to bring goods to the people you do need drivers. and it's not just the retail industry of other sectors as well, that depend a lot on truck drivers. if you look at the energy industry, for example, for cranking you need to people driving truck for water for sent just to give you one example. and you mentioned those records of an $80000.00 truck drivers last year that actually was a new record. and maybe to add one more number, they are about 3 and a half 1000000 truck drivers in the united states. but it was all the high demand that obviously is not enough in court and new york. thank you very much

for those supply chain was the, it was just talking about are only part of the people up have all of global trade. there was begun by the pandemic, and continued in recent weeks by the war and ukraine. however, some trade relations are holding firm. new survey shows that businesses in the u. s . in germany are generally positive about investments in the other country. 90 percent of u. s. companies surveyed expect an increase in revenue from their german investments half and tend to increase their workforce and investments this year. that's according to a recent poll conducted by the american chamber of commerce in germany. and i'm joined by the mona mina, she's president of the american chamber of commerce in germany. simona welcome to the show. the more in ukraine is transforming trade around the world at this moment . is that an opportunity for us e u. business ties? it definitely is. and we shall take that opportunity. it's so important and our

members are saying that the relationship is strengthened at the same time. this is a very complicated environment for trade. there's a backlog of shipping containers around the world. there's high energy costs, there's inflation and there's a tightening monetary environment. we look at the u. s. the interest rate hikes. could we see more downside in the future than upside? well, it will be difficult times we have to face to and to it should not be a surprise. we had a pandemic, we have a war in europe, and we have a high inflation on the other hand, innovation, new ideas coming out of critical situations. so we have to find out ways with new technology to overcome all this obstacles and work on that together. and what we have seen with my own tech and pfizer, the relationship on the trans atlantic gives opportunities for foss development.

and i hope we can really use that in light of the war in ukraine. there's been more talk of resurrecting the u. s. e u tre, deal known as t tip. would you consider that a promising idea? well, of course, it is very important that we abolish trade duties and to that we work on or having trade between the trans atlantic without obstacles. on the other hand, i would not start with a very big contract like ti 2 has been but to work on more promising parts one by one. so that we make progress without negotiating for too long time we need speed. what is the biggest area where the 2 sides need to work together? and immediately in your perspective, what i see to one is energy and obviously both sides all working on that already. and we have seen far reaction here and i think what the u. s. has done and shown

signals to europe what's, what's really good. the 2nd one is digitalization because we own the data. every single enterprise us as well as european and german. so that is would be the 2nd step i would take. you've also written that climate is a common task for the u. s. and e. u, to what extent does it require a club of like minded economies led by the u. s. and e u? well, i think that it's very, very important. because what we need is the common goal of sustainability and to really meet the parents agreements, needs working together. it is a global issue and the climate club between the us and the you could really already build the foundation for also future nations to joined the club and have common rules. when we talk about the carbon is ation pricing of fuel to and to

further steps regarding new technology. so i think we would really enforce that agenda many simone, a minute president of the american chamber of commerce in germany. thank you very much. thank you, steven. and here's a reminder of the top business story we're falling for you. this our the e. u has approved and import van on russian coal as part of a new package of sanctions against moscow. it marks the 1st time brussels has targeted russian energy. the imports $20000000.00 euros of brushing coal daily as a fraction of daily importance of coal and gas. meaning the debate over ending all russian fossil fuel imports in the u is likely to continue to for me and the dw business team here in valentin. as always, you can find out more about these and other stories online. check us out at g, w dot com slash business. were also on youtube. you can find us under the d. w.

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