you're just trying to break is dependence on china. i will have a look at raw materials mining in scandinavia. and portugal is moving away from fossil fuels. but the countries energy transition isn't quite as clean as crystal. welcome to the program. it seems like nothing is to distract from gene pings. moment. china on monday, the late release of 3rd quarter growth figures along with other economic indicators expected this week. the likely reason well, the 20th the congress of china's communist party is underway in very beijing and d. g ping is expected to win a 3rd term as the parties. general secretary amassing more power than any chinese leader since miles dawn. but mister, she must take on some difficult tasks, especially the economic instability of the country. the chinese economy is facing extreme turbulence in the 2nd quarter. the economy grew by just 0.4 percent

compared with the same period in 2021. the world bank has also lowered forecasts for this year from 5 to 2.8 percent. the biggest reason for this is the government's rigid 0 covert policy. several cities and different regions are still in complete or partial lockdown. they are responsible for 30 percent of china's g d p growth. now as a consequence of the locked downs, residents are buying less products. factories and ports remain closed and supply chains remain this dirt. now let's take a closer look here. what's at stake at the party congress? and for china overall with d, w, a, china analyst, clifford conan here in the studio. and with york book him, he's the head of the you chamber and com or of commerce emerging. welcome to both of you, your. let me start with you. did you find any positive news for western companies?

in jan pings speech yesterday, was all about ideology lining the country behind him. it's this week as a victory left for him, so there was nothing that's going to disturb the masters. so there was not much on specifics there when it comes to business. i think there are more ways for us to use a particular the topic about self reliance, china feeling the heat from us and trying to basically become less dependent globalization. and hence, that's all good news for us. and clifford over to you, china state and part of either says, we're going to stick with the 0 covert strategy. jumping has hailed this as a success. why does he want to stick to that if it's so detrimental to the country's economy? well, at this stage it's, it's a policy that he will be judged on because he started early and he did have early successes. now there's no scientific reason or very few scientific reasons. it's

just too infectious. the all micron barry. and so the reason he's staying with it is because he kind of, he's stuck with it now. politically, it's very important that he stays with us on also other countries health system is still very much in development. so will be quite problematic. i think if there were a major outbreak there. so he's, he's basically sticking with it for that reason. you're back to you. so with china holding on to the 0 coven strategy, i mean, we seen that companies have been looking for alternatives to china. we see that investment of u companies and china has been declining. is china going to become in for this is just another foreign market. no, it's certainly the size wise. it's too important. in particular for car chemicals, machinery, those companies that fields have to invest more and more is just too big and too important. but you're right. many ways that companies are looking at alternatives

when want moving out of china. we're looking into india, southeast asia, even back into the european union in order to see where we can do stuff. and of course, the longer china rates for the 0 tolerance policy, the more the movement is for new investment going to other places something which of course there will be irreversible. so china, in front of me is opening the doors in other countries for european investment, or mr. she also said that he's not ruling out force when it comes to what he says, uniting taiwan with china. how prepared are western companies in china should have come to that and the subsequent sanction sanctions? well, i mean nothing new there has always been say if there is a red line is an independence and they always indicate that they will use force. i don't see any war. all right, any time soon. of course the located during the,

a warning shot at the same time, china is dependent on the civic conduct to supply chain. and in case there is a blockade or loan of war, of course china, in fact, the whole goes down in flames. clifford back to you here in the studio. what will be zings future economic policy, which is somewhat today's economic policy. what they're going to hold on to mean to citizens and consumers around the world. but i think what we're seeing in this congress is quite, there's quite a lot of rhetoric around common prosperity and do a circulation, which are quite vague. and i think what you're seeing is more, if you, as you see more stage interference in the economy, you're going to see things much more of a focus on the domestic market. and i think that means that for, for companies outside i side of china, for example,

is going to become quite difficult, particularly with the political stresses. we've seen that joe biden has just introduced new sanctions on new restrictions on tech transfer. which means that american americans working for the companies are quitting. so it's, it's going to have quite a serious impact, w clifford conan. and you're good, good. the head of the chamber of commerce emerging thanks to you both. thank you. now europe, in many aspects still depends heavily on china, like critical raw materials that are necessary for the production of batteries in electric vehicles for example. but the european union is trying to loosen this dependence. how well our reporter looked around and europe's largest nickel mine and finland, europe's largest nickel, deposit fly deep in the finnish wilderness on this site, 60 square kilometers, large cobalt and nickel. are mind. the mineral rock is stored and irrigated on

giant heaps. it's hot and humid. bacteria help remove the critical raw material from the rock. it's called biological extraction, or bio leaching. the process takes 4 years and replaces the energy intensive. conventional melting process. our seal through print is on the other. it's 60 percent lower than i mean in the us. yeah. but it's ah, and that is very important for 4 of our customers in conventional production, the rock is heated and melted, but not for tara frame. and that's why the plants ecological balance is much better . once europe's car industry shifts towards electric cars, massive amounts of nickel will be needed for batteries. so far,

china has dominated the raw materials market, creating an unwanted dependency for europe. meanwhile, in sweden, car battery maker, north volt is desperately looking for climate conscious suppliers. as the company aims to improve it's carbon footprint. the company's electricity comes entirely from renewables. but raw materials with a good ecological balance are key. a major component there is really energy. what type of energy yet you're feeding into your system than there are other things always like adding recycling to your production and working and not least with joint your suppliers for components and raw materials to lower their mission. back to finland, tara frame is currently sending most of it's raw materials to asia, especially china. they want to change that. i. person always is that the there are almost every offer here. money factor for

a battery optic aysa will remain for the most part in german made causal friends. my adults read is made cause northern europe holds plenty of resources for car batteries. it could be enough to make the continents industry independent from the chinese monopoly on raw material and now to some of the other global business stories making use. apple is freezing plans to use memory chips made by a chinese state from the company. the decision comes after washington imposed to tie the controls against chinese technology companies. apple had originally planned to start using the tech from young se memory technologies as early as this year. pilots for move tanza subsidiary euro wings are on strike monday. according to their union, they want an increase of rest periods and few hours on the sky. management has called the demands excessive as it struggles to satisfy demand. over 100 flights

have been canceled. most of them domestic portugal is among the 1st european union countries to leave coal behind. it will share the lessons and has learned so far as november's. cop 27, you and climate summit in egypt. but there is a dirty secret behind portugal clean energy transition. it's been nearly a year since steam billowed from the cooling towers of the coal plan in pago, northeast of the capital, lisbon. the station portugal last coal plant shut down in november last year. portugal is one of a handful of u. member states, along with belgium and sweden, to have renounced coal as an energy source. but some experts say the transition has been badly planned. malesky fast that says on to my assessment of the portuguese decision to bring forward, the end of coal use is frankly negative for you. it was a serious mistake that will be further complicated by the war in ukraine regarding

the much portugal aims to increase its wind power and solar capacity. it currently ranks 8th and 13th respectively in europe. but it remains heavily dependent on fossil fuels, which accounted for 71 percent of its energy mixed in 2020. but that local result, we've traded our coal for spanish, coal, and nuclear power off. and we pay for the finished product bible. we had coal fired power stations, they were paid for by they were shutting down and round. and now we import electricity from spain. absorb records, improv. you've authors type in product, man. how is this acceptable in terms of economic, technological, or environmental strategy, a link and strategic nami, context, logic or me and fault? the government says it's committed to the energy transition and aims to increase solar power production by 50 percent,

to 3 gigawatts this year. by 202680 percent of portugal, energy is expected to be green energy. and here's a look at our top story. at this hour, china has delayed the release of its latest economic data, including an update on his growth figures, which are expected to be a record lows. the delay comes as a vicious gather for the communist party. congress voting on a historic 3rd term. for general secretary judy pic, that's i show, thanks for watching with

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