how difficult it is to ensure supplied chains, stay free of human rights violations. the chinese province of changing and a dip despite the drought, will take you to france, where the number of swimming pools keeps increasing. despite a severe water shortage. i'm chris cobra. welcome to the program. a 3 day visit, full of high expectations, french president, a man on the crown touch down in beijing on wednesday for hire the talks with chinese officials in a meeting with chinese leader, cg ping on thursday. i on the agenda is rushes warren ukraine and what role china a longstanding ally of the kremlin, could do to end it. but mister macross said he will also try to rebalance europe's economic ties with china while emphasizing that despite deteriorating relations between beijing and washington, the you must not this associate with china on trade or

right or more. there's bringing the w, china analyst huge and lea a huge, and the french president does not want europe to decouple from china. but once a reset of economic relations, how well i would say it's very unlikely for countries

to really decouple from china. since, as every one knows, that china is the 2nd largest economy in the world. so the thing that you wrote in countries can probably do is to urge their business van to choose suppliers in other countries and probably move their production life out of china. just just like what apple is trying to do, and as i talked to the expert before and they also suggest that it should be easier for a country like like europe to life start with some like medium and small sizes of companies rather than enterprises. and the government also do more incentive to like give business man the environment to do so. now this idea that mr. shaw has propose there. how's that going down in beijing? well, beijing definitely has a confidence that he believes that these, these countries will not accompany cut economic ties with china. so like macros

visit to china is aging the, the competence and the opportunity to enhance those high, even more. and you know, like the, some officials in china already said that it is very well when you're welcome and expand more investment in friends. but the french kaufman has to overcome, you know, why intervention from 3rd parties and also like provide a oh can they are transparent business market environment when actually friends invest way more in china than the other way around. so no decoupling likely there at the same time, we see it growing tension between china and the west. it seems that more companies are adopting a china plus one strategy, meaning that they're setting up additional a british know production site outside of china. but within the region, where do they go these companies when they do that?

so popular options now are india and southeast asian countries such as indonesia, malaysia, and lied to be in them. and so we can see how a lot of clothes and shoes are made in via them electronic devices in india and pilot. but one thing that should be mentioned is actually china's role in international supply chains would then be replaced overnight. the switch is supposed to be a slow process, dw, usually they give her much so europe must resist eroding trade with china, the french president says, but attitudes and priorities within some e u. countries and their governments have shifted the german supply chain act as a symbol of that shift. in fact, since the beginning of the year, it forces german companies to keep their supply chains free of human rights violations. but how can this law be implemented? in regions where corrosion and oppression are common place? for example, in the chinese province of ginger b, approaching jin chang,

the muslim majority province in the far west of china, we are on his sensitive research trip. journalists are not welcome in this region. the muslim wheelers and other minorities are being systematically oppressed here. satellite images of camps and secretly recorded videos suggests that at times one and a half 1000000 people were imprisoned we want to go to a camp in the north of the region, but we intercepted by the police at the airport. the officers take our personal details and photograph our passports ah, making it happen again. he went to ching on the border to cast on albert kit or to buy was locked up in a camp 6 years ago. he was accused of downloading what's app onto his mobile phone . we meet him in london in the camp. he was forced to work sewing 11 hours

a day. was that they gave us specific output targets. next to me was someone who was old and didn't work fast. enough, as a punishment, he was chained to an eye on torture chair. he was given only a small piece of steam bread a day. he set there like that for 15 days. we're driving to that camp. the chinese government claims these camps no longer exist. apparently guards already waiting for us on site. we are not allowed to stop. and filming is strictly forbidden because it's a military area. the man tells us like abigail or to buy tens of thousands of members of the week or, and cousin minorities are forced into labor by the chinese government. some of the goods they produce are then sold in germany. goods mate with forced labor destined for the german market is something german. lawmakers are trying to prevent with the

so called supply chain act, which came to force on january 1st. companies are required to check all stages of the production for social and environmental standards including forced labor. but how can this be implemented in china, especially since the region is almost irreplaceable for the german energy transition. the wolf largest solar panel material manufacturers are based here take jenko solar satellite images show to huge warehouses just a few 100 meters from the solar company. back in beijing, we're meeting a representative of german industry. he has little hope that the new law will enforce labor is good, can there's no 100 percent certainty. companies can use some tools that are available. they can do audits, for example, and immense health disclosures and codes of conduct from their suppliers, but only where it's possible. 5 is quoted, see if we get nowhere with our research. instead we end up detained at

a police station for asking too many questions. and now to some of the other global business stories making head lice, german factory orders. serge, my surprising 4.8 percent in february. according to the federal statistics agency. it is the 3rd consecutive monthly increase, adding to find the europe's biggest economy is re bonding. from the fall out of the ukraine war. leaving germany caught miss are now optimistic for growth in the country this year. despite previous years of an impending recession, leading research institutes of germany and i expect europe largest economy to grow by 0.3 percent this year, analysts say a predicted economic winter shock stemming from high energy prices. and inflation appears less severe than initially fear. frances total energies announced an agreement with iraq on a $10000000000.00 project that had been delayed due to disagreements over the terms of the deal total. and as far as will recover, flare gas on oil fields to supply gas to power generation plants. the french energy

giant will also build a one gigawatts solar power plant. u. v. s t's toll shareholders that the swigs banks immersion to take over of the legal rival. credit suisse was a mass of challenge with many risks, but insisted it was still the right decision. switzerland's biggest bank is absorbing credit with, in a hastily assembled deal, amid recent turmoil in the banking sector. it is to france now where the summer's can be quite hot. so the number of more than 3000000 swimming pools in the country may not come as a surprise. what's more concerning is that this figure keeps increasing. even as growing water shortages and periods of drought are affecting the country. the picturesque french countryside dotted with red roofed homes and pools, so has to live. so it's still a dream. it's really a pleasure to spend time in

a garden in the pool to be able to enjoy the freshness of michelle. currently there over 3200000 individual swimming pools within france. but the pool industry here is booming, income, nor po voss in the south of the country pool manufacture. i lou p. seen says orders have jumped 30 percent this year. that's to spite a harsh environmental reality. france is in a state of alert. the country experienced a historic drought last summer followed by a winter that was its driest in more than 6 decades. some manufacturers say they take this into consideration different numbers than innings. and for many years we've been investing in the eco responsibility of our pools in the filtration systems, the close circuits to save water and to consume less energy on ones in nashville. but mayors of some municipalities don't believe that's enough and have bad feeling

pools or building new ones altogether. that's alongside rules limiting how much residents can water lawns or irrigate crops. and while scientists predict france will face another drought this summer, some homes may still have plenty of water. it is a reminder of the top of business story we are following for you at the sour french president and amana mc wrong is in china for a 3 day visit. he will meet with state and party leader. she, she's paying on thursday high on the agenda is russia's born ukraine and what role china could play to ended? mr. mccall will also try to rebalance europe's trade ties with china and social for now for more check out our website as d. w dot com slash business, and of course the b w. news, youtube channel. i'm chris cockburn. berlin, thanks for watching. have a successful day. ah

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