harmony, we're take a look at how difficult it is to ensure supply 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 heard of the talks with chinese officials and a meeting with chinese leader siege in 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 mr. macross said he will also try to re balance europe's economic ties with china while emphasizing that despite deteriorating relations between beijing and washington, the in, you must not this associate with china on trade. looking for bernice, this is good. we must not for the naive act on our european union,

we're taking the step of european sovereignty that i defended 5 years ago. is establishing trade defense instruments that are necessary for our credibility. but the, you must also be voluntarily committed to continuing to have a trade relationship with china. and so we must, in a way that de risk our economies never be fully dependent on another country or not . but we must not just associate ourselves and separate ourselves in a logic that would suggest that ultimately we are meant to do nothing together anymore. there are right or more in a spring in the w, china analyst, your chin 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 as everybody and the one that was a chinese, 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 chew suppliers in other countries and probably move their production life out of china. just so flight what apple is trying to do. and as i talked to the expert before, and they also suggest that it should be easier for country like, like euro to lifestar with some like medium and small sizes of companies rather than enterprises and the government. you also do more incentives to like give business man the environment to do so. now this idea that mr. shaw has proposed there. how's that going down in beijing? well, beijing definitely had the confidence that he believed that these, these countries were not complete cut economics,

ties with china. so like macro visit to china is paging 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 government has to overcome, you know, why interventions from 3rd parties and also like provide 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 produce, know, production site outside of china. but within the region, where do they go these companies when they do that?

the popular options now are india in south east asian countries, such as seen the nissan, malaysia, and like to be and them. and so we can see now a lot of clothes and shoes are made in v in them electronic devices in india and pilot. but one thing that should be mentioned is actually china's role in international supply chain would then be replaced overnight, which is supposed to be a slow process. w, usually, thank you very much. so europe must resist a roading trade with china. the french president says, but attitudes and priorities within some e 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 commonplace. for example,

in the chinese province of changing b, approaching jung, the muslim majority province in the far west of china. we are in a sense that if 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 when intercepted by the police at the airport. the officers take our personal details and photograph our passports i have yet. 7 here into ching on the border to caston, 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 that they gave us specific output targets. next to me was some one who was old and didn't work fast enough. as a punishment, he was chained to an ion 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. at currently guard saw already waiting for us on site. we are not allowed to stop, and filming is strictly forbidden because it's in 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 made 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 the manufacturers are based here take jenko. so our 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 end, forced labor is kept, 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 and 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 of february, according to the federal statistics agency. it is the 3rd consecutive monthly increase, adding to signs that europe's biggest economy is rebounding from the fall out of the green war. leading german economists are now optimistic for growth in the country this year, despite previous fears of an impending recession leading resear institutes of germany. and i expect europe largest economy to go by 0.3 percent this year. analysts say a predicted economic winter shock stemming from high energy prices, nf lation appears less severe than initially fear francis 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 gigawatt solar power plant. u b. s chiefs told shareholders that the swigs banks emerging to take over of the league. a rival credit suisse, was a massive 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. and mid 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 on his blue.

so it's still a dream. it's really a pleasure to spend time in the garden in the pool to be able to enjoy the freshness. michelle, currently there over 3200000 individual swimming pools with in france. but the pool industry here is booming in cock, nor po voss in the south of the country pool manufacture. i lou p. seen says orders have jumped 30 percent this year that despite 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 income for many years. we've been investing in the eco responsibility of our pools in the filtration systems, the close circuit to save water and to consume less energy. so i was in nashville, but mayors of some municipalities don't believe that's enough and have bad feeling

pools or building new ones altogether. box side 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 imo mac 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. cromwell also try to re balance europe's trade ties with china. that's a show for now. for more check out our website at d. w dot com slash business. and of course the d. w. news, youtube channel. i'm chris kolber and belinda, thanks for watching. have a successful day?

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