or food prices at ramadan will visit iraq and lebanon. i'm from beardsley in berlin . welcome to our show. it's a deal that helped deliver greater prosperity to northern ireland, but stands on rocky ground falling brags it. the good friday agreement turn 25 years old. on monday, the u. s. broke at peace accord, sought to settle 3 decades of conflict between pro u k. unionists and catholic republicans with some success. g. p, a. northern ireland has sword since the agreement, benefiting from tourism and attack boom and neighboring ireland. but br exit trade barriers have inflamed political tensions. again, despite efforts by london to reassure all sides and made acoustic guitars from loudon guitars in northern ireland sell very well abroad. most of them are delivered to the you and the rest of the u. k. brax. it was a shock for founder george loudon. one of the 1st things that that i said

was maybe we're gonna have to move the workshops over over in the south of our lives. the you never would wanna have to do that so far that hasn't been necessary . and i hope not only have a quick look at it at 1st because northern ireland remains in the single market. louden can continue exporting to the you bought some of the most expensive guitars now need an additional license when they are shipped to mainland britain before brags it. that was not the case. in the end, we find out that there were was there, there have been a small number of restrictions between ourselves, the u. k. a directly as a result of bridget. well, businesses, the northern ireland are benefiting from being inside the u. single market. great britain is still northern ireland biggest trading partner. so any freaked in at the border causes concern. the british government and the european union have recently

agreed to reduce trade checks at the board at a minimum that helps importers in northern ireland, such as mark brown, whose deli and belfast has been in his family for 3 generations. for him, it is more difficult now to receive some products like certain cheeses, from small producers in england and scotland. sometimes there's a delay. you don't know if you're going to cara. i was going to get stopped and you know, the fact is, i need dark. you know very quickly on every, those get delayed, you know, you sometimes shelter like return it and say, i'm sorry, but i mean, as for days been delivered. fresh fruits discarded and yet insecurities of a breck said remain. some politicians are still unhappy even after the recent improvements for trade with mainland britain. they continue to boycott northern ireland st. no government. political stability is really important for all businesses. so i would like this because this is whole question put to bed. as we

would say, finished shorted i agreed on. let's get on with the oscar on the shoe george loud in hopes that political problems course that breaks it can be solved so that he can focus on growing his business. for more on this i'm joined by mike holly, clifford kuhn and in studio corporate. i want to talk about briggs it in just a moment. but can you give us 1st, an idea of what extent the good friday agreement has helped the economy in northern ireland. but i think the northern ours economy is transformed economy. it's a fragile transformation and there's still a lot of issues there, but peace has completely changed the economy. i remember going there in the late ninety's, you would get stopped at the border by the soldiers. there were constant security checks and it was very difficult to get anything done because the 2 communities were so it odds to with high level of tension. and within a year everything was gone. the board was gone or no. yeah,

you just drove straight in even that sort of thing was incredible and it was really has sort of we seen we talk about the peace dividend and there has been a genuine peace dividend, you know, used to be quite a depressed place. and belfast, for example, as the city transformed by, by piece and the economy has really benefited, but other say it's still quite fragile. is a fragile. we talk about the service is caused by brakes it and the disruptions to trade. to what extent could that further hamper the growth of this economy or even set it backwards? well, it's interesting, you know, the one thing about breck said is that it made people hearken back to the days of the border. the idea that you'd have these delays that suddenly northern, are we going to be isolated again, you know, and i think that's very deep in the psyche of the people and that you know, that influences how the economy works. and i think that and basically breaks it with a big fear. but now you have this ironic situation where northern ireland is going to get an exception and away from breakfast. so it's going to get the best of both worlds as british prime minister with which he's basically saying that it's going

to be like it was before breakfast. so he's undermining breaks that of the concept . but in some ways this, this does a lot to address that jealousy, what kind of pressure is sooner and the u. k. under to, to suit this trade to smooth straight, i should say, especially when you consider that yes present. joe biden is making a visit to mark this occasion. the 25th anniversary is also made it clear that there needs to be some solution of these problems. if the u. k is going to get any trade agreement or further trade provisions with the us. well, that's it, i mean the u. s. has been central to, to the whole piece agreement that the whole piece process in the north of ireland. and a lot of that has been the fact that it brings significant economic muscle to the table. a lot of the investments that we're seeing in there are coming from, from the u. s. you know, we're seeing microsoft, you know, a lot of the spill over even from the boom in the south, is going to the north, largely being driven by, by u. s. pressure, they've made it clear that if they don't, if the u. k allows brakes it to get in the way of the peace deal that there won't

be a trade deal, which the u. k needs post breakfast. so biden's really and he's really pushing his irish routes. so i think it's going to be central to how this plays out. all right, my colleague for kuhn and thank you very much. let's go now to some of the other global business stories making headlines. tesla will build a new factor in shanghai to produce large scale batteries. the roughly the size of a shipping container and can power $3600.00 homes for an hour when demand from the local power grid is high or during a blackout. elan mosque has pledge to expand energy storage business to be on par with the company's car operations. german employers association has rejected a trade union demand for a 4 day work week with the same pay for employees in the german steel sector. bosses say it would lead to exorbitant cost increases that would also make german steel companies uncompetitive and could endanger jobs. our world bank and international monetary funds,

spring meetings are taking place this week like on the agenda, reform of the world bank to make it better prepared for tackling long term issues. such as climate change of the meeting comes against the backdrop of economic challenges, including high inflation and weak economic growth. so, shifting gears, moving to africa, kenya, and uganda are moving to further criminalize l g, b t q. people was relationships are already deemed illegal in both nations of this month. you gone to law makers, approve harsh penalties for anyone who engages in same sex sexual activity. meanwhile, kenya is cracking down on what it sees as advocacy for l. g, b, t, q writes, and schools. now some major global companies are speaking out, saying laws are not just wrong with it. they're bad for business. google and mastercard, uni leave, i and deloitte. these are a few of the major companies with operations and uganda, that unannounced sing the latest anti l g

b t q plus legislation passed by the countries parliament. they are part of an international coalition of leading firms called open for business. they argue the loss will damage uganda us economy by curbing investment flow and deterring tourists. it puts business is in an impossible situation. either violates the law in canada, on the abilene international asked hundreds of corporate responsibility as well as human rights laws. all the countries in which the i had the bill, which is still awaiting the president's signature, criminalizes identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer. it also imposes the death penalty for same sex relations and requires businesses to report stuff they perceive to be algae b t q plus open for business, says the vol would ona my and the ability for companies to recruit a diverse and talented workforce. it cited its own study,

which found that countries that didn't criminalize consensual, same sex relations, attracted $4.00 times more foreign investment than countries that did n t i n g b t q plus legislation and kenya cost the economy $1300000000.00 at claims, but even economic incentives are unlikely to sway president was 70 against signing the bill into law. the people around the world. many muslims are currently observing ramadan, meaning they don't eat or drink during daylight hours and traditionally break their fast with a meal in the evening. but getting food on table has become more difficult in times of surging prices. took look for muslims around the globe if the holy month of ramadan, at sundown, those who observe the holiday break fast with an if tar meal. but the sky high cost of basic goods is making it very difficult for many to afford this important ritual

. in baghdad, iraq prices have risen due to a combination of insurgencies and political and economic crises of our little foot saw their families who suffer from difficult conditions that we can't even imagine . sometimes that not all citizens can afford a simple bottle of cooking oil. it's very difficult for those families even to afford pakistani or whose back rice. they may not even have a ration card from the government to get these items at cheaper prices. many families have gone through difficult things like displacement, moving from one region to another with little so they could be missing these cards minister across from other decay before. so charities are stepping in to soften the burden on families. this is also the case in lebanon, which has endured massive economic contraction for years. its currency as the value of 95 percent, pushing millions of people into poverty. lot of it says he had gotten a cinema more meals this year, even though the economic situation is very bad. but thank god,

there are good people who are helping. we've received a lot of calls asking for our aid. we're covering as much as we can. i it was sent him the lucky nominal up the, i'll know that i'll be in the west bank the i'll takia abraham soup kitchen, serves 4000 people each day, an expense that adds up to 260000 euro for the month of ramadan. in the face of hardship, a shared faith, keep the less fortunate afloat. and finally we've been reporting on french protests of new pension rules. well, while the country debates whether the new measures are constitutional protesters are enjoying something of a musical interlude with a full orchestra playing a pueblo noodle, hamas set off in a seato that's a popular workers anthem from chile, the french government recently increased retirement age from 62 to 64, the protest came fast and loud and have rarely been as pleasing to the ear. right, that's our show. i'm seeing busy in berlin like walking. ah

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