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visit iraq and lebanon. i'm seeing busy in berlin. welcome to our show. it's a deal that help deliver greater prosperity to northern ireland, but stands on rocky ground falling brags it. the good friday agreement turned 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 d, p in northern ireland has sword since the agreement, benefiting from tourism and a tech boom and neighboring ireland. but for 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. breaks it was a shock for founder george loudon. one of the 1st things that that i said

was maybe we're going to have to move the workshops over over in the south of our lives the, you know, be, we're gonna have to do that so far that hasn't been necessary. and i hope not only have a quick look at it 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 some there. there had been a small number of restrictions between ourselves, the u. k. a directly as a result of graduate. 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 mac brown, who's 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 in 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 that, you know, very quickly on of those get delayed. you know, you sometimes have to like, return it and say, i'm sorry, but i mean us 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 continued to boycott northern ireland street. 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 sorted, i agreed on let's get on with the escrow on the show george loud in hopes that political problems caused by breaks it can be solved so that he can focus on growing his business or from oral 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 you? tommy in northern ireland. but i think the northerners economy is a 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, in the late ninety's you would get stopped at the border by the soldiers that were constant security checks. and it was very difficult to get anything done because the 2 communities were so at odds, there was high level of tension. and within a year everything was gone, the board was gone or no. yeah,

you just drove straight in even us or 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, 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 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 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 basically breaks it with a big fear. but now you have this ironic situation where northern ireland is going to get an exception in a way 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

for axis. so he's undermining breck sort of the concept. but in some ways this, this does a lot to address that fragility, what kind of pressure is to knock 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 into a trade agreement or further trade provisions with the u. s. 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 and the south is going to the north, largely being driven 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 quit 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. ilan mosque has pledge to expand the 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 be to exorbitant cost increases is that would also make german steel companies uncompetitive and couldn't danger jobs out. the 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. the meeting comes against the backdrop of economic challenges, including high inflation and weak economic growth. 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 lawmakers, proof 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 that they're bad for business. google and mastercard uni leave. i in delight. these are a few of the major companies with operations and uganda that announcing 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 to gun us economy by curbing investment flow and deterring tourists. it puts business is in an impossible situation. either violates the law in uganda. on the abilene international asked hundreds of corporate responsibility as well as human rights laws. all the crunches each 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 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 to 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 folks or 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 rash 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 . nothing minute, but either awful, modern political bog. 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 devalued, 95 percent pushing millions of people into poverty. most of it says he had gotten a cinema of a 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 said hm, the lucky nominal up, the i'm now that i'm 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 over new pension rules. well, while the country debates whether the new measures are constitutional protesters are enjoying something of a musical interlude before orchestra playing a pueblo benito, hamas set up in a cedar. 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 here. all right, that's our show. i'm seen busy in berlin likes watching. ah

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