but trump seems to termonde to follow through with his plan no matter how the chinese might try to explain the situation to him. now german companies fear that they'll be the next targets of donald trump's fair trade tariffs even more so to a welcome rebound for steel giants and corp the german industrial group has reported a healthy increase in operating profits which rose more than a third in the first quarter thanks to a recovery in steel prices operational earnings before interest and tax came in a four hundred forty four million euros of its from its still business which is said to be sold to still this year have increased five fold elevator business is also doing well it's increased its profits by three percent the management's in the process of restructuring with a stronger focus on technology. balance joins us from the frankfurt stock exchange really still profits looking good is it really still a good idea to be spinning the division off into a merger with tata steel europe. that seems exactly the wrong time to do it just when the steel is looking up and it's not just increased fi