for more on the story let's cross over to our financial correspondent only bartz in frankfurt only how important is this increase of us or oil shipments for european companies. i think it's very important it's one of the most important factors and lowering the oil prices and there are other reasons also of course the economy waning worldwide being one of the biggest ones there the biggest factors there but the united states stepping in and avoiding the oil price climbing again it's important for so many industries if you think the chemical industry or shipping or airlines or any type of logistics that has to do with cars or trucks burning diesel or gasoline then with lower oil prices you have lower prices in the refineries and ultimately lower costs for business higher operating profits that remain in the bottom line so that's important and think about it too in the sense of the overall economy consumers also profit they also have more to spend on other items when they don't drop off as much cash at the fuel pumps and only twenty eighteen has been a very good year for the oil industry

more in the story let's bring in our financial correspondent only bartz and frankfurt li how important is this increase in u.s. all shipments to europe for european companies. it is important it's very important it's one of the main factors why the oil price here has come down also another factor is of course the perception that the world economy is slowing and other psychological factors like the geo political crises also contributing to oil coming down that melds into a picture and there's practically no other raw materials market that is so moving so quickly as the oil price and which makes itself felt in the business world but also with the consumer as quickly as in this market and that's important because if you see now the world economies slowing are there all sorts of warnings we've talked about this already this week from the i and i for example it's important oil comes down and it's a lot lower than it was in october when it was starting to worry people now the oil prices around fifty two dollars for american like crude and in just a few short months ago it was about twenty do

well let's bring in our financial correspondent only bartz year in frankfurt the trade tensions are on the i.m.f. list of warnings not negotiate between the united states and chinese representatives are to continue this week how much hope there are much hope is there that both sides can strike a deal before the march first deadline. i think there's a lot of hope that is warranted when you look at the situation both sides are under mounting pressure economically and politically if you look at the situation in the united states with another shutdown looming the first already having hurt the economy the market showing its teeth in recent weeks and already musings of a recession perhaps in the presidential election year two thousand and twenty for donald trump and when you look at the chinese they've also downgraded their economic growth forecast so there's plenty of reasons to strike a deal in order to prevent economies from sliding and i don't think it has to be seen as a negative sign that the leaders have decided not to meet until the deadline runs out that gives their experts more tim

now its close over to our financial correspondent only bartz and frankfurt only would this move ease concerns about the security or will the changes to the communications law actually make it safer for germany. i don't know if the changes in the communications law will actually make it safer i think one can only make assumptions on the a because we don't really know what the exact wording in the legislation will be in the end and what way or the chinese will agree to in order to come into this market and then of course we can't really know what the companies themselves are doing actually my assumption is no no spying declaration is not worth the paper it's written on because if people want to despise it they do it with the paper or without the paper it's against the law in any case it already has right now in germany obviously does not want to shop quite out soley for political reasons. that's right i think this is a fig leaf in order to get to weigh into the market and to assuage critics who would think that germany is soft on spying or soft on the chinese wanting to get our technol

cannabis exposure even if it just means owning the land it grows on and then former yahoo ceo carol bartzaltria let's bring in alex. former reporter for "the new york times" and the author of "tell your truth about marijuana mental illness and violence. thank you for joining me every day i get, i had a lawyer saying he's getting into cannabis and maybe they will need more lawyers in this case do we know enough about its viability? >> the book is about medicine and science and the risks around psychosis and violence but i think this is a terrible investment on a couple of levels you can't really control pricing. it's very easy to grow this stuff in a non-regulated market. not a lot of evidence the idea that you can brand this like fine wine is real. it turns out a lot of people who want the high espo test potencyh lowest price and the biggest issue, where this is where they should all be reading my book, a little plug, but a huge issue around psychosis and violence and if the companies have two bad choices. pretend it's not real and then hit with lawsuits from family members with people af