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improving thanks to the higher yields plus increased storage capacity and refrigeration now the agriculture ministry wants to target new markets such as russia and germany. to india now a country that wants to push electoral mobility within the next 10 years india wants half of all traffic to be emissions free including transport most especially aimed at tourists old fashioned horse carriages are banned in mumbai solution and the electric buggy. totally silent and emissions free. these carriages are the latest attraction on the streets of mumbai. if you think they're missing a bit of horsepower you'd be wrong. these chariots are run on electricity. the 1st customer of the day is 89 year old s.p. . having completed his maiden voyage he seems in them and by this mode of transport . one near one hour. and i'm really fond of these new of the. new thing i feel must. return nice and i must add my own. time that. the electric buggies are the brainchild of this man. he's hoping that inventions of this kind will help make india's transport sector more environmentally friendly. the government has ambitious go

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the italian agriculture ministry has requested money, support from the european union.e've seen this before when exports to russia were hit they would provide money for italian producers to keep these on the shelves longer. they might get paid to those these in rooms like this until this gets resolved >> i'm going to channel my inner brian sullivan right now because this is his show would you say a trade deal right now is not maturing fast enough given your cheese analogy? >> good. that's really good you listen to what the european commission has said all week in brussels they talk about the need for negotiations they've said that for months they responded almost immediately to that ruling to airbus and subsidies they are requesting a special meeting and to impose a tariff two weeks from today whether those talks happen anytime soon, leave that up to you. >> the dish is on me next time you are in new york, willem. have fun with the cheese factually there in italy >>> new numbers from the cdc over vaping as the industry scores a rare win in new york state. today's big nu

we are ready to participate in minimizing the sanctions our partners in agriculture and ministry areking to compensate for these these are necessary measures i would like to compete that under no measures are they necessary. working within the framework of our mutual interests >> if we see a trade war between the united states and the eu, what will that mean for russia will you seek perhaps closer relations with some western european countries to offset that impact. no withstanding of course. >> harmful to the economy. we are opposed to any restrictions or trade wars your question, my answer will be like the one regarding to china. we will likewise cooperate with europe from the point of view. if europe is ready, we'll develop things further we believe we need to remove these restrictions that exist. between usa and russia, we believe the trade restrictions are leading us to the situation we are now witnessing. unfortunately for the fifth time, the forecast for the lower economy has been lowered who is that good for it is the consequence we are discussing now it is not possible to co

to exploit ethiopia's avocado potential development agencies the ministry of agriculture and the private sector have set up a project for small scale farmers like him. the goal is to make ethiopia competitive on the international avocado market this year the fruit is mainly bad for the u.k. . farmers are encouraged to increase productivity through modern an environmentally friendly methods this starts right in the ceiling nursery where young plants are grown using a grafting technique that mixes 2 varieties to grow stronger tree 30 minute there's a huge. in the nursery the seeds are grown and maintained and made accessible to the farmers they are able to get seeds which are not easily available so it's beneficial the farmers are improving their status and they become more productive. ethiopia's climate and soil are perfect for avocado farming with a potential yield perfect air about 30 percent higher than in israel but convincing farmers to stay away from the local market is still a challenge the interest is however growing every year. people see that we're becoming constant in our work

reporter: a grim forecast which the ministry of agriculture refused to comment on.enie: thanks so m much r r tha look at today's business news. ok, coming up for you in the next half hour, a bit of french cooking. you will find out how to make that delicious french dessert. that's with j joanne carter fro true foodies after the news. >> the news doesn't wait. that's why at "france 24" we'll always be there to helplp make sense of worldd event. for the best international coverage 24 hours a day, no matter what, "france 24" is with you everywhere. all the time. >> "france 24," four news channels in four languages. 430 journalists. 3535 nationalities. 160 bubureaus araround the worl a global reach. 385 million households in over 180 countries can watch carney: china has long been a surveillance state. now big brother meets big data. in trials across the cocountry, cameras and spyware are watching, mapping your digital footprint to every step you take. what you do, say, and even think is being monitored and marked against you. the party calls it social credit, a persona

agriculture. the chinese ministry of rural affairs says they're buying considerable amount of agriculture but havegreed on the number of 50 billion. spokesperson tells us that many things must happen before china could make such an commitment. the chinese foreign ministry spokesperson saying today, two sides are also unanimous on the issue of reaching economic and trade agreement. there is no difference. but the chinese stopped short of saying that an agreement has been reached. instead using the term progress towards a deal. president trump saying there is agreement in principle. in 2014 for example, the peek of when u.s. farmers exported to china that was $29.6 billion bought by the chinese. during the global slow down now china may have a tough time almost doubling agricultural import getting to that 50 billion-dollar number. still china has confirmed they are buying a large, government companies are buying a large purchases of agriculture recently, neil. talking about soybeans and other products in the u.s. back to you. neil: edward thank you very much. hope on that front. believe it or not, h

agricultural products. that is amazing. reporter: a spokesperson for china's foreign ministry today described the trade deal as something of quote, quote, unquote great significance. but as you know, ellis is a and connell, this is just phase one of the deal and most likely three, four, maybe five weeks away from potentially being signed. back to you. melissa: this story will never be over. blake, thank you. connell: defending his business dealings, hunter biden fighting back against the critics demanding china never paid him the 1 1/2 billion dollars talked about to cut a deal with his father during the time he was the vice president. the fallout from this interview colling your way next. melissa: plus 2020 takes the stage. democratic candidates preparing to duke it out in the fourth debate tonight. this time in the buckeye state. we're on the ground in ohio with what to expect. >>> former governor mike huckabee weighs in this hour. connell: harley's rocky road. the motorcycle company facing an uphill climb in the production of its new electric bikes. critics fear its push for younger customers could lose some of its dedi

agriculture and enforcement. these are the big items that the u.s. would like to see in this. the chinese are resisting any change to their legal structure, although the chinese commerce ministryhandle any type of intellectual property theft under administrative regulation. the chinese also resisting any movement to ending the subsidies of their state-owned companies at this point. on trade, i must tell you in about two and a half hours, president donald trump will sign a formal deal with japan related to agriculture and digital trade. this is exactly what was announced in the preliminary stages at the united nations general assembly. they will formalize it today at the white house in about two and a half hours. lots going on. back to you. neil: real quickly, what moved the markets or at least got them off their lows was that line from larry kudlow, open to other matters. in other words, we are open. reporter: yeah, it's very interesting, sort of a change in tone that we've heard from this administration. now, that's larry kudlow's view on this. there's other economic advisers that are pushing back a little bit. but i can tell you it's a very interesting standpoint to say the