of the lead it's good to have you with us a new survey suggests chinese officials are using the pandemic to up the pressure on european firms their companies telling the european union chamber of commerce in china the beijing is frequently refusing to grant managers and workers entry the findings come just days after president paying promised the business community to continue to open the economy to the world. in late may several 100 german executives and their families who had been forced to leave china due to the pandemic were granted special permission to return to their work places there but it was anything but a sign of getting back to normal. many european companies in china are still waiting for their employees to return but chinese authorities are refusing to let them in again. in a survey by the european chamber of commerce in china at the end of july 13rd of the company said that none of their foreign employees had been allowed to return around one in 5 companies stated that only some of their ex-pats had been able to come back and only 17 percent said all employees had been permitted to return to china. the european chamber sees this as a further sign of tightening restricti

for the benefit of both sides the european chamber says this should serve as a model for other sectors. earlier we spoke to your vote he's head of the european union chamber of commerce in china and we asked him whether the continent was any closer to an investment deal with china. well i mean we had many promises of we had baby steps in the opening up and what we read in eat is that deal is something that science see it deliberate something that is committing china i mean i'm talking about the investment agreement which will be discussed on monday between now going to america the end xi jinping in this china summit so the way yes we heard many words of opening up we call it sometimes problems for peak because they didn't read it translated into actions right now to some of the other business stories making news. e.c.v. head christine lagarde gave stock markets and the euro boost and she forecasts the euro zone's coronavirus downturn will be less severe than feared the eurozone economy is likely to shrink by 8 percent this year euro is riding high to single currency hit $1.19 against the greenback. french luxury goods conglomerate l v m h said that it would fall its

for the benefit of both sides the european chamber says this should serve as a model for other sectors. earlier we spoke to your vote he's head of the european union chamber of commerce in china and we asked him whether the continent was any closer to an investment deal with china. well i mean we had many promises of we had baby steps and opening up what we really need is that deal is something that science it delivered something that is committing china i mean i'm talking about the investment agreement which will be discussed on monday between now i'm going to madeleine xi jinping in this china summit so the way yes we heard many words of opening up we call it sometimes problems for peak because they didn't really translate into actions right now to solve the other business stories making news. e.c.b. had christine legarde gave stock markets and the euro boost and she forecast the euro zone's coronavirus downturn will be less severe than feared the eurozone economy is likely to shrink by 8 percent this year euro is riding high to single currency hit $1.19 against the greenback. french luxury goods conglomerate l v m h said that it would fall its own court case again

using the pandemic to up the pressure on european firms their companies telling the european union chamber of commerce in china the beijing is frequently refusing to grant managers and workers entry the findings come just days after president paying promised the business community to continue to open the economy to the world. in late may several 100 german executives and their families who had been forced to leave china due to the pandemic were granted special permission to return to their work places there but it was anything but a sign of getting back to normal. many european companies in china are still waiting for their employees to return but chinese authorities are refusing to let them in again. in a survey by the european chamber of commerce in china at the end of july 13rd of the company said that none of their foreign employees had been allowed to return around one in 5 companies stated that only some of their ex-pats had been able to come back and only 17 percent said all employees had been permitted to return to china. the european chamber sees this as a further sign of tightening restricti

cross border trade he spoke to the director of the town's chamber of commerce further explained how the deal will affect that region the european union was absolutely astounded at the sudden revelation from the british side if they said that they were prepared even in theory to break international law to undermine that there with the current withdrawal agreement that boris johnson signed up to and so the e.u. has put the u.k. on notice that if by the end of this month in just 8 days time the u.k. doesn't withdraw that threats then the e.u. will effectively sue them through through the european courts and the other deadline of course they do is a apart from this is the october a huge summits at which point both sides say that needs to be a deal but it's looking vanishingly less likely that that will happen and of course they are the people who are right at the front line of the sharp end of all these are the businesses and people and towns right on the ball at the irish border between the north and the self because they had all thought that they would all agreement pushed the trade border into the irish sea and that therefore there wo

border trade he spoke to the director of the town's chamber of commerce and further explained how the deal will affect the region. the european union was absolutely astounded at the sudden revelation from the british side of a said that they were prepared even in theory to break international law to undermine that there with the current withdrawal agreement that boris johnson it signed up to and so the e.u. has put the u.k. on notice that if by the end of this month in just 8 days time the u.k. doesn't withdraw that threats then the e.u. will effectively sue them through through the european courts and the other deadline of course they do as a part from this is the october summit at which point both sides say that needs to be a deal but it's looking vanishingly less likely that that will happen and of course the that the people who are right at the front line of the sharp end of all this are the businesses and people in towns right on the ball at the irish border between the north in the south because they had all thought that they would all agreement pushed the trade border into the irish sea and that therefore there would be no r

border trade he spoke to the director of the town's chamber of commerce to further explained how the deal will affect that region. the european union was absolutely astounded at the sudden revelation from the british side if they said that they were prepared even in theory to break international law to undermine the with the current withdrawal agreement that boris johnson signed up to and so the e.u. has put the u.k. on notice that if by the end of this month in just 8 days time the u.k. doesn't withdraw that threats then the e.u. will effectively sue them through through the european courts and the other deadline of course they do as a part from this is the october a use summits at which point both sides say that needs to be a deal but it's looking vanishingly less likely that that will happen and of course they are the people who are right at the front line of the sharp end of all this of the businesses and people and towns right on the ball at the irish border between the north and the south because they had all thought that they would all agreement pushed the trade border into the irish sea and that therefore there would be no