the sunny bolin weather is putting a shine on the capital's cars german carmakers worldwide production is set to climb to sixteen point seven million vehicles this year the industry's top lobbyist down hard matters believes the companies are in good shape despite the diesel scandal but the trade dispute with the u.s. and the threat of tariffs could dampen the optimistic outlook. i'm very much concerned because. tariffs and trade barriers are nothing that is really good for global trade we need open markets common standards and low tariffs and that's the. this is the fact of success that we with the automotive industry in germany had so far german car makers would struggle to compensate for losses in the u.s. which is not just an important export partner but a key production base eight hundred thousand german cars are made in the usa containing parts imported from the e.u. firms like diane let's send u.s. manufacturing cars to china they'd be hit twice over if the u.s. put up barriers on trade with china to. try to submit all our facts and to participate in conversations about this and

members of the controversial syrian group the white helmets has sparked anger among lawmakers who say bolin should be offering asylum to all this instead. i have decided that germany will tick in eight members of the white helmets aid group and their families and grant them protection the continuing military offensive on the territorial gain the syrian regime is making in southern syria presents an acute danger for the group. the federal government must offer asylum to the journalist and founder of the we can whistle blowing platform julian a songe instead of accepting members of the controversial white helmets group from syria it is completely contradictory the dean terry minister on the one hand wants to find is amiss tara but on the other wants to bring in these members of islamist terrorist militias to germany or the white house helmets as a so-called rescue group that's been operating in syria for the last six years it's received funding from the us and from other nato allies of the group sparked controversy after its members were seen removing the body of a man after his execution by