s chelsey delaney's so exports up 1.2 percent in october that's a bit of a surprise. it is a surprise the consensus was for a small decline and exports for october so just the fact that it did grow is surprising german exports have been doing pretty well over the past couple of months the september figure was also quite strong and this is creating a little bit of confusion among german economy watchers because a lot of the data is very mixed right now this comes after they were to really what economists said were disastrous reports last week on german industrial sector so orders production was all declining quite a lot. so it's becoming quite difficult to form a cohesive narrative around what's happening in the german economy this export data showed really strong growth in exports to the u.s. to pretty decent growth and exports to china so there definitely are bright spots but economists say this doesn't really change the narrative the fact that germany is really toeing this line between stagnation and very minor growth seeming some won't i'm predictable well thanks f

and that's certainly been a bit of a frustration for the saudi government all right chelsey don't don't go away just yet because i have another topic i'd like to discuss you with in just a moment. w t o and let the big and powerful in particular the united states decide how global trade should be handled and that is basically what lies in store now for the world trade organization a success if u.s. administrations have blocked the appointment of new judges to the bodies appeals court critics feel work straight is now facing the law of the jungle the world trade organization is facing its biggest crisis since it was founded a quarter century ago director general robert to survey 2 had hoped to resolve the impasse but instead the organization can no longer deliver rulings on trade disputes because washington has blocked the appointment of new judges to its appellate panel the panel was made up of 7 judges for whose terms of expired have not been replaced because the united states has blocked the naming of their replacements 2 of the remaining 3 are due to leave on wednesday with only one

and europe are going to have to hammer out over the next couple of years right chelsey delaine even reporting from the front for stock exchange for us thank you so much. vodaphone germany says excluding shore way from its 5 g. network could delay the rollout of the next generation take up to 5 years the message comes amid continued to debate about what role the chinese company should play in the country on wednesday spain's telefonica said it wanted to work with both nokia and way to build up a 5 g. in germany that would require the approval of the german government which has not yet finalized its position on your way. and that is your business update the you for now if you want more from us you can always check out our website that is d.w. dot com business or you can follow us on facebook and twitter in the meantime i mean the team in berlin extortion. and politics who's in the. wrong. oh people of the islamic revolution. opens up making its initial flirtation those strengths in states of emergency britain sinks into chaos to join the 2nd business. hence the people threaten to steal border.

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