i'm chris colfer in berlin good to have you with us the tide seems to have turned and russia after years of dismal car sales business is picking up again and dimer is banking on this trend the german luxury car maker has officially opened its first production site in russia president putin and german economy minister altmire were on hand to help and such a is hoping that russian society still has enough affluent members to buy the plans to dance and. bloody mirror putin arrives at the new factory though not in a mercedes the presidential limousine is a russian built oras sent out putin favors domestic build models something him or cities will soon also be he pledged to make the new factory a success. but you dismiss it because you see these bands will not be disappointed in how the work and business are running in russia i'm sure of this and we will do everything for it we will help our partners says this it's a promise the german carmaker hopes it can bank on russia isn't even in the top ten markets for mercy's cars but with import tariffs looming in the u.s. it has high hopes for russi

i'm chris colfer welcome to the show. and restart the program with a stern warning from washington the united states has threatened to impose further terrorists of more than eleven billion dollars an e.u. products in response to subsidies brussels is paying to airbus a list of products subject to possible new tears includes airbus planes and related products in the sector but also food products ranging from swordfish and salmon to cheese all of oil and wines you meanwhile has sued the united states for subsidies paid to airbus rival boeing the world trade organization says both parties have broken global trade rules. now the on going global trade just views are shaking up established trading patterns and the e.u. china summit in brussels today could well offer some indications of where things are headed china is one of the your opinions most important trading partners commerce between the two has almost tripled since the turn of the century according to the e.u. statistics office that's mainly due to china's share of glob

i'm chris colfer good to have you with us these are gates is back in the headlines with severe accusations breach of trust unfair competition and fraud these are the charges brought against former fox like and c.e.o. martin when a corner on monday prosecutors indicted him and four other executives suspected of playing major roles and the w.'s dear dirty diesel scandal for years the company misled motorists who were thinking they were buying greener cars. prosecutors are convinced the former c.e.o. knew about the exhaust emissions cheating and hid it from the public. former chairman of the board dr of intercourse is in fact accused of a particularly serious case of fraud a violation of the law against unfair competition and breach of trust. if the charges of proven winterkorn could easily land in jail and he's the very man credited with turning fox wagon into the world's top car maker but the news the company had been employing devices to give low pollution readings during exhaust testing instantly hammered the company's share price and its reputation. to get me. to make a formal apology to

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