other reasons well one country which is supplying more than anybody else to the textile industry in cian jank where slave labor is being employed deserves to be singled out doesn't it and that's your country and what you don't particularly find this is a proud moment to be confronted with this news that you are supplying these companies engine jank but your party seems to have its head in the sand where this is concerned doesn't where this whole issue is concerned well as well as the as the red line here you appear to have crossed it don't you by supplying this machinery to these firms inching jan yes or no face simple i think we are in germany we are not. state run economy we are. a market economy we we apply a certain minimum standards i have just mentioned that we are in acting in new law with regards to global supply chains of german manufacturer us. so that is something that we are doing i think not every single ringback exports decision by a german company i think can immediately be attributed to. the german government when you can do something about outside you could do something

pledge made by the swedish apparel retailer last year to insourcing of cotton from china's china's cian jiang province due to reports of forced labor in the region so far team all jadi dot com and ping to adore have all moved each and imploding from their websites. the german government has overturned plans for a stricter lockdown over easter the announcement of the 5 day shutdown had caused a major and confusion with businesses saying they had too little time to prepare chancellor merkel said the plan agreed to at a meeting with state leaders earlier this week was quote a mistake. over to south america where chile is planning a 5 g. roll out over the next couple of years that could leave it south american neighbors in the dust hopes used superfast mobile networks to boost its industrial output and attract major foreign firms like amazon but with 2 of its major trade partners the u.s. and china locked in dispute over the security of 5 g. chile has to tread carefully through. 5 g. coming soon to a smartphone a you if you live in chile that is the government here wants to have speedy 5th

nike adi da 3 western brands are under attack in china for their stance on forced labor and cian jobs with calls for boycotts spreading what is the anger mean for western companies increasingly caught between china and markets elsewhere. also on the show experts warn the pandemic is widening the digital divide in africa look at what needs to be done for business owners and workers on the continent. and germany was supposed to be the model of pandemic management that's changed and businesses are especially frustrated. after the show in berlin good to have you with us a furious china is lashing out against global fashion brands u.s. sports apparel maker nike is facing a backlash on social media in china after saying it was concerned about reports of forced labor of weekers in the sheen john region region that it says it no longer sources cotton in the fallout comes after the e.u. and the u.s. imposed sanctions on chinese officials for legit human rights violations and change on. nike is trending on social media in china but not in a good way it's facing a backlash after a statement on c

higher in the north but he said not only that but you know basically a carrying out the queen's bidding cian fame is no longer a movement for anything irish it's basically british. well good afternoon and it's good to talk to again i'm not happy to have patrick national that. happy some projects they do all of your listeners as well all around the world and so it's it's one of many many bizarre strange calm comments by m.p.'s lee and his colleagues i'm not quite sure and maybe he's enjoying some politics day a little early i don't know but it's history and comment we are a very strong pride and r.t. should probably can party and i think our backward more that speaks for itself boris johnson than even take time out to settle a meeting with mary lou mcdonald leader when he came to us the last week. yeah he can make it can last friday which i think was very much a fairly superficial p.r. exercise we had a long standing request to have a meeting where from bill to mary lou mcdonald and michelle natick there are many issues that we need to discuss with them and not least his government's failure

other reasons well one country which is supplying more than anybody else to the textile industry in cian jank where slave labor is being employed deserves to be singled out doesn't it and that's your country and what you don't particularly find this is a proud moment to be confronted with this news that you are supplying these companies engine jank but your party seems to have its head in the sand where this is concerned doesn't where this whole issue is concerned well as well as the west the red line here you appear to have crossed it don't you by supplying this machinery to these firms inching jan yes or no face and i think we will in germany we are not. state run economy we are. a market economy we we apply a certain minimum standards i have just mentioned that we are in acting in new law with regards to global supply chains of german manufacturer us. so that is something that we are doing i think not every single exports decision by a german company i think can immediately be attributed to. the german government when you could do something about outside you could do something about i

other reasons well one country which is supplying more than anybody else to the textile industry in cian jank where slave labor is being employed deserves to be singled out doesn't it and that's your country and what you don't particularly find this is a proud moment to be confronted with this news that you are supplying these companies inching janke but your party seems to have its head in the sand where this is concerned doesn't where this whole issue is concerned well as well as the west the red line here you appear to have crossed it don't you by supplying this machinery to these firms inching jan yes or no face simple i think we are in germany we are not. state run economy we are. a market economy we we apply a certain minimum standards i have just mentioned that we are in acting a new law was regards to global supply chains of german manufacturer us. so that is something that we are doing i think not every single export decision by a german company i think can immediately be attributed to. the german government when you can do something about outside you could do something about it

other reasons well one country which is supplying more than anybody else to the textile industry in cian jank where slave labor is being employed deserves to be singled out doesn't it and that's your country and what you don't particularly find this is a proud moment to be confronted with this news that you are supplying these companies engine jank but your party seems to have its head in the sand where this is concerned doesn't where this whole issue is concerned well as well as the west the red line here you appear to have crossed it don't you by supplying this machinery to these firms inch in japan. yes or no very simple i mean we we are in germany we are not a state run economy we are a market economy we we apply a certain minimum standards i have just mentioned that we are acting in new law was regards to global supply chains of german manufacturers. so that is something that we are doing i think not every single exports decision by a german company i think can immediately be attributed to. the german government when you can do something about outside you could do something about it

china south korea are often at the back of the pack when a call comes to the human rights record in cian jang and hong kong for example they're far more reluctant to criticize china so while the united states would want to talk more about china south korea would like this to be just about north korea thank you very much more from rob mcbride later in the day as that trip continues in seoul now a u.s. intelligence report says both russia and iran directed efforts to manipulate the 2020 presidential election it's been released by the office of the director of national intelligence and shows agencies believe moscow was trying to help donald trump in his 2nd term while teheran push for a biden victory the report also found cuba venezuela and lebanon's hezbollah are gauged in smaller scale campaigns to influence the vote the 1st female u.s. vice president has made history by giving her 1st speech at the united nations come to heresy is the address at the annual meeting on the status of women to champion their role in democracy but as christensen only reports the setbacks caused by the pandemi

other reasons well one country which is supplying more than anybody else to the textile industry in cian jank where slave labor is being employed deserves to be singled out doesn't it and that's your country and what you don't particularly find this is a proud moment to be confronted with this news that you are supplying these companies engine jank but your party seems to have its head in the sand where this is concerned doesn't where this whole issue is concerned well as well as the west the red line here you appear to have crossed it don't you by supplying this machinery to these firms inch in japan. yes or no very simple i think we are in germany we are not a state run economy we are. a market economy we we apply a certain minimum standards i have just mentioned that we are in acting a new law was regards to global supply chains of german manufacturers. so that is something that we are doing i think not every single export decision by a german company i think can immediately be attributed to. the german government when you can do something about outside you could do something about it

we saw that in japan with some very strong words calling out china on its human rights record and cian jang in. hong kong all expansionism in the east and south china seas they would want south korea to put their name to that to join them in this loose coalition but south korea of course is in a difficult position it has far closer relations more delicate relations with china it relies on china far more for trade it also relies on china as a restraining influence on north korea so we would not want to jeopardize that so we are at some sort of cross purposes do us wants to talk southbridge talk more about china south korea wants to keep this just about north korea right to life for us there in seoul rob thank you now in the 10 years since syria was plans into chaos the country has been devastated the region destabilized and millions forced to flee many found their way to germany thanks to its so-called open door policy now one of them is hoping to become the 1st syrian to be elected to the german parliament dominic kane reports from berlin. more than a 1000000 syrians have made their wa

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other reasons well one country which is supplying more than anybody else to the textile industry in cian jank where slave labor is being employed deserves to be singled out doesn't it and that's your country and what you don't particularly find this is a proud moment to be confronted with this news that you are supplying these companies engine jank but your party seems to have its head in the sand where this is concerned doesn't where this whole issue is concerned well as well as the west the red line here you appear to have crossed it don't you by supplying this machinery to these firms inching jan yes or no face simple i mean we we are in germany we are not. state run economy we are. a market economy we we apply a certain minimum standards i have just mentioned that we are in acting a new law was regards to global supply chains of german manufacturer us. so that is something that we are doing i think not every single exports decision by a german company i think can immediately be attributed to. the german government when you can do something about outside you could do something about i