and my colleague general duma lown talked bragg's it and other concerns with one of the industry heavyweights now in geneva b.m.w. chief harald krueger. mr krueger briggs it is three weeks away but it's still beset by uncertainty we could still be facing a delay of this whole process now how are you dealing with it as a business that has a very big u.k. footprint at the clear flexibility you have to plan with volatility we have a very flexible production system we can react on changing to mons and we will see what the politicians will finally come and what will be the outcome but flexibility is all a key we have prepared for that. in the u.s. of course now tariffs on european cars remains a threat your biggest plant is in the u.s. now what will these tariffs mean to you if they come to pass i mean we have very proud that we have the biggest plant and from b.m.w. in south carolina we have a net export of from spot we are exporting more than seventy percent to the wood to europe to china and we are clearly in favor of free trade so our business model and all the investment we have shown in the