if the e.u. withdraws cambodia's preferential status as a trading partner duties will be imposed on its exports to europe. made goods would then cost more in the e.u. and production might be shifted elsewhere. the director of the company has looked at the numbers. when. facts water agreement will be cast. our products will start being taxed between 6 percent 80 percent of all products with taxing off between one for an awful 20 percent or 6 percent the difference comes from. class 30 which our products are being categorized some experts doubt that suspending cambodia from the e.p.a. program would make much difference to the country's economy john so powerful one says the impact would have been much greater a few years ago. there will be some negative effect. slower growth of course. to be laid off but i think it will not be a disaster because the size of the condom and the vibrancy is large enough now. this is not the consensus view however. some argue that the threatened e.u. withdrawal of prefe

the e.u. has a difficult decision to make sanction cambodia because of human rights violations to maintain its preferential trade status so as not to put textile workers out of a job. punishments might sometimes work but there can be better ways to get people to do what you want 1st question can be much more effective positive reinforcement and in direct suggestions that's the basis of nudge theory has become a trend in behavioral economics and political theory it's a soft and cuddly way of exercising power and being benign say to encourage people to stop smoking but it can be dark as well you and i are being nudged every day without even noticing that undercover element is key to the success of the nudge. sensible course which which is it to be that's only one of thousands of decisions we only make every day what influences our choices and can we somehow be influenced without being sanctioned perhaps with a little nudge towards the more sensible choice touchingly is a behavioral scientist she

the e.u. has responded in kind to trumpet administration says it's considering imposing terrorists on european cars arguing that e.u. tariffs on imports from the u.s. higher overall than the other way around frank spartina interprets the u.s. position as in not show negotiate or outs i would not necessarily call president trump protectionist stick he is quite willing to use tariffs and other economic sanctions and methods to achieve his goals but his stated goal is to create a level playing field and he himself actually offered to eliminate all tariffs between europe and the u.s. . some says he wants to revive heavy industry in the u.s. and domestic steel production and car sales by slapping tariffs on imports is this a reasonable strategy prices have gone up in the u.s. prices are always going to go up when tariffs go up and interest in only enough when a tariff is imposed domestic producers also are able to raise their prices for the economy at large there's rarely evidence that tariffs like

the e.u. -- in that you commission. she took over the position a month ago and this is her first visit in washington. csis is happy to have her here to make some open remarks, then she and i will have a conversation that will touch on a number of issues. then we will open it up for your questions. dr. weyand for trade. prior for this, she was the deputy chief resident negotiator for two and a half years, which had to the one of the difficult jobs in the e.u. i told her that if we invite her back a year from now, we will ask her who was harder to negotiate with, the british or the americans. i am sure we would get a polite answer, but, she has a history in a number of positions of significance inside the european commission. as i said earlier, one of my personal favorites is before she was a brexit deputy, she was deputy director general of trade. those of you who are european know exactly what that means and how important it is. i have no clue, but it certainly sounds impressive. she has numer

the e.u. but also in terms of our bilateral agreements because the bilateral relations between germany and britain are on the basis of friendship they are very close and i hope they will continue to be so in the future and we have many. things that connect us from the german perspective and that's what we're talking about here i would like to see and negotiated with drawl of from the e.u. but at the same time we have also said that we are equipped for a no deal option should this plan out so that we would be able to be prepared for such an event. naturally we are thinking of many of the british citizens living in the european union member states we also have a thinking about how to deal with the situation when britain from one day to the next is no longer in a new member state but rather a 3rd states and that in the time following this is at least what the european union is offering to negotiate another kind of free trade agreement but above and beyond that there are a whole range of other iss

and the e.u. leaders appear to have hardened their positions on reopening brags that negotiations throwing more doubt on any breakthrough before the october 31st deadline european council president has rejected british prime minister boris johnson's latest demands to get rid of the so-called irish backstop provisions in the current withdrawal agreement it's an insurance policy to prevent border checks between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. those are your headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera the inside story. a small region in somalia heads to the polls and the results could have huge consequences for the horn of africa kenya ethiopia. just going for influence over job so why is it so important and what i say this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. a small region in somalia is at the center of a growing power struggle in east africa the.

the e.u.h the relationship with the u.s.. vassal, pretty strong words. britain would have to pay the 43 billion euros to the e.u. even in a case of a hard brexit. one senses president macron is foreshadowing the blame game. he said britain -- a hard brexit would be entirely possible britain's -- entirely britain's fault. whatems to bee preempting many speculate boris johnson will eventually do i in october, to blame the e.u. for a no deal brexit. claire: tell us more about the substance of today's talk. armen: the french government now says no deal is its central scenario. with thahat in mind, what do the men have to talk about? the particularly problematic aspects of no deal. one thing macron will seek clarification about is the leaked british report about an end to freedom of mow -- movement, which would have implications for french and travelers on thers on euro star and so forth. fisheries is another potential flashpoint, something that could see a standoff in october and november. that is

one thing that all e.u. citizens have in common is a past or much like this one it's getting easier for wealthy foreign investors mainly but not only russians to buy themselves e.u. citizenship in the form of a so-called golden passport and a place to do that is cyprus. cyprus is booming again and its 2013 financial crisis seems all but forgotten. the island's real estate market is thriving with the rows of expensive new high rises in the port town of limon saul. many russians are buying them today they make up about a quarter of a total population. that. were all because investing at least 2000000 euros in cypriot real estate will get you cypriot citizenship. business consultant irina churchill town is one of those who makes it happen for her wealthy clients. the simple quiet the busboy don't have to feel. that cyprus this year's golden passports to wealthy russians and arabs has been severely criticised by the e.u. but the island's finance minister who oversees this investment scheme says so far only 500 p

farmers higher exports to the e.u. will make up for market share lost in china that country slapped import tariffs on us meat in retaliation for trump's tariffs on chinese products. and let's go now to our financial correspondent in new york jose luis to haro has it will this deal in fact help the u.s. farmers most affected by the u.s. china trade war. notice the praises of stephen especially since he had to tone it is involved are relatively small on denmark some of the quote i will represent in beat over 2 percent of total us be the experts last year but be the experts that indeed seemed to be the bright spot of american agriculture and last year approaches a record of $8400000000.00 when we put that number into perspective. help given so far on 2 units to 8 farmers heard by tensions between washington and begin the usa government has rolled out 2 rounds of trade aid for farmers total around $28000000000.00 and to trade that war has hurt sales of wide range of cultural products including fresh fruit and grains and ch

wants something from the e.u. the e.u. would say oh you didn't pay your bill so before we start talking you start to pay your bill hence one way or the other the u.k. would simply have to meet and on its financial obligations to europe and of course the banking sector had to make big decisions a lot of them. the big players have moved staff to the e.u. in order to be prepared do you know already where you will be on october the 31st oprah will be in milan the office and watch events. are at the end of august meeting they're relaxed about whatever happens on the 31st of october a chief economist at their bank thank you so much for your time ok. now was it in tensions between the u.s. and china aren't the only trade headache in asia the traits that between japan and south korea has escalated to tokyo it posterboard new trade restrictions against its neighbor japan for move south korea from its list of favored export partners so has protested the move which comes amid a dispute over japan's use of wartime forced labor this co

in a customs union with the rest of the e.u. until a solution has been agreed which would would change the arrangements the would maintain their engine the underspend london isn't so keen on that so right now the u.k. this it's between a rock and a hard talk about boris johnson because he also said that his government might not pay the so-called divorce bill at least not in full if britain was to leave the e.u. without a deal the european commission however points out that a failure to pay could hamper future trade negotiations that listen and. all commitments that were taken by the 28 member states should be on earth and this is also an especially true in an odious scenario where the united kingdom would be expected to continue to honor all commitments made during a u. membership rather than going now into egypt to show action threads i think. that it is important to make clear that settling accounts is essential to starting off a new relationship on the right foot based on mutual trust and i would also say that as far as i und

and the e.u. to ensure there be no hard. border on the island of ireland johnson claims the backstop would violate british sovereignty existing or just doesn't work for the u.k. parliament started out 3 times we can't have this backstop so i'm going to go to france. germany and then to france and then see the g 7 appear it's not going to make the point that the buck stops going to come out but it is have already rejected johnson's demands to reopen the bridge or liveryman germany's machall sent so far no one had come up with an alternative to the backstop as a way of preserving the northern ireland peace accord known as the good friday agreement the moment if we get a practical arrangement on how to preserve the good friday agreement on still defining the borders of the european single market we would no longer need the backstop. this means we will think about practical solutions if you have the will to find solutions you can do so quickly the european union is ready to do that but we do not need to reopen the withdraw agree

sources saying the e.u. is in listening mode and without new ideas from johnson there's really no sense that there's going to be any movement on brussels sighed the french president maicon germany's chancellor merkel how well do these 2 actually represent the e.u. stance on back to negotiations. well they are the power brokers in the european union and and i'm sure that boris johnson thought if he were able to change their minds at all if if there were some opening where they said they're willing to renegotiate the withdrawal agreement perhaps the other $25.00 leaders would come along with them but there's no chance of that neither america nor mcquillan gave any indication that they would be willing to renegotiate this withdrawal agreement that remember took 19 months to achieve and which the british parliament has rejected 3 times and the other thing to remember is that even if in some possible world you did get chancellor merkel and president mcclellan to provide an opening you've got the irish prime minis

and the e.u. at least that we see today not to last much longer or at home as they lose the heart of their force in new york thank you as always now to some of the other business stories making news in the u.s. employers added 164000 jobs in july according to the labor department the figure continues a record hiring streak however the average workweek fell to its lowest level in nearly 2 years as manufacturers reduced hours for workers a sign that economic growth is slowing. the european union has nominated crystal to lead the international monetary fund ending weeks of impossible in the 20 countries. is from bulgaria and is the current chief executive of the world bank i.m.f. member countries can make nominations until september 6th traditionally the i.m.f. is led by european contrasts the u.s. gets to appoint the president of the world bank. amazon boss jeff bezos has sold $1800000000.00 worth of his shares and that company sale took place over 3 transactions at the end of july media reports say

beef exports to europe trade tensions have risen between the e.u. and the e.u.'s doing during trump's 1st years in office trump has made it a central policy of his presidency to shake up global trade altering talks on a transatlantic trade deal and launching a trade war with china on thursday he threatened to impose a new 10 percent tariff on $300000000000.00 worth of chinese imports and global markets took a dip in response trump defense is combative trade tactics as part of is america 1st. trump said the deal was the results of a breakthrough in talks with the e.u. . today we're signing a breakthrough agreement that will make it easier to export american beef into the european union we've been under negotiation quite a while. the farmers we didn't think were being treated fair but the european union stepped up and we appreciated it we have great representatives here with us today. ok more on trump more in trade we're joined now by stephen beardsley from business stephen so the president made this announcement today is it fair to say that a lot of people were ki

so the e.u. won't be opening up its meat production sector as french farmers had feared but it has granted america a generous cut of its market at a very low tariff. 65 kilometers south of the rural exhibition among the vegetable and fruit farmers of the le plaza communities foamers here are unsettled about what the e.u. ministers are agreement will mean for them organic farmers are especially worried about pesticide use. but it does feel the import export business involving products like fertilizers herbicides or other pesticides are definitely made with companies like bio in mind. and body sickle like the e.u. macassar pact won't go into effect until all e.u. member parliaments give the go ahead a process that's expected to take at least 2 years. luxury car maker b m w's net profit fell 29 percent during the 2nd quarter of the year to $1480000000.00 euros and that's due in part to greater spending on technology for electric vehicles nevertheless the company is sticking to its annual forecast fo

and the e.u. it would prevent a hardboard overturning across the island the republican filing which is in the southeast part of the e.u. northern ireland is part of the u.k. so you can see where the problem is there now boris johnson says. it is anti democratic it would mean that the u.k. including northern ireland would have to stand a customs union they couldn't strike deals with countries outside the e.u. they want to scrapped so far there's been no movement on that the e.u. has said it isn't possible however today and going to marco and said look we're always open to alternatives you come up with them the u.k. perhaps you could even do it in 30 days a bit tongue in cheek but that has now been the mantle that's been set for boris johnson and the u.k. government coming up with alternatives have been 30 days and perhaps there will be a deal that can be achieved before the 31st of october or did we see or hear any alternatives to or the backstop then but could possibly be reached in 30 days good q

and the republic of ireland which is part of the e.u. many fear that civil conflict could flare up again if new border controls are implemented that the plan is part of the withdrawal agreement between the e.u. and the british government the terms were negotiated under the former prime minister theresa may now johnson says it is on the have a crack that the existing it just doesn't work for the u.k. parliament started out 3 times we can have this backstop so i'm going to go to see our friends bowling or going off to germany and then to france and then to see the g 7 appear it's not going to make the point that the buck stops going to to come out of the movement it's absolutely true that our principles are a bit negative and you friends still clearly think that there is a possibility that parliament will book brought suit and as long as they think there's a possibility the problem will block brick sued there are likely to be money due to make the concessions that we need. while late on monday boris johnson delivered a 4 page letter to eur

british prime minister boris johnson cousin says it once more that the e.u. scrap its plan to avoid a hard border in ireland after a break that he was here in berlin for talks with german chancellor rhonda markel she expressed optimism that the u.k. and the e.u. can still avoid the no deal. coming up next new business which stay tuned for that. my 1st boss a total sewing machine. icon for all women their bones by this notion for women something as simple as learning how to write them by said both these and. since i was a little girl i wanted to have both buys a lot of my home and it took me most of them but. finally they gave up and went on buying young bicycles and returns because sewing machines sewing i suppose was more appropriate for those than writing a bible.

to exit from the e.u. whole and entire and perfect as it were and that is what we and it was very interesting to hear some of the positive noises that we're now hearing about the ways that can be done we look forward to developing those thoughts in the next few weeks. mr president human ties the political e'squus that's what mr president. do you share the chanceless position that is to find an alternative to the backstop in the next 30 days and prime minister what is your alternative to the backstop. what chancellor merkel said yesterday and which is in compliance which is very much in line with the discussions with the heart from the very beginning is that we need visibility 30 days or so i'll just add in service to the reality of the backstop. and i believe they sell so much is the goal of commons to jobs and no one will wait until the 31st of a time something to find the right solution but if we fail to find what solution of course we could not. find we do whatever it takes are the last minute so we wil

doesn't what will the e.u. do. under e.u. law the republic of ireland would be obliged to protect the new external board of the e.u. but the irish government already has said we will not do that either so actually the day or the day off the regs that nothing will happen on the board it will remain open and then will come a point in time where the commission biz say we have to do something on this border because we have to to protect the internal market of the you it would still be some weeks i guess until this actually something happening but nobody wants to install equipment on the board a boat oppose because this put these steps allies in the northern island and may also lead to violence is so there has to be a plan b. but nobody knows exactly what the what that can be at the moment so given where we are with this game of chicken being played. presumably the e.u. is now preparing for britain to leave without a deal briefly from actually that the actually the e.u. is already preparing for a year now there are many agreements

the e.u. marcus or trade deal would give all kinds of european manufacturers a whole new market in south america which in turn could create jobs. manufacturing is not especially strong in argentina brazil paraguay and you're of the fourfold markets or members that opens up opportunities for the e.u. nonetheless brazil expects the trade deal to generate up to 125000000000 dollars in growth over the next 15 years america source states will benefit by being able to export more agricultural goods to the e.u. but this is problematic for each you nations with large scale agricultural production such as france and ireland they have already succeeded in limiting the amount of beef markets or can import to the e.u. to $100000.00 tons a year as well e.u. nations still have major environmental concerns regarding agricultural production and biodiversity particularly in the amazon region that could yet scope of the trade deal. ok let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the wor

yes he made a point of trying to quell fears that this could hurt e.u. citizens a lot of german citizens also being there into a tricky situation i just want to add that while those debates were going on in the u.k. parliament when that breaks it actually failed to pass the parliament 3 times german parliament was actually busy putting measures in place to safeguard the rights of british citizens so no doubt you also heard it from the 2 leaders very lips today once again that both countries. share a close friendship share common values and also want to have very close ties in the future so a lot of contradictions here and stay with us. chief political correspondent as we hear some of what chancellor merkel had to say today. backstop has always only been a last resort we don't need this last resort and we're saying we might find that agreement in the next 2 years but how much will find it in the next 30 days why shouldn't we know that would take a big step forwards and we have to pull all the stops out and make sure we manage to do it however this does wo

concluded with the e.u. so far the e.u. and particularly iowans have been saying the same thing since november really that they refused to continue negotiating but i suspect that many people are now starting to adopt how wice that is jonathan. morris johnson spin doctors were in the media saying basically this is a simple procedure that people have had enough of this. part of the session which has been described as the longest says the english civil war of 1642 and that it's about time to call for the pro gay ssion is that something that could build trust among the people in the u.k. . know that doesn't excuse what's happening and we are currently 9 weeks from a crash out breck's it which words deliver food and medicine sure it is by the government's own admission and the government is responding by trying to shut down parliament for 5 weeks at that time so parliament is not able to put forward alternative proposals and crucially may not be able to stop no deal a tool which is in flagrant disregard of parliamentary sovereig

the e.u. to export cause in exchange for beef so both sides are saying look it's not my fault that there have been fires my government can't do anything about it because we just don't have the resources so at the moment they still burn and this is important to all of us not just brazil because they are produces something like 20 percent of the air we breathe so how do we make sure that we keep breathing yes known as the lungs of the planet and place them. major role in regulating climate a simple thing that environmentalist are suggesting is that people stop eating so much meat and in particular beef now now others will say well look if you were to. other thing you know some of the vegetables or whatever they also cause them a carbon footprint but it's not as much as beef there are organizations out there that are encouraging people. to try to donate to them so they can help by parts of the amazon and even tech some of the indigenous population obviously it's all about money at the moment and

it's a win for the e.u.ecause on the bigger trade issue, agriculture is a sticking point and this suggests that hey we're giving in here. for trump, this is a signal, i think, to farmers, who are getting badly hurt. anchor: u.s. farmers? steven: u.s. farmers who are hurt by the china-u.s. trade disput, -- dispute. but what's interesting it's fresh fruit exporters suffering more than beef exporters so they'll do better but they weren't suffering as much as some of the others who could continue to suffer. anchor: does that mean trump is having a change of heart in his america-first policy? steven: not at all. he's made it clear he has a list of issues with the e.u. and he will continue to pursue them. it's a good political system especially the day after you announce you will up tariffs on china. it's a good signal for the farm belt and for the u.s., i'm sure they're happy, as well. but airbus, digital tax, all of these things are still at large. we don't know what will happen. anchor: president trump to use t

to leave the e.u. with a deal should be possible but a number of obstacles remain johnson says there'll be no deal unless the vacs stop the insurance policy to prevent a hardboard on the island is taken out of the backs of. and he reiterated what the u.k. intended to do with the border in case of a no deal back set when you look at the border with northern ireland just repeating a point that bears repeating under no circumstances will the u.k. government be instituting imposing checks or controls of any kind at that border and we think i understand your desire to protect the integrity of the of the single market of course we understand that but we think that there are ways of protecting the integrity of the single market and allowing the u.k. to exit from the e.u. whole and entire and perfect as it were. the job is max hoffman and joins us from paris and max baucus johnson says the u.k. will not install a hard border on the island of ireland so what does that mean for the e.u. . if he really sticks to

to leave the e.u. with a deal should be possible but a number of obstacles remain johnson says there will be no deal unless the backstop be insurance policy to prevent a hardboard on the island of ireland is taken out of the bags. but look toward repeated just position and the position of the e.u. that this was out of the question. that the good in europe and the good the e.u. has negotiated at length i withdraw all agreement with the united kingdom that i will not get into details and it's not for any member of the e.u. alone to negotiate or renegotiate this agreement but i would like to say that the key elements including the irish backstop are not just technical constraint or legal quibbling but are indeed genuine indispensable guarantees to preserve stability in ireland to preserve the integrity of the single market which is a fine nation of the european project when you look at the border with northern ireland just repeating a point that bears repeating under no circumstances will the u.k. governm

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concluded with the e.u. so far the e.u. and particularly iowans have been saying the same thing since november really that they refused to continue negotiating but i suspect that many people are now starting to adopt how wice that is jonathan. morris johnson's spin doctors were in the media saying basically this is a simple procedure that people have had enough of this. part of the session which has been described as the longest says the english civil war of 1642 and that it's about time to call for the pro gay ssion is that something that could build trust among the people in the u.k. . know that doesn't excuse what's happening and we are currently 9 weeks from a crash out breck's it which words deliver food and medicine show it is by the government's own admission and the government is responding by trying to shut down parliament for 5 weeks at that time so parliament is not able to put forward alternative proposals and crucially may not be able to stop no deal a tool which is in flagrant disregard of parliamentary sovere

wants something from the e.u. the e.u. would say oh you didn't pay your bill so before we start talking to you start to pay your bill hen's one way or the other the u.k. would simply have to meet and on its financial obligations to europe and of course the banking sector have to make big decisions a lot of them the big players have moved staff to the e.u. in order to be prepared do you know already where you will be on october the 31st oprah will be in milan the office and watch events. right there no meeting they're relaxed about whatever happens on the 31st of october a chief economist at bamberg brown thank you so much for your time. now if you have the feeling that nostalgia is making a comeback is more evidence you're right 40 years after the sony walkman hit the scene sales of compact cassette tapes at least in the united kingdom are at a record high some $36000.00 to cassettes have sold so far this year there are a surprise hit especially with younger music lovers looking to gift their friends with music and prefer

because there is definitely concern within the e.u. circles that. is striking out on its own here because it's. not the 1st country to sign that agreement but it's the largest one of the most important within the e.u. community. i seeing that this is a challenge. i seem to not all of the i think government that is open to this issue can remember the open of these. laws marco polo was. and was a. rod not all the italians and the european going to china models so there was this delegation if i didn't it was china camming to europe and to visit in rome and we have also to remember there was a lot of debate the need at the time of romano prodi but i mean that can not be accused to be an anti utopian as you would know for sure for the role that the u.s. played and continued to play when there was in the past does is to open an agreement before opening the port of does he do cheney's i seem to test to be managed and understood you know european framework and sound. have to be criticised for. forward my government has done because i'm not so being been so

now what i find interesting is that until merkel and mccrone and the other e.u. leaders are not ignorant of what's happening in the u.k. if they believe that boris johnson's attempts at renegotiation are in fact just a negotiating ploy to make it harder for his domestic conservative opponents to oppose him they'll cut things off so we could see a breakdown in talks a lot quicker than perhaps many expect. rancor berridge the head of market analysis at monica thank you so much for sharing your insights with us. china gets ready to launch a new system for ranking businesses both foreign and domestic companies will be required to install surveillance cameras in their premises and share the data with the government they will also be rated on their tax record and compliance a system that has many firms but. a traffic light with facial recognition cross on red face a public shaming and loose social credit points in some chinese cities it's already a reality even those who sort their trash incorrectly have to reckon with point deductions in some places as well as the pen