businesses are wary of endangering their relationship with china well on this let's speak to gabriele feldman i his president of the killings to change for the world economy here in germany thanks a lot for joining us so the german government has been pretty clear in its criticism of. certain chinese policies the treatment of the weak. on kong security law but how much clout germany actually have i mean is it big enough trading partner to make a difference. yes the tyranny is a big trading partner of china it's also a technology partner it has grown in its importance because of course the united states is decoupling from china so in determine he has clout in this relationship and is an important factor in pushing china towards more risky prosody into the what's a more balanced relationship. other european leaders have talked about the europe as a whole being a bit more self-confident in the face of china what's been lacking in the european approach that. well i think that's very easy is unity and you know we all know about the 16 plus one initiative for china actively tries to drive a wedge b