so a mixed bag there jose luis de haro there for us in new york thank you jose now over to china the country's belt and road initiative aims to link the asian power to markets around the world through massive infrastructure purchases and projects and scale of the initiative and the debt it's already created for host countries have drawn criticism china is now holding a summit to pitch the belt roads advantages although some countries don't need much convincing. in a two day maker event beijing is proudly welcoming representatives from over one hundred countries to market its gigantic belt and road infrastructure project. the belton right initiative has opened up new space for global economic growth platforms for international trade and investment and it's all for new ways of improving global economic governance the new initiative has helped improve people's lives in the countries involved and it's created more opportunities for prosperity . the new multi-billion dollar project will connect asia africa and europe to china's trade network but there's a lot of criticism because china is

and let's go now to our financial correspondent in new york jose luis to haro for more on this. sort of a mixed response there what's going on what are investors seeing while looking beyond the headline number is stephen there are also some calls out for concern and we will probably see how the economic growth here in the u.s. it will a slow down more towards the two percent mark as we go through the year obviously the recession in the medium term is out of the question about the hike in exports between january and march we'll probably won't continue global trade is a still weak and trade tensions are far from over also in the first quarter there was a significant a celebration of inventory build in that we too will be challenging to repeat doing the current quarter such as the surprise in a spike in government spending also consumption growth two thirds of the u.s. economy came out at one point two percent obvious celebration from two point five percent quarter of two thousand and eighteen so it seems that old will be economy may not have been as a strong quarter as their headl

let's talk now to our financial correspondent new york jose luis de haro jose does this mean that the u.s. is finally ready to get tough on these big tech firms like here in the e.u. . it seems that steve that you as a regulator was all moving in and out directions since the f.t.c. is fighting to facebook as you mentioned will be a record penalty for a tech company way higher down to twenty two million dollars one imposed to google in two thousand and twelve for misleading statements about online trucking so we could say that facebook's punishment will be more in line with that reason and finds that to companies such as google or although this being said the u.s. still has a lot of catch up to do when it comes to insuring big tech companies accountability actually some critics and even u.s. legislators are still considered the f.t.c. fine just as a law on the wrist and in c.s. regulators amounts to pursue a strong and structural remedies and jose briefly just touched on this does that five billion dollars find if it does take place does that put a dent even in facebook. not at all ste

his bright they are set to test the software next week our financial correspondent host san luis de haro followed the point shareholders meeting for us luis good to see you now do you have the sense that boeing managed to placate shareholders. somehow you know even tensions have between boeing shareholders and c.e.o. were high it is true that the outcome did not end up in an open war as some expected the company's shares are words likely down which is always a good reference to know what investors are thinking and then. insisted that the seven thirty seven not so was a not to rush in the production he said the plane took six years to develop and that the equipment had been deemed safe and he reassured that safety is top priority another sign that shareholders are still hold some kind of concrete n.z. muhlenberg is that one proposal that would have separated the positions of chairman and c.e.o. both of which are now held by. the majority but there also have been media reports of whistleblower calls from within boeing warning regulators of safety issues with the seven three seven knots now

early commercial flights once the seven thirty seven return to service thank you both hello easter haro there on wall street for us. now staying with the wall street google's parent company alphabet published this supporting figures after trading hours its first quarter revenue came in below market expectations dropping more than thirty percent on the year the talk of long failed to benefit from the positive u.s. economy amid pressure from record e.u. finds that's left some investors concerned alphabets google and you tube face many challenges the company's privacy practices are under increasing scrutiny triggering more efforts to restrict advertising that appears with potentially offensive content. just a few months ago amazon workers rallied behind the hash tag we are not robots a campaign against what they say are unreasonable working conditions since then they've learned there is strength in numbers amazon labor representatives from fifteen countries met in berlin on monday to coordinate their strategy against one of the world's most powerful companies. more than fifty trade union r

joining me now is our financial correspondent host san luis de haro there you are always good to see you know so this is a bit of a shift in tone for donald trump the first advocated for a boycott of the harley's after harvey said it was shifting production to overseas now it's valid to retaliate on its behalf so tell us jose luis what's he thinking there. maybe but by imposing on european cars they could be the kind of rich really asian that we could see but it's a it's a too soon to tell. but it's true that a change of heart when it comes to harley davidson will probably help her deal already difficult choice negotiations with the european union brazos the goal is to avoid any kind of targets on the european auto industry and try to lower or early may the trade barriers on industrial goods as a whole but ministration isn't present to include agriculture us part of any agreement so the harley davidson issue is just another drop in the bucket that seems unjustified actually the company said it how to move jobs overseas they use to sense that the decision to move production of motorcy

i'm joined now by the helena humphrey in washington and our financial correspondent jose luis de haro in new york holding those let's start with you why is the trumpet ministries and choosing now to push even harder on these sanctions see even this is gloves off from the trump administration it's been up in the n.t. against iran in recent weeks with the aim of bringing the country back to the negotiating table on the twenty fifteen nuclear deal and is prepared to choke the economy to do so remember that iran has fifty billion u.s. dollars every year from its oil certainly washington d.c. has been. acting a list of measures in recent weeks two years two weeks ago it names the arabian revolutionary guard part of the government as a terrorist organization and netanyahu the israeli prime minister also drawing closer in recent weeks of course israel and iran sworn enemies who essentially d.c. right now is trying to do anything they can to make tech wrongs life more difficult . so it was they were the political goal there what does this mean for the global oil supply. i know they're going t

them into that village communities and the plants they grow help protect the land from the hot sun haro. and how about you. if you are also doing your bit tell us about it. visit our website or send us a tweet. we share your story. the job of herding sheep has a long standing tradition in germany too it might sound romantic but it can be a tough life shepherds actually play an important role in biodiversity because their herds spread thieves and pollen but in germany the earth the chapmans walk with the animals under threat why is that anti well because of increasing industry lies ation in agriculture the area and walk across are disappearing and that's why scientists are working on a computer program to help shepherd in the future let's see how it works. shepherds in germany have had enough of the revenues for meat and milk production are declining while production costs continue to rise this struggling to survive so they've organized a nationwide protest outside all the state parliaments like here in potsdam. prices for grazing land are far too high and supplies are far too expensive

it's strategically placed on the edge of the sun haro and is known as the doorway to the desert. this is where joe wood small business is based morocco get some three thousand hours of sunshine every year twenty eight year old job has four employees and he says business is booming. and that's partly because morocco his government has been investing in sustainable energy for years and was assad is now home to one of the world's largest solar power plants. what is really what is out is the world in capital so let energy me because of this new large power plant. in order to get. even from far away you can see the plant's main tower it's been names nor which in arabic means white. and so recently the bunker relied on imported fuel for almost all of its energy needs now the country is changing that by developing projects like this one there is some seven and a half thousand mirrors surrounding the tower and a vast field the mirrors reflect the sunlight focusing it on to the top of the tower which heats up to more than one thousand degrees celcius. the moroccan manager of the project t

that went back to libya to try to sort out life but she talked about several of violations haros and killings kidnappings and expulsions from militias inside libya so this intuition is dire and we spoke to officials here and what i really really bracing up for an influx of people if the situation in libya watson's so far they said they can take more than they already have because of their condition they don't have the capacity neither the resources to deal with a large influx of people and the united nations high commissioner for refugees as well as the international office for migration i really really preparing for an influx in taste that happens thank you for that maybe just life i think i had a. prescription drug prices in the united states are the highest in the world and members of congress are under increasing pressure to lower them obviously as christine said only spoke to one family struggling to pay for life saving medication. hunter stego went off to college to study biochemistry and play football but he put all that risk due to worries about his family's finances a family