so if we look at amazon for example picking their new headquarters they're also looking for take sprigg so this is one side of the story and then on the other who knows maybe foxconn also drive tries to avoid tariffs with setting up this plant and the headquarter in the state of wisconsin and was that in the united states yes thank you so much for this analysis. the european union and australia have launched negotiations aimed at reaching a free trade deal now this move bucks a global trend towards protectionism sparked by u.s. president donald trump among others and his decision to impose tariffs on many of his country's trading partners including the european union speaking after a meeting with her australian counterpart the e.u. straight commissioner said the talks sent a quote very hands on message what that means there is more. the european union and astray aren't exactly equal economic partners but when it comes to the principles of trade they appear to be on the same page. it's a very hands on statement that we are sending the european union and australia who have always been def

challenges our sometimes very pessimistic perception of the state of our world my colleague christopher sprigg a joins me now to talk about his series the bright side of christopher you've touch that thing about human nature that is unfortunately so very true we did tend to focus on the negative or the darker side and not on the bright side don't we absolutely you know it's a natural thing because it helps us make sure that you know we don't get into danger so that's why we focus on the negative a lot of the time but. it's worthwhile looking at the bright side occasionally because it helps us remember some of the extraordinary progress that we've made as the human race and that's what this new series is about so what are you going to be looking at in the first episode of the series well we you know we reported a lot about conflicts the wars in syria the war in yemen for instance so we decided to take a look at the number of people killed in conflicts across the world over say the last fifty one hundred years and the underlying trend is actually incredibly positive here's what we posted on face