the ethiopian government wants to make foreign investors feel welcome the state investment commission promises to do more. the ruling party in jason the possible use of course was the us it was if this was not trying to shift in the past 5 years the speed we need to build all night was much too little use those with rulers please hire $100.00 for you to ration in the ninety's. one of the most important industries in just east african country is textiles here in this factory in the capital addis ababa they're producing clothes for the european market german wholesalers like hugo and k i k have their products sown in medio via to the country on the horn of africa has a long textile tradition but the workers in the textile factory say the low salary de gette is not enough to live on. i mean i would need to earn twice as much to pay my rent and take care of my family's needs and yet let me do. on prices there are going up faster than pay. salaries in ethiopia are usually around 50 u.s. dollars per month that's less than bangladesh in egypt and it's much less than in china where workers ge

we are regulated by state public service commissions. ass access.llent infest -- investon, when you look at them invisible systems we are buying, that is another $200 million. -- issue, wateren an quality, emerging contaminants. nobody wants to be the next city that has had problems with water quality. water infrastructure is very key. seeing an increased need for resiliency investment. what i mean by that, in the northeast, the past 10-12 years we have had six 100 year floods. we've got to get this right before we are faced with flooding, hurricanes, or ice storms. with susanre talking story, ceo of american water works. you spoke with the flint story. how bad of a problem is that? 140 4 millionre chemicals registered globally. we cannot regulate all of these. the ep regulates 100. we must have more and more research into how these contaminate. we are using artificial intelligence and machine so we can stop any type of contamination event before it ever happens. company has been doing pretty well financially. how much of that is because of the increased awareness of env

invested to o meet the challenge one thousand billion euros. support is yet to be obtained from all member states. another challenge digital transformation the commission hopes to develop europe's reach within the artificial intelligence sector currently dominated by china and the u. s. improving cyber security and technological sovereignty then there's the thorny issue of us internet giants gap as taxes. the eu commission's drawing attentntion t to international digital firms paying an effective tax rate half as much as traditional compapanies. ursula von der leyen also wants to bring in an easy wide minimum wage though it won'tt prevent disparities between luxembourg in bulgaria the current gap is glaring. a long list of priorities for the new commission presidents he must also passed the e. u.'s twenty twenty one to twenty twenty seven budgets. driver form to common agricultural policy which remains the bloc's highest expense and last but by no means least d dl with brerex. the more of a top business headlines at this hour and put francis has named a senior official from it's the central bank as the new head o of the vatican's finanancial regulator.

same time, we must support member states with targeted investments and structural reforms >> so fiscal rules is going to be one of the main topics for the next commission but also brexit this is going to be a big theme in the coming months and when it comes to brexit, she is open to further extensions and she said earlier on in the european parliament that she will always be a remain or let's take a listen. >> we will respect the decision taken by the british people. we will work closely to find solutions to common challenges especially on security matters but one thing has to be absolutely clear whatever the future holds, the bond and the friendship between our people are unbreakable >> and making some remarks about brexit and a new team will be voted and is expected that it will be approved in a few hours time in strasburg. and so the new team in brussels is set to start working next week >> i want to ask about the new team because it has been a bit of a bumpy ride getting to this point not least for france and the initial candidate put forward by president macron for the role there representing france would you say that most of those obstacles have

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