i'm stephen beard's in berlin thanks for joining us. german chancellor angela merkel was in tokyo meeting with japanese prime minister shinzo abbay in a joint press conference both stressed the importance of close trade ties and times of rising protectionism merkel's visit comes just three days after a sprawling trade pact between the e.u. and japan came into force good friends are important especially in hard times that's why german chancellor angela merkel has been emphasizing during her visit to japan a major ally in our call for free trade but their relationship is about more than trade. i am in japan for the fifth time now but we've met seventeen times already. and we've always worked well together even at international conferences. and we have a long friendship with twenty twenty one marking one hundred sixty years of diplomatic relations for us it's an incentive for us to work even more closely in an ever more disorderly world. for his part a warrant against rising protectionism saying germany and japan the world's number three a

i'm stephen beard zimmer lent thanks for joining me nord stream to germany's controversial gas pipeline project with russia has cleared a critical stumbling block following a new compromise between berlin and paris france had threatened to withhold that support at a critical juncture leading to talk of a fall out between berlin and paris especially after the french president canceled a joint appearance in munich german chancellor angela merkel now says the project is back on the right path is the not the two of us is if we have indeed reached an agreement regarding the gas pipeline regulations and we are in you reached it because germany and france where together very closely and with the remaining e.u. presidency and the other member states of course you have this new you know how often i meet president how often we hold talks we cooperate daily on all important european topics and even if the president said. a few days ago that he wouldn't be going to munich there will be many other meetings between us where you will be able to see that the spirit of frank or german friendship is very

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i'm stephen beard's in berlin thanks for joining us it's been years in the making a second north stream pipeline to deliver russian gas directly to the german coast though a controversial project not least given its geo political implications north stream two has survived with just enough support across europe now on the eve of a critical vote that could be changing here's a look at the project. construction of the north stream to pipeline is a ready well underway but the face of the project lies in the balance e.u. members have not yet agreed on how to proceed and germany and france in particular appear to be at odds over regulation of the pipeline but transport gosford russia to germany via the baltic sea the project in its current form is operated by russian state energy company probably several german energy firms and one french company have also invested in this. at the heart of division within the e.u. is a plan to extend the blocks rules to foreign operations pipelines e.u. regulations require a separation of sales and pipeline operation activities should those rules be extended

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i'm stephen beard sambolin thanks for joining us. german carmakers are insisting imports of their products are not a threat to u.s. national security this after the u.s. commerce department submitted a report to president trump that is believed to make the case for much higher tariffs on vehicles from the e.u. on the grounds of national security germany's powerful vehicle lobby to a point out that german car makers have created more than one hundred thousand jobs in the u.s. in the recent years the german chancellor angela merkel has also dismissed suggestions that the industry threatens america. so how would a fresh set of tariffs affect countries that export cars the u.s. and germany institute ran the numbers and their conclusions are dramatic let's look first the biggest current parts exports of the us canada and mexico would not be affected due to their current trade agreements with the us so let's zoom in on another huge exporter germany the study found that a new twenty five percent tariff as trump has threatened would cut germ

i'm stephen beard same relent thanks for joining us. it was supposed to herald a global leader in mobility the merger of france's all star with the real division of german industrial firms demon's was announced well over a year ago and how does europe's answer to fierce competition from china now all a dream of the e.u. commission today prohibiting the merger on grounds that it would harm competition within the block take a look at our investigation showed that the merger would significantly reduce competition in several signaling markets and for very high speed trains. the merged company wouldn't become by far the largest player in europe and in some signaling markets there would be no competition that first. these two companies had planned to share a single track on the left is the i.c.e. from zeman and on the right the french t.g.v. train from i'll stop the german and french corporations as well as their government are on board with the merger together they want to stand up to the chinese industry leader and that is c r r c with an e

i'm stephen beard zimbra thanks for joining us. germany's largest lender deutsche bank has reported a profit for the last fiscal year despite posting a loss in the fourth quarter the announcement marks the first time the troubled bank was in the black at year's end since two thousand and fourteen according to its numbers made around three hundred forty million dollars in profit the positive numbers are slightly lower than analysts expectations but were still welcome by beleaguered investors speculation about a merger with germany's smaller comit spunk hasn't gone away but skeptics said the resulting bank would still be too small to be competitive. he used to be a powerful symbol of the german economy joint u. bank but it's been in crisis for years the problems are mainly so for me the police raided the company in november the suspicion was money laundering once again a scandal with a german industry leader its reputation is ruined and business is bad also in investment banking. deutsche bank share price fell by more than fifty six

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i'm stephen beard thanks for joining us federal reserve officials saw a host of new threats facing a still hot u.s. economy when they met in january that according to new meeting notes released today the notes show the justification behind the central bank's january decision to hold off on an interest rate hike but the fed also left room to raise them later this year when the u.s. economy has been booming even as other economies have slowed but the fed now expects u.s. growth to be slower than twenty eighteen. and for more on this let's go now to our financial correspondent new york jose luis to haro jose what's the reaction to these notes will diminish the usual yellow was to get a clearer picture behind us central bank decisions in the latest monetary policy meeting to fed did not increase rates and say no it will be patient when he said today's modern and now we know that considerations such as softness in inflation the government shutdown global economic slowdown or a trade negotiations with china we're behind these decision we also need to have in mind that if potential risks ea

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i'm stephen beard's in berlin thanks for joining us. economy ministers from germany and russia are set to meet today in berlin with lobbyists and industry figures for a conference on economic relations between the two nations overshadowing the events of the e.u.'s new sanctions on moscow announced following russia's latest escalation and its conflict with ukraine a further eight individuals will be added to the list of those subject to asset freezes and travel bans. now a survey conducted by moscow's economic development ministry claims sanctions imposed by a range of countries cost russia some five point seven billion euros last year the restrictions alone accounted for over one third of that number the us side of that cost russia nearly one and a half billion euros with ukraine's restrictions the third most substantial the surveys show that the heaviest impact was on russia's metallurgical industries as well as farming and chemical sectors. now for more on this let's go to our correspondent in moscow erin tilton. erin what's at the to

i'm stephen beard is in berlin thanks for joining us was only recently the darling of the german business press now it's fighting for its reputation why are cars the payment services provider who's growing business propels it into germany's blue chip dax index last fall has been the focus of a series of news articles claiming fraud at the company's singapore grand branch and among senior executives the fallout so far a stock in freefall and a major media company under investigation. he was brought in to strike fear into the hearts of the major established banks marcus brown has been head of the financial services group wire card for seventeen years and has overseen rapid growth of the company during his time at the helm. card offer solutions for electronic payments such as online payments and credit cards the company's profits hugely from the rise in online payments and this visa master card pay and pay among its partners over half of its business is in asia mostly in mainland china for years there have been recurring rumors of wrongdoing at work card saying the firm is mixed up in paymen

into places that mean they're counted tariffs how productive this is it all remains to be seen stephen beard state film business says thank you very much. stephen we have much more on that story when he does business news let me bring you up to date with some other stories making news at this hour the yemeni government and who have agreed to start be drawing forces from the key port city of data the united nations described the deal as important progress the talks were led by danish gendron michel god who met with both sides. five european lawmakers are being denied entry into venezuela after being invited by self-proclaimed president kwan by though the group says their passports have been seized according to the spanish m.e.p. esteban gonzales they have not been provided with a reason for the expulsion. a panel of british lawmakers accuse facebook of deliberately breaking privacy and competition laws saying the company should be investigating the findings come after an eighteen month probe into disk information and fake news the report also calls for greater regulation of social media compa

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earnings coming up on our business show with stephen beard that's later this hour we'll speak to a frankfurt banking expert about red germany's biggest lender is. heading but first let's have some sports football's asian cup draws to a close today with japan taking on cathar in the final while japan are regulars in the latter stages but forget that this is uncharted territory it's ranked nineteenth third in the world and has had to deal with plenty of controversy in the united arab emirates but now they could be on the verge of glory joining me to talk about this and to look ahead to this big game is mccambridge on the day of the sports desk welcome ed are you surprised to see either of these teams in the final well like everybody i'm very surprised to see tar have made it they weren't among the tallent favorites of course that you just said ninety third ranked in the world but not only have i made it to the final the done so without conceding a single goal in this tournament which just goes to show how excellent they've been in this tournament now of course they're hosting the twenty twenty

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go into places that mean there counterterror of how productive this is all remains to be seen stephen beard state business says thank you very much. now let me bring you up to date with some of the stories making news around the want british opposition labor leader jeremy corbyn says he's disappointed after seven or make us confirmed they were leaving the party the m.p. said they decided to quit because of korban support for a break said he also signed to the party's failure to stamp out anti semitism and bullying within its ranks. the yemeni government and the rebels have agreed to start withdrawing forces from the key port city of the united nations described the deal as important progress the talks were led by danish general michael scott who met with both sides. five european lawmakers are being denied entry into venezuela after being invited by says proclaimed president. the group says their passports have been seized according to the spanish n.e.p. esteban gonzales pons they have not been provided with a reason for the expulsion. here watching the news coming up ahead needs bangalore'

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i'm stephen beard symbol when thanks for joining me nord stream to germany's controversial gas pipeline project with russia has cleared a critical stumbling block following a new compromise between berlin and paris france had threatened to withhold it supported a critical juncture leading to talk.

i'm stephen beard zimmer len thanks for joining us it was supposed to herald a global leader in mobility the merger of france's all star with the rail division of german industrial firm siemens was announced well over a year ago and touted as europe's answer to fierce competition from china now all a dream the.

i'm stephen beard's in berlin thanks for joining us it's been years in the making a second north stream pipeline to deliver russian gas directly to the german coast though a controversial project not least given its geo political implications north stream two has survived with just enough support.