was also a record imports increased as well to just over a trillion euros that narrowed germany's torrijos trade surplus to two hundred forty five billion euros the government has been drawing fire from the u.s. and other trading partners over the imbalance that trade surplus is still huge and trump is threatened with measures he said china with tariffs is germany next that's a question i asked combat spunk chief economist york crema. first of all as a liberal economist i'm totally relaxed about a trade surplus the trade surplus was not made by politicians or the government is not the result of pressure but it's simply the results of the buy and say decisions of millions of corporates and consumers in germany and outside germany and i don't know why somebody can criticize this unless i'm lays unless these millions of positions are biased for example by manipulating exchange rates but this is not the case what about trump's corporate tax cuts let's move on to that germany has some of the highest rates in the world is it going to start losing business. well you are right the corporate taxes

and ben is back now with a breakthrough for a social media giant twitter a torrijos last make a is finally turning things around its first ever quarterly profit that's good news for the twelve year old social media firm whose stock has long underperformed rivals like facebook twitter set a good ninety one million dollars in the fourth quarter its first time in positive territory since going public and twenty thirteen company shares surged on the news although it favored platform of celebrities and politicians twitter has yet to achieve the broader appeal and ad revenue of other social media networks. after the successful launch of space x. as falcon x. rocket into space the image of a red tesla roadster floating through space is set to become an unforgettable part of the long musts legacy but down here on earth tesla revenue is anything but taking off it's posted its worst ever quarterly loss of six hundred fifty seven million dollars it warnings of increased spending and the company has yet to see real revenue from its mass market model three production delays have happened deliveries in