well especially u.s. president donald trump has said that when it comes to trade jim europe is probably as bad as china he called trade dealings of hugh rob brutal at some point so i'm quite certain that he will not be responding too well to those threats i'm having that said if you talk to analysts here around to wall street and washington most people still believe that there will not be an escalation in the trade dealings between the u.s. and the european union what i hear is that the e.u. could retaliate in a very targeted fashion we've heard what products might be at stake here and it is doubtful that the u.s. president donald trump will really risk any threatening to the u.s. economy especially as we're getting closer and closer to the next presidential election so even if the talks might be heating up a bit there is still hope that this dispute can be settled well speaking of hope yet fresh figures so that the u.s. trade deficit has narrowed more than expected is this a reason for optimism despite a

u.s. president donald trump told the world following a meeting with the chinese vice premier in washington we'll talk to a u.s. political advisor to find out what's going on. also coming up some song rolls out its first five g. capable smartphone in south korea but the euphoria is defined by plunging profits in the first quarter. hello and welcome to business i'm going to jones in berlin good to have you with us u.s. president to donald trump says a quote epic trade deal with china could be just weeks away but he stopped short of mentioning a summit date when any such agreement would be signed the announcement also with gandhi on details but it's also the question of when the united states will lift tariffs on china remains a major sticking point. months of wrangling hundreds of billions of dollars worth of tariffs and a u.s. pledge to radically change china does business now u.s. president donald trump is indicating that the trade conflict between the world's top two economies is nearing

of the u.s. the president's national security adviser bolton is pressing key to missouri to abandon him are you getting that report there in iraq at the mean is it being reported at all have been it's where you live that the u.s. is being so burdened pressuring the aides around with euro to abandon him. but it's something that has been happening for months now but you have to have been pressuring. generals and high ranking officials. with all kinds of. you there are sanctions are lifting sanctions. from them and it's worked with some of them it's work with some high ranking officials in the us government like look at the one hand that was recently detained in spain but it we've seen it we've seen that work with some officials now the problem is that a lot of these high ranking military officials they have investigations against them for human rights violations or even drug trafficking so it's hard to motivate them to support one where they don't when it's expected that they will be charged for di

u.s. nuclear war is more likely now was at the height of the current. nuclear problem has not gone away it's that strange to become something new and different some analysts call this the second nuclear age. we need to do this was all we're facing the. most dangerous military and especially nuclear security situation in europe today since the collapse of the soviet union in the desert we had to. escape woman tartly there is talk of both the german and of a european nuclear weapon if you ask me a german bomb would be dangerous nonsense but we may find ourselves discussing a european one in the next few years usually that. this is the village of michel in western germany nearby is a german air force base where some twenty b. sixty one american nuclear bombs are said to be stored as part of a nato weapons sharing arrangement. nuclear weapons expert tons christensen works for the federation of american scientists and the stockholm international peace research institute c three. christensen is

the u.s. justice department has released the long anticipated miller report which examines a legit russian interference in the twenty sixteen u.s. presidential election it concluded there was insufficient evidence that president trump's campaign colluded with moscow but did not clear trump of having illegal.

most probably the u.s. will could have easier access to russian technology weapons technology which would not be very like in moscow but this is i mean if this is true then what you're saying is venezuela is truly a country a prop. see the proxy war but he to certainly a front seat theater between the u.s. and russia tonight i mean this is the this is the evidence of it of course and it has been repeatedly said in the u.n. security council meetings that both by russia and china they say that they do not accept that initially we'll be treated like the backyard of the u.s. so this is this is the rhetorical of the cold war that's happening now a days what do you think is going to happen then i mean nightfall has come. and we know that there's a power shortage in the country this is a completely different calculus now compared to what it was twelve hours you know what he's going to happen with the opposition moving into the night and into more morning well from the reports i have heard we have not only to pull

we have their claims that u.s. sanctions are hampering relief efforts to flood victims a last me get out foreign minister job accused his american counterpart by compeer or fake news for saying the u.s. was quote ready to assist through the international red cross that if treated as the i.c.r.c. president noted the red crescent can't receive any funds due to illegal u.s. sanctions u.s. should own up to its economic terrorism the red cross has denied making those remarks a cover madani former deputy head of iran's department of a bottom and says the world is ignoring the disaster he treats the level of international attention to it on unprecedented floods is surprisingly low people of iran are in need of help and attention regardless of international politics let's get more from tehran joining us now is our media have r.c. he's if he's tehran correspondent i mean good to see you what is the situation in iran right now hello and thank you for having me situation in iran right now is that well the flaw has reached sou

president noted the requests of gone through save any funds due to u.s. sanctions u.s. should own up to its economic terrorism the red cross has denied making those remarks a cover mother and a former deputy head of it ons department of and bottom and says the world is ignoring the disaster he tweets the level of international attention to it on unprecedented floods is surprisingly low people of iran are in need of help and attention regardless of international politics let's get more from tehran joining us now is i mean to have us see he's if he's tehran correspondent i mean good to see you what is the situation in iran right now. hello and thank you for having me those situations in iran right now i can see is that well the flaws has reached southwestern parts of iran those are the risk operations going on and who's a star has basically declared him to be in a state of crisis right now and it's mostly because the new body governor of chad has a flooded and accuracy is. going toward the city and threatening more cities in capital of start which is home to about more th

the new u.s. restrictions on cuba are set to effectively keep foreign investors out of the communist country today we're holding the cuban government accountable for seizing american assets were helping those in the regime is rob get compensation for their rightful property and were vets and human rights and democracy on behalf of the cuban people. the cuban people are already struggling with a range of economic and social problems the country desperately needs foreign currency to pay for imports the crisis in venezuela spilling over every day supplies are becoming scarce or supermarket shelves are empty and people face long lines for basic supplies like chicken cooking oil and eggs. but things could get even worse warns cuban communist party leader raul castro in a speech to the national assembly last week he said his country would never give up its solidarity with them as a way something which has prompted the u.s. to tighten its restrictions on cuba. should the u.s. decide to sanction companies

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and u.s. regulators. and new york thank you so much. u.s. president trump is stepping up the pressure on cuba washington apparently plans to allow lawsuits against foreign companies doing business and property seized from americans after the island's nine hundred fifty nine revolution the move which is expected to be announced on wednesday could expose u.s. european and canadian companies to legal action dealing a blow to cuba's efforts to track more foreign investment. the tightened u.s. measures would effectively keep foreign investors and their money out of cuba. but the communist ruled caribbean island is already struggling with a range of economic and social problems the crisis in its ally venezuela spilling over every day supplies are becoming scarce or supermarket shelves are empty long lines formed for little chicken eggs or cooking oil but there are shortages in the whole country there are problems we hope the situation will recover you can see that there are more eggs and things but yes there have been a lot of problems that's why

it will be but the trade relationship between the u.s. and e.u. has been anything but friendly in recent months. of terrorists on steel and aluminum imports from the e.u. has soured the relationship as has his repeated threat to increase the levy on european made cars. joining us now is our financial correspondent yes court on wall street welcome good to see you now is this threat enough to qualify as a further escalation of trade tensions between the u.s. and the e.u. and how damaging do you think it could be for the talks well i mean so far is not that substantial if you look at the exports from the european union to the u.s. in the past year we are talking about roughly four hundred ninety billion dollars now those new tariffs are for goods in the amount of eleven billion so it's minor in that sense but certainly there is some uneasiness if we might be seeing some tit for tat so now that the european union might answer and that could provoke u.s. president donald trump and his administration once again and that's where the danger lies so that t

characteristic confidence from u.s. president donald trump and the more cautious optimism from those who've been doing most of the negotiations the world's biggest economies may be close to a deal but getting there may take longer than expected. more trouble for germany's top carmakers. charged with colluding to prevent competition on emissions cleaning technology european regulators are accusing the car makers of working together to. limit the development and introduction of technology that would clean up emissions the allegations of a diesel and petrol cars sold in the european economic area the period between two thousand and six and two thousand and fourteen companies could face penalties of up to ten percent of their annual turnover. in pakistan inflation is at its highest for over five years imran khan's government was elected in twenty eighteen with a promise to eradicate poverty it's not even been a year but patients amongst average pakistani voters is now wearing thin. inflation is killing us reads this sign is

and u.s. first quarter economic growth beats all expectations but investors were mixed in their response the financial correspondent tells us why. also on the show japan has a notorious work till you drop business culture the country's labor shortage is now giving workers in one sector some leverage to challenge those expectations to keep the details. i'm stephen beers in berlin thanks for joining us german chemical multinational buyer faces shareholders at the group's annual meeting friday in bunn and as expected it was a tense affair the company's share price has lost nearly half its value following last year's takeover of u.s. agra tech for months and in particular after two american court cases linked that company's popular weed killer round up to cancer cases and that's put buyer in the crosshairs of not just environmentalist and lawyers but its own shareholders. the atmosphere was talk sick even before the shareholder meeting began environmentalist's right to protest against buyers polic

and in berlin welcome to the show u.s. aircraft maker boeing saw quarterly profits fall steeply as the what the seven three seven max crisis the plane was grounded around the world after the models were involved in two fatal crashes within a six month span and fixing the fallout is coming at a billion dollar price from thinking boeing to abandon its financial forecast for twenty nineteen. the boeing seven three seven mox was supposed to bring the company into the future but now the model which had initially sold strongly has become its biggest liability in the first quarter alone the seven three seven max generated extra costs of a billion dollars a month just the beginning because the seven three seven across to currently grounded worldwide boeing. face massive compensation payments to its customers the airlines that are also at barrow should be lawsuits mainly from the relatives of the victims of the two crashes an ethiopian airlines plane in march and the same seven three seven max model from indonesian lion air in octo

or the u.s. now when it comes to the possible this isn't on the level of used countermeasures that decision has to be stablished in light of the final decision of the cio every traitor that we expect to come in the near future washington and brussels are already in conflict after us president donald trump subjected e.u. steel and many of imports to punitive tariffs the e.u. responded with duties on two point eight billion euros of u.s. imports the latest airplane subsidy tariff list is open to consultation until may the thirty first and could still be revised and both sides have said they would prefer a settlement that did not involve tariffs joining me now is a quarter our financial correspondent on wall street good to see you well all this week they declared its preparedness to start formal trade talks with the u.s. how would you assess sentiment out of washington also given this development. well especially u.s. president donald trump has said that when it comes to trade to europe it's probabl

and u.s. regulators. i get both in new york thank you so much. u.s. president trump is stepping up the pressure on cuba washington apparently plans to allow lawsuits against foreign companies doing business and property seized from americans after the island's nine hundred fifty nine revolution the move which is expected to be announced on wednesday could expose u.s. european and canadian companies to legal action dealing a blow to cuba's efforts to track more foreign investment. the tightened u.s. measures would effectively keep foreign investors and their money out of cuba. but the communist ruled caribbean island is already struggling with a range of economic and social problems the crisis in its ally venezuela spilling over every day supplies are becoming scarce or supermarket shelves are empty long lines form for a little chicken eggs or cooking oil. shortages in the whole country there are problems we hope the situation will recover you can see that there are more eggs and things but yes there have been a lot of problems that's why they're all a

the u.s. justice department accuses a song of conspiring with former u.s. army intelligence analyst chelsea manning to break into a government computer at the pentagon a songs has long said washington wants to punish him because wiki leaks published classified pentagon documents. a song supporters view him as a fearless defender of free speech someone who has exposed alleged u.s. war crimes and afghanistan and iraq his lawyers say the arrest sets a dangerous precedent for the rights of journalists and that they will fight extradition to the united states. are less secure now were to were charlotte parts of london she is in front of the courthouse so we're assigned she had his hearing a little earlier on the show but what did the judge say and how did a songe strike you. as well as sauce arrived here and little earlier in the afternoon giving the press the thumbs up seeming quite confident he pleaded not guilty to the charges but the u.k. judge found him guilty of skipping bail this is an old charge from two thousand and twelve before assaults that went to l

and u.s. regulators. in new york thank you so much. u.s. president trump is stepping up the pressure on cuba washington apparently plans to lawsuits against foreign companies doing business and property seized from americans after the island's nine hundred fifty nine revolution the move which is expected to be announced on wednesday could expose u.s. european and canadian companies to legal action dealing a blow to cuba's efforts to track more foreign investment. the tightened u.s. measures would effectively keep foreign investors and their money out of cuba. but the communist ruled caribbean island is already struggling with a range of economic and social problems the crisis in its ally venezuela spilling over every day supplies are becoming scarce or supermarket shelves are empty long lines form for a little chicken eggs or cooking oil. shortages in the whole country there are problems we hope the situation will recover you can see that there are more eggs and things but yes there have been a lot of problems that's why they're all aryans

what's up in the u.s. . we've come to the rust belt a part of the u.s. which has been an industrial decline for decades new terrorists were supposed to help the steel industry there but that hasn't happened on business after another has gone bankrupt the downturn in the steel industry in this part of the country began in the nine hundred seventy s. and it has had a massive impact on local communities. president trump tweeted about this decline repeatedly during the election campaign as he tried to win over blue collar workers. general motors was once the well it's not just manufacture of a want to might be but now three of its factories are on the verge of collapse like this one in town ohio where the chevrolet cruze is spelt. scott she took used to welcome the concert sandy like he drives a chevrolet but not a cruise he prefers a powerful gas guzzling tamara. this is a twenty seventeen fiftieth anniversary camaro s.s. two s.s. convertible quad black edition so it's black black roof black interior and black wheels these cars don't exist you'll find for t

the u.s. says no more exceptions to its oil export sanctions on iran so will it really go after major importers like india and china and what could today's announcement and iran's reaction mean for the global oil trade. and what's the proper work life balance ali baba's jack ma says chinese employees should spend more time working but the country's rising middle class isn't so sure we'll take you inside the debate. i'm stephen birds in berlin thanks for joining us the white house has announced the end of waivers for countries to import iranian oil us had reimpose sanctions against iran last year threatening to punish any country that buys oil from tehran but it granted waivers to the eight primary buyers of iranian oil allowing them limited purchases for six months there are fears that removing the waivers now would reduce oil supply to a market that is already tightening but u.s. officials say any shortfall can be picked up by other countries including the u.s. itself and its gulf allies. the

the new u.s. restrictions on cuba are set to effectively keep foreign investors out of the communist country today we're holding the cuban government accountable for seizing american assets were helping those in the regime has robbed get compensation for their rightful property and were vats of human rights and democracy on behalf of the cuban people. the cuban people are already struggling with a range of economic and social problems the country desperately needs foreign currency to pay for imports the crisis in venezuela spilling over every day supplies are becoming scarce or supermarket shelves are empty and people face long lines for basic supplies like chicken cooking oil and eggs. but things could get even worse warns cuban communist party leader raul castro in a speech to the national assembly last week he said his country would never give up its solidarity with them as a way something which has prompted the u.s. to tighten its restrictions on cuba. should the u.s. decide to sanction compan

the u.s. sanctions are counterproductive because they create uncertainty in the market and aren't specific enough pretty much any company can be affected by them even in his answer on the call from the v.w. is investing in the russian market for the long term with sites like this factory in kaluga engines made here will go into models manufactured mostly in the czech republic and spain things are less positive at ford it's looking to scale back its russian production dramatically the u.s. based company has been a loser and the price wars. have civil of sorts made a mistake was its pricing policy russians were used to cheap ford cars that they could afford then ford raised prices very quickly. not as damaging a move in the luxury segment perhaps b.m.w. customers are always more willing to splash out but especially in russia. it was remarked the russian market has potential we increased sales by twenty percent last year and see room for growth with new models fueling demand with normal dollar an

explaining the new policy u.s. secretary of state might pump said the u.s. wants to exert maximum pressure on iran for forty years the islamic republic's revolutionary guard corps has actively engaged in terrorism and created supported and directed other terrorist groups the r.g.c. masquerade as a legitimate military organization but none of us should be fooled it regularly violates the laws of armed conflict it plans organize and executes terror campaigns all around the world it was my pompei of their art let's take the story now into our washington bureau chief alexander phenomena she's on the story for us tonight good evening alexandra we know that iran is already heavily sanctioned it's designated a state sponsor of terrorism so what difference is it going to make by labeling the revolutionary guard as a terrorist organization. the trump administration's main goal is to increase economic and political pressure on tehran and we have to see that today's decision today's decision in this contest context and we also have to remind ourselves how influential i

u.s. banks outclassed european competitors a new study by e.u. why found that u.s. banks are more than twice as profitable them their european counterparts when you talk to a german franky experts to find out why. also on the show german fin tech company wired card gets ready for a strategic alliance with japan's softbank. and three days after the terrible easter sunday attacks in sri lanka the island's hotel and hospitality sector worries about the impact on tourist. island welcome to do business good to have you with us a study by consulting firm eve why has revealed a striking difference in the size of profits u.s. banks are making compared to their european counterparts taken together the ten largest u.s. banks last year made a profit of one hundred and thirty eight billion euros now compare that to the top ten european financial institutions they made fifty two billion that is less than half as much j.p. morgan chase was leader of the pack in the u.s. bringing in a massive twenty eight billion euro profit in europe it was ages b c that came out on top with twel

u.s. says no more exceptions to its oil export sanctions on iran so will it really go after major importers like india and china and what could today's announcement and iran's reaction mean for the global oil trade. and what's the proper work life balance ali baba's jack ma says chinese employees should spend more time working but the country's rising middle class isn't so sure we'll take you inside the debate. i'm stephen birds in berlin thanks for joining us the white house has announced the end of waivers for countries to import iranian oil us had reimpose sanctions against iran last year threatening to punish any country that buys oil from tehran but it granted waivers to the eight primary buyers of iranian oil allowing them limited purchases for six months there are fears that removing the waivers now would reduce oil supply to a market that is already tightening but u.s. officials say any shortfall can be picked up by other countries including the u.s. itself and its gulf allies. the

the u.s. justice department accuses the songs of conspiring with former u.s. army intelligence analyst chelsea manning to break into a government computer at the pentagon a songs has long said washington wants to punish him because wiki leaks published classified pentagon documents. view him as a felix defender of free speech someone who has exposed alleged u.s. war crimes in afghanistan and iraq his lawyers say the arrest sets a dangerous precedent for the rights of. and that they will fight extradition to the united states. and how did. it happen extraordinarily quickly today so a kick out of the ecuadorian embassy picked up by london police and brought to the courthouse that you see behind me there he gave a thumbs up to the journalists seem quite confident pleaded not guilty but the judge said he was guilty of breaching bail in two thousand and twelve old charge seek asylum in the embassy and the judge said he was a not too cannot get beyond his own selfish interest. saying this sets a very dangerous precedent for us journalists and saying they would fight

u.s. presidential election goes public u.s. attorney general william barr has been briefing the public on the report that's weeks after his summary of miller's findings cleared the president trumped up colluding with moscow will the full report tell a different story we'll go live to washington also coming off the next phase of india's vast general election kicks off this time the rest of region of kashmir goes to the polls amid tight security local separatists are calling for an election boycott after a recent escalation of violence in the area that germany calls a special session of the united nations security council to discuss the crisis in libya but members are split over a surge in violence in the capital tripoli. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program u.s. attorney general william barr has been holding a news conference detailing key aspects of his release of the report redacted copies of the special counsel's report on russian election interference are going to be made public short

u.s. nuclear war is more likely now than it was at the height of the current world. and the nuclear problem has not gone away it's that strange that's become something new and different some analysts call this the second nuclear age. we need to do this was all we're facing the most dangerous military and especially nuclear security situation in europe today since the collapse of the soviet union that is a bid to. escape more than tartly there's talk of both the german and of a european nuclear weapon if you ask me a german bomb would be dangerous nonsense but we may find ourselves discussing a european one in the next few years usually without. and. this is the village of michelle in western germany nearby is a german air force base where some twenty b. sixty one american nuclear bombs are said to be stored as part of a nato weapon sharing arrangement. nuclear weapons expert tons christensen works for the federation of american scientists and the stockholm international peace research inst

a number of u.s. presidents are trying to change american trade policies brian is particularly skeptical of donald trump's approach. the trade deficit hasn't changed people are still buying imports despite higher prices in and whether or not those prices will really be that that that detrimental to the consumer is yet to be seen. in the answer isn't as you said tariffs per se. the answer is in the trade war the answer is actually finding different ways more innovative ways to manufacture products in this country. trade wars no one ever wins. trade or we have to remember that. the chances yes. differ with the president on that killer issue because no one really wins a trade war it's who loses the least i think when it comes down to it. and studies indicate that while global free trade has helped the rich to increase their wealth it is also destroyed the jobs of many blue collar workers a trade war would likely make this situation worse. than o'brien talked about innovative jobs but what happens when ne

in the u.s. four people have been injured in a shooting at a synagogue and california police say a man has been detained after opening fire at worshipers in the synagogue located in the city of poway near san diego. mozambique's government is urging people in coastal regions to seek higher ground in the wake of cycling kenneth officials have warned of flooding and mudslides in the days ahead as heavy rains lashed the region so i clone kenneth made landfall late thursday already say it could bring twice as much rain as the deadly cycle a day did last month. thousands of people are gathering in the venezuelan capital caracas for a rally in support of opposition leader and self-appointed interim president one. is currently pushing for a massive march on may the first against president nicolas maduro government. saying with that story and in washington d.c. the venezuelan embassy just like the country's presidency is facing an uncertain future left wing activists supporting nicolas maduro have been o

justice department accuses a songs of conspiring with former u.s. army intelligence analyst chelsea manning to break into a pentagon computer and blames them for releasing classified information about military operations in iraq and afghanistan including this footage of a reuters journalist being killed in a drone attack. a sanch the forces view him as a fearless defender of free speech someone who is exposed to alleged u.s. war crimes his lawyers say the arrest sets a dangerous precedent for the rights of journalists and that they will fight his extradition to the united states. now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today in pakistan a bomb in a market in the southwestern city of quetta has killed at least sixteen people and wounded thirty others the attack appeared to have been aimed at minorities shiite muslims no group has claimed responsibility for the building but sunni militants have carried out similar attacks against shiites in the area before. and israeli spacecraft has crashed into the moon's surface just minu

mr but when you when you hear that how do you interpret that all of a sudden the u.s. president knows nothing about wiki leaks. well i think all politicians. love journalistic freedom till it's turned on on them. so i don't think it's entirely surprising and i think donald trump is quite clear he does have a strategy of sometimes cozying up to media minutes to his advantage and sold out continually with fox news and overseas well even to attack and the whole thing with this songe case at the moment you may well not like him he may well disagree with some of those revelations in the political impact or only at the democrats were very or liberals in america were very happy when silence was exposing authoritarian regimes of the stakes in the iraq war they didn't like it when he was exposing what hillary clinton was doing and i think and that's obvious and just problems well now that even in the last few years become a kind of political act you know he's cozied up city slightly shadowy people and that has come back. to haunt would you agree with me that reporting on this s

and the tensions between russia and the u.s. are boiling to the surface in the country there so what does russia have in venezuela. well first of all russia and venezuela are historic. the two countries have been close for decades and actually we've even seen in recent months russia sending troops to venezuela they confirmed reports fairly recently saying however that the troops that were sent were military advisors and that they wouldn't be used for any military operations in the country but it's not just geopolitical interests that russia has it's also a cute economic interests first of all venezuela has been been a big importer of russian grain of russian arms and russia has also and russian companies as well has also given venezuela huge loans worth billions in the past few years so if there is regime change that might mean that russia simply doesn't get back its billions and of course there's also another aspect here economically at stake venezuela is a huge oil producing country it has one of the biggest oil reserves in th

and that they would fight extradition to the u.s. for a song. so this is what we know right now now i mean we had some dramatic footage earlier today here sondra being dragged out of the ecuadorian embassy by british police after basically you bastard invited them in because ecuador terminated his diplomatic asylum what's behind that. well the relationship between assaults and his ecuadorian hosts and the embassy have been deteriorating far a while we have to remember that a so much was granted asylum by a different by the foma ecuadorian president so the leadership changed and with that the attitude towards assault changed so the new president moreno saw him as an unwelcome guest he cut his internet access he made assaults pay for his own food and assault apparently also being quite hostile to his posts so what all the moreno the most was that a socialist still engaging in political activity that wiki leaks was pub. information about other countries that could have relationships. with other countries and that is why in the end the ecuadorian em

u.s. china trade conflict drags it and the slowing chinese economy weigh heavily on the world's trade. is moving and shaking in africa again this time building and financing of course in the eye for an ivory coast's it's an obvious job. this is business africa on d.w.i. in berlin welcome the world trade organization says the world trade growth is slowing at an alarming rate political instability and the persisting trade conflict between the world's two biggest economies are taking their toll britain's increasingly counts of divorce proceedings from the e.u. make things worse than previously expected global growth could slow even more dramatically in case of a no deal bragg's it which looks increasingly likely that might be opportunities for african economies as well trade is already shaken up the world trade organization says global trade is expected to grow at a much slower pace this year and previously thought w.t. on the list help lower their growth forecast to only two point six percen

well maybe the question should not be why u.s. prosecutors are so much fosco by why it took germany so long but if you look here at the u.s. prosecutors often have their own political political agendas so there might be some extra motivation to speed up things and then we shouldn't forget that folks watching is a foreign car companies so they're not that crucial to the u.s. economy as that would be the case with some of the big u.s. carmakers so that might also be another reason i'm saying may be why a u.s. prosecutors are a bit sharper when it comes to foreign corporations than to their own car industry . i also asked our correspondent how much this scandal has hurt folks lagan in the united states where it was having a hard time anyway. it has been very painful for for folks like me here in the united states and first there was the money i mean they already did pay and had penalties in the amount of a good thirty billion dollars just here in the u.s. just last month we got a new laws to the wood that got filed from the securitie

news a u.s. cabinet shakeup donald trump's chief enforcer of border policies is this a nielsen has resigned she oversaw all controversial news including the separation of migrant parents from their children. and that's all you news for now up next to morrow today the science program and this week we're focusing on new york street. more still to come. back. months long cheering also to. enter the conflict zone confronting the powerful i test the convictions and values of the powerful club from thing dan said i would draw all those people with other people's life in their hands out of their comfort zone. a good on the arguments of my guests. i'll just excuse this. conflict zone confronting the powerful on g.w. . stuff. and extravagant been. two hosts who really know their stuff. which feel good bullying and definitional. parody and chat with musicians from around the world. groups every week double. hello welcome sir tomorrow today the w science show. this week will be looking at poor. timer's dise

u.s. sanctions against his country band nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs russia has called for the sanctions to be eased. because one is covering this story for us and joins me now and let me first of all how skins reception in. well kim was received at the russian border with bread and salt which is a russian tradition for welcoming guests and he was also welcomed by an honor guard in vladivostok the city itself has taken some pains to prepare for kim special limousine they even dug out the driveway to the train station according to some media reports so that his limousine would fit through the gate there and they're also additional security precautions in place the summit is expected to take place on the island which is an island and a peninsula just off of all stocks and authorities have said that maritime traffic will actually be closed down in the area for the time of the summit this meeting has symbolic significance for russia of course which is trying to get an importa

bank and capital one the only banks that lind money to the trumps they are also the banks which the u.s. congress has subpoenaed as lawmakers seek information about trump's business dealings at home and abroad congress wants to find out if trump's earlier business deals could compromise his role as u.s. president trunk argues that lawmakers are harassing him in an effort to hurt him politically. the lawsuit is a trump family affair with the president's three eldest children also filing against deutsche bank germany's biggest lender was a major financer to the trump organization when other banks were put off by the president's multiple bankruptcies what the congressional committees are interested in is whether secret russian sponsors were involved or it bank was expecting to win greater influence in u.s. politics germany's flagship plan to help the trump organization financed multiple projects to the tune of more than two billion dollars that includes trump hotels and casino resort in atlantic city the trump international hotel and tower in chicago the gulf resort in miami almost a billi

as you had to trace u.s. trade negotiations with china are set to resume again this week japanese prime minister shinzo albi used his visit to north america to celebrate a trade agreement the trumpet ministration had snopes together with canada's justin trudeau abbey looked back at the success of the multilateral trans-pacific partnership t p p which aims at strengthening its members against china. as he set off for a round of golf with japanese prime minister shinzo are the us president donald trump had mostly one thing on his mind trade by pressuring japanese carmakers to expand production in the u.s. trump was looking to land a winning agreement with. but our slater the japanese prime minister celebrated real trade achievements elsewhere in north america with the trust of partner in an agreement that was originally designed to include the us. when the american administration decided to pull out of the t p p because of mr obvious leadership we were able to move forward on a deal that is comprehensive and pr

i'm joined by law in berlin welcome to the show u.s. aircraft maker boeing saw quarterly profits fall steeply as it grapples with a seven three seven max crisis the plane was grounded around the world after the models were involved in two fatal crashes within a six month span and fixing the fallout is coming at a billion dollar price prompting boeing to abandon its financial forecast for twenty nineteen. the boeing seven three seven marx was supposed to bring the company into the future but now the model which had initially sold strongly has become its biggest liability in the first quarter alone the seven three seven max generated extra costs of a billion dollars a must just the beginning because the seven three seven across to currently grounded worldwide boeing will face massive compensation payments to its customers the airlines there are also a barrow should lawsuits mainly from the relatives of the victims of the two crashes an ethiopian airlines plane in march and the same seven three seven from indonesian lion air in october. th

well in some ways russia could be a good intermediary in this conflict where is the u.s. is seen in north korea as kind of enemy number one russia has historic ties the soviet union was north korea's first back her main backer its first ally but when it comes to economic leverage china of course has much more leverage because their north korea's main trading partner kim has come to russia as well looking for more trade opportunities so there could be some leeway there some way to get russia to get more leverage through the economic cooperation that they could the two countries could build but it is significant to know that putin will be going to china for an economic forum just after his meeting with kim and presumably north korea will also be on the agenda there. right emily. thank you very much for that. now to some other stories making news around the blood in me an marquees fifty people working in a mine are believed to have died in a mudslide in the north of the country the magic brantley came from a collapsed reservoir used to contain materials discarded during the

today u.s. president trump is this a thing calexico california for a photo op at the us mexico border no trump has threatened to close the border completely of congress and mexico do not do more to slow the flow of migrants into the u.s. trump tells americans that his border wall will be part of the migration so the walls have been a recurring theme this week on both sides of the atlantic and we thought it was worth listening at how leaders invoke the image of walls sometimes with goals that could not be more opposite consider trump's border wall with mexico and then consider how the well the german chancellor and the head of nato this week both used the berlin wall not to exclude but rather include. it because in this come all of them none so i personally come from a country that was separated by a wall for many years into the my son for thirty four years i lived behind the iron curtain and guidance i know what it means when walls fall and when borders disappear off the side of the entrance to

characteristic confidence from u.s. president donald trump and the more cautious optimism from those who've been doing most of the negotiation the world's biggest economies may be close to a deal but getting there may take longer than expected. but for more i'm joined by angela i dare an american lawyer political adviser and the founder of d.c. berlin consulting that is the platform i understand that allows him to translate washington to germany or the world let's. by explaining what happened last night in washington well. we didn't learn a whole lot new i suppose the biggest piece of news is that they're still negotiating at all i think if you rewind about six months the chances of coming to a deal i think we're viewed as less likely and now it looks like the momentum really is moving toward a deal and so i think the deal have to entail in order to actually happen. for a few weeks now we've really. known the contours of the deal so if you differ buckets with the removal of tariffs as you mentioned the purchasing commit

and u.s. first quarter economic growth beats all expectations investors were missed in their response the financial correspondent tells us why. also on the show japan has a notorious work till you drop business culture the country's labor shortage is now giving workers in one sector some leverage to challenge those expectations to keep the details. i'm stephen beers in berlin thanks for joining us german chemical multinational buyer faces shareholders at the group's annual meeting friday in bonn and as expected it was a tense affair the company's share price has lost nearly half its value following last year's takeover of u.s. agra tech for months and in particular after two american court cases linked that company's popular weed killer round up to cancer cases and that's put buyer in the crosshairs of not just environmentalist and lawyers but its own shareholders. the atmosphere was talked sick even before the shareholder meeting began environmentalist's right to protest against buyers policy

from taking it over now the u.s. and the organization of american states recognized as venezuela's president the activists say the u.s. government is helping engineer a coup in venezuela elena humphrey sent us this report from the embassy. venezuela's power struggle is playing out here the country's u.s. embassy in washington d.c. for two weeks now american supporters of venezuela's embattled nicolas maduro occupied the building day and night they want to stop representatives of opposition leader and self declared interim president one by door from setting up shop in the leftist group calls itself the embassy protection collective is only one of its leaders shows us inside margaret the flowers doesn't play in venezuela as leaders for the country's economic and humanitarian crisis so much as her own. if the united states actually cared about the economic situation in venezuela we would stop the economic coercive measures that we're using you know the preventing them from having access to their gold in the bank of lond

and u.s. first quarter economic growth beats all expectations but investors were missed in their response the financial correspondent tells us why. also on the show japan has a notorious work till you drop business culture or the country's labor shortage is now giving workers in one sector some leverage to challenge those expectations to give the details. and student peers in berlin thanks for joining us german chemical multinational buyer faces shareholders at the group's annual meeting friday in bonn and as expected it was a tense affair the company's share price has lost nearly half its value following last year's takeover of u.s. agra tech for months and in particular after two american court cases linked that company's popular weed killer round up to cancer cases and that's put buyer in the crosshairs of not just environmentalist and lawyers but its own shareholders. the atmosphere was talked sick even before the shareholder meeting began environmentalist's right to protest against buyers

and in berlin welcome to the show u.s. aircraft maker boeing saw quarterly profits fall steeply as well the seven three seven max crisis the plane was grounded around the world after the models were involved in two fatal crashes within a six month span and fixing the fallout is coming at a billion dollar price prompting boeing to abandon its financial forecast for twenty nineteen. the boeing seven three seven mox was supposed to bring the company into the future but now the motor which had initially sold strongly has become its biggest liability in the first quarter alone the seven three seven max generated at . cost of a billion dollars and that's just the beginning because the seven three seven across the currently grounded white boeing will face massive compensation payments to its customers the airlines there are also a barrel should be lawsuits mainly from the relatives of the victims of the two crashes an ethiopian airlines plane in march and the same seven three seven max model from indonesian lion air in october la