europe. what unites. what divides. the. trucking force. what binds the continent to. the answers and stories of plunging the. spotlight on people. 30 minutes on d w. christmas time double. and now i'm going to get me a fictionalization but as affectionately as you can. put him in the middle of his election campaign. 2000 but documentary was filmed for russian television. to turn the camera back on of course the film secretly chronicled a power grab actually everything was precisely planned instruction. featuring a top supporting role. to the freedom of russia. and featuring a lead role like you've never seen before. but i'm here for marriage to the ends justify the means. to jin's witnesses starts december 13th on t.w. . place. this is due to the news live from berlin heading for a showdown over a controversial gas pipeline european business leaders rejecting u.s. sanctions against companies building a link which will carry russian natural gas to germany contactors are now demanding should it total measures also coming up moscow expels to german diplomats after.

one of europe's biggest lobbies euro champers is calling for the e.u. to lift sanctions against russia the group represents more than 20000000 businesses and says it's time for europe and russia to focus on working together rather than against each other. european union has approved 3200000000 euros in subsidies for the battery industry and a challenge to asian dominance of the sector funds will come from the 7 member countries and will be matched with investments by 17 companies the pledge comes as europe gets in europe gears up for electric cars to replace the petrol driven riots in the coming decades. the european commission is posing a temporary tariffs on bio diesel from indonesia it says heavy subsidies gave indonesian produces an unfair advantage between 8 and 18 percent and to restore a level playing field the european produces indonesia many of produces its biodiesel from palm oil currently exports run $400000000.00 euros worth of it the year over the european bio diesel market is worth an estimated $9000000000.00 euros . lush rain forest cover

swedish electronics maker ericsson says it has enough capacity to supply europe's 5 g. infrastructure ericsson manager frederick said europe would not fall behind if chinese firms like huawei were excluded from building high speed mobile networks to security concerns. now the outgoing governor of the bank of england mark carney will become un special envoy for climate action and finance in january for the position was last held by us democratic presidential hopeful and billionaire michael bloomberg carney will be paid $1.00 per year. for chile and that's it for me in the business team thanks for watching. ma. double talk show. strong the business going to clear positions from international perspectives of some. every week we get to the point on our current topic. open. commitment to the back to the point. g.w. of. earth home to millions of species a home worth saving. google ideas tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world by the protect the climate boost green energy solutions and reforestation. losing interactive content to inspire people

you know we have the example of of us whiskey being shipped to europe which has been under 25 percent tyrus so that also 18 months and the american whiskey industry has brutally experienced a 20 percent drop in sales in europe with that level of tires that says that small distilleries will take the biggest hit because they're lower volumes mean they already have to charge a premium price for tariffs combined with bricks its effects on access to the european market are expected to be a major setback for distillers threatening some of the $11000.00 jobs in the industry i doubt that for. me and the business team here in berlin for more you can check out our website that's dot com slash business you can also find us on the social media where on facebook and twitter for me it's good bye and take care. searching for identity and recognition. turkish citizens with african groups. their forebears were brought to the ottoman empire as slaves. even today their descendants are treated like outsiders. know they're demanding change. comes to. choosing the 1st wisely. they could have an effect on y

infrastructure ericsson manager frederick said europe would not fall behind if chinese firms like huawei were excluded from building high speed mobile networks to security concerns. of the outgoing governor of the bank of england mark carney will become un special envoy for climate action and finance in january for a position was last held by us democratic presidential hopeful and billionaire michael bloomberg carney will be paid $1.00 a year. unfortunately that's it for me in the business thanks for watching. for 4 degrees of global warming what difference does it make you show me. and we visit the 1st climate monitoring station in africa and explain why it's so important. to also examine how dangerous the melting permafrost is. and what mists are involved in geo engineering the climate in focus on. to keep going to minutes on. entering the conflict zone with tim sebastian. i'll be challenging those in power asking tough questions demanding. as conflicts intensify i'll be meeting with keep players on the ground in the sun zones of. cutting through the rhetoric holding the fossil to acco

the must see concerning culture in europe. to be curious minds. do it yourself networkers. so subscribers don't miss out. and that's why things are almost all the. fights this is not as if i would fall to the home this is a scene from when hitler stole pink rabbit a new film from oscar winner carlin a link which has cinemas of this christmas. hello and welcome to our culture the film is based on the bestselling children's book of the same name by british author judas carr the story deals with the refugee experience of jews in nazi germany told from the viewpoint of a 9 year old girl his ball. for president in this program the time come you know vice this. doesn't seem a. good start. when he took his entire. speech on the. killer wins the election the family narrowly escapes arrest by the nazis leaving everything they have behind they flee across europe to freedom. and what finally convinced me to make this movie was that i found this perspective so unique.

it was one of the biggest stories in europe this past year rising rents investors desperate for yield in europe 0 interest markets ploughed their money instead into urban real estate but property markets in big cities have tightened pushing up rents and threatening to push out middle class families the counter reaction has been intense berlin is now preparing to freeze rents for 5 years beginning in january and some are calling for even tougher measures. tenants in berlin have been fighting for their rights last summer they led an initiative calling for the nationalisation of some of the property owned by real estate companies they wanted city to hold a referendum on the issue that 1st began with seeing the referendum question is based on article 15 of the german basic low it states the property may be transferred to public ownership for the purpose of socialization the article has never been invoked. the german capital is witnessing a battle over affordable housing between tenants real estate owners and politicians there's an acute shortage of living space berlin has a deficit of ten

systems from europe or the united states but many are wary with critics saying the threat for a while wait to misuse of technology is real the concern is that it would pass on user data to the chinese government. the chairman of the company told george yvel of the concerns are unfounded. all we want to one way is never received any such requests during our operations over the past years and even if we receive such requests in the future we would not agree to them without lawful requests we won't do anything which will a woman. though there is no proof of data protection issues at huawei the united states is vehement about locking them out of 5 g. network build outs germany is also wrestling with the issue beijing says it will retaliate against berlin if walk away is banned in germany. top story the currency in ghana under pressure again let's now get some more information from my cycle it says our correspondent in iraq it's the 25th year of depreciation of gone us currency how will people in ghana ordering people cope with that situation it's very difficult for gagnon's really busines

farmers across europe taking to the streets they are fed up with being blamed for every ill of modern society from meat to pesticides. but business is booming for one farmer in australia as she reaches the rewards of a random gift received decades. this is t w business i'm. well come american companies are rapidly losing their appetite for major investments in germany that's according to a recent survey of 100 top u.s. companies currently doing business here germany only 2 years ago a survey of senior managers by consultant consultancy k p.m.g. suggested that 47 percent of those companies would be making investments of over $10000000.00 in germany over the next 3 years but this year the same service address there's only 24 percent plan on investments of this magnitude germany's high marks for its logistics infrastructure also dropping 2 years ago as many as 72 percent of the company's right to germany's infrastructure tops in europe today only 60 percent of managers share that view a complex. the tax system high labor costs under scott city of skilled workers workers in europe's bigge

and where will the new european central bank chief take europe's most powerful financial institution we take a closer look at christine lagarde. i want to get jones on this is business live from berlin welcome the u.s. house of representatives has passed a bill imposing sanctions on the russian led gas pipeline north stream to the new sanctions talk of the ships needed to lay the massive pipes the project depends on only a few companies in the world to possess the technology to lay deep sea pipelines and they could soon find themselves cut off from doing business in the united states if completed north stream 2 could double the amount of russian gas imported by germany and to all that you member us something us or make us worry could give moscow greater political leverage over the european union. but for more on this topic i'm joined now by our financial market correspondent chelsea delayed in france and chelsea could this sunshines stop the project. it seems like it's a little bit too late for that the us has been discussing these sanctions for several months they were expected to b

just as he was departing for the nato conference in europe u.s. president donald trump reaffirmed his intention to levy penalty tariffs on steel and aluminum from brazil and argentina that. really. got. by. and i guess that big break that down that break up a good area. that. u.s. farmers are suffering because weaker currencies also make soybeans and maize from latin america much cheaper than their own products on global markets it's unlikely however that brazil and argentina are deliberately devaluing their respective currencies both countries are mired in economic crisis and that usually drags a country's currency down there both struggling with low growth high unemployment and capital flight brazil's president share your ball scenario has always been a trump admirer he was quick to say he'll be in touch with the white house. hustings to finance minister paulo gladdest today about aluminum if it's true i'll call trump i have an open channel with him along with. if the u.s. tariffs are imposed it can only add to the economic pressure further deva

you know we have the example of of us whiskey being shipped to europe which has been under 25 percent tariff for that are stating months and the american whiskey industry has brewed experienced a 20 percent drop in sales in europe with that level of tires that says that small distilleries will take the biggest hit because their lower volumes mean they already have to charge a premium price for tariffs combined with bret's its effects on access to the european market are expected to be a major setback for distillers threatening some of the $11000.00 jobs in the industry i. doubt that for. me and the business team here in berlin for more you can check out our website www dot com slash business you can also find us on the social media we're on facebook and twitter for me it's if i and take care. law. africa. research project climate protection the students from 20 countries involved in a scientific expedition need to trust the ones who collect samples from to devise for the same time in the good sense of the standards of the project will help them to spread environmental the wind inside

is a problem all over the world even here in the european union romania is home to more than half of europe's remaining untouched forests thus protecting them has become a dangerous business this year as seen a number of rangers killed trying to rid the country of illegal logging romania's primeval forest are legendary for their beauty and their under threat illegal logging here is bound up with corruption political intrigue and murder. that just look at what's been felt here the mafia took it all away. georg lives new york should know he worked for the criminal lumber syndicates for 10 years and he knows how it works. this truck was cut down the illegally whether they got that one over there legally did you get a license to fell 10 trees and you take 100 corrupt forest rangers marked the trees or you documents are forged he says the police look the other way and everyone profits each tree is worth hundreds of euros but it is though i'm far astray workers live in fear they get threatened if you speak out you'll be fired and the order comes from the top from the mafia. because there are 2 coug

batteries are the industrial approach unity in europe batteries is the best way to get us to decarbonize our transport longer term just it's true that just as any other sector whether it's oil or gas or anything we use extract in materials for batteries has an impact but it's really important to put it in perspective in an average battery for an electric car we use about 10 kilograms of cobalt that cobbled can be recovered at the end of batteries life so around 9 kilograms of it can be recovered and recycled and used the game when we look at petrol or diesel cars we actually use in thousands of litters of oil we're burn in that and we have to extract more so we do need smart regulations in europe and we are working to secure that better materials are sustainably and responsibly sourced and that there is cycled but in the perspective batteries is actually the good kilometer acknowledge it to get us where we need to go but there's some other technologies out there i mean what about the mobility concert that japan is focusing on which is hydrogen fuel cells and that also be an option for eu

also coming up tis the season for shopping we'll be looking at trends in the callers in europe and we take you to a town in mexico where it's christmas all year at least when it comes to the conduct of the town's world famous decorations. i'm chris cuomo welcome to the program it's a deal in principle and one that will have many people feel really after hours of discussions russia ukraine and the european union have reached a tentative gas deal that go into effect on the 1st of january the deal was brokered right here in berlin. these pipes are front and center of a geopolitical crisis natural gas is supposed to be sent from russia to germany to supply the e.u. with one of its major energy sources the north stream and nordstrom to pipelines. bypass ukraine and safe on billions in transit fees that are currently a major source of income for the neighboring country not to rely entirely on the north rim delivery system russia still wants to send some gas through ukraine asked for ukraine the country depends on gas from russia but must call has weaponized its supply in the past cutting it

raise its status within europe at the same time it is a curse and that like any loan it's got a risk elements where if they can't pay back the land montenegrin land could become collateral so it works in both ways why is china so generous china's generous because china's trying to build influence it's looking for for china sitting on quite a lot of cash that it needs to invest. and so the silk road is very much part of the us i think so it's trying to build up infrastructure as part of the silk road but it is also trying to build political influence i was interesting in the report we had that china basically came to the rescue with the e.u. just didn't manage to invest the money and a lot of experts say the 2020 will be a critical year for china relations how come well i think we've got this investment treaty that's going to that's coming up to see whether that gets signed at the moment is a lot of pushback against china against china as an investment. because of china trying to export influence as it's perceived in many places so it is going to be a crucial year the balkans is going

and china have very different approaches to data protection the question now is europe even capable of creating a cloud without those big tech players. need a place to put your new construction plans more and more companies worldwide are storing files like that in the cloud all kinds of data can be stored there the advantage is that employees can access it from anywhere in the world at the same time anyone can use the cloud to access familiar programs such as word and companies can upgrade to more storage space at any time if need be the disadvantage for european data protection is that only 4 providers dominate the market just such they saw that american and chinese companies have a clear supremacy in the world market it means they have a certain amount of influence over the data and that worries us from a legal point of view. it's not so much the economic aspect but simply the fact that these companies can easily exercise control over the data even i did. also. one example is germany's federal police which stores photos and video recordings from their body cams in microsoft's cloud a

the airline industry is suffering world over and especially in europe from overcapacity and loved ones that is affected that's why it's scrambling to lower costs for example with the kind of tariff negotiations tough ones that they're having with their cabin crew but also with selling the catering business and that there are other problems as well the 737 max from boeing on the ground a problem for many airlines and of course the fridays for future debate shame traveling will have to wait and see how that affects the airlines you know it's interesting it had to there in frankfurt thank you so much. well things on so much better for those traveling by train at least not if you're traveling to and through fronts the country's nationwide strike against michael spence the reform plans on now the longest in more than 30 years paris is at the center of the strike action which has become a strain on residents and tourists alike. transport strikes in france are almost routine but prolonged strike action like this is rare as the strike enters its 26th day the strain is showing she didn't offer

tries to limit russian gas supplies to europe and instead sell its own natural gas to their allies. in the late 2000 scores of employees at france telecom killed themselves or attempted suicide the company had been trying to force them out by degrading working conditions now a french court has found the firm which has since renames oranje and 3 of its former top executives guilty of moral harassment it's a landmark ruling. france telecom was under siege back in 2006 when a brutal reorganization plan saw over 20000 employees lose their jobs the ruthlessness of the redundancies was a shock to the workers and scores of employees were so desperate they were driven to suicide. this man d.d.a. lombard was in charge of the company at the time and this is how employees reacted to him. today a paris court ruled that the company now another is orange bears legal responsibility for the suicides and as sentenced to 4 months in prison for the illegal methods used to help the company shut thousands of workers lombards lawyer says he will appeal the verdict. and. more than all the company needs to

on all key elements which i believe it's very good and very positive news for europe for russia. for gas markets and for cities and. all contraries moscow and here yet to go over some details of the deal before signing. a wave of debts in developing nations has grown faster than at any time in the last 5 decades and it could trigger another crisis that's the warning issued by the world bank developing countries racked up a towering 55 trillion dollars of debts by the end of last year and courage by borrowing costs in the wake of the global recession if interest rates rise again. making that debt more expensive to pay off the results could be devastating the world bank sales. let's bring in conrad burns in here our financial correspondent in frankfurt conrad global stock markets have been trading on record highs they don't seem to be worried about those. well you know christophe no one on the financial markets believes really that boring costs will eventually rise quickly or that this will come as a surprise so if you like people on the financial markets especially when it comes t

focus on europe on t w. a record year for global markets draws to a close trade war didn't stop investors and neither did a slowdown in the world economy look at what's behind a bull market charging in the 2020. also on the show a dramatic twist in the case of jailed auto executive carlos ghosn the former nissan to know chairman has fled house arrest in japan. and kenya has too much teeth a better harvest has driven prices down leaving growers scrambling to find alternatives . this is your business your business report i'm stephen beers in berlin it's good to have you with us u.s. president donald trump took to twitter on tuesday to say he'll sign a phase one trade deal with china on january 15th the trump tweeted that the deal will be signed in a ceremony at the white house was with high level chinese representatives the deal was concluded earlier this month but many of its details have been slow to emerge including assigning dates trump went on to say that he will go to beijing at a later date or face to t

you know we have the example of of us whiskey being shipped to europe which has been under 25 percent tariff so that all stating months and the american whiskey industry has brewed experienced a 20 percent drop in sales in europe with that level of tires that says that small distilleries will take the. biggest hit because their lower volumes mean they already have to charge a premium price to terrorists combined with bricks its effects on access to the european market are expected to be a major setback for distillers threatening some of the 11000 jobs in the industry. and that's it from me and the business team here in berlin for more news on fakers do check out our website that's the delta news dot com slash business you can also find us on social media we're on facebook and twitter do feel free to drop us a line there for me though it's good bye and take. a lot of attention. but don't overlook these little flowers there and danger to. do something to protect. we presume free success stories from south africa. identifying rare glimpse of replanting them creating an urban oasis in afr

swedish electronics maker ericsson says it has enough capacity to supply europe's 5 g. infrastructure manager frederick he said europe would not fall behind chinese firms like for why they were excluded from building high speed mobile networks due to security concerns its. bangalore is famous for its i t sector. meet its role as the indian as the center of the indian aerospace industry but all those high tech credentials don't help with much more monday problems is 11000000 citizens produce a lot of waste too much of it remains on collected in public places and entrepreneurs now come up with a solution turning trash into fuel in the heart of bangalore garbage is festering everywhere this neighborhood is drowning in it the population has grown rapidly the infrastructure hasn't kept pace entrepreneurs so narayan has not enough he's teamed up with chemistry teacher padmashree battleground to encourage residents to separate their trash. he collects it as rule material. we're producing as an end product is about 90 to 94 percent of meat him which means it's much better than

version vision by chinese president xi jinping goes further to partner with more countries in asia europe and beyond so that is chinese government's biggest ambition. the belgian road initiative has also seen a huge amount of chinese investment in africa our next report brings us to kenya and onboard the model rocket express a chinese funded railway linking the 30th of mombasa. express high profile undertaking that aims to bring prosperity to southern kenya and to 2 cities in particular. time to board to mombasa nairobi standard gauge railway or s.g.r. kenya's most expensive infrastructure project the distance between kenya's capital nairobi and the port city mumbai just under 500 kilometers and 2 years ago in 2017 this journey that we are on would have taken up to 10 hours in fact some passengers on the train see that up to 24 hours have been spent trying to bridge that gap between these 2 cities. town. very fast. very fast. is bound to happen which means that the standard good will be running across the country of kenya and eventually leading up to a regional partners uganda and eventua

starting with europe foreign direct investment in africa currently totals 261000000000 yuri's euro's but it's been far from a straight upward line you can see it here european investors actually pulling money out of africa in 201617 see that clip on a minute there you go there meanwhile chinese investment has been picking up pace rapidly as beijing presses ahead with its massive infrastructure project the belt road initiative and the figure here speaks for itself this year china has invested 270000000000 euros in sub-saharan africa alone spending has been focused on ports railways and road networks but it's not all full steam ahead political instability and conflicts still put some investors all of the u. and peacekeeping mission in africa for this year on next will cost more than $4600000000.00 euros and to find out more on that let's cross over to michael auti from africa michael hi there good to see you the last few years have seen a lot of efforts to spur more private investment in africa how do these projects been a success. well to some degree a compact with africa for instance

amazon and other tech stocks and drive market gains in asia we'll look ahead to what europe can expect. also on the show it's been a rough year for car makers but a fascinating one for cars we'll take a look at what rolled into the big auto shows this year and out of tinkerers garages. and whiskey makers in scotland have a bitter taste in their mouth as u.s. tariffs begin to bites. this is your business report i'm stephen beardsley in berlin thanks for joining us christmas retail numbers have markets around the world feeling extra jolly asia's up again on the last trading day of the week with a hung song in the shanghai composite both gaining close to one percent and the nikkei in tokyo up by just a 10th of a percent tech stocks were the big winners on wall street in the wake of a strong christmas spending amazon jumping almost 5 percent after boasting of another record holiday season while apple alphabet and facebook were also moving up . now german industry however is on a different track it sees its problems continuing into the new year nearly half of industry lobby groups surveyed

you know we have the example of of us whiskey being shipped to europe which has been under 25 percent tariff for that are stating months and the american whiskey industry has brutally experienced a 20 percent drop in sales in europe with that level of tires that says that small distilleries will take the biggest hit because their lower volumes mean they already have to charge a premium price the tariffs combined with bricks its affects on access to the european market are expected to be a major setback for distillers threatening some of the 11000 jobs in the industry i and outfit for. me and the business team here in berlin for more you can check out our website at www dot com slash business you can also find us on social media where on facebook and twitter for me it's good bye and take care. of choosing the 1st wisely. we could have an effect on your entire career. should people starting a new profession look out for. mistakes and pitfalls should they avoid. my 1st day at a new job tips for a path to success. made in germany next. coke. africa. research project climate protection stu

one of europe's biggest lobbies euro chambers is calling for the e.u. to lift sanctions against russia it's time for europe and russia to focus on working together rather than against each other according to the association which represents more than 20000000 businesses. and the e.u. has approved 3200000000 euros in subsidies for the battery industry and the challenge to asian dominance of the sector the funds will come from 7 member countries and will be matched with private investment by 17 companies the move comes as europe gears up for electric cars to replace the petrol driven variety over climate change concerns. next up it looks like deutsche bank is planning to make separate german retail banking unit with its main corporate structure the financial times reports it could say up to 100000000 euros annually c.e.o. christiane saving is expected to announce details of the streamlining to investors later on tuesday it's part of a wider plan by torture to downsize significantly and reduce its dependence on its struggling investment banking operations.

energy markets german politicians disagree we in europe think we can decide. for ourselves about our own energy security and diversity and i personally do not buy the argument that the united states saying we are making ourselves more dependent or maybe even completely dependent by russian oil and gas deliveries russia's gas pramono some authority stake in the 1200 kilometer long pipeline which will transport natural gas under the baltic sea from russia directly to germany circumventing ukraine and other eastern european countries the project is more than 90 percent complete and is scheduled to start operating in mid 2020 north stream 2 has the potential to double the amount of natural gas germany imports from russia the country needs more gas to ensure energy supplies remain stable as it phases out the use of coal and nuclear power. and as germany goes green policy makers here suspect washington is also worried about the business angle of north stream too. he was obdurate c.r.u.'s produces liquid for charlie and gas using the fracking methods the carbon footp

in today's stocks soared from asia to europe on hopes of an orderly breaks it and signs of a last ditch trade deal between the united states and china are both tokyo and hong kong stocks closed friday station more than 2 and a half percent up one germany's dax open today's session way more than one percent higher according to media reports the u.s. will counsel new tariffs at the weekend and rollback previous measures by china will ramp up its purchases of the u.s. force. let's find out more about that and as bring in our financial correspondent chelsea delaney at the frankfurt stock exchange josie that sounds promising are we really needed to a solution in the u.s. china trade dispute. we're nearer to a solution but it's not yet and the bags so donald trump and the u.s. side have agreed to this deal according to media reports but the chinese side has been very quiet on whether they have agreed to this deal about 2 hours ago at a press briefing in china a ministry spokeswoman declined to confirm that they had agreed to a deal and said we're still looking for a mutually beneficial agreem

boeing as some sort of backdrop for his claim of make america great again he has used the dispute with europe about subsidies for his protection is the agenda so you know i think all this indicates how important boeing really is for the economy and as well a bellwether a bellwether but it might also be unvoluntarily a bellwether for its main competitor and european air bus because they seem to benefit from that crisis. well yes and no of course us has profited from the situation it has gotten a few definite orders for its a $320.00 airplane which is the immediate competitor to the 737 max but the amount of which airbus can profit from the situation is really limited production of the air bus a 320 is at full capacity at the moment ever us is producing about about 58320 s. a month there's a backlog of almost $6000.00 planes so it's not really in the situation to immediately boost its production. come a blues in their reporting for us from frankfurt thank you so much. to france now where workers continue their protests against the government's new pension plans the transport sector is hardest h

europe and asia were also up big time. and let's go to our financial correspondent in new york korda yens good to see you on this last program i guess before 2020 a year of supro terms for markets why have global markets been surging so much this year despite a world economy that's often been struggling at a time. and who would have guessed last year around the same time december of 2018 if i remember correctly was the worst december since 1931 and now we are surpassing one record after another well i guess what does help is that the u.s. economy all decade long by the way could avoid a recession that is unheard of but then also money got even a bit cheaper in the past couple of months with 3 interest rate cuts that was also not to be expected this time last year but then there's also a bit of a lack of alternatives bonds are not really attractive at this level and it's not the stocks on the rise but it's also gold oil stocks up so wherever you look we see this turn to the upside there's not a great year furia here on wall

and that are some of the other global business stories making the news one of europe's biggest lobby groups euro tamers is calling for the e.u. to lift sanctions against russia the organization says it's time for europe and russia to focus on working together rather than against each other as representing over 20000000 businesses statement comes amid peace talks between russia and ukraine in paris 5 years after russia seized crimea the e.u. has approved 3200000000 euros in subsidies for the car battery industry and a challenge to easing dominance of the sector funds will come from the 7 member countries and will be matched with private investments by 17 companies greece has introduced special benefits for the world's richest in a bid to attract foreign investment wealthy foreigners to move their techs registry to the country will be given special treatment critics say the move helps the rich avoid paying taxes. now german exports rose unexpectedly in october despite on going trade disputes and a slowdown in the global economy goods sold abroad went up 1.2 percent to almost $100000000

russia and ukraine will sign a 5 year deal on the transit of russian gas to europe via ukraine that's according to announcements by both parties is the 1st such deal since the russian annexation of crimea and it followed intense negotiations with the e.u. . these pipes are front and center of a geopolitical crisis north stream 2 percents a new undersea route for russia to deliver gas to the e.u. bypassing its neighbor ukraine in the midst of a conflict that started with russia's annexation of crimea in 2014 what's at stake for ukraine up to $3000000000.00 in transit fees for gas coming from the orange gas field in western siberia it flows through the brotherhood pipeline crossing ukraine into slovakia for further distribution within the e.u. with the introduction of the north stream pipeline in 2011 much of the russian gas delivered to the e.u. had a new route and north stream 2 will double the capacity leaving ukraine to worry not only about a major source of income but also its own demand ukraine depends on gas from russia but moscow has weaponized its supplies in the past turning o

whiskey being shipped to europe which has been under 25 percent tyrus for that are stating months and the american whiskey industry has brewed experienced a 20 percent drop in sales in europe with that level of tire so that says that small distilleries will take the biggest hit because their lower volumes mean they already have to charge a premium price for tariffs combined with bret's its effects on access to the european market are expected to be a major setback for distillers threatening some of the 11000 jobs in the industry i doubt that for. me and the business team here in berlin for more you can check out our website out e.w. dot com slash business you can also find us on social media we're on facebook on twitter for me if i take. the phone. in good shape. seizures are often unpredictable. every lipsey the success. the sudden onset. if someone has a seizure to act quickly. exploits impatience explain what to do. in good shape next d.w. . africa. research project climate protection students from 20 countries involved in a scientific expedition need to chat to collect some old li

here and that means well big business for many will take a look at what retailers are expecting in europe's biggest economy and all shoppers here in berlin to deal with the more frustrating parts of gift giving. also on the show we'll look at china's growing economic influence over the past year on its massive infrastructure spending. this is your business report i'm stephen bears in berlin thanks for joining us. it's one of the most important periods on the christian calendar and for the business books christmas time is critical for retailers above all who rely on strong sales to make up for slower parts of the year the good news in countries like the u.s. and germany is that fundamentally strong economies look to drive strong sales at the stores and online but there are also downsides clark wrapping presents 3 shifts a day that's all these employees do here at a department store in central berlin and the close of christmas looms the more frenetic the pace. city books c.d.'s films and bouncers they're the classic gets people buying a last minute rush we're expecting this year to be a recor