A power grab actually everything was precisely planned and structured. Featuring a top supporting role. To the freedom of russia. And featuring a lead role like youve never seen before. But the mere fact of marriage to the ends justify the means. To tims witnesses starts december 13th on g. W. China lashes out at the u. S. For a new law supporting hong kong protesters but is beijing angry enough to risk what could be a critical trade deal with the u. S. Well take a look. Also on the show germany faces an alarming shortage of geriatric nurses now the government is looking to vietnam for help. And its the years most important day for many retailers black friday is no longer just an american phenomenon. This is your Business Report im stephen bears in berlin thanks for watching china has warned it will take countermeasures to a new u. S. Law backing antigovernment protesters in hong kong President Donald Trump signed the bipartisan bill which threatened sanctions as well as the lifting of favorable trading terms for any Human Rights Violations in the territory thousands of prodemocracy demonstrators took to the streets of hong kong to celebrate the new law many waved u. S. Flags and pro u. S. Banners but the bill could weigh on the current trade talks between washington and beijing. And joining me now to talk about this relationship and this bill and how it affects those trade talks. Clifford couldnt spend a lot of time of most of his journalistic career so far in china. Could we look at this you know talking about this earlier theres really an economic side the political side here. We know that china takes any threats to its sovereignty very seriously and probably would look at whats going on in hong kong as that at the same time so much economic turmoil going on there a real slowdown is there anything from what youve seen in this response what are its priorities i think in china the political will always trump the economic and if youll excuse the pun and i think in this case theyre kind of also in mashed because to ensure political stability she jinping and his leadership need strong growth so they needed they do need a trade deal at the same time the issue of sovereignty is so important to them and they have put so much store by it over the years. Its hard to see how they can sort of back down almost so i think this will be big discussions in high in the in the government compound in beijing going on tonight but this is really the crux of the issue right can she have both can he have the order that he wants in hong kong as well as the Economic Growth without a trade deal is. It seems that this law seems to tie those 2 together in a way. Really intervening in case there is a thing in hong kong would china threaten the trade deal is it in a position to threaten a trade deal because of hong kong i think it could and i think even though the economy is slowing as you mentioned you know it they need 6 percent growth to ensure that. They creation of jobs and that the economy is growing steadily but i think that its possible that they could they could take that chance because i think china has quite a lot of reserves and its got quite a lot of things there that it can kind of ways out a trade deal maybe you know let it let it go on a bit longer so even though it will take the pain i think they need to keep face and to keep sovereignty and i think we can i think we saw in trumps comments as well you know that he also hes aware of this you know because he was quite conciliatory so i think i think it could be the sort of factor and just add some context that we saw 6 percent g. D. P. Growth in the 3rd quarter thats considered the lowest since 1911 for china that should be concerning right there i would imagine but lets look at the other side as you said trump is there does it seem like theres a tendency or willingness to use this bill as a card in the straight talks i think so i mean hes he was talking about how she is an incredible person and hes talking about trump has definitely been trying to show he didnt want to sign the bill i think it was basically you have to because it was by far the signing ceremony for example exactly right he kept a very low and he was making all kinds of comments about how you know it was against almost against his will while we want to support the hong kong protests so hes trying to juggle the 2 sides a little bit and i think that thats you know i think i think it could become a kind of it could become an element in the trade talks but whether whether trump would use it as such or whether to be more the chinese do it and thats where we have to sort of wait and see how that all unfolds now going back to the straight do we just thought theres of course these are. Actions that turned out very strongly for the demonstrators there seems to be a low right now in the protests could that give china the space it needs to work on this trade deal it could i think i think theyve been i think possibly they underestimated the effect of this democracy bill it was just as they underestimated the effect of the elections of the weekend so i imagine that theyre taking stock at the moment in trying to come up with a policy of some kind of at the moment there just seems to be quite a role anger there as you saw in the various statements today. As you say the lol could could be give people a chance to catch their breath maybe think about how how the trade talks to go from here whether or not sovereignty will indeed outweigh the economic is is going to be the big factor all right beijing in a very difficult situation there Clifford Conant thank you very much. And lets look now at some of the other Global Business stories making news. Lawmakers have approved an increase in u. S. Beef exports was conciliatory a conciliatory gesture as both sides square off on trade issues moved grants american beef producers a greater share of a preexisting 45000. 00 ton foreign beef quota which is most of it dominated by australian and south american producers. Europeans are one step closer to being able to file a class action lawsuits majority of Member States approved the proposal thursday allowing european consumers to band together in court driving the issue has been the massive diesel emissions scandal of recent years. Europes top food and Beverage Companies are jointly calling on e. U. Regulators to mandate the production of electric trucks by automakers that could help the Companies Reach their own climate goals the lines includes nestle and unit lever and they say the Auto Industry needs a push to produce those trucks. Berlin is preparing a law to give it more say in foreign takeovers of German Companies economy minister peter said government veto rights should begin when a non e. U. Company seeks at least 10 percent of local for the current threshold is 25 percent the changes are focused on Technology Companies that are largely seen as directed at china. A saying in germany the country faces an alarming shortage of qualified nurses the government has now introduced a plan to attract more caretakers from from abroad rather and vietnam is one of their key recruitment areas we visited 2 vietnamese apprentices at their training hospital in rostock. Its monday morning in the neurological ward dont the Rostock University hospital. And the 2 apprentices on to do on t quinn who are helping a patient. Both have already completed training as nurses in their home country of vietnam nevertheless much is new to them. And during my training in vietnam i gave injections are put in drips but washing patients or giving them food was done by other workers. In germany the nurses to perform these tasks therefore trainees from vietnam have to complete the full 3 Year Training Program once again. Well. That was because. The student nurses are prepared for the german system as part of the Training Program in their home country still its not easy for the 2 women. Was that it got us out of this its a very different dialect to the one that ive learned. There are many words i dont know and im just learning how to find out how should i had a lot of duck accomplished at the beginning you missed preterists guide to. 300. 00 vietnamese trainees have come to germany under the Economics Ministry scheme to be at me as apprentices are welcome after all they bring a lot of experience with them. But a challenge is the mentality words like yes and no dont have the same meaning in vietnam as they do in germany. Its not really this is to some extent problematic in terms of the manuals because when there are work assignments and the question is asked do you understand the vietnamese trainees are likely to say yes because they understood the meaning but perhaps not the content of the question this was a stunt home. And this goes to no. Coworkers have adjusted to this after all there are workers from over 40 nations in the clinic. As you have wanted and the one here in the nurses station we have hung their hands we have people from boston and we have methadone and we have one person from syria so its very varied and colorful here at the nurses station this is. Currently the last batch of the program is finishing up the 1st year of training in future clinics will have to arrange the employment of vietnamese workers themselves. Now in the u. S. The friday after the thanksgiving holiday is the most important 24 hours of the year for many retailers black friday but the crazy discounts and deals are no longer limited to the us theyve become a global phenomenon 405060 or even 70 Percent Discount the skys the limit when it comes to black friday sales mania in the us people traditionally use the friday after thanksgiving to go out on a shopping spree for christmas presents or just for fun retailers have adapted to the surgeon even extended it by adding cyber monday on to what became a long shopping weekend and black friday has long since trusty atlantica arrived in europe for several years now retailers in germany have also been ramping up their business with a myriad of special offers with consumers out hunting for real or imagined massive savings. Were expecting an increase in revenues for this years black friday and cyber monday of somewhere in the region of 3100000000 euros in the Retail Sector thats an awful lot we can see that in recent years its full was boosted sales by 20 percent the occasion is more widely known and people are getting used to it. Which means its. Black friday and cyber monday and germanys biggest and most important days for retail sales not only in the run up to christmas but for the entire year. And thats all for me and the Business Team could of course find out about these and other stories online at the dot com slash business and check us out on facebook and twitter im stephen theres a black box watch. Cut. Is everywhere. Even where we least expect in. The party will soon be over. How can we replace the block. And my family its too close to the economy. Made in germany next on d w. Strong opinions clear position on the international perspectives. 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