Russia. And featuring a lead role like youve never seen before. Because im here for that america which did the ends justify the means. Of putins witnesses starts december 13th on w. And ends to the trade war seems within reach sources say the United States and china have reached a deal in principle the agreement could stop an increasingly harmful spiral of tariffs and commentaries which have become a drag on world trade also on the Program Germany pushes back on a u. S. Bill to sanction companies building the north stream to pipeline which will transport natural gas from russia plus neither gave policy hard more in davos but a self declared i. The easy these new hit Christine Legarde on the rails a broad review of the institutions tools and goals that are 1st policy and gone out relies on imports to feed the countrys vast appetite for rice but now it wants to satisfy all domestic demand itself will be 3 years with a little help from some friends. Im going scoble welcome to the program it would be a major step towards ending the 17 month u. S. China trade war both sides have reached a partial trade deal according to a source briefed on the talks between the 2 countries u. S. Negotiators have reportedly offered to reduce tariffs on about 375000000000. 00 in chinese goods by 50 percent washington will also suspend tariffs on 160000000000. 00 in goods set to go into effect on sunday before attractive dispute between the worlds 2 top economy has weighed on profits of companies and slowed Global Growth and set the markets view on this with our man on wall street again scored against donald trump has been hinting the closing of this deal on his twitter feed something that people on wall street also watching obviously how did investors take the news. Clearly with some relief even if we do not see a big party here on wall street but during the trading session we did touch or even reach a new record highs well this is in general certainly some good news for the market because the trade dispute does not seem to escalate at this point but we are talking about phase one a deal that does not mean that the battle in general is over but at least we have some sort of truth that wall street in general was expecting all along that some kind of a deal will be reached otherwise we wouldnt see the stock market being on such an elevated level even before we got the word that we might get this phase one deal within the next couple of days so certainly some relief but a lot of topics and issues will not be solved with this. Little deal as the what they call it here the phase one quarter nerk thank you. Germany has said back at us plans to penalize Construction Companies working on a controversial gas project the north stream 2 pipeline will carry russian natural gas to germany washington says thats a Security Risk because it makes europe more dependent on russia erland says the 10000000000 euro pipeline is vital to its energy needs and germanys foreign minister says European Energy policy is decided in europe not the United States. The u. S. Plans to impose sanctions on companies and individuals involved in the pipeline project that includes german as well as other European Companies the penalties include travel bans and asset freezes companies continuing with north stream 2 could find themselves cut off from doing business in the u. S. U. S. Lawmakers fear the pipeline could give moscow greater leverage over the german and e. U. Energy markets german politicians disagree we in europe think we can decide. For ourselves about our own and of the 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 russias gas pramono majority 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 obsoleted c. E. O. The us produces liquid for tralee and gas using the fracking method the Carbon Footprint is worse than color and they have trouble selling it here on the European Market because they arent competitive that develops peace and whatever the u. S. Motives President Trump says he will sign the bill into law and implemented as soon as possible. And now to some of the other Global Business stories making the news u. S. President has ailed a new law that would give 20 weeks of paid parental leave to federal workers for the 1st time mr trump called the deal historic after Senate Approval it will give paid parental leave to over 2000000 federal employees the policies applies to all new parents not just birth mothers peruvian investigators have been in brazil questioning a former executive over alleged corruption lings there to government officials in peru the executive told prosecutors that he had given money to president ial campaigns of several politicians investigators say they are looking into whether an report of Campaign Contributions were part of Money Laundering and graft schemes already reeling from the fallout of rolling yellow vest protests french businesses are again counting their losses as an 8 day old strike over Pension Reforms eats into their christmas or the strike has left public transport in paris and National Rail services at a near standstill since december the 5th shops hotels and restaurants are all feeling the pinch. Christine legarde tared our 1st policy meeting as president of the European Central bank and while the governing council decided to leave Interest Rates in the eurozone unchanged at 0 percent things are likely to get in motion at the e. C. B. Itself as Christine Lagarde announced a top to bottom review of how the institution sets Monetary Policy. The new e. C. B. President appears to be taking the new job in her stride she wasted no time in announcing a thorough review of how the institution sets Monetary Policy but she stopped short of making any policy shifts likening her outlook to a feathered creature that rarely gets a mention in economic discussion. But you know once and for all im not nor a hawk and my ambition is to be this. But. This is often associated with a little bit of wisdom shes intending to apply that wisdom to a number of key questions like how the fight against Climate Change can be financed and how her institution should define success when it comes to Monetary Policy at present the e. C. B. His goal is to get inflation up to around 2 percent in pursuit of that aim its kept Interest Rates ultra low monitoring the wisdom of that policy will be top of pristine look are its agenda. Vodafone germany is says excluding huawei from its 5 g. Network could delay the rollout of the next generation tech by up to 5 years the message comes amid continued debate about what role the Chinese Company should play in germany on wednesday Spains Telefonica said it wanted to work with both nokia and huawei to build up 5 g. That move would require the approval of the government which has not yet finalized its position and probably. In other news to china has denied it pressure the government of the pharaohs to use far away equipment and its 5 g. Network the islands are in autonomy as region of denmark chinas denial follows reports the Chinese Ambassador threatened to pull a trade deal if the danes huawei wasnt involved in the network danish media quoted an apparent audio recording of the conversation a spokesperson for Chinas Foreign Ministry denied such a threat was made. To god and now and the country depends largely on rice imports to feed its people but now god wants to produce all the rice it consumes itself within the time spent of 3 years a Consortium Led by the alliance for a green revolution in africa with funding from the German Development of w is helping farmers boost production with improving rice seeds and farming efforts 63 year old mohammed isa haku is one of over 100000 smallholder farmers benefiting from the Development Banks program with access to improved rice seeds and better farming methods you know harvest says rice twice a year privy to. Those yes for 6 months before this one didnt do this. And able to. Leave my level hoot. With funding from the German Government the program not only focuses on seeds and farming methods but also on Effective Marketing systems. How do you promote partnerships among private sector among Public Sector and Development Partners so we can draw a gun. Basically thats what were doing rice factories like this one in northern uganda are now processing most of the paddy rice from smallholder farmers this facility alone has processed over 20000 metric tons of rice the government hopes high levels of local production will make it unnecessary to import rice within the next 3 years. We have nearly almost 600000 metric tons of rays that officially we have put into this country we intend in and theres 3. To stop that. Mohammad hopes to cultivate an even bigger field next year helping to make gonna selfsufficient in Rice Production sooner rather than later. And thats our show for more check out our website at www dot com slash business or social media im Chris Caldwell and thanks. To the conflict zone to sebastian. 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