Discover. The worlds top 2 economies are nearing a trade true but there seems to be much agreement on what is happening when or even where it would be signs. Coming up our report takes a trip on the chinese finance model rocket express in kenya. Or in thailand has come up with an innovative alternative to the polluting practice of burning rights fields. Ferguson welcome. The United States says its planning to sign a trade deal with china in the 1st week of january the government in beijing has not confirmed the timeline nor has it mentioned any specifics about the agreement taken together theres uncertainty about what is happening when. Next year is no Election Year in the u. S. And donald trump is not likely to risk him barking on tricky trade negotiations with one eye on the polls instead hes keen to declare himself the winner of the trade war with china so no surprise when he announced phase one of a trade deal. Because we want to get you it should be a great place to play. A few days earlier to rally his message was even clearer. We just achieved a breakthrough on the trade deal and well be signing it very shortly theyre already buying binge and billions of dollars of products agricultural products. The phase one deal is bigger than window dressing china will no longer impose tariffs on soybeans imports from the u. S. For its part the u. S. Wave tariffs against china in mid december but nothing on state subsidies or market reform not even when and where it will be signed so what does china make of all this. You know the issues youre concerned about on the phase one deal signing i can tell you that both sides economic and trade teams are in close communication about details arrangements for the deal signing and other follow up work. Which translates as both sides say negotiations are continuing. With the details of a possible deal with the u. S. Still being hammered china is maintaining its focus on the belt and Road Initiative its a series of grand Infrastructure Projects intended to connect the Chinese Market with the rest of the world and you can see the extent of it here on the mop constructions been underway since 2013 were talking hardware as railways roads and Power Infrastructure in more than 60 countries china is a myth to secure export markets and access to a woman. Germany is also involved china has invested more than 38000000000 euros here since 2005 with a focus mainly on Innovative Technologies like automotive drive systems and biomedical technology. And of course the belton Road Initiative offers huge opportunities for Chinese Companies seeking to expand their operations our china correspondent blowing up took a look at what impact the project is having on businesses in the country. These are cooling and heating units for Industrial Buildings soon theyll be shipped to the u. S. Pakistan bangladesh and mexico the manufacturer a broad group a company headquartered in hunan china specializes in Energy Efficient air conditioning in the next few years the firm with more than 3000 employees hopes to further expand needed by chinas belgian road investment scheme. And road opens a new space for growth in the world economy. It creates a new platform for International Trade and investment and provides new ways for Global Economic governance and contributes to the wellbeing of people in many countries. She. Sometimes called the new silk road the built in Road Initiative theres a massive Infrastructure Investment scheme new railways are intended to provide better connectivity across the eurasian continent investment in ports will open new Maritime Trading routes according to official figures the total value of projects already signed exceeds 500000000000. 00 us dollars. So far International Trade rules have been shaped by western countries Chinese Companies like broad hope that through its massive investments china will gain a greater say in these rules to make them better serve chinese businesses. And chinese ambitions are on the table its now up to the rest of the world to react. On the new silk road is certainly not by puffing africa our next report takes us to kenya where our reporter points the model rocket express a chinese funded Railway Linking the cities of mombasa. Express the high profile undertaking that aims to bring prosperity to southern kenya into 2 cities in particular. Time to board the Mombasa Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway or s. G. R. Kenyas most expensive Infrastructure Project that is says between kenyas capital nairobi and the port city mumbai just under 500 kilometers and 2 years ago in 2017 this journey that were 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. Towns. Ed very fast was on red a fast. Phase 2 is bound to happen which means that the standard gauge will be will be running across the country of kenya and eventually leading up to our regional partners uganda and eventually south sudan opening up the region to trade and movement of persons the railway was built by chinese contractors and financed largely by chinese loans that poses a debt burden. Putting all this together hasnt come to cheap 3800000000. 00 kenya has had to fork out in order to get this done and the tricky thing is 90 percent of that funding came from the china eggs in bank the Foreign Investors celebrate the results in glossy promotional videos the chinese provided both financing can technology to operate the railway for the 1st 5 years. Of model rocket express is currently running at a loss but the investment is already paying off for chinese importers beijing is now 10 years biggest trading partner on the ground most kenyans are pleased they welcome the investment in the countrys ailing and largely outdated infrastructure. This dealer now gets his new cars by a train from mombasa. People who say the s. G. R. Was a bad investment or against development this train helps ordinary kenyans rich and poor benefit from it. But its also hitting motorists in their wallet gas prices have gone up to help pay off the chinese debt. Russia has called on the European Union to find a solution to the controversial north stream 2 pipeline that will transport russian gas to germany the Prime Minister dmitry kozak said it in the e. U. s own interest to ensure it has an Energy Security at an acceptable price u. S. Lawmakers have approved sanctions on companies and governments working on the project they say the pipeline will increase europes reliance on Russian Energy put billions of dollars in moscows conference on to increase flattener putins influence. To thailand now where the rice harvest typically creates plenty of straw waste which farmers often burn the practice calls those huge mines of air pollution now an entrepreneur has come up with a clever solution to the problems of wastage and environmental damage. Its smoky and it stinks every year thailands rice farmers burn the leftover straw and scorched the stubble in the fields. Entrepreneur jarl one common one wants to change that i mean a full on demand i dont. Get patients its very hard working when i grow rice and its good i did it tasted a long time and after the. Saw each button its very nice that. The young entrepreneur believes rice straw is valuable she pays the farmers around 3 euro cents per kilo for us. Kamel one has invested some 300000 euros in her plant in the northern thai province lompoc. This is where the straw is chopped into fine bits and then cooked all without chemicals. That process results in a pulp its used as a roll material for making rice paper packaging and disposable tableware but the machines to process it are very expensive so the pope is exported to india. We have the customer because india. Are all more. Or less off. And. Very interesting because. John barr university supports child startups like jaro on common ones Researchers Show improvements for the coating of tableware. That said that a film of rice starch makes these plates even more resistance to liquids hes on top of it was a business woman wants to set up her own production. Of. The need for disposable table worth big. There are hundreds of Street Vendors and food trucks here in chiang mai alone. There ready to pay around 1. 00 botched 3 euro cents for an item. Up and pipeful behind me on top of the meat i cannot. Pass im not a coffee shop next concept somehow being and i havent taught you to use are so high speed light at 40 feet from the man its mosque wrong and the cost base back to you is past the us and many farmers here in la have learned that you can make money from school burning it is a waste. 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