Administrations toughest sanctions yet on a number of officials and all of washington said in the move that it was a response to what it calls russias meline activity around the world one of the most striking editions to americas sanctions list is not in the putin son in law korea. Hes Vice President of russias biggest Petrochemical Company c. Bore and worth an estimated one point four billion dollars another noteworthy addition as Alexei Miller he has russias state owned energy giant gazprom and is a close friend of the team. And then theres Suliman Karimov whose family controls russias Largest Gold Mining Company those affected so theyre not too worried. Have been included in other lists before and despite this we continue our active international work. I think were working effectively and i visit many countries. The us has also had a twelve companies to its sanctions list one of the targeted businesses is the group which makes commercial vehicles it is partly owned by the top oligarchy all that during pasta who also faces personal sanctions the wests firm stance off the poisoning of a former russian spy in england is likely to have triggered the new sanctions. However the Us Government has been under pressure to react following russias the last interference in the last us president ial election cycle warfare and its military activity in ukraine and syria respects. We stay in the u. S. Where the latest job figures show that the economy only added one hundred three thousand jobs in march thats down sharply from the previous month the numbers are important as they show us just how strong the u. S. Economy is despite the weaker jobs Growth Companies are eager to hire new employees the problem is theyre struggling to find qualified workers. At all was say last months modest draw gainst may indicate that some u. S. Employers are struggling to find and retain workers with the skills they need a u. S. Bank survey showed sixty one percent of Business Owners were experiencing extreme or moderate difficulty finding qualified employees to expand their business the Federal Reserve notes labor shortages could be slowing going growth in the manufacturing transportation and construction sectors u. S. Politicians are trying to pass legislation to create more Vocational Training opportunities. In the United States alone we have over by the year two thousand and twenty says made over six million jobs that are going to be open and available that we cannot find qualified trained workers for after the the tax cuts and reform legislation that we passed into law just just a couple months ago weve seen the growth of new Job Opportunities now that will be for nothing if we dont have these pathways for individuals to be qualified and trained if american businesses are not able to soon find sufficient workers to fill their needs consumers could see food price increases with workers in short supply and have to wait longer for manufactured products and services. And those products and services could also get more expensive best china has now called on the European Union for a joint response to the threat of punitive tariffs by the u. S. Amounting to one hundred billion u. S. Dollars beijing announced Counter Measures and has accused the u. S. Of arrogance and blatant offenses to the International Trade law the chinese trade minister said on friday that if the u. S. Continues down the path of trade protectionism china is ready to go all the way for more lets now bring in our financial correspondent at the New York Stock Exchange sophie who has been following these developments very closely sophia weve seen a crazy week on wall street with ups and downs until now i have the impression that investors dont really want to believe that these terrorists will harm the u. S. Economy that that somehow changed today. Yeah i think investors are really starting to get nervous looking at all the back and forth and trade policy there our politicians taking yet another stance on the possibility of a trade war almost every day and the market seems to be caught up in this without being able to really stand on top of all this with a clear vision fridays losses wiped out again for the weekend the dow jones saying back into correction territory so it does seem like this is taking a toll on investors here and if you think back it was actually amazing how calm the markets reacted to trade to our concerns in the beginning of the year they simply frak them off but eventually investors are not immune to the daily back and forth between china and the United States with spider ways seems to be sounding more and more aggressively over time so its just moved to some investors just a little too much to stay in the market it seems and adding to the voice is no other than chairman Jerome Powell making some bold statements today what did he have to say well all unknowns are wrong powell has an optimistic sounding feature and highlighted the strength of the United States economy and its recovery and he also answered questions about the potential of a trade war he said it was too early to say how tariffs imposed by the United States and china might affect growth and inflation but he also stated a potential trade route would have no immediate effect on the feds plans to continue gradually raising Interest Rates is here so fishermans q. Will keep following those developments with you thank you very much from the New York Stock Exchange. Now the u. S. Might be seeking a trade war but International Cooperation is still up and running take the german american Skills Initiative for example the program is trying to introduce germanys well established system of dual education to the United States the concept combines classroom learning with hands on Vocational Training the german american chambres of commerce started the cooperation with the u. S. And german governments three years ago and as our correspondent reports from the southern us state of georgia the initiative is becoming increasingly popular. Its seven in the morning and colin mckeon is already at work the seventeen year old is training as an industrial mechanic at each cio its an american tech from in union you had led to producing components for Household Appliances coats three year apprenticeship is based on the german educational model and he even gets paid enough in the u. S. Where apprenticeships are often unpaid provide only basic training and have a Bad Reputation but cold believes this program is a gateway to success this definitely gives me a jump start you know getting ahead of the ball and everybody else because ill be having an associate degree the same time as people just have a High School Diploma e. G. O. Is only one of twenty eight businesses and join john that have joined forces to create their own pool of highly skilled workers for them embracing the german apprenticeship model means addressing one of the biggest problems in u. S. Manufacturing we cannot find workers out there that have the basic skills as an industrial mechanic a machinist electrician any of the true vocational trades that we used to create in america forty fifty years ago the german system is is a really good example for a model to follow the apprenticeship you have in germany one hundred years old gives us exactly the programs that we need to create that work for. The german system combines hands on training and classroom learning same here call him a key and spends half of his day at union center for Education Center which brings together schools colleges and companies were seeing a tremendous growth in the skill set of these young people we hear it from our employers were seeing growth in our employers theyre getting trained mentors who have a skill set that perhaps they didnt have before to teach young people how to get ready for the jobs of the future in the. Supports comes from the German American Chamber of commerce enough which certifies that all trainings are implemented according to german standards those standards are tough but the month is still high theres great interest from companies here in the United States but also other Foreign Companies here in the United States the German Company is always on the forefront advocating these programmes and then the others follow the importance of Skilled Labor has also been recognised in the world of politics georgias Legislature Even changed a number of laws to accommodate the german model pushed forward by the states lieutenant governor. I want to be able to expand this all. And i also want to expand it in terms of not just simply in more locations but also being able to expand in different different types of degree programs back in you know in codes long day is coming to an end as parents are happy with their sons career choice i love the opportunity they have gave him to get ahead on his career and job and here have the chance to work and learn everything that hes able to learn and actually fill me in half the same time i think that its a great opportunity for kids and if all goes according to plan called mckeon is looking at a bright future. That was the business thank you for watching well see you next time or whenever you want on the dolly dot com taking back. The im. Such. A mug. Cut. Cut. Cut cut cut cut cut cut cut cut. Cut cut. Cut cut cut cut. Cut cut cut. Cut. Cut. Cut when its all happening. Pretty quickly. Surely news from africa and the world is going to. 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