But take a stroll with the german ambassador in front of the famous building eventually the german finance minister met us Vice President pence scholtz didnt disclose details of the chat not a good sign it seems theres been little to no progress on an exception for the e. U. One steel in alimony and tariffs written. By all i can say is that i think the officials here understand that we need the European Union speak with one voice when it comes to trade issues i believe that this is a Good Development it could lead to good results of that so by talking to them come across when you at the Spring Meeting of the International Monetary fund in Washington Free trade was on the agenda as well many also using the opportunity to tell schultz that germany needs to do more to prevent another financial crisis in europe meaning spending more money on ailing countries but schultz of void giving assurances. Feel if weve improved the stability of the entire european Banking Sector over the last couple of years now things are looking a lot better but of course theres still room for improvement to weather any new financial storm is a would give up with it would fall but i do however scholtz opposes the swift introduction of an e. U. Wide Bank Deposit Guarantee scheme after all that could cost german savers a lot of money if a foreign lender goes bankrupt. And a brief while ago i spoke to a washington correspondent costs and fun nominee outside the i. M. F. Where the Spring Meetings and taking place and i asked him how close the e. U. Is to being granted that permanent tariff exemption. Were hearing its still difficult. Shoals the german finance minister and vice chancellor said he was optimistic that a solution could be found that would be up. Permanent exemption for the europeans from those tariffs today he sounded a bit more cautious again saying he didnt know if that would happen by the time the temporary exceptions run out at the end of april so we dont know simply whats going on talks on the way you mentioned the chance of the she would come to washington next week also french president mccrum will be here next week and what the europeans tried to point out all the time is this is an issue where europe is united of course because trade is the affair of the e. U. And they make this point to the american counterparts and all of shoals told us today he had the impression that his american counterparts were understanding that this was the case now at the i. M. F. Chief christine that god has been speaking shes pointed to strong Global Growth but she has warned of course that trade tensions could hurt the Global Economy in the long ten all of the u. S. And china heeding her warning to you think. Im not so sure and they might be listening to what she has to say but for now it doesnt appear like they are following her advice neither side seems to be ready to back down at this point so its completely unclear whether this conflict can be resolved and then its all right washington correspondent coston phenomena at the International Monetary fund for us thank you. The global has kept oil prices down appears to be over the conclusion of a panel made up of opec members and other Oil Producing countries a barrel of brant crude has recently hit a three year high of seventy four dollars the panel says an opec and agreement in place since january twenty seventeen has helped cut over supply all the same there have been fears that the recent buoyancy is spurring inflation and u. S. President donald trump also weighed in on twitter of course saying the cartel was keeping prices artificially high a wall street correspondent yens quarter small. Investors on wall street are puzzled by the comments of u. S. President donald trump first of all opec is not the only reason why oil prices are increasing its also Global Economic growth and therefore higher demand and then if we think back about two years ago when oil prices were at around thirty dollars a barrel especially for Us Energy Companies for Fracking Companies production was not profitable at all a lot of those companies actually were in jeopardy and even might have had to file for bankruptcy you then started to come to Production Oil prices started to increase and old saw the u. S. And Energy Companies were safe till the u. S. Profited from Higher Oil Prices but now obviously donald trump has the opinion that prices are too high and that could. Needs to higher prices for us consumers then when donald trump is saying that the High Oil Prices are not acceptable what precisely is he going to do and change about it to production here in the u. S. Is already at a record level and when we look at what happened was the oil prices on friday we started on a weaker note but then as trading continued to oil prices pretty much recovered most of the losses. Amount on wall street are of course gains kuta and they also numbers to turn you stomach activists say about forty percent of the food produced in america is never and a third of all food purchased in britain is ultimately thrown away and people in germany also end up getting rid of plenty of food which could still be eaten now Conservation Group is calling for a nationwide scheme hey in germany to address the problem. Bakery products are often left over at closing time and so out they go along with fruits vegetables and meat. That w w f says the waste must stop he puts into for those to sixty percent of the waste comes from commercial sources and we have to talk with retailers with producers they can also make a contribution you cant make consumers alone responsible. Thats why w w f is demanding the german politicians create a binding National Framework for action at the moment each german state addresses the problem a little differently. But with eighteen million tons of wasted food each year answers are needed fast. To pop into. We need more Intelligent Packaging many consumers confuse the best before date with the expiring date. Because you can still eat products after their best before date and if theyre not spoiled that is and germanys goal is to slash food waste by half by the year two thousand and thirty. Spring has brought german gardens and life but theres actually a lot less buzzing this season experts well why continue to send to sound the alarm about declining honey bee populations base of course are essential to Food Production many scientists blame a deadly little mite farming mana coaches and loss of habitat also play a key role u. S. People patients are shrinking by thirty percent a year have become so rare in parts of china that thousands of farmers on hand if thousands of farm hands are pollinating by hand. When the Cherry Blossoms are out its time for. To start work on something thats normally taken care of by nature the farmer pollinates her trees by hand it should be bes doing this work but here in the honey one region of southwest china there simply arent enough of the beneficial insects to go around. Does not appear in our year olds were simply too low the trees were flowering well but only produced a few fruits yet at the heart then we heard about hand pollination we checked it out and then started doing it ourselves. And pollination is a painstaking task first farmers have to find flowers which have only just opened the pollen dust has to be fresh and clean and removed very carefully. And her husband. Colony each tree three times. Nowadays its really hard work being a fruit grower. We have to spend a lot of time tending our trees to see in the course of the. Global be populations are on the decline and china is especially badly affected most regions no longer have any need of varieties the main problem is the widespread use of chemicals in the District Capital cinci farmers come to junk stores to stock up on fertilizers herbicides and insecticides. You want to tell farmers not to spray during the flowering period because then the bees wont go on the blossoms. At all other times though the farmers happily spray away on average chinese farmers use twice as many pesticides as their european counterparts meanwhile beekeeping has become a profitable business here. Leases his these to local farmers on a daily basis he charges five euros per hive per day they. Want to sell most pollinate why they only roughly distribute the pollen on the blossom like bees go right into the center of the flower and take the pollen exactly where it needs to go. Oh and her husband dont want to spend money on renting bees so instead for the next three weeks theyll be in their orchard pollinating their trees by hand. Thats it youre up to date with the latest from the World Business for more find us on Facebook Follow us on twitter at d w to School Business on that team and honestly humphrey is my handle thanks for your company and have a great weekend. Hijacking the news. Where i go wrong the news is being hijacked journalism itself has become a script do a reality show its not just good versus evil us versus them white and one. In countries like russia china Church People are told lives and if youre a journalist here and you try to get beyond it you are facing scare tactics intimidation. And i wonder is that where were headed as well. My responsibility as a journalist is to give me all the smoke and mirrors its not just about me prayer and balance or being neutral its about being truthful. Birth look home to means of species. 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