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Well we dont like it i believe theyll be opening up shop to go to where i was great job i spoke with her when i heard there were closing down i said you know this countrys got a lot for General Motors you better get back in their suv but so i go a rare echo of trump sentiments from canadian Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau disappointed by g. M. s decision regarding their plant in the us well as part of the Global Restructuring our thoughts are with those those whose jobs will be affected and their families. But unhappiest of all are affected General Motors stuff ive been here for years ive been through closure in scarborough ive been through a closure in london i moved my family choice for this company and they do this to me stir. The five g. M. Plants will halt production next year laying off three thousand three hundred production workers in the u. S. And about three thousand in canada the company also plans to trim its white calista off by eight thousand. Well lets bring in our financial correspondent now we bought says frank certainly is g. M. Really in such a bad way that it needs to five fifteen percent of its workforce. I think theres several aspects that you have to address there yes they are very profitable at the moment a quarterly profit of around two and a half billion dollars thats nothing to sleaze sneeze at and its come comparing very well with quarterly profits that other companies as well but. C. E. O. Mary barra had to issue a profit warning in the summer that things were not going as well and thats due to several factors one is the weakening car market in the United States so dance for example not selling as well and thats hitting g. M. And also a factor is that mary wants to look forward this these factory closures are part of the policy part of that strategy g. M. Needs a lot of money in the next couple of years in order to invest in the mobility and eat cars and everything that has to do with that and has to do on top of financing Ongoing Operations so she sees itself very very well motivated to do the steps that said it does seem to run very much contrary America Donald trump voicing his disappointment is he right. Well he has a point there because he says that america helped g. M. Not he but barack obama back in the height of the financial crisis when it broke out and with the economic trouble in the United States with financing difficulties g. M. Was on the brink of bankruptcy and it was saved by taxpayer money its a long time ago and of course donald trump has some aid to g. M. By the way of his tax his tax policy but he also has this tariffs policy and thats working against mary barra acknowledging that thats part of the policy when the decision first came out the stock went up now in pretraining. In new york today on Second Thought investors are withdrawing a little at least a financial correspondent or to think about stress out the front but something change thank you. The German Government plans to roll out the latest generation of mobile phone tech across large parts of the country but its plans leave ten percent of germany uncovered by the new ultra fast five g. Critics say thats unacceptable demanding providers should be forced to do better with high penalties they say five g. s vital for future infrastructure. Five g. Wireless testing is even taking place on the harbor masters boat every day his launch sails back and forth through the port of tampa a perfect opportunity to test how well five g. Data transfer works in motion three senses of providing initial test data on at pollution and thats just the beginning. Indeed in birds and want to be here of the insurance alongside the environmental senses that were installing on the ship we can imagine putting vibration monitoring senses in bridges cameras sensors on the port railway and senses in the movable docks to improve maintenance and make the whole operation more failsafe and more efficient but he also has this is all going to end up from. The porch of Hamburg Office special challenges like the container ships made of steel that partially blocked the signals thats why the Port Authority and i. T. Company nokia a constantly checking jaring the test phase how fast the five g. Signals are and how reliable and the experts also have to keep an eye on how secure the network is for the whole from the. Fusion is that starts with a physical security devices have to be integrated in such a way that no one can say go up to a traffic light with a flash drive and hack it that cant be allowed to happen and five g. Has solutions for that and then says i. T. Security for passwords to fire walls all of thats critical and five. For now this is just a large scale field test that many here hope that five g. Intelligent traffic lights will make the next congestion in the port and apart from such lighthouse projects experts are calling for a well functioning nationwide wireless network. There are serious differences in some areas we can apply very Sophisticated Solutions in other areas. I cant even say the network is slower its hardly available so basically theres no access to wireless networks. The port of hamburg is determined not to fall behind in the digital race theres stiff competition with the ports of rotterdam and antwerp and Digital Solutions a key. Idea often what that means for the course is a way to further increase competitiveness we have more technologies that will be implemented to make the port more efficient this network will enable companies at the port to further optimize their processes in the future. To. Hamburg has already gathered a wealth of experience with five g. Before it comes on the market in twenty twenty. Chinas war on pollution is choking the economy as the government tries desperately to ditch the label worst polluted in the world this week the government in beijing promised to step up its war on Climate Change and in chinas northern coal heartland dozens of chemical plants have already close the people there have been breathing a little easier the region has paid a high price. The city of gin chang has a poor reputation in china its one of the most polluted cities in the country its skyline peppered with mines coal processing facilities and heavy industry plants according to data from the ministry of a college and environment last winter jim chiang failed to meet government targets on cutting damaging pollution as a result dozens of mines and factories were forced to shut down. Local shephard mr gao says the measures have improved and quality you want shorts in for it all used to burn and stink everything was polluted and really burned dense day. Closing the mines and factories however has sent shock waves through the local economy unemployment is high here the problem is common across chinas coal heartland cities struggle to strike a balance between Environmental Concerns and keeping their economies afloat many here are critical of last winters small crackdown factories were forced to close whether theyd implemented pollution controls or not this year beijing has promised to be more business friendly in chiang however is unlikely to enjoy any leniency because of its past failures. Sarkozy though for many cities here in the region ranks the lowest in the country when it comes to environmental Law Enforcement and information disclosure this means that ability to implement law so regulate these in the street is very weak your father did all right. Now the local economy is placing its hopes in gas rather than cull the area is rich in me saying which can be used for heating and it will provide jobs to china is determined to reduce its dependence on coal by twenty twenty coal should make up fifty eight percent of total energy use thats down more than ten Percentage Points in a decade. Sometimes going out for dinner can be a hit and miss food not so friendly way tis well in katmandu the future has arrived now no is the first really digitized restaurant in south asia and customers that can or divide touchscreens and this says this food fight jinja the robot waiter and because hes a computer that means hes not going to mind so much if you dont take. That say plenty more news coming up for you at the top of the hour just after this look out the World Markets at this hour thanks for your company. The. Funny. Thing to me. Some. Others. Worse miss markets in germany can be almost magical place. 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