how much of a damper would they be to china's tech ambitions? well, it's certainly going to be a dapper, it's m l, but space. they built the machines that makes the chips and indeed make this almost the most advanced technology to make the smallest chips that's very important for all the big chip manufacturers. so china being restricted access to that will certainly slow things down. as you know, china has for many years or billions of dollars into the chip sector, trying to catch up with japan in the way. and the reality is they have failed largely. and so this is clearly going to do things slow things down. the question is on intended consequences offered by dentist clearly. so continued the trade war with china and i'm much more sophisticated way, but it's not clear what the end goal actually will be here. i comes at least will be frazier. it is japan in the netherlands that are reportedly teaming up with us here against china. do you see a bigger alliance for me? i well, i think you have a lot of countries which are broadly, you know, under the title of the west, but obviously japan and south korea falls under that broad liberal democracy. westerns of mine said as well, even though they're not technically in europe or america. yes. you have a lot of countries, we've been big trade partners with china. you're not pushing back. the see, china is certainly a competitor in some, it is certainly a threat. and the chinese language or, and john towards japan recently has been very belligerent. so there certainly, i don't know if it's an aligns forming, but there are certainly many countries, liberal democracies are coming together and pushing back on china and very much changing the china engagement policy. and speaking of consequences, i'm china has responded angrily, is saying trade curves will disrupt supply chains. and the global economic recovery does vision have a point here the do to some extent, but of course they're going to get all angry, upset. but the trouble is, china has very few cards to good cards to play here. so much of this manufacturing can ultimately move elsewhere. and china remains when it's high take to largely in assembler using foreign produce products. so it will be very concerned that it's going to be cut off from the listed funds products. china analyst frasier, how thank you for your thoughts. thank and now to some of the other global business stories making news around the world. stark of indian adonis group led by age of riches man galton, mcdonny continued to follow monday and share this long to $65000000000.00 on the last 3 days after the u. s. based short selling firm said it was betting against the group and accused of fraud and stock manipulation. china, us a smart phone sales fell to a record low and 2022 falling 13 percent of the lowest level decade according to data from research companies, expert, se coded controls and supply chain issues are to blame. 286000000 devices worshipped last year. japanese car maker toyota retained its title as the world's top selling vehicle maker for the 3rd year and the rope. the company and its subsidiaries combined, sold 10500000 vehicle last year. germany is volkswagen again placed 2nd the german economy shrank in the 4th quarter or last year down 0.2 percent from the previous quarter. that is, according to the federal statistics office. over all europe's largest economy grew by 1.8 percent last year. despite elevated inflation and high energy price, securing better access to much sought after raw materials and improving trade relations as a whole. that's the mission that german chancellor all of shawls has been on during his trip to argentina and chile and brazil, which is today. germany is all the industry needs to secure more lithium, which is a key metal and batteries for electric vehicles, argentina and chile. whole the world's largest lithium deposits. together with chillies president, governor bush. mister shells signed a commodities partnership yesterday. but mining the material which many of us key in transitioning to green economy doesn't come with our challenges. as our report from argentina shows, ah, for generations earnestina has processed the lamb of will. and this knowledge she has passed on to her daughter maria. her handiwork delights tourists, but these women are varied for the future. yeah, look, else we have no water in the mountains and i have to walk all the way up to find some green has always been red here in the far north, west of argentina. climate change is making it was when the ground water level drops, the ecosystem is in great danger. indigenous people from all across the region have come to protest. they want to hear from environmental activists and lawyers to understand their rights. lithium, the raw material that argentina wants to continue mining is in great demand in germany, where the electric, our market is booming, noble himself. it can't be that every us american has a tesla or every european can replace their b, m, w. this exhausted the planet and there's not enough lithium for this any way around . nature can be sacrificed for the energy transition of the global north that oh, that is, you know, the regions salt lake's contain lithium. it takes millions of gallons of fresh water and salt water to extract lithium. and while mining company is consider this water extraction, to be harmless. studies show that this could ultimately lower groundwater levels. germany is looking for partners in the climate and energy crisis, but argentina isn't an equal partner because of its ongoing financial crisis. some fear the cash strapped country will sell out for foreign cash. and i will, of course, big industry will come if argentina generously opens the gates. there is no strategic question here. no awareness, this is very, very angry. we will move back together. they want to set an example. maria, a balloon should float in the sky with her message. the protect the water, it says the whole world will see that we are many working together ready with sun, the balloon rise to the sky. the message is about more than environmental protection. it's about social justice, they all want a word to be safer and ecologically secure, but they also want to preserve the existing environment from exploitation. a short while ago i spoke to lifelong her mom, economists that the keel institute for the world economy, specializing in international trade and emerging markets. and i asked him how important this lithium mining deal is that germany and chile signed over the weekend? well, over a long term it will be terribly important because latin america, especially chile, and also over that in american countries, have a large disposal of, of lithium and also other green metals in total. of course trade relations between the free countries are very meager. they used to be much better, but latin america, of course, has fallen behind as a trading partner for europe and also for germany. and that means of course that new fields have been explored. and of course, these are your new bill energies and especially with the green metals. now let's take a look at the partnership with the south american on countries, a german government official say, in contrast to china, for example, germany is offering a sustainable relationship on an equal footing to these resource rich countries. how much are these countries interested in a relationship like that? well, so far the u has been the largest trading partner and also investment partners for the free countries. so b, u is a very important market, both as a sourcing market for technology. and of course, also as an export market. on the other hand, of course, china is the main competitor to choose its own interest in getting access to resources. basically also the same resources germany and me was looking for. but of course it equal footing that's difficult. we know from experience of bricks, bank, and which brazil and china partners, that of course, china is the dominant partner. and there has been much of course lost in attractiveness after the problem of highly indebtedness of many developing countries against china. and of course, this gives you a chance to strengthen its position as a main trading and investment partner. as the final stop on his tor, the german chancellor is visiting brazil where he is to meet president lunar the silver head of this meeting. mister schultz has called for a fresh impetus to talks between the you and the mattress or south american trade block leaders in the region of blamed european protectionism for holding up the deal. do you see any chance of a breakthrough? well, this is a very, very, has a long history. of course, the agreement has been negotiated for decades and you'll see ation stopped in 2019. so i think this is high time to revitalize this agreement. of course, it would be the 1st agreement which you would conclude with another regional integration scheme. this makes this scheme of this agreement very, very important. on the other hand, of course, a lot of barriers, especially with respect to the sustainability issue, to the deforestation of the rain forest. now, after both the novel, of course with situation has improved with lula. but on the other hand, brazil is very much divided country politically, and the question is whether arguments and of course also commitments which have been labeled in the agreement of course will be implemented. implementation and enforcement is a major problem in brazil, of the kill institute for the world economy. thank you for your thoughts. oh, my pleasure. and here's a look at our top story at this hour. the netherlands and japan are reportedly joining the u. s. and implementing export curbs and semiconductors to china under the agreement reported by the associated press advanced chip makers like dutch is a male and japanese nick on will limit their exports to move follows the u. s. decision in october last year to impose strict controls on the sale of chips and the machines to make them to china. that social thanks for watching with . with a joy ride through fascinating world. into uncharted deb this our guides know their way around a strictly scientific trip to some pretty wacky places. curiosity is required to borrow today. in 30 minutes on d. w. ah . nico, germany to martin germ hello pinnacle. why not learn with him? t w's e learning course eco's fake. ah ah a whose ah all way can be the generation, the ends it for good malaria must die. i millions can live ah, ah ah! this is the w news live from berlin, rescue as a searching for survivors after a suicide bombing. i had a mosque in pakistan, at least 34 people are dead after the attack of the city of peshawar. most of them police officers, a pakistani tale bond command.