Chancellor Angela Merkel puts pressure on china and the u. S. To so fair trade wall but while the u. S. President s traits include pulling american businesses out she welcomes Chinese Companies to invest in germany is that the right approach. To risking all social Credit Rating in china by no precisely. This nations most ambitious social engineering project since the call to revolution. Innovation counts its take time in berlin as the evil Consumer Electronics show opens its doors adams to the kingdom in the sky we take you to this auto place of good getting medical marijuana up the steep costs of doing business and leaving small promised time trying to. Obtain physical and lets do business germanys leader wants to embark on a new phase in the European Unions relations with china. While washington continues to hike tariffs on chinese products Angela Merkel is pushing for a European Investment deal with beijing that shes bang Heads Together reprimanding the american and chinese on a trade war in 1st meeting with chinese premier beijings great hall of the people metal said the dispute is affecting the whole world and hopes theyll resolve it soon lee didnt seem too focused on his countrys problems with the u. S. But with germany telling the chancellor he hopes germany will accept more Chinese Companies and loosen export rules for certain goods he went on to say that china promises to open up its economy even more. But china is becoming an even more important trading partner for the European Union since 2002 way trade has almost tripled according to data from the European Statistics Office last year the total trade between the e. U. And china was 605000000000 euros the block worth more than 200000000000 to china and importing nearly 400000000000 euros of goods. The german business view with regards to china could be summed up as one of huge opportunities coupled with huge challenges one of the main worries is chinas new social Credit System as well as its own citizens the Chinese Government also evaluates Companies Using a point system and penalizes things it doesnt like German Companies fear its becoming a method of blanket surveillance and they say the system is not a clearly nor transparent deregulated. The internet is also a bone of contention Foreign Companies in china still have complete access to the World Wide Web but paging plans to introduce laws to curtail potentially shutting down google or twitter in china. And the old problems with fair play and Market Access are still prevalent despite repeated promises of improvement German Companies say they are still discriminated against in china but chances. The major concessions in these areas have never been as good the trade war with the us has china and depression Economic Growth there was a direct hold low in the 2nd quarter so theres a serious need for Foreign Investment. Any Foreign Investment but on whose turn lets get take on this a financial correspondent in frankfurt if German Companies didnt like the way beijing does business they could put up a resistance all go elsewhere could they really. Could just leave and slam the door behind them but theyre not doing that and they would have had reason to do that you know ever since chinaman square in 1989 the Chinese Government or the party have never addressed that officially its a no go subject their business wanted to put some resistance and make a statement theres plenty of reason with that and with other events with the issue of fair play or with the issue of industrial espionage and stealing ideas but its just too lucrative a market i mean you just told us how much business there was how much trade volume and theres theres huge money at stake here and for some country some company is sex essential because china is their biggest customers take the Auto Industry here in germany for example there are huge we depended alone v. W. Has over 20 factories there so putting up a stand and saying no i dont think from business at least what about of the political level level what it would have mantles chances of getting china to play fair by saying europes open for business while trumps threatening. I think its good that shes mentioning it but i talked to some people here today and they say her chances of reaching anything of changing anything are next to 0 1st of all she doesnt have the european mandate and there are other people in brussels who are officially responsible for trade policy but shes viewed i think still is the most powerful woman in the world but even that is not enough i talked to one guy who just recently traveled throughout asia and you know its not just in china but also in other Asian Countries like vietnam or korea singapore hong kong a tendency to being more occupied with oneself and no longer as western oriented ne pointed for example to just looking at the cars riding around in china a lot of b. M. W. Lookalikes there and not just a real b. M. W. As a driving around so perhaps the chinese also feeling less need to the economy. Well if thats 1st in french i thank you very much. China social Credit System business is on edge but also regular citizens that have to abide by strict rules set by the government and they affect every aspect of daily life including. Several 1000 people live in this Shanghai District and recently they started separating their waste communist Party Authorities brought in the new regulations as part of the countrys Environmental Protection policies. And. The partys District Committee is eager to show us how painstaking and enthusiastic everyone is a pope the new Program Detail diagrams at the Disposal Center show people what is allowed in which contain and what not follow its very difficult to follow the new rules to the letter. I was always wondering which spin i should put my egg shells into driveway store which i decided on dry but the wet containers would have been correct because egg shells decompose and it takes me a while to get used to new rules impossible for me to master them all at once. Regulate 3 patrols roam shanghai the suit 600 coalitions within the 1st 2 days of the new regulations citizens face fines of 25 euros for not separating the trash correctly Companies Face penalties of up to 6400 euros. 69 year old paying is a party member its her job to watch over her local Housing Estate her ensure no one makes any mistakes. Dancing and singing shes now developed a passion for separating waste she checks everything with an eagle eye there are thousands of volunteers like her vying to fulfill their patriotic do you. Know what that someone isnt sure what goes into which we help them. Out that so embarrassing it was then that they really aim to get it right the next time you have someone spat management and want your report then to the Citizens Committee they then visit him at home to talk with him to temple some city council here there are incentives for the local eager beavers who are given points for separating correctly making the effort worthwhile. It in the when youve collected enough points the government rewards you. Just you can use them in exchange for the basics of life like thread. Educational videos about waist separation or even running an underground car parks. Not to forget the obligatory. After years of environmental mayhem china is trying at last to get on top of the problem. In a saturated market innovation is key samsung has promised to usher in a new age of fold of bowls in the spot the 1st available in south korean stills from jim r. One touch on this smartphone turns into a topless the Samsung Galaxy fold is one of the novelties at europes biggest Consumer Electronics show after lengthy delays due to cracking screens the model goes on sale this month the price a hefty 2000 euros. When you wiping out you can see like content is just incredible so. If we show kids coming from social media videos even the audiophile its just incredible i think as we break the pound reason new technologies name for factories well find consumers to use it in different ways. Here at i. F. A. You can try out all the new high tech stuff nearly 2000 exhibitors are showing off their products including t. V. s that are bigger sharper on hooked up to the internet of things another trend smart Home Appliances from a customized refrigerator to a wardrobe that also cleans your clothes welcome to the future. Competition among the manufacturers is intense but trade conflicts and fears of economic slowdown mean selling the future is not all a breeze. 2 years ago this social became the 1st african nation to legalize the funding of medical marijuana one of the worlds poorest countries to benefit from one of the Fastest GrowingGlobal Markets of bureaucracy is a problem. To is known as the kingdom in the sky but the massive cannabis growing facilities here arent about getting high the plant is stripped of its most psycho active component t. H. C. Its the can of a dial or c. B. D. Thats most medically desired and quite so the Global Market for medical marijuana is estimated at 150000000000. 00 and projected to almost double by 2028 the suits who base medic ro hopes to right that boom its invested almost 20000000. 00 on production around the capital of muscle room. I think in a sweet tooth is great in the sense that its very untouched so the review is clean the Mountain View is amazing we have streams and water in abundance which is peace and so the conditions all or most favorable for the brink and if. You can use that industry it ranks 159 out of 189 countries on the u. N. Development guy unemployment is high and almost a quarter of the population infected with hiv. But access to the legal world of cannabis is limited a license cost 33000. 00 an impossible sum for Small Farmers and so many continue to grow illegally. And most of the people have been living from marianna but illegally so. We were hoping that these would be able to divide them to meet. And improve so if they dont get that that was because of finance i think is not. A fair fall for for for the people for now Small Farmers will have to remain just on the other side of this growing industry. My strong business i think. Literature invites us to see people in particular. Finds growing up. On youtube. Coty. Merged reality wait a 2nd we want the whole picture affects instead of make ideas shift delivers. From a measure to reality to cryptocurrency to your topics for live in an ever changing Digital World lets talk to devise a sure fire ship. On t. W. 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