Teeth a better harvest has driven prices down leaving growers scrambling to find alternatives. This is your business your Business Report im Stephen Beers in berlin its good to have you with us u. S. President donald trump took to twitter on tuesday to say hell sign a phase one trade deal with china on january 15th the trump tweeted that the deal will be signed in a ceremony at the white house was with high level chinese representatives the deal was concluded earlier this month but many of its details have been slow to emerge including assigning dates trump went on to say that he will go to beijing at a later date or face to talks with again. The u. S. China trade conflict couldnt do it slowing road economy couldnt do it slowing the global bull market proved almost impossible in 2019 putting indexes at record level by years end the Dow Jones Industrial average pictured here there it is rose 24 percent of. The course of 2019 the biggest setbacks for the dow are in may after President Trump slapped tariffs on mexican imports and again in july after Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell dampened hopes for further rate cuts this year and the dow wasnt alone its record turn thats and p. 500 was up 29 percent one of its best years ever the stocks europe 600 nikkei 225 key indices for europe and asia were also up big time and lets go to our financial correspondent in new york the ends korda yens good to see you on this last program i guess before 2020 a year of supro tips for markets why have Global Markets been surging so much this year despite a World Economy thats often been struggling at a time. And who would have guessed last year around the same time december of 2018 if i remember correctly was the worst december since 1931 and now we are surpassing one record after another well i guess what does help is that the u. S. Economy all decade long by the way could avoid a recession that is unheard of but then also money got even a bit cheaper in the past couple of months with 3 Interest Rate cuts that was also not to be expected this time last year but then theres also a bit of a lack of alternatives bonds are not really attractive at this level and its not just the stocks on the rise but its also gold oil stocks so wherever you look we see this turn to the upside theres not a great year furia here on wall street as experience it for example at the end of the ninetys but as i said cheap money and the lack of. Those are some mixtures that are that got the market going in the past couple of months. This trade deal signing appears to be in the offing can investors put trade concerns behind them in 2020 briefly if you can. Well as if you already mentioned now phase 2 of the trade talks will start and those could be a much tougher than the ones that we probably will finish in a couple of days and then also we dont know if there might be a new trade tensions between the European Union and the u. S. But as weve seen in the past couple of months even if we had all those headline headlines with a lot of tension with the trade talks wall street always almost kept its cool but we also shouldnt forget to 2020 will be an Election Year so that also could spook the market the one way or the other or right in court in new york. The saga of carlos go on the auto executive turned jail inmate has taken quite a new twist the former Nissan Renaud chairman has fled japan where he faced trial on charges of underreporting his income and financial misconduct go landed in beirut on monday sparking consternation in japan and cheers in lebannon guns that he wasnt fleeing justice but escaping in justice this is the house in beirut where carlos cone is believed to have fled but there is no sign of him and the security guards outside say hes not here but a neighbor is shown up wanting to welcome him to lebanon with a card. Many lebanese feel the former neeson c. E. O. S. A successful businessman and is a symbol of their countrys large diaspora but in tokyo the unexpected turn of events has sparked outrage. From like him i think he fled because he did something wrong. But whoever escapes wins you know i and 1000000 people with money. Go as main lawyer says he heard about his clients flight via media his entire defense team has lost face in japan as they repeatedly said there was no risk that gold would run away. With a home on the we were going completely by surprise im dumbfounded personally i dont yet even know how to make contact with him. Sort of like. Im going to skate to lebanon is the latest stunning twist in a roller coaster journey that saw him fall from boardroom to detention center. Here he spent more than 100 days in spartan conditions far removed from his sometimes extravagant lifestyle. The automotive tycoon stands accused of underreporting is salary to the tune of 85000000. 00 prosecutors also allege he skimmed off millions of dollars from the company for his personal use. Go on has repeatedly denied all accusations in a statement the 65 year old said the Japanese Justice system was quote righ and that he escaped injustice japan does not have an extradition treaty with lebanon so its unclear what steps tokyo might take next. And earlier we asked michael pen president of the shin gets you news agency in tokyo exactly what go mince when he accused japan of having a rig Justice System well actually a lot of people agree with that outside of the Japanese Justice system its been criticised by International Organisations and many others so for example in goans case you know when he was accused from that the very 1st moment he learned about it he had arrived in the country on a plane and prosecutors immediately took him into custody and they subjected him to about 4 months of. Interrogation where he wasnt able to speak to the media he wasnt able to talk give his own side when the interrogators interrogate him theres no lawyer present you know theres many profound. Questionable elements to the Japanese Justice system where essentially once youre caught up in it youre almost certain to be found guilty especially if you are indicted as he was and and once youre indicted the statistics speak for themselves you have a 99 percent chance of being found guilty and thats what gold was facing and thats what hes speaking about when he said it was a presumption of guilt and a system of injustice. Turkish Airlines Says it has received compensation from a u. S. Plane manufacturer boeing for losses incurred during the grounding of its 737 max aircraft like all airlines turkish was unable to fly its 12737 maxes after 2 crashes involving the aircraft killed hundreds of people compensation totalling 225000000. 00 according to media reports also covers the failed deliveries of 737. 00 max is ordered by turkish for 2019. Chinese telecoms giant huawei says survival remains its top priority after a projected 21944 casts due to those u. S. Sanctions chairman eric shoes said while weighs Sales Revenue 421000 was likely to reach 121000000000. 00 thats up around 18 percent but its below a forecast of 125000000000. 00 while weight has been effectively banned by the u. S. From working with american firms on the grounds that it poses a National Security threat to charge the Chinese Company denies. Moscow and he have signed a 5 Year Agreement on the transit of russian gas to europe via ukraine after months of difficult talks currently some 18 percent of the annual natural gas consumption comes from russia being ukraine its expected that russias state owned producer gas problem will transmit the transit rather at least 65000000000 cubic meters of natural gas across the country next year i think you have more than 7000000000. 00 in transit fees major source of income for ukraine. Over after now where kenyan tea prices dropped at one point this year by over 30 percent thats the lowest level in 5 years and its mostly down to oversupply and weakening demand in key export markets but how t. Farmers in kenya are experimenting with other varieties and more traditional production methods anything to find new markets. Most of the tea produced in kenya looks like this its called crush tear curl because the long leaves are broken down into tiny grains which are most suited to teabags the product is critical to kenyas economy tea is a top source of Foreign Exchange and according to the Kenya Tea Development agency one out of every 10 kenyans depend upon tea for a living. But farmers now produce way more than their key customers like britain demand so theyre scrambling to come up with other varieties which are more appealing to tea drinkers in other markets and we all know trying to diversify to offer ducks teas the type that suzanne cup produces now that both of those went to new markets such as the you know russia and those other. Still these orthodox teas are a big challenge for most kenyan producers who have become World Leaders in black tea exports and experts in the crushed hair curl process so far only a handful of companies are making the transition to hold the production in kenya but it allows farmers to produce custom teas with more subtle tasting coloring and that brings higher prices. And thats it for me and the Business Team to check us out online a deal dot com slash business im stephen theres a berlin thanks for watching and happening you. Wait a 2nd. We want the whole picture affects those that. Make idea shift deliver us. From a measure to reality to cryptocurrency to your top picks for live in an ever changing Digital World lets talk to devise a similar. Shift. About as you see when i arrived here i slept with people in a room similar it was hard i was free. I even got white hair. That language. 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