Or for good out of a book. Or movie. It is. Starting to. January the 15th it is that is the day the u. S. And china want to sign their face one deal to get the latest from our correspondent in taipei did while another trade dispute is brewing between the u. S. And france because of a new digital taps on u. S. Tech companies and japan embraces vertical farming we tell you where and why. I want to get this is to double your business on january the 1st 2020 welcome good to have you with us we have a date for the next chapter in the u. S. China trade raul u. S. President on a trump said hell sign a face one trade deal with china on to january the 15th trumpet tweeted that is the deal will be signed in a ceremony at the white house with high level chinese representatives the deal was conducted in december but many of its details have been slow to emerge including a signing date trump went on to say he will go to beijing at a later date where a face to talks will begin. Lets stay with face one and for more lets bring in our taipei correspondent someone hung hopefully right now i see some sort of twitter line so can you hear me ah there you are so Good Good Good good to have you with us happy new year to you 1st of all tell me whats china saying about signing the 1st one there with the u. S. Well very different from don on charm china has remained tight lipped on the details with only this day media confirming that the deal had been agreed interests of ball but the text needed to be translated to fred and legally scrapped and we know donald trump says that he wanted to sign the trade deal with chinese president xi jinping but until now its only the top chinas negotiator leo her visiting us for the signing that means a lot if the chinese president xi jinping doesnt show up for the signing ceremony because that would mean that china my thing that they made more strategic concessions this time so they would want to keep the profile as low as possible locally and internationally all right so it does this mean that the u. S. Has won the trade war. Monica its only the face one deals so its hard to say who wins or loses the key is the 2nd round negotiation and we know for the 2nd round goes the nation the u. S. Will one china to cancel its stuff disease for its day on companies but this day on enterprises are the foundations for the Chinese Communist parties and stray ssion so they would travel way to protect them and for chinese officials they think not only the u. S. Wants to make more chinas money but to cut chinas economic lifeline that palin talks so we would expect the 2nd round go see a shrink to be more difficult who has the upper hand is still too early to say all right well its only the 1st of january so we want to thank you so much for your time. Meanwhile there are other trade issues between the u. S. President to donald trump and the rest of the world one targets german carmakers last year washington said that importing cars from europe hindered u. S. Innovation and threatened to National Security thats been drums motivation for a Lengthy Campaign of threats to introduce fugitive to import tariffs on cars and Automotive Parts until now the u. S. Has only imposed a 2 and a half percent tariff the e. U. Levies a 10 percent toll on cars coming in from the u. S. Now trump is threatening a 25 percent toll unless the Playing Field is level spot for years german car makers b. M. W. Dima and v. W. Have had manufacturing bases in the u. S. And all 3 German Companies produce cars for the world market in stateside plans and employ around 20000. 00 workers in fact b. M. W. s plant in the spartanburg South Carolina is the companys biggest factory as well as the biggest export of cars from the u. S. Surpassing americas big city thats General Motors ford and chrysler and yet another trade issue remains between the u. S. And other e. U. Countries as of today italy is introducing a 3 percent tax on Large Tech Companies it follows france which already introduced a digital tax last year prompting the u. S. To threaten paris with a list of punitive tariffs on goods such as french wine and cheese france argues it wants to hold leading Tech Companies like apple google amazon and facebook to account and a current e. U. Law Data Collection is not classified as a taxable good even though selling data is central to the Business Models of u. S. Tech companies of a more im joined by our correspondent lisa lewis in paris lisa u. S. Commerce secretary wilbur ross said that france has moved to tax Digital Companies stems from being envious of u. S. Companies success is there something to it. Well theres thats one way of seeing it really you know france is not really known for being a haven for big Large Tech Companies rather for its literally art and music however the french president over the past few years hes try to boost that image though for example supporting start up companies but i dont think this is the main argument for france to push for such a tax if you look back over the past year here in france there have been yellow vests protests every week people here are kind of really angry about the feeling they have that those who earn a lot of money dont pay very much tax whereas those who earn very little have to foot that tax bill and thats really something that the government wants to show its tackling and this tax is one of one way of doing that now and that is understandable but at the same time. There are problems the United States isnt too happy about this tax how exactly is it working out for france than. Well it will be very complicated the Different Companies will have to calculate what part of their revenues for example earned through online sales certain online says and then they would have to foot the bill they would have to pay 3 percent on these revenues also theres a certain certain threshold for only Big Companies will have to pay and as it looks for now a month of 30. 00 companies theres only one French Company that will have to pay that tax and thats exactly why the u. S. Is saying that this tax seems to them quite discriminatory actually only that the french government seems to be targeting u. S. Companies and thats why the u. S. Wants to retaliate and tax french wine and french cheese so the whole focus is on french products why did france not wait for ordinated evil why do prejudicial tax. There was an attempt to come up with such a tax on e. U. Level but that didnt really work out now france really wants to show president obama car since he came to power you want to show that hes the man who gets things done so hes pushing for this tax theyve pushed through in france there is however an international approach to this the o. E. C. D. The organization for Economic Cooperation and development is working on a tack tax amongst it in its 36 Member States and that effort should show a common result by the end of january now at the beginning the u. S. Was saying yes ok we support that and we are on both vote on board actually for that tax but now they seem to be changing their mind and its not sure if this coordinated effort will really work out in any case france will maintain its french tax until there is an International Tax in place all right certainly interesting months ahead to their leader louis there reporting from paris for us thank you so much and happy new year. In other News Turkish Airlines says it has received compensation from u. S. Airline make a boeing for losses incurred during the grounding of its 737 max aircraft the airline was unable to fly 12 for 737 maxes in its fleet after 346. 00 people were killed in 2 separate accidents involving the aircraft the compensation totaling 225000000. 00 according to media reports also cover damages from boeings failure to deliver 737 max jets Turkish Airlines ordered for 29000. Japan is embracing vertical farming techniques to meet its food needs to ditch and farming is threatened by the aging population and migration from rural areas and now there are hundreds of the sickle farms and many are in former industrial area. In this form of factory near kioto 30000 heads of lettuce are growing under out official light with minimal human intervention the vegetable factory uses the latest vertical farming techniques 3rd ical farms may sound like Science Fiction but facilities like this are key to meeting rising food demand in expanding cities. And all they can or they think you do called all them other we can produce in large quantities and in a stable manner all year round without being affected by climactic temperature changes. Which also means comfort for the workers. Who gain more japan is a pioneer in vertical farming to spread company produces 11000000. 00 heads of lettuce per year machines shift the lettuces around the factory to areas where the light temperature and humidity are ideal for that stage of growth. The process works without soil or pesticide and only a dozen or so humans are employed to collect the latest at the end Smart Agriculture is essential in japan where the average age of a farmer is 67. 00 there are a few candidates to replace those dying out. Now from asia to africa now kenyan t. Prices dropped at one point this year or last year rather by over 30 percent the lowest level in 5 years thats mostly down to oversupply and weakening demanding key export markets but now t. Pharmacies are experimenting with other varieties and more traditional production methods in a bid 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 docs teas the type that sri lanka produces now that both of those. 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 that is. This alan d. W. From me in the team thanks for watching. Getting into the top in opera is not for the faint hearted. A fantastic voice alone just isnt enough anymore. Wages and. Hard work this world Opera Singers could sing an aria about. Hospice. 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