Female members of religion schools peers from the middle east are demanding the larger. Oh come on the ground is empowering women giving them who are we making them agents of change in this way. The female peacemakers storms journey where we sit all day job. Cuts. We have a date the u. S. And china wants to sign their face one deal on january the 15th we get the latest from our correspondent in taipei. Meanwhile another trade dispute is brewing between the u. S. And france because of a new digital tax on the u. S. Tech companies. And japan embraces those little farming we tell you where and why. I want to get joneses this is deja vu business asia welcome u. S. President donald trump said hell sign a phase one trade deal with china on january the 15th trump tweeted that if the deal will be signed in a ceremony at the white house with high level chinese representatives the deal was concluded in december but many of its details have been slow to emerge trump went on to say he will go to beijing at a later date where face to talks will begin. Well earlier today i spoke to our taipei correspondent at sohan sue and i asked him what china is saying about signing the phase one deal with the us war very different from donald trump china has remained tight lipped on the details with only the day media confirming that the deal had been agreed in principle but the tech needed to be translated proof read and legally scrapped and we know donald trump if ever he wanted to die of a trade deal with chinese president xi jinping but until now its only their top. Negotiator li or her visiting us for earth dining that means a lot if the chinese president xi jinping doesnt show up or the thousands there are many because that would mean that china might think that they made more 30 or confection the time so they would want to keep the profile as low as possible locally and internationally all right so when does this mean that the u. S. Has won the trade war. Well monica its only to face one deal so its hard to say who wins or loses the key is the thick around negotiation and we know for the 2nd round go through the u. S. We want china to care so its up the fees for be on companies but they arent enterprises are the foundations for the Chinese Communist party and duration so they were trail away 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 in the following talks so we would expect the thick around go to be more difficult who have the upper hand if theyre too early to say all right well its only the 1st of january to thank you so much for your time. Meanwhile another trade issue remains between the u. S. And some e. U. Countries as off 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 2 leading Tech Companies like apple google amazon and facebook to account under current law Data Collection is not classified as a taxable good even though selling data is central to the Business Models of us take companies of a more im joined by our correspondent lisa lewis in paris lisa u. S. Commerce secretary wilbur ross at frances move 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 their 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 then. 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 that 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 amongst the 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 and 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 e. U. Why do project digital tax. There was an attempt to come up with such attacks on e. U. Level but that didnt really work out now france really wants to show president obama cards 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 but 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 luis there reporting now from paris for us thank you so much and happy new year. Well the new digital tax will also apply to homegrown take companies in france and as we just heard paris has been rolling out of the red carpet to attract startups in a bid to catch up with us dominance in the tech sector. Paris is trying a fresh approach to startups in this unconventional work space you dont want to printers are encouraged to think outside the box the 34000 square meter station have claims to be the worlds biggest start of compas with a 1000 firms president Emanuel Mccall hopes the accelerator will help our compete with silicon valley. I wanted them to consider as you would get on the course is that it wasnt this was that it was this and we have a unique situation we have startups in large us european and Asian Companies shot of the projects right from the start having all of this under one roof is unique. At this german startup they keep their boxing gloves close in hand but they prefer to leave the actual sporting side to their clients theyre working on an Online Platform for athletes and they say paris is the ideal environment. For the french government has made it very easy for Foreign Companies to set up a business here lucky that the french president is young dynamic and committed to start ups so that. The french government wants to your global entrepreneurs with tax breaks and by cutting red tape thats why this is talian startups out of a Subsidiary Office at the station f campus they help holiday makers find a skipper for sailing trips that are sometimes. Anybody to create a company very very quickly. And to start a business actually governments they want to keep growing and to keep being present on the International Scene to do a quarter of it. While it still trails San Francisco and london station f is helping paris to stop it self as a tech hub. Japan is a bracing vertical farming techniques to meet its food needs to dition of farming is threatened by the aging population and migration from rural areas now there are hundreds of the sickle farms and many are in former industrial areas. 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 have all day they can do called all the mother we can produce in large quantities and in a stable manner all year round without being affected by time arctic 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. And a quick look to africa now kenyan t. Prices have dropped by over 30 percent the lowest level in 5 years well thats mostly down to oversupply and weakening to mountain key export markets now to experimenting with other varieties 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 doxies 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 of production in kenya but it allows farmers to produce custom teas with more subtle tasting coloring and that brings higher prices. From in the team thanks for watching and enjoy the rest of the. Future mission soaring into outer space. Charlie the robot. Other Intelligent Machines are the future. But theyre already carrying out valuable tasks in the present what can Artificial Intelligence do. And what are its limits. Charlie and the humans as. Happiness is for everyone schuman penises are very different from primates we have totally ridiculous the size view nature of their theory that this is Climate Change sprites that sex how freeness in 3 books you get smarter for free books on. This robot called charlie may 1 day explore them and. 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