Business report with sally. It is the final week. The french president ial election goes into overdrive. We compare the remaining two candidates economic programmes. And we hear from the green boss whos been quietly donating millions to environmental causes but says hes now spending the money to take on trump. Hello and a very warm welcome. This is World Business report. I am sally bundock. Also in the programme south koreas latest trade numbers rocket. Well go live to the region for the latest. First of all, though, it is the last week of campaigning for the french president ial election. Voters are being wooed by the frontrunner and Centrist Emannuel Macron and by the far rights Marine Le Pen. The economy and prosperity have been among the key issues in what is the worlds sixth biggest economy. So what are the two visions that theyre trying to sell . One of frances biggest problems is its Unemployment Rate remaining stubbornly high at 10 . So as far as emmanuel macrons is concerned, he plans to invest in training and partnerships, especially for the young. Apprenticeships. And also by giving employers more flexiblitiy on the 35 hour working week. To bring down thejobless rate, Marine Le Pen wants a tax on Foreign Workers so that french citizens get priority for newjobs but she says she wont tough the 35 hour working week. When it comes to tackling the high levels of Public Spending mr macron says hell save 65 billion with various measures including not replacing 120,000 retiring Government Employees and big savings on unemployment insurance. Ms le pen wants to cut Public Spending by leaving the euro, which she says would give france more flexibility to boost its economy. She says this will give france the freedom to boost its own economy. She also promises tax cuts for companies who are innovative. Joining us now is delia dumitrescu, lecturer in Cultural Studies at the university of east anglia. Good morning and welcome to World Business report. Thank you for joining us. Give us your take on the economic policies of the two candidates, starting with emmanuel macron. What is his big Selling Point . His big Selling Point is basically trying to transform the French Economy to make it a bit more modern and to make it a bit more flexible. And this is because there isa flexible. And this is because there is a lot of unemployment, as you said. And a lot of people have short term jobs. And it is difficult for them to get those. And for employers also to offer them. So heres trade to make it more flexible. That is his Selling Point. How do you think that he will deliver that . Given that he was and Economy Minister who failed to bring down unemployment before. They only have so much power. It is a globalised world. I think he would just try to push some reforms if elected my view is that the reforms, they will unlikely achieve everything he wants to achieve. Economy ministerfor everything he wants to achieve. Economy minister for francois hollande. It is probably to be more moderate and piecemeal than he is saying. Lets talk about Marine Le Pen. What is she offering the economy . Her programme is very difficult to. Basically, a lot of economists and Business People have said it makes little sense, to be honest. Because she has a very populist set of policies. More recently, she has been talking about getting out of the euro, but at the same time, talking about a common currency that would work at the same time as the national currency. So there is a lot of uncertainty and recently it has been said that her programme is like the communist pa rtys Programme Programme is like the communist partys programme in the 1960s. So it is very. Yes. It is difficult to know what she would be doing. But ina sense, to know what she would be doing. But in a sense, the Business Community is very worried about that. We appreciate your time so early on a bank holiday. Thank you for getting a price. Of course, throughout the week, we will keep you across the final push for votes in france on the part of the two candidates. But lets look at the other stories. It would seem we are snapping up goods made in south korea. It saw its exports jump in april the fastest surge in more than five yea rs. Sharanjit leyl, shara njit leyl, tell us sharanjit leyl, tell us more. As you said, there was a whopping 15 jump in exports for april. Can you believe it . 15 . That is the fastest surge they have had in more than five years. That is mainly due to high tech memory chips. These are used in many Mobile Phones around the world, including the iphone, and this in spite of the political upheaval in the country, with the removal of its president , parkin parkerand parker and hay. Parkerand hay. Park geun hye. This seems not to have affected south korean ability to churn out these products and to cut away. We know there are challenges to this growth. 0ne Challenge In The Future is south korea facing a renegotiation of a free trade deal with the united states. We heard from President Donald Trump just last week saying that he is seeking to change the deal or it entirely. He claims it entirely favours the south koreans. Interesting. Thank you forjoining us, sharanjit leyl, in singapore. Yvon chouinard is the founder of the billion dollar outdoors Sportswear Company patagonia. He started out as a rock climber, making first ascents of some of americas biggest mountains. In his own words, he never wanted to be a businessman and even encourages his staff to surf and climb whenever they want. In a rare tv interview he told us about the decline of the Outdoors Sports business and why hes picking a fight with us President Donald Trump. My my name is yvon chouinard. I am the founder of patagonia. The Outdoor Industry is not healthy at the moment. It seems that young people arejust moment. It seems that young people are just sitting at home, playing with their Electronic Devices and watching television. There are less people in the outdoors and when they are climbing, they are doing climbing ina are climbing, they are doing climbing in a soft way. You know, indoor climbing. So the Outdoor Industry is not very healthy. But we are doing fantastically at patagonia. We are growing, i dont know, between 10 and 20 every year. I think that is because a lot of the millennium generation really ca re of the millennium generation really care about the future. They know we are destroying the planet and they are destroying the planet and they are voting with their dollars. So everything that we do as a company to be more responsible and to fight donald trump and do all these things turns out to be good for the business. 0ver turns out to be good for the business. Over the years, turns out to be good for the business. 0verthe years, i turns out to be good for the business. Over the years, i have given over 80 million away, to environ mental causes. In the last couple of years, we have given 750,000 to lobby barack 0bama to create protected areas. Environmental causes. With a dash of a pen, donald trump can negate that. 0r a pen, donald trump can negate that. Or he think again. But because of this new where could you give bigger grants, and they could you go to lawsuits. The way to deal with donald trump is to have a million bees around his head, so he cannot concentrate. Because of this new administration, we will give ideograms. We want to stop what he is doing, which is to roll back all the environmental gains that we have tried to make over the years. This our home. And it is worth saving. He sounds determined. Yvon chouina rd, he sounds determined. Yvon chouinard, they are, the founder of patagonia. Madafferi. There. In other news us congressional negotiators have hammered out a bipartisan agreement on a Spending Package to keep the federal government funded through the end of the current fiscal year on september 30. Thats reported by the washington post. The newspaper says that congress expect to vote early this week on the agreement that is expected to include increases for Defense Spending and border security. That has helped move markets in asia today. That has boosted the main markets in japan and in australia, which are open today many markets being closed. Including hong kong and singapore, et cetera. And here in london. It is the labour day break, he may they break for many. The may day. The testing of Primary School children, used to make important decisions about students, is damaging and should be reformed according to an Influential Group of mps. The cross Party Education select Committee Says the way sats results are used to judge schools, causes a negative impact on teachers and pupils. Heres our education correspondent marc ashdown. Even from a young age, children are well accustomed to being tested, but mps are worried the importance placed on how children perform and isolated tests leads to a multitude of problems. Results are used to judge schools in Performance Tables annually, which is set to create a high stakes environment damaging to stu d e nts high stakes environment damaging to students and teachers. These year 6 stu d e nts students and teachers. These year 6 students are gearing up their test. It isa students are gearing up their test. It is a good school in a challenging area of london. The reality is children at the age of ten or ii are going to do and how ares test, which will evaluate their reading forfour which will evaluate their reading for four years. Which will evaluate their reading forfour years. It is high stakes. Hours. It is high stakes for our school, too, because it is how it is rated. A rolling threeyear average has been proposed. Well, also this morning, the organisation representing nhs groups has called on Political Parties to commit to linking Health Spending to the growth of the economy. The Nhs Confederation also wants whoever forms the next government to set up an independent body to work out how much funding is needed to meet the needs of the health service. And coming up at six oclock on breakfast ben thompson and Rachel Burden will have all the days news, business and sport. Theyll also have more on an Election Campaign pledge to clamp down on bad landlords. This is bbc news. The latest headlines President Trump has praised his chinese counterpart, xijinping, as he tries to build International Support for the us effort to halt north Koreas Nuclear programme. Mr trump says he hasnt ruled out military action. In the united states, tornadoes have ripped through texas, leaving at least nine people dead and nearly 50 in hospital. Emergency services say they fear the death toll may rise. High winds and floods have also affected neighbouring states. Tributes have been paid to ueli steck, one of the most famous climbers in the world, whos died on mount everest. The 41 year old is believed to have fallen from a rock face whilst spending time acclimatising at altitude. Time for our news review a look at headlines from around the world. Its the final week of campaigning in france before voters choose their next president , at the weekend. The New York Times writes about how some people in poorer suburbs may not even vote, because they dont identify with either candidate Marine Le Pen or emmanuel macron. The Chief Executive of the Worlds LargestRecruitment Firm warns that high levels of Youth Unemployment around the globe could spark a new wave of unrest. The boss of adecco says youth joblessness helped to spur the 2010 arab spring. Thats in the daily telegraph. The Philippine Star shows president Rodrigo Duterte on the phone with donald trump. Mr trump has invited mr duterte to visit the white house. Officials say they also talked about the threat posed by north korea. facebook must pay to police the internet. Thats also in the daily telegraph, which has a uk Parliamentary Committee criticising Social Media Firms for how they address