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President who riles his own allies to the threats facing new york from the silent chinese economic takeover to a full blown trade war with the United States also as black lives matter draws the worlds attention will look at how Silicon Valley and the world of finance has really failed black people will talk to the c. E. O. Who funds black businesses. And state backed Cyber Attacks there are nothing new but theyre also on the rise during the pandemic and the targets are the vaccine makers and the purchase. These are i think we can all agree extraordinary times but zoom out and youll see the big picture is just as unpredictable were focusing on europe this week which is that a bit of a crossroads when you consider the pandemic as well as an expansive china and a retreating United States as we know President Trump has a habit of undermining his allies he surprised a lot of people by saying he plans to withdraw 9 and a half 1000 troops from germany and a decision to expand sanctions on a gas pipeline from russia to germany has been met with anger in berlin but it is the rising threat from the east looming large not only chinas human rights record its aggression towards its neighbors but fi is that it could actually use the pandemic to establish its economic supremacy across europe well talk it all through in a moment with our guest 1st dominic kane sets the scene from berlin. Imports across europe vast vessels arrive from china on a regular basis offloading goods destined for the e. U. In the u. K. And then returning with goods for the Chinese Market but its a relationship that people in brussels feel is not equal or we continue to have an unbalanced trade and investment relationship. We have not made the progress we aim for in the last years summit statement in addressing Market Access various we need to follow up on these commitments urgently and we also need to have more ambition on the chinese side in order to conclude negotiations on an Investment Agreement this thought runs counter to the stated aim of the Chinese Premier League chang at an event late last month he seemed to indicate his countrys commitment to equality in trade what we are just require that we will enhance the cooperation with the rest of the world more launching more measures to expand opening up our own initiative opening is just like the area one cannot live without it for a minute while opening to the world ive also worked on maintaining the stability of the Global Industry and supply chain for the future so many governments in europe and across the atlantic see a stark contrast between premier leagues words and his governments actions the us secretary of state pulls no punches jerry siegel is very strong our nation as well. And our of this is a busy day. Here been started by buying up words in greenville infrastructure. We must. Go all the wonders of the economic crisis. The challenge isnt just in the gates its in every gap its in every in every province. Every. Rice. Ministers here have shown a marked reluctance to speak out so forcefully germany exported around 400000000000. 00 worth of goods to china in the last 4 years meaning many german firms have strong links with the Chinese Market links they cannot afford to lose. One analyst says this puts the europeans in a difficult position so this is maybe the one reason why the europeans and the germans are so has a tin in using this strong weapon of sanctions against china or because we want something from china we want to have that trade deal but we dont want to have a bad deal what complicates matters is the perception in many western capitals of how the Chinese Government treats its own people scenes like these in hong kong lists year have drawn strong condemnation from the e. U. And us the British Government has denounced changing chinese policy visa v hong kong we are deeply troubled about this that we put out a joint statement and the decision now lies with china but if it follows through on this legislation and implements it it would clearly violate the autonomy of the people of hong kong and it would also violate the freedoms set out in the u. K. China joint declaration which dates back to 984. 00 the Chinese Government bristles such suggestions. There is no single word or clause and the senior british joint declaration that enforces the u. K. Carry sponsibility for grant after its return the u. K. Has no sovereignty jurisdiction or supervision over hong kong after its return and therefore the u. K. Has no right to make responsible remarks on Hong Kong Affairs and interfere in chinas internal affairs for the federal republic of germany this poses an ethical problem its basic law as in shrine din liberalism to. Ocracy and humanitarianism to deal with and i advocate an open dialogue in which we continue to work with china on such important issues is the conclusion of an Investment Agreement progress in climate protection and our common role in africa but also on issues of the rule of law and human rights one burleson based analyst says that chimes with a view increasingly held in German Society in terms of Public Opinion we do see that people are starting to become more critical we have regularly asked what germans think about chinas increasing role on the International Stage very few people actually only 11 percent last year said that that was a positive development. And yet its clear that in beijing the desire is to deepen its investment in an involvement with europe in the near future leaving the europeans with a dilemma concentrate on economics and downplay humanitarianism or find new Economic Solutions to allow them to retain the moral high ground and into that question comes what some analysts believe is a vacuum of u. S. Influence under the current president regarding global issues like Climate Change the United States and the President Trump are not a partner in this project any longer so we need china as the global the other global power to cooperate with us on Climate Change we also need china are to remain the core of the multilateral world order so again the u. S. Under trump actually is not a partner in that any longer all of which means that in brussels and berlin there are many long term questions being asked dominic kane aljazeera berlin with us now from london robert courtly jr here is a visiting fellow at the helena observatory at the London School of economics nice to have you with us so weve got the split berlin slash Angela Merkel wants to keep those ties with china and then youve got the other sort of part of your you could say the brussels slash microns side which is more wary of that can can they exist side by side. To mark good morning thanks for having me i think its an interesting time of see chancellor merkel takes over the Council Presidency for the last time next week and she has said she will use the time to have constructive dialogue with china which really sadly really doesnt mean and. I think its important to look at it from an economic level which is that. China also has a much stronger trading relationship with germany than it does with frances picture and since germany is the 5th largest trading partner its china where is france is the 7380. 00 largest trading. I think when it comes to human rights and even some actions of investments in emerging markets the e position that china is is unsustainable Going Forward its not going to work European Union also rolling out some protections for its industries in and and germany would know about that wouldnt have a fave had their Aerospace Industry and Technology Industries impacted already. Yeah theres an understandable level of concern around Chinese Investment into europe up but i think its also important to remember look both sides need well actually at times the chinese have been willing to invest where others havent and so between 20082018 china invested 320000000000 into the when there was no investment its helped regions to improve and so companies for and for even we forget that Chinese Investment owns chinese investors own although they own a significant daimler they own for a us court and they have been Good Investments but the problem at the bottom line is and this is Something Else the moderates best again is worried about and many of these are worried about is that there is no separation between the Chinese State and Chinese Business which again is not really compatible with the way the e. U. Works i wonder though if Angela Merkel is actually being almost prudent in her thinking with china given the other major relations your has with the United States is declining shall we say with regard to the United States the u. S. Is pressuring and pressurising germany to resolve issues like north stream to germany gets 70 percent of its gas from russia it doesnt seem compatible for the u. S. To be spending an awful lot of money protecting and guarding germany from any beijing from washington are going to happen. And it costs a lot of money to have troops in germany so there is a troop there is a discussion around having troops going to poland and ukraine stats but theyre being redeployed which we must keep with the u. S. We can focus too much on them on germany county just because of its power just finally and briefly how would you describe the state of of trade in economic relations between between the us and europe right now it can get well i wonder if the nuances can get. Covered up by donald trump and the things he says about europes terrible it treats america terribly germany doesnt pay its dues to nato all these sorts of things. Clearly relations with the us and the australian the trade and and the loss of the tech stocks are front and center of that i think what you have seen or what you are seeing is part of a post over 90 movement theres a Global Economic realignment or the globalization which is some people what it is and what you have instead i think is the prioritizing its future the case it has made for strengthening its own market its internal market its about the access that Companies Get its about the access that you get to customers and that thats the problem the problem is not necessarily that their actions strain but where the relations are going further all right robert courtly generic talking well europe the us and china with us this week thank you for your time thank you. The death of george floyd of the hands of a white Police Officer in the United States has opened up a lot of conversations about black representation in almost every sphere this is not a Movement Just about violence against black people it is about quote unquote the system. This number should shock you 0. 4 percent according to Harvard University that is the proportion of black people who got money from venture funds between 1926 day in less than half a percent in the period when money was really being freed up because of the emergence of dot com but disparities like this go back to the birth of the nation really equal opportunity has always been denied to the black community for example the net worth of an average white family its 171000. 00 for a black family it is roughly a 10th of that 17000. 00 which means when people try to start a business they know and have access to that existing Family Wealth but its also estimated that the spending power of people of color in the United States is about a trillion dollars and so someone out trying to redress the balance properly recognized the lack of diversity in the tech and Financial Sector one particular Venture Capital group Impact Capital has invested in 17 startups and is raising 100000000. 00 for a new fund or collins is the c. E. O. Of Impact X Capital hes with us from london now and its a pleasure to have you with us i know that you are all about other people and finding their stories was it difficult to i mean the crux of what were talking about is the idea of money not making it into the hands of people of color is that what was that your experience. So my experience is i think shared by a number of other entrepreneurs what i found before becoming a Better Capitalist is what was reported in the Kauffman Fellows research recently that between 20012018 that we have and actually that we find that lat and diverse entrepreneurs actually have a much harder time raising capital in the 1st place but once theyve actually raise capital theres an interesting dichotomy what then happens is they actually are able to raise more capital than their non diverse counterparts and in addition they return more capital to investors 30 percent more capital after they actually exit so the interesting thing is i think that there is this there is truth that there is challenge in terms of raising capital but then theres this mythology that black entrepreneurs and diverse entrepreneurial teams dont return at the same if not a greater rate and the facts show us 260000 bounders studying 20000 start up companies that is that diverse entrepreneurs in adverse teams actually deliver more and are able to rasie so what is it what is it behind you say the facts the facts say that what is behind those facts what is it that means that. Those returns are as good as in say. I think behind the facts is a very interesting sort of complicity and ive said this before this if you look at Venture CapitalVenture Capital is very very interesting at the moment among the most people but idea that you can create a single generation huge amounts of wealth think of beezus and sort of the richest person in the world right now that is created through technology and that Technology Business that he dont call amazon started off with venture backing because banks could next year fund his ideas they couldnt see the future he was able to raise money through Venture Capital what we find is that there are generally funds that are not coming from diverse investors that are going to those organizations and that indeed the Better Capital industry itself shows itself to be one that likes pattern recognition so if theyre white men who are making decisions they make decisions that lead to an amazon more white men are back in order to make decisions to that more white men to lead to more companies that are like amazon and others because that is above the and what we dont find is that theres either pressure at the top of the organization in themselves to say they should do anything differently maybe feels as though what were doing is right we are the west coast we are Silicon Valley everyone else in the world envies us why should we change and incorporate women and people of color into our Decision Making ranks why should we invest in black and diverse country norks and women lead companies because weve found that if we back microsoft we back amazon you bet google if we back facebook all of those are Huge Companies and all of them are run by white men bested by white men the challenge is if you dont break this and we dont have people like lp endowments in the pensions that are putting money behind these organizations forcing these organizations to have a conversation about it could they have at better results which the Kauffman Research that i mentioned earlier actually refers to we could get better results if we were using diversity then we will never get a change in this and that complicity to sort of buy what we. Going to do the same thing forever and ever will continue to be one of the hampers to our ability every factors are billeted to actually grow really great businesses you used an interesting word they used said forcing forcing these companies and people to take a look at themselves and and qu