but even before the legislation was through us president donald trump had ordered an investigation the u.s. warned that if the law passed it would activate section 301 of the u.s. trade act that authorizes retaliation against a foreign government whose trade policies or practices deemed unjustified unreasonable or discriminatory or that they restrict u.s. commerce france is the 1st major economy to impose a tax on big tech but other e.u. countries including austria britain spain and italy have also announced plans for digital taxes. joins us from the german city of constance isn't this also what trump actually wanted a tax on revenues as opposed to profits. absolutely and my president trump himself criticizing multinational enterprises that they are earning money but they don't pay taxes so this situation france has taken serious steps concerning a challenge not only appearing in europe but also in the u.s. is the right direction donald trump claims for example there is a massive trade deficit with europe when it comes to manufacturing the truth is if you look into statistics on the se

president donald trump lashes out at china as u.s. the go she is arrive in shanghai to resurrect trade talks. adventures all and let's do business. as the pressure is piling on south africa's president cyril ramaphosa pledged to turn around but the economy is shrinking and lines the job center is growing south africa is the confidence industrial engine and arguably its most important economy but a slowdown has plunged the country into crisis during the 2nd quarter of the year unemployment rose to 29 percent every 2nd young south african is unable to find a job the hardest hit sectors of transportation mining and finance companies struggle to continue with power outages that can last hours and the outlook is not promising. joins us from cape town ellis is it going to get worse before it gets any better yes it's definitely the fear because it's not just unemployment statistics but we had some obvious released recently that said is that amount of business is shutting down shopping and of course it does this business class jobs again also

china trade conflict donald trump placed the company on a blacklist in may which restricted access to u.s. technology and to the american market. while way did not reveal what impact this band had on its bottom line. byer says it's now facing over $18000.00 legal cases in the u.s. over herbicide that's alleged to cause cancer that herbicide the top seller roundup was both an incentive and a risk taken on by german chemical the german chemicals firm when it bought american rival monsanto which makes the weed killer now buyer says it's unlikely to achieve this year's profit goal. has been the subject of protests around the world in recent years the heaviside life is eighty's causing by a major headache for thousands of people in the u.s. say the effect of the chemical for them has been even worse the wave of lawsuits has fallen on bias since its $63000000000.00 takeover of monsanto the maker of weed killer round which contains klein to sate in the 1st handful of those cases to go to court juries found in favor of those who claim the chemical gave them cancer and awarded them huge compen

china trade conflict donald trump placed the company on a blacklist in may which restricted access to u.s. technology and to the american market. while way did not reveal what impact this band had on its bottom line. kernan is following this story for us as we heard there while he was blacklisted until may so how telling are these as well i think they're quite surprising given that we were expecting them to be a lot worse and the head of huawei the founder of himself warned it could hit $25.00 make a $25000000000.00 hole in the figures i think it's yes we have we've had a few months before the before the blacklist came in on t.v. they did very well but it's also signs that consumers kind of rallied around particularly in the home market rise and they and they really started buying weiwei phones talking about the domestic market is while way winning because it's been managing to even market its own phones as the back and forwards on that black list and the phones that some consumers around the world can get their hands on yeah it's actually managed to overtake the 4 main competitors th

well donald trump is accusing china of waiting till the 2020 u.s. presidential election to strike a trade deal he's going to be a lot tougher with beijing if he years reelected trade talks between the world's 2 biggest economies have resumed a stalled in may over the issues of tariffs over expectations from the meeting in shanghai that pretty low. reports the trade delegations from china and the united states sitting around the table meeting face to face again is of course being seen as a positive because it is the 1st time this is happened since the negotiations broke down in may but there is an expectation that we will not see much in the way of concrete details emerge from this round of negotiations because the 2 sides still seem a long way apart on some of the key issues we've heard again from the u.s. president donald trump repeating a line that he has said before that he believes the chinese will want to push this process out beyond the next presidential election in the united states which is happening next year he is saying that when he wins

and donald trump. and it comes to trade tariffs, that has taken all of his attention. , maybe theyes away are back on track. tois less for donald trump turn his attention in different ways and now he is focusing on the euro zone and this dispute. this is a long-runningng spat which does not show any signs of going away. street, do you think we will be talking about trade as the dominant issue foror the markets for months to come? >> maybe a year or so ago, w we hope it would be a deal done, but that has not happened. you can never rule out the fact that this will be running on for a lot longer. with trade deals, both sides need to agree on them. the keys not seem to be gain for china. the u.s. is so far apart. talks are back on track. this is endingn or there is a deal around the corner. the u.s. and china -- we have had d a truce before e when it s to slapping tariffs on each other, but we need common ground for that to happen. >> thank you very much for your time. let's look at what is happening thin

the more hawkish figures in donald trump's ministration such as mike pump peo and so on maybe losing of some of their grip on the president and with donald trump being being possibly going his own way and deciding his own policy they see in him that they might win some sort of concession from sanctions if donald trump decides to do that so it is a reminder from north koreans and also a reminder of that their frustration and also their patience is wearing thin. thank you very much rob mcbride for us and sell out for more in this han park is the founding director of the center for the study of global issues he joins us live from augusta georgia on skype thank you very much for coming on the program and we have seen overtures unprecedented overtures from the united states most recently of donald trump for the 1st time crossing a u.s. president crossing into d.m.z. welcoming kim jong un why would north korea at this point in time risk of that relationship these missile tests. yet they were north koreans were substantive development not just symbolic gesture us on. day one to south korea

but donald trump is flexing his muscles again. on friday, he fired a twitter threat at china's developing nation status at the world trade 0rganisation. he is unhappy the world's which is developing nations can geta world's which is developing nations can get a better trading deal than american firms at the wto, and he warned he would ignore apple's pulley to be exempt from tariffs and components the tech giants imports from china. —— plea. the trade row has pushed consumer prices up and damaged business confidence. farmers hit by tit—for—tat tariffs from china were last week offered a $16 billion aid package. mrtrump china were last week offered a $16 billion aid package. mr trump has set a more hostile tone for talks as investors and companies around the world a re investors and companies around the world are braced for the trade war that began more than a year ago to rumble on. abbas ameli—renani is the emerging markets portfolio manager at amundi. we have been here before, global trade negotiations between these two

trump is just united states by blood donald trump isjust promise united states by blood donald trump is just promise the united states that huawei can have relationships with us companies. i think 20 has said is that they can do component sales to huawei but while they can't sell them to the united states —— i think what he has said. it is my understanding. your fellow floridian senator marco rubio has called donald trump's let us talk on huawei asa donald trump's let us talk on huawei as a "catastrophic mistake". china is not a friend, huawei is not negotiable, it is a national security threat, president trump needs to stay strong against huawei. are you with marco rubio or with donald trump? so, he's around. they should not be doing business in the united states, huawei should not be. if he is saying that american companies can sell to huawei and while they can sell to someone else, eye can understand that. i don't know if they would do that. my concern is the national security interests of the united states. i don't believe huawei is a part of a trade negotiation. it has nothi

donald trump says it was a great honor meeting kim jong un face to face in north korea adding that a lot of progress was made although u.s. sanctions against pyongyang remain. in germany 3 men it charged in connection with the sexual abuse of more than 40 children with 2 pleading guilty a lawyer for one of the victims tells us the authorities failed the children. it is simply unacceptable for a department to react in this manner and then tried to cover up its own negligence . and as pride month concludes a new poll does reveal young americans are becoming less accepting of gay and lesbian people. good morning welcome just gone 10 o'clock here in moscow you're watching international now making history donald trump's become the 1st u.s. president to enter north korea after crossing the demarcation line between the 2 careers with his counterpart came jungmann said a lot of progress had been made during their talks but sanctions against pyongyang do remain in place well our senior correspondent for a gas stove explains now whether the symbolic meeting could affect the almost total econom

what does donald trump do? he walks away from that agreement, he imposes tough new sanctions on the iranians, and prompts, it seems, the iranians to abandon the limits on their own enrichment programme. you can, you know, you can argue which is the right approach, but, you know, the agreement did not stop their enrichment of uranium. but surely the lesson the iranians are bound to draw, if you acquire nuclear weapons, donald trump, you call him a businessman, a wheeler dealer, a guy who negotiates, donald trump, once you have nuclear weapons, will treat you in a very different way. i don't look at it that way. the way i look at it is he, donald trump, you know, love him or hate him, he believes he can negotiate a deal. that's what he believes. i mean, he wrote the book. he believes he can do that. with iran, his belief, you know, and i think a lot of americans‘, including my belief, is that the deal was not a good deal. we gave iran a lot of the money. they didn't stop supporting hamas and hezbollah. there we

donald trump has praised for a strong since election saying he's popular because he's seen as britain's trump we have a really good man is going to be the prime minister of the u.k. no worse than the. south thanks mark. this is a britain truck they call and bring trump and speak with saying that's a good thing that they like me over there that's what they want to. thank you. for what they need you'll get it done for us is good he's going to do a good job well when he takes office johnson will immediately find himself in the middle of a diplomatic standoff with iran italy denmark the netherlands and france are backing britain's proposal for a european led naval mission to ensure safe shipping through the strait of hormuz that's where iran seized a u.k. flag oil tanker on friday but iran's deputy foreign minister says it will secure the straits and not allow any disturbance to shipping our correspondent also to bari has more from the iranian capital. iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif is the 1st official to comment on the latest developments out of london the foreign minister tw

everything is about donald trump. and the things he says about donald trump don't bear any resemblance sometime to who donald trump is. i think we all know in our gut this election is different. no matter how young or old you are. not because i'm running. not because good people like me are buttigieg is running, a lot of people. the reason is because it's the most consequential election, anyone has faced, whether a young democrat in college or over the age of 60. it is the single most consequential election. the fact of the matter is you know why. we will overcome four years of donald trump. it will go down as an aberration in american history. it will take a whole lot of work to put together foreign policy that makes sense. it will take a whole lot of work to reestablish who we are as a country. but eight years, literally, not figuratively, eight years of donald trump will change the nation of who we are as a country. donald trump viciousness, bullying, utter disregard for people and personal lives, is tearing the so

now donald trump is accusing china of waiting until the 2020 presidential election to strike a trade deal he made the comments ahead of the resumption of trade talks and shanghai says he would be a lot tougher with beijing if he's re-elected but as one have opponents expectations from that meeting in shanghai alone. the trade delegations from china and the united states sitting around the table meeting face to face again is of course being seen as a positive because it is the 1st time this is happened since the negotiations broke down in may but there is an expectation that we will not see much in the way of concrete details emerge from this round of negotiations because the 2 sides still seem a long way apart on some of the key issues we've heard again from the u.s. president donald trump repeating a line that he has said before that he believes the chinese will want to push this process out beyond the next presidential election in the united states which is happening next year he is saying that when he wins reelection that any deal he offers the chinese then will not be as favorabl

you want the chaos of dp donald trump -- you want the chaos of donald trump, you have to step back and solve with long-term solutions that the american people have to listen to. i think immediately you can start allowing asylum in the countries themselves. that was a partial policy that the obama administration had that the trump administration reversed. i think that would be helpful. i think you can work to stabilize the situation in those countries, by working with our allies, the reason comprehensive immigration reform is helpful in a big way for that is that it brought the deficit down. this is the 2013 bill with the cbo score by 158 billion dollars. that's why grover norquist made it one of his top priorities that year, 158 billion, even a small amount of that money could be useful for upgrading some of the security at the border and putting the money where we actually need it and also for helping with those countries in the northern triangle. as for the centers, i've already advocated for closing down these private prisons, places like home stead, i went there the last time when

trump always wanted and now europe just hands it to him but i don't think donald trump actually runs 0 terrorist because for him terror of his only and most effective political and also economic tool he loves terrorists he says over and over again and he wants his terrorists to achieve other aim so no interest to actually script this terrorist he's not following any it can only economic logic so what signal would you say. just didn't leave that kind of strategy that the u.s. following here sent to the world especially to beijing right now. because the message to china would be be vigilant because this terror of dispute is likely not only to affect german and european comic as it's very important for china because many of the car parts may cuz sitting in china delivering to european and american car makers and if there's a tear of dispute on cars between the u.s. and europe it would effect the world and also china and the whole supply chain so it's very dangerous everything's intertwined we can only hope that there will be a solution for everybody all right and we get there reporting

donald trump becomes the u.s. president and north korea meeting kim jong un and the demilitarized zone but sanctions against pyongyang remain in place i'm looking forward to taking them off i don't like the sanctions being on this country i'm looking forward but the sanctions remain useful. and in the stories that shape the week. to overcome the differences at the g 20 summit in japan with all eyes on a meeting between the need to. russia. the meeting was good and businesslike we discussed a whole range of issues that are of interest to russia and united states so we had a discussion we had a great actually we had a great discussion in prison and so it was really a tremendous discussion. on the e.u. no one has a new payment system to buy american sanctions against iran and a bit to save the 2015. with the top stories from the past 7 days in the late developments as well this is the week national to take a while. and fosse stop don't trump made history on sunday becoming the fost sitting u.s. president to end to no

fierce house condemns president donald trump for a racially charged comments against for congresswoman. i'm home he this is al jazeera live from doha also coming out. i feel so honored and i'm overwhelmed germany's defense minister of underlaying as elected to the e.u.'s top job becoming the 1st female president of the european commission. the u.s. imposes sanctions on some of myanmar as top military officers over abuses against writing to muslims. and the u.k. government is accused of discriminating against visa applicants from africa. the u.s. house of representatives has voted to condemn court's racist comments that president donald trump made but for congresswoman on thursday trump tweets it's telling the politicians to go back to where they came from and he's refused to let up despite growing criticism both at home and abroad mike hanna reports from washington d.c. . without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table the vote went largely along party lines only for republicans joining house democrats in their rebuke of president. it was a rare occasion on which all in

administration and donald trump in particular but it is a way of reminding him in very forceful terms. they still have a nuclear arsenal and they want to get him back to the negotiating table they are very calculating the north koreans as they always are this is a short range missile the u.s. administration can say it is only a short range missile it's not one of the intercontinental ballistic missiles they were testing back in 2017 but it is a way of reminding donald trump that it would just take one i.c.b.m. launch and that would take effectively a sledgehammer to his signature foreign policy achievement which is his relationship with north korea something for mr trump to think about obviously as we get closer to the all important election year ok robert bryant with all the updates from seoul thank you we heard from one park earlier founding director of the center for the study of global issues told us. donald trump the united states must make some concessions or there will be no deal with north korea. i think north korea is who willing to give up their nuclear program but we have t

donald trump lashes out a at theresa may and her ambassador to washington. thenk came out saying diplomat called the u.s. president dysfunctional and inapt. our london correspondent is standing by with more. a victory for protesters in hong kong. the extradition bill to china is dead. the controversial bill sparked protest with the opposition calling for more. businessman is acquitted of chargrges. he was accused of conning the french government into paying him over 400 million e euros.. califorornia almond farmers who have beeeen hit by o different trade disputes and are wondering what might happen next. that is coming up in business. with over 50 million tourists hitting the french capital last year, the mayor is finding ways to keep paris from being so packed. ont includes an upcoming ban tour buses. first, our top story live from paris. ♪ donald trump has left out at theresa may and her ambassador to washington after a leak came out saying the diplomat called donald trump dysfunctional and inept. trump said we will no longer deal with him. mayp hitting

him to stay on after he was slammed by donald trump on twitter the u.s. house of representatives oversight committee hearing is looking into the deteriorating conditions in detention centers at the southern border with mexico and guatemala a mother has told us politicians her infant daughter died after receiving poor medical care while in the custody of american border patrol officials. i think the next day you know what i mean. it's like they tore out a piece of my heart like they tore out my saw i wanted to have a better life for her and a better future and work hard so she could keep growing like she was but now we can't do that because she's gone i'm here today because i want to put an end to this and make sure we do not allow any more children to suffer and die in this way and the u.s. state of louisiana is bracing for another round of severe weather after a massive storm hit the area on where the widespread flooding is making it difficult to get around the city of new orleans forecasters say a tropical cyclone is forming in the gulf of mexico and co

donald j. trump. i mean, this was a truly deeply depressing weekend based upon that tweet that he put out. basically, the president of the united states saying to four women of color, go back where you belong. i mean, who hasn't heard that in the past and in this country? >> well, we'll talk about that for a second, mike, but tell me -- i mean, that's a great example though. that's going to be our next story. but that's a great example. once again, donald trump dividing up his 42, 43% on one side and on the other side, my gosh, if you're a person of color, if you're in wisconsin, if you're in michigan, if you're in pennsylvania, if you're in florida, you stayed home in record numbers when hillary clinton ran for president. are you going to stay at home to not vote against donald trump? >> well, you would hope not, but you know who knows? i mean, what he's done is though he continually focuses on the third of the population of this country. his base. he has no interest in expanding his base. so whateve

house of representatives condemned president donald trump's racist comments about for congresswoman on sunday trump tweeted selling the politicians to go back to where they came from and he's refused to let up despite growing criticism both at home and abroad mike hanna reports from washington d.c. . without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table the vote went largely along party lines only for republicans joining house democrats in their rebuke of president. it was a rare occasion on which all in the house were forced to go on the record in response to intemperate comments made by the president these comments from the white house are disgraceful and disgusting and that comment are racist the vote was delayed by republicans who attempted to have the accusation of racism made by the house speaker introducing the bill struck off the record i urge genuine if you will and you know that the balance of my house is going to the gentle speaker of the house if she would like to rephrase that comment i had actually read my remarks as a parliamentarian before i read them the unpr

president donald trump can say well they're not like the intercontinental ballistic missiles that they have been launching things are still on track and the north koreans do see in donald trump their best chance of getting an easing of sanctions given his impulsive nature of being able to override overrule some of its more hawkish advisors so this is i think just a further way of reminding him that they are still very much on the radar and trying to get him back to the negotiating table and i hope that brian but the latest from seoul thank you all tension on the korean peninsula likely to be discussed at a meeting of foreign ministers of southeast asian countries are they gathering in thailand's capital bangkok for the assy on meeting we'll also be joined by u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o. plus is chinese and russian counterparts the region facing many challenges including the dispute over the south china sea and the ongoing us china trade war scott hide the reporting now. as thailand hosts the foreign ministers of r.c. and regional forums this week which due to be discussed won

there's not much to lose for donald trump to pushit much to lose for donald trump to push it further out given the election is quite close. indeed. we know this trade war has hit sentiment, and obviously there's concerns about slowing global growth asa concerns about slowing global growth as a result as well, so how will all of this influence the federal reserve decision on interest rates this week? definitely markets are expecting a 100% chance of a cut of 0.25%, and it's very important for them to achieve that but some market a nalysts a re achieve that but some market analysts are expecting not .5%, which we think is very unlikely, so that's a risk that someone will be disappointed. as we heard in that report earlier, obviously companies are worried about this trade war and they're worried it's impacting sales. we expect earnings numbers from the likes of apple, sony, huawei. so how will it impact them? absolutely, the impact is quite large. so far we are only seeing us corporate earnings... the growth has been downgraded to contraction, and so far the earnings season has been som

donald trump says that a u.s. warship has destroyed an iranian drone which flew within 1000 meters of the vessel. speaking during a meeting with the prime minister, trump said that the unmanned craft had ignored multiple calls to stand down. the downing of the drone comes at a heightened time of tension in the region and the narrow strait which is the shipping gateway to the persian gulf. european union interior ministers have failed once again to reach an agreementon how to deal with asylum-seekers rescued in the mediterranean. as the ministers held talks in finland, the captain of a german migrant rescue ship appeared before an italian court. >> arriving at the courthouse in sicily, the captain was mobbed by reporters. the 31-year-old german sea captain is being investigated on suspicion of aiding illegal immigration. last month she piloted ac watch rescue ship into the port in italy with 41 migrants on board. >> i sincerely hope that the european commission after t the new election of f the parliament will do t

this is now the party of donald trump and it acts the way donald trump and it acts the way donald trump and it acts the way donald trump wants it to act. let's talk a little bit more about the republicans, katty. is it a case of some behind—the—scenes saying, we don't like this but politically we can't afford to speak out? or are they genuinely aligned behind the president? there is probably some of both. for elected republican officials they have seen that criticising donald trump on this kind of thing comes with a very high cost, and supporting donald trump has enormous amounts of benefits. taking somebody like lindsey graham, the outspoken hawk on foreign policy used to be a critic of donald trump, is running for re—election in south carolina, was down in the polls, changed his tune and has become a hard—line supporter on donald trump including on the issue of these tweets and is now up in the polls, so somebody like that is looking at the president and thinking, i am better off aligning myself with donald trump, i can't afford to criticise him. take someone like mitch mcconn

president donald trump has once again used twitter to attack the u.k.'s ambassador in washington and the british prime minister it comes days after diplomatic cables were leaked critical of trump's administration. internet access is being restored in sudan following a court ruling the military council cut the internet more than a month ago saying the blackout was needed to protect a transition deal with the opposition but protest leaders said the military was trying to hide evidence of a violent crackdown that killed more than 100. qatar has signed a deal with the united states to buy across from the plane make a boeing the agreement was announced at the white house where the emir of qatar shut i mean been hammered out that any president donald trump it was one of several deals with u.s. companies on defense energy and. we're doing a lot of work now investing very heavily in our country creating a lot of jobs they're buying tremendous amounts of military equipment including planes and they're buying commercial planes as you know very large numbers of com

donald trump. not only is it incredibly damaging to the fabric of america, it is short-sighted for donald trump. i can tell you as one of 435 members of congress when the democratic party nominates its presidential candidate, members of congress are like ants on an ant hill and it is at that point the person who wins that nomination, who is the face of the democratic party, and there ain't nothing that either the president nor any member of congress can do to change that fact, but all of this will be forgotten by voters. they will not go into a voting booth going, oh, i'm going to vote against a congresswoman from some district in minnesota. they don't do that. but what will linger, what will remain, will be the suburban voters, the educated voters, the women, the blacks, the hispanics, latinos, the asian americans, the others, the muslim americans who will be so offended by this that they will go out and they will stand in line for as long as it takes to cast their vote to drive donald trump out o

president donald trump says it's playing. and we'll tell you about a foreign invader that's choking. a motorway. china's government has condemned the actions of protesters in hong kong a day off to hundreds of demonstrators stormed the city's legislative council monday's violence left baby scattered all over the building used tear gas to clear the area after windows were smashed and graffiti sprayed on its walls all this on the day the government held ceremonies 22 years since the end of british rule and hundreds of thousands joined a peaceful march for hong kong's lead that carried down condemned the actions of protesters stormed the council building on monday evening. the extreme use. and vandalism by protesters who stormed into the legislative council building over a period of time so this is something that we should seriously come down because nothing is more important than the rule of law in hong kong so i hope community. will agree with us that with these violent acts that we have seen it is right for us to condemn it o

donald trump there yesterday fighting against the noise of the helicopter on the lawn of the white house but i hope that my guest michael hughes and chief market analyst at c.m.c. markets in london could listen to all of that good to have you with us so clearly trump once the rates cannot give the u.s. economy is growing and unemployment is no is now the time for a cut. certainly based on the data i would say no and the fed has been fairly consistent i was the course of the past few years by saying that they are a data dependent central bank so if you place any decision to cut rates on the economic data coming out of the u.s. you look at the unemployment rate you look at the monthly payrolls numbers you look at yesterday's consumer confidence numbers for july came in at the highest levels since the end of last year and given the fact that a year ago the fed was 3 courses of the way through come right signing cycle it does really seeing all the while the global economy is slowing the u.s. economy is a little bit weaker than it was growing slightly less robustly than it was in the 1st quar

president donald trump suggesting restrictions on the company would be eased following his g 20 meeting with china's president xi jinping he says he said the u.s. manufacturers would be allowed to start selling components to the chinese firm again which is days later a senior u.s. exports official has written to commerce department staff telling him to continue treating was blacklisted since may american companies have had to seek government permission to trade goods with. taiwan's evil ways as council to further 550 flights scheduled in july after talks with striking cabin crews broke down the tendons have been on strike for 2 weeks now demanding wage increases and improve working conditions in total 2000 pounds or so far more than $400000.00 just about their journeys disrupted it is the longest aviation strike in taiwan's history and is estimated to cost even $56000000.00. subzone is bracing to report that 2nd quarter profits more than halt when they issued preliminary earnings on friday the warning is based on analysis by a resident of smart estimates calculates that's the new south

growth failed to live up to donald trump's promises of a 3 percent gain last year the government says the world's biggest economy grew more slowly in 2018 than previously thought the commerce department downgraded its estimate from 3 percent to 2.5 percent the overall trajectory is upwards and consumer spending is buoyant but lou we're spending on building equipment and software led to a downgrade analysts believe the trade war with china created uncertainty. and it's probably doing so still joining me now in the studio is our business reporter clifford coonan and our man on the markets. welcome to you both now what's on the east let's start with the u.s. so trump has argued that his tax cuts and increased spending would be enough to propel growth to the 3 percent mark but that hasn't happened that surely must be a disappointment for him no. disappointed in indeed but he will probably not take any of the blame and keep pointing fingers head to the photo reserve on its own monetary policy that said after $1.00 trillion dollar tax. stimulus consumption which is a 2 thirds of the u.s. ec

but things never go that smoothly when it comes to donald trump. he suddenly announces a new tariff hike on chinese goods and even threatens to charge duties on all chinese products that the u.s. buys. a few days later, relatitions betwtween the two countries deteriorate further. the united states takes aim at the chinese telecom giant huawei and blacklists it from doing business witith u.s. companies. there is now a new angle to the trade war and many fear the start of a tech cold war. now the latest on the pro-democracy movement in hong kong. early this tuesday, hundreds of protesters disrupted trade services, causing commuter chaos . activists blocking doors duririg the morning rush-hour is adding to the pressure on the authoritieies afterer two m monf increasingly violent demonstrations. first, people protested against in a traditional law, but now they also want carrie lam to resign. there have been reports -- complaints about police brutality. nepotism, discrimination, retaliation -- these are some of the ethical abuses officials at the u.n.

president donald trump and the 2 made clear they were intent on improving relations after a relatively rocky period. a push to mend tense u.s. pakistan relations in person after clashing on twitter pakistani prime minister imran khan has held his 1st one on one talks in washington with his us while online sparring partner u.s. president donald trump the afghan conflict responsible for straining those ties was a key focus of talks trump hopes card can help broker a peace deal between the taliban and the afghan government and pave the way to ending nearly 18 years of u.s. military involvement in afghanistan. i have plans on afghanistan that if i wanted to win the war afghanistan would be wiped off the face of the earth it would be god it would be over in literally in 10 days and i don't want to do that i don't want to go that route so we're working with pakistan and others to extricate ourselves nor do we want to be a policeman because basically we're policemen right now and we're not supposed to be policemen we've been there through we've been there for 90 years in afghanistan khan who

president donald trump has once again used twitter to attack the u.k.'s ambassador in washington and the british prime minister comes days after diplomatic cables were leaked critical of trump's administration internet access is being restored in a court ruling military council cut the internet more than a month ago saying the blackout was needed to protect a transition deal reached with the opposition protest leaders say the military was trying to hide evidence of a violent crackdown killed more than 100 people. but as well and president nicolas maduro has met with a european union representative as efforts to end the country's political crisis ramp up the e.u. is hoping that special envoy can help convince the jury to allow a free and fair election he and opposition leader one guy though who has declared himself acting president have already agreed to resume crisis talks the 2 sides have been engaged in a bitter past trouble since january russian president vladimir putin says he does not support imposing sanctions on georgia he made the statement in a

if and only if we beat donald trump. nominate me, and you get to see the president of the united states stand next to an american war veteran and explain why he chose to pretend to be disabled when it was his chance to serve. nominate me and we will have a different conversation with american voters about why the president of the united states thinks you're a sucker when the problem in your life is your paycheck is not going up nearly as fast as the cost of housing or the cost of education or the cost of prescription drugs and he has done nothing about it except tax cuts for the corporations. >> senator klobuchar, i want to ask you about something that cnn heard from a michigan democratic primary voter. we were reaching out and getting their questions. kimber from birmingham, michigan, has this question, what is your plan to address infrastructure, including the water issues so another flint, michigan, does not happen again. >> thank you, dana, and i was just in flint, and they are still drinking bottled water in that to

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to get donald trump out of the white house?” is more likely to get donald trump out of the white house? i think it might bea out of the white house? i think it might be a false choice. we need a candidate with the charisma and vision to excite young voters and democratic voters who are sporadic and don't always go to the polls. the re—creation of the 0bama coalition. i don't think we should discount the voters who moved from alabama to trump, and we could win them back because he hasn't followed through on his promises to help the working class. ten candidates last night entertained tonight, which satisfies that mandate? night entertained tonight, which satisfies that mandate ?|j night entertained tonight, which satisfies that mandate? i think tonight will be a very important debate and i think senator harris is one who has tried to claim that mantle, running on our message of pragmatism saying that the left of the party has great ideas in terms ofa the party has great ideas in terms of a path to renewable energy, public healt

and on the markets, asian stocks lower as investors were put off by us president donald trump's negative tweets on china as the world's two biggest economies resume trade talks in shanghai. the federal reserve is widely expected to trim interest rates today for the first time since 2008. the only question is by how much. some believe in a 50 basis point cut, as fed chairmanjerome powell has voiced growing concerns about the us economy. especially inflation, which has remained stubbornly below the fed's 2% target, despite unemployment being at the lowest in nearly 50 years. but lately a majority of economists seem to favour a 25—point cut, with another one following in the coming months. and maybe as many as three next year. so why cut at all? lowering borrowing rates makes it easier for businesses to get loans to invest in new projects, and for consumers to buy homes, cars and other items, which creates demand that keeps the economy humming. michelle fleury reports from washington. jerome powell was donald trump's pick to run america's central bank, yet he frequently berates him. we do