us has in place are going to go away before the election. clete willems, a former trade negotiator with the trump administration. us president said washington. negotiating with turkey on a $100 billion trade deal and boost tariffs on the country's steel to 50% after turkey launched the assault on kurdish militia on wednesday after mr trump withdrew from the region, causing sharp criticism of abandoning allies who fought against the islamic state. hopes of security expect securing a deal at the european summit are fading. the finnish prime minister and holder of the eu presidency said more time was needed to strike an arrangement. the block's leaders are due to re——— meet on thursday and friday. simon baptist from the economist intelligence unit said yesterday's queen's speech proved be a sideshow the brexit saga. yesterday's queen's speech proved be a sideshow the brexit sagam usually sets out the legislative agenda for the coming year but of course now everyone is agenda for the coming year but of course now everyone is expecting an election in the next few months so it's un

, thank you so much for joining the economy. 0k, thank you so much forjoining us, clete willems in washington, dc. you are looking at pictures of uber drivers staging protests outside the ride hailing headquarters in san francisco. they are demanding higher wages on the eve of the stock market debut of the company. uber is not only facing issues at home, it operates in the us, europe, africa, parts of the asia—pacific as well. but because it is a —— seen as a taxi industry disruptor the company has been hit with bands or the threat of being banned in places like oregon, hong kong, london, and the northern territory in australia. last year uber pulled out of china, russia, southeast asia, due to stiff competition. the bbc‘s dave lee has the latest from outside its headquarters. there were around 100 oi’ headquarters. there were around 100 or so protesters here earlier in very good spirits, demanding, quite simply, that uber pays what they deem to see as a living wage. they say this of the company is expected to be worth around $90 billion when it begins trading later this