these are elderly people there are children and this went extremely badly but people didn't lose then they didn't abandon the protest in fact if anything i think the numbers now greater and what's happened in the last hour is that the announcements of stop the music has stopped and people are just being allowed to come down and talk to each other but the main objection of the substance of the objection and something that is also being expressed inside parliament is that whatever the final legal points of the deal the main thrust of it is that it get it through this agreement greece recognizes a shared notion of a geographical macedonian region up until now greece absolutely held to the idea that macedonia could only be the greek region of macedonia and once they say this is done then the door opens for all sorts of other claims to enter i spoke earlier

with the deputy leader of the opposition conservative party the party that has brought this no confidence vote to the floor. and this is how he summarized the objections. are the main objections not the about the name it's about the macedonian language and imagined only a nationality that it's been recognized by this date. and that this is not an acceptable from the greek people it's something that nobody in the past has had there except that there's no much the language and there's no much to make it. ok john so there are language concerns there are cultural concerns and so on do you think these people the people who oppose the steel on both sides of the border can eventually be won over by a sort of wider argument that points to mutual benefits of ending a quarter century disputes of of perhaps increasing commerce and trade of regional stability neighborly relations to do you think that's possible.

it is possible but as you know very well it's very difficult for people to understand other people's conservatism it's not it's easy to understand other people's liberalism which looks to the possibilities of the future and to possible corp it's difficult to understand that conservatives and which proceeds from the insecurities and the history and the insecurities on this side of the border that greece fought for this land as recently as one thousand nine hundred thirteen and won it from the bulgarian and had to fight for is again in one thousand nine hundred forty one to forty four again against all gary ans who wanted it to create a greater macedonia and of course against the nazis the germans and in the last seventy years the acrimony hasn't really ended it's just been silenced by the cold war because greece was surrounded by. a thousand kilometers long after the fall of communism this nasty national issue of nationalism was reignited the answers to the

point that the opposition makes that we cannot possibly recognize macedonian ethnicity and language being given at this time by the foreign minister inside politics he says the language is recognized back in the seventy's as nothing we can do about that we just adding a footnote in the agreement that says it's a slavic language national nationality is being recognised but no cessna's city is his rather fine legal definition legal distinction so the treaty he says will not recognize that there isn't a macedonian ethnicity but hails from ancient times and which we the greeks have somehow displaced from its rightful historical region. terrific analysis there from john sorrell was an ass and. you know watching al-jazeera live from london still to come. an independent invest. ation is launched into the killing of one hundred

seventy people during anti-government protests in nicaragua. a world renowned scottish art school has gone up in flames four years after it was destroyed by an omaha. and i was about fifty degrees in the middle of pakistan a little bit less the national round despite the strong sunshine just because the grind is high and any relief from the heat should come in the form of shahs on their precious few so it's middle forty's baghdad for example to a northern turkey in the caucasus certainly you get showers here want to spinning off the eastern med towards beirut but i wouldn't promise them to be honest there's a pleasant twenty seven here it's all a big surprise this time the year is going to be hot obviously we're almost in the

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a community. al-jazeera. where ever you. welcome back here's a quick look at our top stories at least twenty six people have been killed in a suicide car bomb attack at a gathering of taliban fighters and afghan security officials in the eastern city of. i still says it carried out the attack. the new u.n.

envoy to yemen is expected to propose a deal to end fighting over the port of how data led coalition launched an offensive to take the port from both the rebels earlier this week. and police in athens of tear gas of protesters opposed to the deal greece was struck with macedonia over the country's name the greek government is facing an imminent no confidence vote in parliament over the agreement which will soon macedonia become north massive and. egypt has increased the price of fuel and cooking gas by at least fifty percent in a bid to boost the country's economy the rise is expected to save the government more than two point eight billion dollars it follows increases to the cost of drinking water and electricity the measures are part of an economic reform program introduced to qualify for a twelve billion dollar loan from the international monetary fund the country also hopes to lure back foreign investors after the economy crashed following the arab

spring uprising seven years ago well earlier we spoke to egyptian political political analyst mark good monday says these reforms could spark unrest in egypt at the moment is like a pressure cooker. it. will happen the question is when and how and the government seems to be pretty oblivious to that and they keep continuing with those policies that are adding massive. pressure is on the middle and lower class. china has criticized u.s. president donald trump for quote playing the disgraceful role of global economic disruptor it comes after both countries impose twenty five percent tariffs on fifty billion dollars worth of each other's goods on friday the move as investors and economists worried that the world's two largest economies are heading for a full blown trade war lords movie reports now from beijing. tit for tat that's one

way to describe the first shot in what's brewing to be a tariff war between the world's two largest economies the us struck first with a twenty five percent tax on certain chinese imports worth fifty billion dollars china's counterpunch an announcement that six hundred fifty nine types of u.s. goods also worth fifty billion dollars will be subject to tariffs the first round comes into effect on the sixth of july and affects products ranging from soybean to seafood to costs there china feels like it's been the strong it's at the strongest point that it's been in hundreds of years it feels like it's ascendant and so it's not likely to back out some of the terrorists will likely bite chinese consumers the high a tax on soybean imported from the u.s. some of which is used for pig feet could ultimately drive up the price of domestic pork. but the tariffs could also hurt american farmers if china the u.s.

is largest buyer of soybeans find substitutes elsewhere u.s. president donald trump has been hammering china on trade for months for the protection everybody take and here is the one hundred fifty one b. in the hours are enough for us to get the work that told you that if you look at you in the fifth or you look at some of it we help these countries militarily and yes but what point this is that the u.s. tariffs target industries tied to china has made in china twenty twenty five a blueprint to dominate high technology industries they're also intended to punish the chinese for what the u.s. calls intellectual property theft and unfair trade practices one trade expert says a u.s. trade battle with china will impact global markets it creates instability. reduces particularly investor uncertainty for long term investors private business capital expenses and these types of things trump's summit in singapore may have strength.

his determination to act for years the u.s. looked to china to help restrain north korea but convinced he has built a relationship with north korean leader kim jong un trump perhaps feels he's in a stronger position to be tougher on trade with china the trade war seems to have only just begun trump has threatened to slap taxes on more goods if china goes ahead with the tariffs chinese state media meanwhile says china has taken note of the statement and reserves its right to take corresponding measures torrence three al-jazeera beijing russian president vladimir putin has been accused of using the world cup to bury unpopular economic reforms as many russians were watching their national side beat saudi arabia the government announced controversial plans to raise the retirement age the proposal raises women's retirement age by eight years to sixty three while men would retire at sixty five well that's two years above average life expectancy critics say any money saved has already been spent on

hosting football's showpiece event and international task force will investigate the political unrest in nicaragua which has left at least one hundred seventy people dead it comes as the government and civic groups agreed to halt all violence two months after demonstrations began against president daniel ortega however talks are still ongoing to address a call by catholic church mediators to allow early elections to take place next year and. has more now put the mediators in the catholic church were brought in to try and break the deadlock and there's been some progress. nicaragua's government and opposition activists agreed to allow an international investigation into months of political violence but the government will invite international organs the un the e.u. the general secretary of the organization of american states to accompany a scene the strengthening of the peace talks. it's been welcomed by the opposition

the government of using paramilitaries against protesters. we know that there is intimidation and we know that there are some movements that have been active and some one is apologies and the intimidation those groups of police those groups of civilians using weapons of war don't create an environment of peace. gangs of armed men room the streets of managua they warned residents to stay indoors where their lives would be in danger activists blame the gangs for a spate of attacks and killings over the last two months the man who filmed this video says he saw men taking down anti-government barricades and that they traveled with a police escort the government denies any connection to the armed groups but the opposition says the violence is a sign of desperation by president daniel ortega. in. the moment when he can no longer resort to violence that he searched through the police and paramilitary gangs when he can no longer resort to violence that will be his and i'm.

at least one hundred seventy people have died since the protests began in april were take his efforts to introduce welfare cuts prompted the bloodiest confrontation since the civil war ended in one thousand nine hundred ninety. the plan was dropped but the protests continue under heavy security the two sides are still talking the opposition is also making concessions removing roadblocks which the government said were damaging the economy but big questions remain the protesters want to take it to stand down to demand the government is likened to an attempted coup mediators urging early elections but so far there's been no response been to monaghan al-jazeera seventeen people have been killed in the venezuelan capital caracas to a gas canister was detonated in a nightclub during a student graduation party interior minister says the device went off during a fight between several students the incident which happened in the early hours of

the morning set off a stampede for the exits seven people have been arrested at least four people have died in one thousand people have been arrested in southern turkey after election campaigning there erupted into violence the clashes began when a politician from president. ruling party campaigned in a kurdish town near the syrian border there are conflicting reports about what happened next but state media say the how little yield is and his supporters came under attack from opponents armed with knives and sticks while opposition groups say the politicians security opened fire after he received a hostile welcome. student activists in the u.s. of traveling from coast to coast rallying support for more comprehensive gun control measures follows a series of deadly school shootings they hope to persuade people to vote for politicians who back gun control laws in november's midterm elections from brunell's reports. who are months after seventeen of their

classmates and teachers were gunned down the activists students of marjorie stoneman douglas high school are on the road. seeking support for gun control measures and showing solidarity with other young people victimized by gun violence all of us is no matter where you come from your community your economic background . your voice. and in this movement every single voice and i don't where it comes from. chicago was the first stop on the park when florida students nationwide bus tour through the city has one of the highest homicide rates in the u.s. and many children and teenagers have felt the trauma of gun violence firsthand. attending the rally at st sabina church on chicago's south side where native chicago and entertainers jennifer hudson will i am and former arizona congresswoman

gabby giffords who was gravely wounded in an assassination attempt in two thousand and eleven these are scary. stories. sexism. it's time to stand up for what's right. for her we must do something we must stop gun by. this storm and doesn't the students are urging young people to register and vote in the midterm elections in november they were. want to oust congress members who oppose gun restrictions and receive campaign funds from the national rifle association. in the weeks following the february school attack the storm and the students spearheaded a nationwide movement culminating in the massive march for our lives rally in

washington d.c. . the public opinion polls indicate only modest movement in favor of stricter gun laws president donald trump has paid lip service to preventing school shootings but has done nothing nor has the republican party controlled congress the portland student activists are not done they plan to visit seventeen states on their summer long bus tour with seventy five stops they call their journey the road to change robert oulds al-jazeera. before we go let's take a quick look at the headlines again at least twenty six people have been killed in an isolated suicide car bomb attack at a gathering of taliban fighters and afghan security officials in the eastern city of the blast came as president ashraf ghani announced an extension to the

government's weeklong ceasefire with the taliban it's a blow to an otherwise happy day with so dozens of taliban fighters entering with capital kabul and other cities to celebrate the holiday. the new u.n. envoy to yemen is expected to propose a deal to end fighting over the port of data the saudi led coalition long stone offensive to take the port from who the rebels earlier this week over two thirds of yemen's food enters via the port and the u.n. fears fighting there could lead to a humanitarian disaster if there is the closure of the port even for just a few days many people will suffer we are also greatly concerned about the possibility that civilians may be hurt by air strikes greece's government is facing an imminent no confidence vote in parliament it comes over a deal to change the name of neighboring macedonia to the republic of north

macedonia greek police fired tear gas at protesters outside parliament in athens nationalists on both sides see it as a humiliating defeat. our main objection is not that about the name it's about the macedonian language and the macedonian nationality that it's been recognized by this new. this is not a man except a bill from the greek people something that nobody in the past has said there except that there is no muslim language and there is no muslim nation france has agreed to take in some of the migrants on board the aquarius rescue ship which is on route to spain the boat carrying six hundred twenty nine migrants was refused entry to retaliate and maltese courts egypt has increased the price of fuel and cooking gas by at least fifty percent the rise is expected to save the government more than two point eight billion dollars it follows increases to the cost of drinking water and electricity well those are the headlines here on al-jazeera do

stay with us though because the inside story is up next. on the brink of a trade war china and the united states the world's two biggest economies beijing hits back at donald trump's new tab so what has america first approach backfire and what will it mean for global trade this is inside story.

and welcome to the program parag i'm the last ten years so i'm up to prove much in trade between the united states and china but battle of the tariffs is threatening battle and there are fears of an all out trade war the us has fifty billion dollars worth of chinese imports the president says he wants a fairer trade with china but beijing's five back with a tit for tat response it's published a list of more than six hundred american products it plans to hit with its own taxes is it a case of who blinks first in this economic brinkmanship we'll talk to our guests in a moment but first flaws louis reports from beijing. tit for tat that's one way to describe the first shots in what's brewing to be a tariff war between the world's two largest economies the us struck first with a twenty five percent tax on certain chinese imports worth fifty billion dollars china's counterpunch and announcement that six hundred fifty nine types of u.s.

goods also worth fifty billion dollars will be subject to tariffs the first round comes into effect on the sixth of july and affects products ranging from soybean to seafood to cause their china feels like it's been the strong it's at the strongest point that it's been in hundreds of years it feels like it's ascendant and so it's not likely to back out. some of the terrorists will likely bite chinese consumers the high a tax on soybean imported from the us some of which is used for pig feet could ultimately drive up the price of domestic pork. but the tariffs could also hurt american farmers if china the u.s. is largest buy of soybeans find substitutes elsewhere u.s. president donald trump has been hammering china on trade for months for his protection everybody take an interest in the opening it made one hundred fifty one thing that was enough for us to get the work that told you that china if you look at japan the shelf going to look at something and we help these countries

militarily and have a serious but what point does it stop the u.s. tariffs target industries tied to china's made in china twenty twenty five a blueprint to dominate high technology industries they're also intended to punish the chinese for what the u.s. calls intellectual property theft and unfair trade practices one trade expert says a u.s. trade battle with china will impact global markets it creates instability uncertainty reduces particularly investor uncertainty for long term investors private business capital expenses and these types of things trumps summit in singapore may have strengthened his determination to act for years the u.s. look to china to help restrain north korea. but convinced he has built a relationship with north korean leader kim jong trump perhaps feels he's in a stronger position to be tougher on trade with china the trade war seems to have only just begun trump has threatened to slap taxes on more goods if china goes

ahead with the tariffs chinese state media meanwhile says china has taken note of the statement and reserves its right to take corresponding measures florence three hour jazeera beijing. the well let's have a look at the amount of trade between the u.s. and china last year goods and services were worth a total of seven hundred eleven billion dollars china was the third largest market for u.s. exports and all time high u.s. exports to china were worth one hundred thirty billion dollars while u.s. imports from china exceeded five hundred billion so the difference of the trade deficit was also a record high of three hundred and seventy billion well let's bring in our guests now joining us from london is philip le grain political economist and former special advisor to the director general of the world trade organization in beijing is i'm the tangan china political analyst who advises the chinese government on

economic and development issues and from birmingham in the united kingdom is scott lucas professor of american politics at the university of birmingham a very warm welcome to all of you mr tang and let me start with you you know president make so much of this trade deficit and it's one of the biggest reasons for imposing these terrorists but is that as simple or even as big as he's making it out to be. well it seems to have a very poor understanding of what deficits are he keeps insisting that he has a deficit with canada when in fact that is not true and in terms of china it is not as simplistic as he things there are over three hundred fifty billion dollars a year that are is being sold and trying to but produced in china by u.s. companies that is also under threat when you start putting it all together what you have is actually a very early even trade balance china has only about ten billion dollars worth of things that it produces in the u.s. and sells in the u.s.

so it's not going to be this one sided idea that he has that he can sort of force doing this this kind of bully playground idea plus remember he is not only at war with china he's at war with the e.u. and and mexico as well as a host of other nations including russia mr crane i know that you've written extensively about this is the trade deficit as black and white as donald trump seize it. well i mean he seems to see a trade deficit as somehow a loss of american inc which it isn't in the main reason and he seems to see it as a sign of that other trade unfairly and that's not necessarily true either i mean the main reason why the u.s. has a trade deficit is because it doesn't save enough and that is something which is own irresponsible fiscal policy is only going to make it worse and in terms of the

trading relationship or one of the reasons why there is such a big trade with the u.s. which big trade deficit with china according to official figures is because there are many parts and components which are assembled into finished products in china and then shipped to the u.s. and therefore the trade is this thinks they count as an entirely chinese x four but in the case for example of the i phone which is merely assembled in china the value added actually comes from china is roughly about six percent and that's an extreme example but it tells you actually the deficit is smaller than he says it is more importantly in a bilateral trade deficit with china in and of itself is not a is not a problem mr lucas let me bring you in now the u.s. administration you know also says as well as the trade deficit that the tasks are in effort to protect american internet your property that china is stealing is china stealing american intellectual property and if so are these tariffs

a way to address that issue. well i the question about and what for probably is a long running issue it predates the trump administration and the plush in is when china has american companies that operate is it in some white taking information from them learning about practices learning about technology is it doing the same by trying to get into america and by some means getting technology from u.s. companies but there is a proper way for addressing that which is for example through the world trade organization there is a proper way for addressing that indeed in talks with the chinese let's be very clear here the trumpet of the stray ssion is only using information. or intellectual property as sort of an excuse this is not a policy driven by that as much as it is by political considerations and by trump's misunderstanding fundamental misunderstanding about how economic trade works and i do want to talk about the political implications that is going to have nationally

for donald trump especially in a year when there's mid-term elections coming up but mr tang and let me come to you now is this i mean they were talks with the chinese government with the trade representatives before donald trump announced that he would go ahead with these tariffs so why didn't why wasn't anything resolved in those talks do you think. well there's a number of theories about that and one of them is that trump is using it's basically sucking all the oxygen out of the air by dropping these media bombs on a weekly basis to keep the press attention away from some of the investigations and ongoing lawsuits that he seems to be embroiled in it is certainly working from the perspective that his approval rating is high the american public likes a president who appears to be doing things that seem very very strong i don't know if they'll feel the same way when farmers and manufacturers start going out of business or losing it remember every time you institute one of these tariffs on

things coming in the u.s. you're just simply raising the cost of doing business and american products become competitive and this is of course going to have an impact mist and a grain u.s. trade representative robert life has a said that they hope that this leads to further negotiations and not a rash reaction from china we've already seen the reaction so how likely is more negotiations and not a so-called rash reaction. well i mean this trade war has been on then of and now it's on again the negotiations of started a deal seem to have been reached and then trump overruled his treasury secretary these tyrus won't be imposed the first tranche of to the states is a lie and it's quite possible that before then some kind of deal will be reached i mean i think the big problem is that trump is so erratic you know he says one thing

and then the next day says another there's very little incentive for anyone actually to negotiate history with him why make any kind of concession if either a he'll go back on it the next day or be. asking for more very soon so i think that what what's much more likely now is that we're going to see an escalation and you know the chinese have time on their side they can afford to buy their time ultimately trump faces difficult midterm elections later in the year he faces a difficult reelection in twenty twenty the chinese don't face obviously electoral pressure and they can afford to suck up the pressure and just and allow him to wear him self out mr lucas do you think that if these policies have a negative impact on american people if they drive up costs for american consumers manufacturers then could this backfire politically for donald trump do you think.

oh it could but we're talking about the trump administration already donald trump on a tight rope here and that is that the american economy right now as well as much of the global economy is actually doing quite well i disagree a bit with i are in the sense that i don't think it's leading to an overwhelming surge in approval for trump i think it's more that with his base of supporters who are a minority maybe thirty thirty five percent in america it gives them something to shout about we're still doing well we can take on anybody china canada and when but if the economy goes down before november if the terrorists begin to buy before november that of course that advantage erodes i think the gamble here is by trump and his advisors is look we may suffer from the tariffs but if it doesn't occur so for the next six months we're ok because we can ride this into the elections most of the brain how long do tariffs like this take before you see a veil impact. well i mean that the impact is immediate upis the price goes up

majorly and indeed in cases where the products are freely traded the price reacts admittedly so you saw that as soon as the chinese and now it's already a while ago that they were thinking about retaliating against american soybean exports the price of american soybeans collapsed so it happens very quickly beyond that obviously economies adjust and so you know countries look for alternative markets to export to an alternative markets to import from and i think part of the calculation behind what the tribes doing in so far as there is any is that some of the chinese exports targeted. the production of them will be relocated about the u.s. i think that's unlikely lots of what's being targeted is low end stuff and if it's

if it does move out of china it's more likely to move to somewhere like vietnam than to come back to the u.s. and mr tang and you know china has no shortage of countries at the moment to both export to all import from the products that it needs. no absolutely i mean china has been building up its belt and road initiative it's been laying down its infrastructure projects are still a little bit amateur but they are looking for aussie on to make up on and the bricks bricks and combine with the belt and road to make up almost two trillion dollars in future trade so they have their eye on the future and they understand that the u.s. and china are going to have continue to have difficulties because it's this perception that they are strategic competitors so i think there are no illusions here but you have to keep in mind we're talking about china now but because this is now become a concert the u.s. has become a rogue state in essence all of its chief trade partners have said that we're going

to impose countervailing duties against you this is not something that's going to go well as soon as you have a chorus of knows it's easier to add your voice voice to that chorus and that's exactly what trump has put in play let's look i could see you agreeing with that mr tang and then when he said that the u.s. has become a state. that. yes i would i think you have to remember that we were talking tariffs against not only against china but against what countries that were american allies canada mexico countries of the you . japan brazil south korea all have been affected and that it's not just the economics here it's that these tariffs of them accompanied by political insults so when you get to the point where donald trump last week is saying that there is or donald trump is advisor saying there's

a special place in hell wizard for canadian prime minister justin trudeau and other foreign leaders you come back to the starting point we began with and that is beyond any economic disputes here if you cannot see the american president as predictable or reliable you enter a zone of instability that we are not used to and the effects are going to go far beyond the immediate america economic ripples so why then you know when the vast majority of economists agree that protectionism doesn't work and there's international consensus around this do we need to wait and see what impact this is going to have politically for the president why then does that not translate to criticism remember domestically all there is there is criticism domestically about i mean among what is he supporting raising voices. well because for again for the minority of supporters and my family or among them they'll backtrack come hell or high water until the economic effect bites so it's like yay we're taking on the

world yay make america great again and until you lose your job or you see a rise in prices that all works but there's a second reason here we deficit is not just trump you're talking about certain advisors men like peter navarro steven miller who do not see this in terms of a win win economically they see this as a win lose the united states versus china the united states versus europe the united states versus canada and this new breed of protectionist political as well as economic protectionist even if they think that they're losing some support amongst other americans they simply will say fake news fake media liberals and hope that that base gets them through whatever economic damage the rest of us may suffer and so that some of the domestic politics at play you know putting america against the rest of the world so mr hanken go ahead well it's that what they're preaching is this mercan settle this that which was supposedly died but now has been a neo neo eyes by these people but whether telling donald trump is that america is

strong today in twenty years america will not be in the same position so the time is now to strike so they're selling this not only the zero sum ideology but they're also saying that this is the only time that the u.s. can reassert itself and prolong its stay at the top now this is all wound into american exceptionalism that the u.s. must be politically militarily and economically hedge a man in the world in order to guide it towards this liberal capitalist. democracy that they believe is the ultimate end of all politics mr mclean you know the u.s. they are in a hair still go ahead with a nickname. i mean the irony of course is that you know it was a pasta american presidents who created the monster that for trade with trading system of a saw it as an extension of american power an extension of american

prosperity and normally. when moms decline they try to extend the period for which they are powerful and it would be in america's interest to try and preserve the system that it's created in its own image and therefore prolong his power and instead of that donald trump is taken it could be a different approach which is to say actually we've been cheated i'm going to blow up the system and in so far as there is a logic to it it's that if we negotiate with countries bilaterally america is top dog will be able to get a bit better bigger a better deal and the fact is that one you need allies the united states would be much more effective in negotiating with china if it did it with with allies and secondly is only goes racing strategy of being so erratic of changing his mind all the time means that nobody actually is going to make the concessions that he's looking for i do want to introduce another negotiating strategy a possible negotiating strategy into all of this mr tang and you know china's

economic might might not be the only bargaining chip here and they have many you know what about north korea because when there was a lot of to ing and fro ing about whether the trump kim jong un summit was going to happen and north korea was expressing serious reservations donald trump actually blamed china for that so how much leverage does china still have with north korea and couldn't use north korea in this trade war with the u.s. . i don't think in the way that you're expressing remember what donald trump came out and said is that he has no intention of the us paying for any of the economic development that north korea is going to demand in return for giving up its nukes he's looking in he is pointed at south korea and japan but the fact is china will have to be part of it and i don't know exactly how he's going to achieve that if he keeps punching everybody in the nose this idea that you can push somebody and then

you know they'll back down and give you their lunch money just isn't working and remember this has changed radically the appeal of the of america can you imagine somebody in the developing world sitting there listening to donald trump who heads a nation with five percent of the world's population that consumes a total of twenty five percent of the world's annual consumption telling everybody that oh we've gotten a raw deal we're not getting what we want this kind of turning into a mass of wine or is going to turn not only the countries he's dealing with off but it's going to turn the rest of the world off most of the grain u.s. former special adviser to the director general of the world trade organization whereas the world trade organization and all of this kind of do anything. well obviously both the u.s. and china back in april launched a cases that are riccio the u.s. because of alleged chinese i intellectual property violations and the chinese

against the then proposed u.s. measures and the cases will take their course the fact that the u.s. is now acting unilaterally and the chinese are responding you know actually undermines the dobie cio and the global trading system i think the bigger picture obviously is that. donald trump for stress and to pull out of that obviously oh if the w.h.o. were to rule against his moves he might move by carry out that threat and any case he's been trying to sabotage the dispute settle a mechanism by refusing to approve the. the if not in a judge's new appellate court judges to as old ones have left and that means that soon there might not be a quorum and soon therefore the system would break down yet gentlemen we don't have very long left in the show and i'd like to ask a last question to both of our other guests mr lucas and mr tang and mr lucas let

me start with you do you think that these tariffs will go ahead and if so what impact are they going to have i think as your other guests have noted given the other predictability of donald trump you can't take any prediction as being rock solid but given right now the ascendancy of his protections to advisors who have won the battle with the treasury secretary steven maneuvering for right now i think we do see at least a first round of sanctions in july but i think if the effects are felt fairly soon that the domestic backlash in the u.s. may make if not trump his advisors back away from this within months and mr tang in just in the last thirty seconds if they do go ahead will china when. well there's no winners in a trade war i mean the question is can china survive it better and i think the earlier comments about the fact that china has control of its economic operettas a lot better they're not subject to the same kind of electoral pressures that it is

and they will be selling this to their their to their constituents and i you'll see a sharp downturn in the most number of american goods being bought either way if this thing goes forward so yes i don't think that the u.s. can win this one not against china and the rest of the world combined mr tang and thank you very much for that that is on a tangan joining us from beijing and thank you to our other guests to finitely grain and london and scott lucas in banning him and thank you too for watching you can see the program again any time by visiting our website c.n.n. dot com and for further discussion to go to our facebook page that's facebook dot com forward slash a.j. and side story you can also join the conversation on twitter to handle this at a.j. inside story from elizabeth pran and the whole team here bye for now.

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on. us and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking forward to full driving. five years on the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their country have been truly unable to escape the war. this is al-jazeera. good to have you with us joe now and this is the news hour live from london coming up in the next sixty minutes and i still suicide bomber targets taliban fighters

and security officials in afghanistan at least twenty six people have been killed. the u.n. special envoy arrives in yemen's capital for emergency talks on the port of as fears grow the fighting could trigger a humanitarian crisis. chaos outside parliament in athens greek police fired tear gas at people protesting a deal that gives macedonia a new name. with. the smallest nation to play at the world cup. hold argentina to a draw which included a penalty from messi i'll have all the action coming up in the news hour. in afghanistan a day of celebrating temporary peace between the government and the taliban has been marred by a car bomb attack at least twenty six people have been killed in

a suicide blast at a gathering of taliban and afghan security officials in the eastern city of. i still has claimed responsibility on a remarkable day in afghanistan which saw dozens of taliban fighters entering the capital kabul and other cities to celebrate the holiday images emerged on social media of afghan soldiers and civilians hugging taliban fighters and even taking selfies together well let's get more from jennifer glass who's standing by for us in kabul jennifer celebrations between two warring sides only to be attacked by a third side a difficult day in afghanistan. a very difficult day but not the most difficult we've seen a tragic attack in the east and as you said joan a reminder that there are more than two sides on the battlefield here the taliban and afghan security forces in a remarkable show of solidarity across the country marred by that suicide bombing

by i still in eastern afghanistan that of course is i sold strongholds where many of their fighters are and have been and but they have been able to carry out attacks around the country the question is what will it mean going forward for this piece we have seen remarkable scenes around the country here on the outskirts of kabul the interior minister actually shook the hands with taliban fighters had his photo taken and we've seen that scene repeated around the country in conducing does name in the south. as taliban fighters came into cities one taliban fighter said his heart was bursting with happiness when he learned that he could come into kabul without any harm and that's what we saw on the outskirts of the city afghan security forces searched them they took their weapons off they came into the city people came and gathered and it was that kind of gathering that sadly was attacked in eastern afghanistan but it was really the only report of violence around the

country to date so that in itself also a remarkable feat. jennifer in the meantime president gone the continuing to reach out to the town of offering to renew. extend this cease fire amongst other concessions being offered how deep potentially last thing is this reconciliation. well that is the big question president ghani speaking to the nation tonight unilaterally extended the government's ceasefire he didn't say for how long he said he will offer more details later in the week he also announced the release of forty six afghan taliban prisoners and saying there could be more releases if this kind of rapprochement continued if the taliban continue to respect the afghan military forces and hope that the afghan of the taliban would actually release any prisoners they had as well the real question now is what will the taleban do the taliban had called its

own three days ceasefire over either it said because it wanted the afghan people to have a peaceful holiday it said it was not in reaction to the afghan government ceasefire which had been declared about a week earlier so now the question is will they extend their ceasefire as well the taliban fighters extend their cease fire as well seeing how the afghan people have embraced these overtures of peace have embraced their fighters coming into the cities that is really going to be the big question going forward jonah whether these small small seeds of peace can actually bloom into something larger turn for the last thank you so much for that we'll move on on this story and get more. joining us live from washington d.c. . he's a former senior advisor to the chief executive of afghanistan up to look. and let's pick up thank you for joining us let's pick up on that question jennifer glass posed. if we put for a second to one side the awful scenes today are there do you think seeds of real

hope of real and lasting reconciliation between the government and the taliban. well that's the hope in this was unprecedented this has not happened at least over the last seventeen years they have been very localized small scale ceasefires for tactical reasons here and there but this was nationwide it's unfortunate what happened today in eastern afghanistan and this is a reminder that to afghans as well as to all others including the taliban that we have sort of an existentialist threat on our doorsteps inside the our house and that we need to pull together now at the same time this is a very complex situation you know there are decades of history behind all of this it's an emotional moment it's a positive moment it is a breakthrough of sorts it's psychologically good for all sides except for those who want to spoil it but at the same time i think we need to realize that we need

to know where this is going on they're going to respond in kind in agree to more time for ceasefire is this going to lead to some kind of dialogue or the talk about going to recognize the kabul government and are they going to drop this request that they only talk to the americans for example or are they going to drop their request that they want to go after american forces anyway all of these things are very complex and it's not just an internal afghan matter there are a lot of regional implications as well well in the meantime of course as the parties try to figure out the answers to those questions you pose the groups are opposed i still is one of them it's demonstrated today its ability to disrupt the process give us a sense of how powerful is at the moment how much of a problem the group is. i sell or as it's called in afghanistan has two main branches one resides in the north we think that it's made

up mostly of central asia as caucasians foreign fighters some of whom may have some ties or have had ties with the middle east brand of i is now in what happened what what we see also on the eastern part of afghanistan closer to the pakistan afghanistan border region and the durand line is in i.s.k. that is mostly made up of former pakistani taliban some afghan former afghan taliban and other sort of die hards and extremists who have joined hands in different pockets everybody has gone after them so for the americans the afghans and occasionally the taliban and i as have clashed now what we saw today is a reminder again that it is a potent threat that something needs to be done about it and that maybe the taliban in the afghans afghan government can come to terms on how to deal with ayers and that could be a starting point for maybe dialogue between the two sides well president ghani is

obviously keen to keep the momentum going he's offering quite a lot isn't the to the taliban is extending the cease fire he's freeing taliban militants is offering civil benefits to the taliban as if they were any other citizen getting enough in return or is he giving too much away. well he has already given quite a bit and today we saw more incentives given to the taliban. and i think that it has paid off to some extent i mean this ceasefire the taliban agree to. some extent is not only because of the olive branch to president ghani and the unity government has given to the taleban but it's also i think behind closed doors negotiations that are taking place with certain countries in the region who are trying to push the taliban at this to become sila potala but we still do not know if they are all the taliban or amenable to talking into putting their arms down we still have

a lot of questions that need to be answered there are probably some rift within the taliban as well and so that has to be worked out but for now it is a door that has been opened sort of the window it has been open and i think all sides those who want to see peace in afghanistan and also the question of what kind of peace is very important it has to be a peace that is acceptable that is inclusive that is just and fair to all afghans including the taliban if that happens then i think that afghanistan has better days ahead and joining us live from washington d.c. there many thanks for your time. the u.n. envoy to yemen has arrived in the capital sanaa for talks on the port of data where the fighters are battling a saudi led alliance in griffiths wants to stop the fighting and he's expected to propose that the rebels cede control of the port to a un supervised committee well hold data is of huge concern because seventy percent

of imports pass through the city's docks the u.n. says fighting there would trigger a humanitarian catastrophe around twenty two million people in yemen depend on aid and eight point four million or at risk of starvation the who these have been in control of the ports since two thousand and fourteen and it is a lucrative source of revenue for them the saudi their alliance wants to cut that money off and says it can do so quickly the u.n. envoy has a tough job on his hands his two previous esus quit in frustration and ahead of his visitor who's the spokes person accused him of being a cover for the killing continued aggression while on the ground as always it's the civilians who are suffering the worst lower burden monthly reports. the billions injured in the battle be yemen data port are being rushed to hospital as the offensive closes in on the rebel controlled city its people bracing for an

all out war. one resident said his home south of the city was through round by fighting between saudi that coalition forces back in yemen government and her three rebels. his family was trapped starving and terrified. we spent three days without being able to go out to go anywhere the fighting was above us and from all science we did not have any food or drink or anything not even water even the red crescent car was only allowed in today this is my son i treated him on a bus after he was injured in an airstrike our kids women and elderly are stuck starving for three days without any food or drink. much of the latest fighting has been taking place around the whole day to international airport in god's will we will celebrate the feast of eat and hard data it will be a double feast on our lovers out of the grandest of feats of heroism accomplished

but the enemy in the three year war is hitting back the who posted this video of missiles targeting saudi backed.