this is the wus live from berlin another one bites the dust as donald trump's national security advisor steps down general h.r. mcmaster is to be replaced by a hard line conservative john bolton he has advocated preemptive strikes on north korea and thinks the u.s. should dump the iran nuclear deal so what could his appointment mean for global security also coming up china says it will fight to the end the trump goes ahead with new tariffs that will hit sixty billion dollars worth of its trade every year amid growing fears of a global trade war we'll find out what the german government's trans-atlantic

expert thinks. e.u. leaders are heave a sigh of relief at their summit in brussels they hear that europe will be exempted from trunks of steel and aluminum tariffs for the time being. i'm sorry so much got a good to have you with us u.s. president donald trump once again dominating the world's agenda with the two moves replacing his national security advisor and proposing trade tariffs against china on security it was well known that trump and his former national security advisor didn't always see eye to eye so it was no great surprise when he gave a conservative the bush era hawk john bolton as his new national security adviser he announced on twitter that bolton would replace general h.r. mcmaster bolton has advocated using military force against iran and north korea so his appointment could be dramatic changes in the administering. approach to crisis

around the world he is trumps third national security adviser in fourteen months are north america correspondent claire richardson had this to say appears to make some major foreign policy decisions for example bolton has called for preemptive military strikes against north korea and for bombing iran having him whispering in the president's ear likely means the iran deal is as good as dead as it appears trump is increasingly surrounding himself with people who share his way of thinking h.r. mcmaster departure also comes as no surprise he's been rumored for months to be the next top trump official on his way out in an administration that's lately seen some major shake ups from china annually in retaliation he says for unfair trade practices china in turn has announced its own plans for tariffs on three billion dollars worth of imports from the u.s. none of those trade sanctions come into effect just yet though the white house has instituted a waiting period on implementation but they are the fulfillment of a long standing promise the first of many punishing china on trade it was one of

president trump's most fiery campaign pledges we can't continue to allow china to rape our country and that's what they're doing now actions are following words trump is moving to levy tariffs on chinese goods to slash the value of the u.s. trade deficit with china we want reciprocal mirror if they charge us we charge them the same thing but beijing says reciprocity should not be the goal on trade it says it could impose retell the atory tariffs on u.s. products like pork and aluminum if it must but that it would rather convince washington to change course. embattled trade everyone knows it's unrealistic to achieve complete equivalence so if the u.s. purchases whatever it wants but also rejects selling china the products we want and

keeps blaming us for the trade imbalance how is that fair. meanwhile some analysts are asking is trump's bark bigger than his bite when it comes to trade. the president already announced global tariffs on steel and aluminum earlier this month but then came the negotiations and the exemptions. they include an initial exemption for the european union with e.u. leaders welcoming the move. voiced protectionism at the global level. this is a major risk for jobs in europe. in this respect style of stay u.s. ski. the dialogue is set to continue but so too is the pressure from washington trump is hinting more punitive measures on trade could be on the way. more now on washington and the reasons behind washington physician to less slap

tariffs on china with kristoff sumi after an election campaign where he pledged to address china's three hundred fifty billion dollars trade surplus with the united states donald trump ordered an investigation of chinese business last year u.s. companies were surveyed and they have four main gripes with china first they claim chinese firms require them to form partnerships in china still technology and then close down the joint venture they say chinese companies buying into u.s. companies are subsidized by beijing with the aim of having access to leading edge technology another frequent complaint chinese hacking of u.s. commercial networks to spy on key companies and finally american companies with operations in china don't have the same rights as chinese companies do so much for the reasoning behind the fresh terror against china the reaction to them on financial markets has been thorough only negative from wall street to asia shares

dropped significantly as they see the long feared global trade war has now arrived in tokyo the nikkei index lost more than four and a half percentage its lowest level since october concerns among investors in japan run particularly high as with the u.s. and china the rhetoric is heating up between its two biggest trade partners shares in hong kong are down around three percent as well and with the reaction to the. terrors imposed. so donald trump just hasn't caused the action the dow jones industrial average had shed almost seven hundred points yesterday here's our correspondent on wall street for more. donald trump said that china is a friend but his remarks didn't sound that friendly at all and both announcement could have huge implications on all kinds of industries we already heard the agriculture industry especially could get hit hard from some retaliation measures

by china but that could also be true for example for u.s. carmakers to export quite a bit to china and also when it comes to the financial industry chinese investors have pumped quite a lot of money for example in some u.s. financial institutions and the same is true for us or to good knology companies who might also not be able to get a lot of money from chinese investors in the future so there are a lot of implications and therefore there's a highly negative reaction now with me in the studio as our very own business editor daniel winter daniel these measures against china can they really help to bring down that huge trade surplus with the united states well i mean it could help but it would in the end hurt the united states because the u.s. gets a lot of its cheap goods from china and the stuff that america wants like the i phone for example it sends goods from other countries that's

a pots from other countries in asia to china for manufacture to bring into the u.s. the iphone alone counts for sixteen billion dollars of that trade deficit between the u.s. and china so if americans want to keep buying cheap then this is not the way to do things putting up those barriers means that america will have to make more things itself and that's just going to be more expensive now we've seen a long list of exemptions including the european union. today global steel and aluminum terrorists that the. white house has threatened the world with that list of exemptions leaves out china so is it fair to say that all of these measures are now directed against the world's second largest economy well you could argue that in the end though a lot of what a lot of analysts are saying is that this is just brinkmanship on the part of donald trump now he has threatened tariffs he's introduced tariffs what was seeing though is that it's bringing

a lot of his allies to the table the negotiating table as with the e.u. as you mentioned now china may retaliate we've seen already three billion dollars in tires through to the. countermeasures due to the steel tariffs that. that's coming from china they could come up with something bigger what's going to bring china to the negotiating table they've done that with the e.u. they've done it with canada and mexico how is america going to get china to talk about reducing the trade deficit with the u.s. this is not the way to do it you know china is a major investor in the united states what kind of damage could these measures do if the spread were trade war breaks out some say it is here by now you know well this is going to be quite damaging for u.s. companies that invest in china for chinese companies and invest in the u.s. of course it's all kind of a part of a strategy for trying to go against china's made in china twenty twenty five

strategy now they're focused on improving their technology and automation robotics big data to future proof their manufacturing industry what trump doesn't like is that china is buying up country companies from abroad to take their know how back to china has blocked many of the technology deals that china wants to do in the u.s. but is the same with europe europe doesn't like it either so what trump is doing is perhaps a very harsh reaction but it's let's just say it's what other countries were thinking of as well then you enter breaking down the u.s. china trade to disappear daniel thank you. they stirred with terror threats and china there's also the threat of import duties on steel and aluminum but for now at least an exemption for the e.u. has got the block breezing a thigh of a sigh of relief that is. well that's right christopher as we said earlier trump has temporarily exempted the european union from higher tariffs on steel and

aluminum which were meant to come into effect today the threat of tariffs is dominating a two day e.u. summit in brussels leaders there have welcomed the exemption and they stress the u.s. tariffs would be met with a firm response had been true see to well the good thing is that this issue has a reinforced our unity of the european commission has spoken with one voice and very rapidly it is only a copy the business so that when it comes to raising tar cigarettes the european union will respond with countermeasures that was a corrective reaction and we want good transatlantic relations about's we may also respond to three believe that international trade rules have been violated. and the pundits. and let's pray indeed abuse garrett much as he is following the summit for us from brussels hi gary good morning what exactly are chancellor merkel and emmanuel mccall and their counterparts across the e.u. so concerned about. a european leaders sumi of course know that the

temporary exemption is only a partial victory and that the war if you want is to get to come or at least that is the fear that many here see the tariffs on steel and aluminum only as a first wave and what is a much bigger assault on the close will architecture of the trade system we have known so far for the european union for instance the arbitration function of a w g o is absolutely key and that is why back in november for instance they have started an initiative to it to tackle the root causes the overcapacity of steel from china by an initiative in the w t o within the existing international framework with japan and also with the u.s. and the fear is now that the sunni lateral action from donald trump is in danger and such a project is in fact endangering the entire system. now if international trade rules were violated how far would european leaders go. to the european commission

has drawn up a list of counter measures and that is ready to be fired if you want if indeed this temporary extension runs out without with the talks not producing any results leaders will sit this morning together including theresa may by the way she staying an extra day for these talks in order to find a unity position as the french president has has put it unity here is absolutely key the world's biggest trading park is is teaming up in order to send a strong message across the atlantic but let's be clear the idea is not that it's going to be confrontational the e.u. really seeks talks that would bring the us back on the path of the ball trade organizations to tackle the root causes of overcapacity via that international institution or i could have used gehrig not just for us in brussels thank you very

much. now let's get the german perspective we have you can heart with us who coordinates the german government the transatlantic affairs mr hart thank you for joining us in our studio this morning china has warned the u.s. it is not afraid of a trade war in germany. we trade over trade well because we think that there's. a lose lose situation for all participants and looking to the us economy and to the use the distance in case that there might be extra tariffs on imports they first have to pay more for things for goods they need and the other way around probably counter-measures of others. exports from us therefore we would like to a way out of such a. race to the top concerning tariffs and ports peter mild the german minister on economics and the syria mindstream the commission of the european union on trade reached in the last days in washington is

a really good result but looking at the german perspective is the trade balance or imbalance as the president would say really fair you know the president's been very critical of germany here in particular the trade balance is coming from the demand in the us if you look to us customers they prefer to have a b.m.w. and mostly just cars and not shovel it or general motors therefore. if independent customers decide freely on but where they want to spend their money for i think the trade deficit of us is first assigned for the wells in that country u.s. citizens and us is much richer than other parts of the village and they are able to . use more goods than others by not producing them themselves therefore as us president i would be careful to to fight against trade deficit because that probably might mean that he was a distant should work more or pay more for goods right so things are going to get

more expensive in the u.s. if we see a trade war this exemption for steel and aluminum tariffs it only goes now until may what has to be done here in berlin for example to make sure that it stays that way. does do to the cream and is that it will be postponed to this bill. have a tariff increase but there will be talks on issue was in trade relations between us and european union there will be a list of topics of the us side and another list of topics from the european union side and within the next states i think we will start talking about that and my my expectation is that on the way up to thoughts talks we see that we need a broader picture. a more full complete picture of the trade relations and at the end of the day probably we reach something that we had before in those states of negotiations that we say you cannot. judge on one single aspect you have

to put all aspects together what does that broader picture look like what is the german government's strategy here especially as the tribe in this ration has taken a pretty hard line. first i think we should put our points on the table topics on the table as u.p.a. union maybe the people think in u.s. and germany and europe that tariffs from european union towards us are higher then the other way around this is not true if you look to the. gated level of tariffs you see that it is close very close and so to say similar around three point five percent in general overall. but we also have some non-tariff restrictions and i think the reason restarting talk about what is in for better in federal trade relations is one maybe the positive effect of that but being saw in the last weeks you coordinate transatlantic relations for the german government we now see that

there's a new national security advisor john bolton there have been three national security advisers in fourteen months we've seen the top economic advisor gary cohn leave also the secretary of state rex tillerson was fired how difficult is it for you to do your job when there appears to be a revolving door in the way. house's new administration. we had to go to experience as opposed to now leaving as eager to advise a. daily basis of cooperation with the knesset or security advisor of the united states with the german officials on that field because we have several lots of topics and several things every day on the table we hope that we will also have such a very good working relationship with a new one sometimes to become. go into office maybe also james mind the mood and behavior and we would see who is your voice in the

white house right now. we i think we also have good experience was the chief of staff. we have had good experiences with the knowledge even foreign minister about his deputy you know acting as secretary it was the munich and the dixie going to conference but it's a painting that we had interesting talks with him concerning several topics around north korea and iran. relations are good and the talks to white house to ministration and to the hill. very intense you've been in your job for four years now there was a lot of fear after president trump was elected that there would be a big rupture in transatlantic relations how have things changed since that donald trump took the office. it's more difficult for us to. do to have an impression but probably will be the decision of the president sometimes if we talk to officials and us. get an agreement but at the end there's

a question we white house except on not this is uncertainty that is probably not not in all cases good for for international relations and probably also a problem for others not only germany and working together with us but at the end of the day we would see that the u.s. germany relations is not only white house chancery but also as every other level civil society i cannot makes. working together on common projects like climate change or fair trade in the world which is what are so maybe biggest topics in the twenty first century you're going to have the german government the core data for transatlantic relations thank you much so much for joining us in our studio this morning thank you. now to some other stories making news around the world syrian opposition fighters and their families have been evacuating of a siege town in eastern guta after reaching a deal with the government syrian military sources say over

a thousand civilians and three hundred opposition fighters have left the town of so far the withdrawal give the government the upper hand in the battle for the rebel held region. catalonia separatist parties have failed to elect a regional president for the third time georgia close ally of former president carlos was set to become president but he only received sixty four of the required sixty nine votes the party now has two months to elect a leader before fresh elections are automatically triggered. and ukrainian x. combat pilot. has been arrested for allegedly planning to carry out a coup but claims agents working for the government have been plotting to discredit her she is an outspoken critic of the ukrainian government and became a member of parliament in two thousand and fourteen after spending nearly two years in a russian jail. international aid organizations have warned that the democratic republic of congo is slipping deeper into crisis it has been rocked by years of political

instability and violence and almost two million people have been forced to flee their homes but international aid has been slow to arrive and many people have been forced to resort to desperate measures to survive. when there's nothing to eat anything will do in a remote village in south eastern congo the storming locals have turned to jungle snails in their daily struggle to find food. our food situation is dire everything is very hard we have no of a choice but to eat the snail was you have to really search for them if you collect many of them it's maybe just enough for a day's meal. congo is in the middle of one of its worst ever food crises following a new wave of violence over the past few years the u.n. says over two million people have been displaced and many have been hiding for months in the jungle as the violence subsides those returning home face

a desperate search for food. we want able to breast feed our children properly because we couldn't eat properly . we were going to sleep hungry three to four days in a row we had no pots and pans to prepare. we practically had nothing to eat. and these kids aren't the only ones the u.n. children's agency says hundreds of thousands of children are starving in the region alone. aid organizations say they have only a fraction of the necessary funding to help those in need. will be decided today of our four hundred thousand children suffering from severe acute malnutrition that means a child with this illness is nine times more risk of dying than a child that is properly fed that many children in a single region is enormous. these local

farmers are taking matters into their own hands with tools provided by the red cross their planting fields that belong to local chiefs. they're fighting famine one seed at a time. there are just a few months left before germany defend their world cup title in russia for the players they hope to be on the coach squad it is crunch time tonight they face faith in a friendly let's take a look at some of the hopefuls for that world cup squad. that western ever rest is the model of the german football association that v.f.p. has given to the national team's world cup title defense it could also be interpreted as a warning to the players vying for a spot in the squad for russia don't rest on your laurels. my expectations from the players are as high as you'd imagine my talks with them have

focused on that. should prepare themselves optimally and focus in every training session not just for the national team but also with their clubs. for. speaking of clubs one prominent one dortmund has no players included in this week's twenty six months squad perhaps a reminder that time is running out because in mid may the germany coach will announce who will travel to russia only two friendly matches remain before then next tuesday against brazil and on friday against spain competition is fierce for the coveted spots a few names aside. i think we'll start the game with our core. mats hummels. toni course as well. will see what we do in the second game. of schedule top

quality opponents because he wants to see more than fitness and form facing the likes of spain and brazil tests their mental strength. will need that if we want to survive in the summer i want twenty three players i can count on to perform and are capable of teamwork. but that's not obviously work for us and twenty fourteen our team spirit was incredible. as for twenty fourteen live had a message to the fans. to be able to repeat what happened then is really not that simple certainly not but the germany coach and his squad know they're among the favorites to lift the title come july. ok we just have time for minder of our top stories here on u.s. president donald trump has appointed john bolton as his new my national security advisor replacing a master bolton is an outspoken critic of the iran nuclear deal and has advocated

using military force against north korea and global markets plummet as fears of a trade war grow china says it will fight to the end if u.s. president donald trump goes ahead with a plan to put tariffs on up to sixteen billion dollars worth of imports annually from china. thank you for watching can you believe back in about thirty minutes before. the move. i'm going.

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