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president on a trump is expected to go ahead with plans tariffs on steel and many of imports from e.u. countries that's according to reports out of the united states the news comes as last minute talks between european trade officials and u.s. secretary of commerce wilbur ross on the. sidelines of the o.e.c.d. meeting in paris failed to yield a deal the europeans left wednesday's meetings pessimistic about winning a third and final exemption from the terrorists announced in march the tears are slated to go into effect on friday and our correspondent lisa noise is standing by in all for us following the events in paris lisa those last ditch talks to clinch a deal failed does this trigger terrace automatically or are we waiting for some special official go. that was still waiting for the official announcement but most people here obviously expecting the terrorists to come now

they're kind of resonated but they're also saying you know we're strong enough to get through this if it really happens and we are willing to retaliate on the other hand they're also hoping that the situation will not escalate i spake with a german economics minister peter maya yesterday and here is what he told me. first of all we should not speculate second. the european and the german economy are very robust so i do not believe in the immediate effects but what we should try to avoid and this was repeated by the french president as well in his speech today is a commercial for a commercial board it would. would go on for months and for years would of course undermine trust in european and american markets. so that was the german economy minister talking to lisa lawyers yesterday and lisa if

a trade dispute puts both america and europe and risk why would both sides allow this to happen. well monica because it's complicated it's not just about economics it's also about politics donald trump is pushing on a strong man act he wants to show i'm strong i'm the i'm in charge here i'm going to protect american jobs and we are being treated unfairly by the e.u. that is imposing too many tears that are too high on our products the e.u. on the other hand is saying you know we understand all that but we cannot accept this on the chin they need to keep face as well they can't just accept all his conditions and they're telling him we're happy to negotiate on this but also on maybe a restructuring of multilateralism but not like this looks like the u.s. is winning round one but the e.u. is obviously hoping to win the following rounds ok before we get to the following

round i mean those failed talks took place of course on the sidelines of the annual o.e.c.d. meeting in paris which which has been overshadowed by the trade conflict doesn't it absolutely the every seat is one of the international organizations that is supposed to foster economic growth but also global trade the topic here at this annual meeting is inclusive growth so they're well aware of the fact that something is wrong with the way multilateralism is working at the moment and they're happy to reorganize themselves to reform the structures but the fact that donald trump is now saying no i want to destroy everything he's kind of in favor of more by last alyson that's really putting a question mark over the very result in debtor of this organization all right lisa lewis there reporting for us from paris where trade talks between the e.u.

trade ministers and the u.s. seem to have failed thank you so much. an officer from the financial world here in germany canada goose no amount of the frankfurt stock exchange can probably tell us twenty five percent on steel and ten percent on allen minium that is the tariff that is looming starting from tomorrow what exactly does that mean for the industry in europe what it means that sixteen percent of the european exports of steel are in jeopardy this is the amount that the european steel makers i exporting to united states all of those products will become twenty five percent more expensive from tomorrow on and this will make make at least part of those exports uncompetitive in the united states but this is only part of the problem steelmakers here in europe fear that

a cascade will happen that much of the chinese steel exports and the chinese are majorly responsible for those worldwide over capacities in steel that part of those chinese steel will now be offered on our european open markets and of course our very very low prices this has the potential to become a real be problem for us to make us here. but cannot if china and we've heard that many times we is the problem when it comes to steel overcapacity so why is the us targeting europe. well it really looks like the americans want to get the europeans in line you know bully them into a corner so that they comply with the idea of america first and with the agenda that the americans have with china but what's more the americans in the past also have complained about protection is from the european union side for example they

think that the tariffs we impose the import tariffs here in europe on american cars are too high and recently wilbur ross the trade secretary also said that he thinks that the new e.u. data protection rules might be a barrier for trade all this has been put on the table by the american administration in statements recently all right cannot business answered thank you so much. as the e.u. takes germany to court over too much air pollution public confidence and the once left diesel cars goes up in smoke now has become the first german city to bad older diesel vehicles from two highly polluted roads the city hopes the ban will help you to get a handle on soaring levels of nitric oxide a harmful pollutant found in diesel. and standing by for us on one of those

roads that banned diesel is a no do my lounge an l. you've been there since this morning how's this going. well monica i can't tell you if the air is any cleaner yet but it's only been a few hours so who knows but earlier city officials talked to press and residents to give them information about this band and i can tell you that quite a few angry residents showed up there saying that this is a policy for the sake of policy that they can't imagine this will do anything for the air quality of hamburg considering that two kilometer or two kilometers of road are affected and just to put that into perspective how has a road network of four thousand kilometers and obviously these all cars are obviously simply taking alternative routes which are often longer and therefore the emissions are in the air for longer of the kind of thing that i've heard so far said about that is that it's a start in something that's never been attempted before modest though it may be all right so why why is this local diesel band relevant beyond that particular part of

where you are at. well it sends a signal to the rest of the world that germany these a loving germany where these old technology is much much bigger than in other countries that a driving ban can be implemented here and of course this is coming out of time where other cities are looking to implement their own driving bans like london like paris like copenhagen so they'll be looking at hamburg as a sort of litmus test for enforceability that said however based on a conversation that i had with a city official earlier today but the point of this ban doesn't seem to be to expand it beyond the two streets of defects now but rather to force the federal government to try and get the auto industry to fix trophic the older polluting these old cars so other cities are looking to hamburg as an example of how to do a driving ban might turn out all wanting in the end ok so humbug is nudging their the car industry to maybe be think it's their strategy. from humble their thank you

so much. to brazil now where all workers have joint truck drivers in their nationwide strike against higher fuel prices and that is a setback for the government there which has struggled for more than a week to end a protest with major consequences for businesses and cities across the country. the new strike comes as the trucking protest was finally showing signs of abating the government has lowered fuel costs and promised a new formula for calculating prices the latest discord threatens to fan the flames further jeopardizing the government of michel teamer. or oil workers are demanding not just lower fuel costs but the ouster of the top man at the state owned oil company petrobras pager parenti. reforms carried out by the firms have raise fuel prices and stirred anger petrobras subsidized local fuel cost for years loading it with debt we don't produce that's why we organize this movement to let society know

that the price of fuel can be reduced if the government would focus on social welfare. brazil's top labor court has ruled the new strikes are illegal but that hasn't dissuaded workers petrobras said emergency teams are filling refinery shifts and this could just be the beginning the union is planning a bigger strike on june twelfth. and that is your business opdyke here indeed up to you and this hour well half more for you within the next hour in the meantime to check our twitter site and i see using.

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