ange macroeconomic these really important macro economic policies going to have to have investment in research and development you know they're competing with china in the u.s. market and they've been losing since two thousand and that's another big blow china has spent you know many multiples of it what they spend on research and development they have policies to control their exchange rate everything that mexico doesn't have so those are the kind of challenges he's facing economically but i think he'll have other problems with the u.s. specifically around foreign policy because he's going to change the foreign policy of mexico actually back to what it was for most of the modern mexican history he said very clearly he wants to respect national sovereignty and self-determination in the hemisphere and that that seems very normal to most people in the world but here in washington that's kind of a hate speech yeah right because you know mexico helped. the u.s.

government for example the current government helped the u.s. government in november when the honda or an election was stolen mexico actually met with the u.s. and then recognize that election and then the u.s. said it was the trouble ministration said they were following mexico's lead in recognizing the stolen the less hard to figure out where this a bit astray ssion is times and we appreciate you spending time with us on this what work was brought co-director of thank you so much for being here mark really appreciate it. and as the u.s. china trade battle grows the world's two biggest economies are flexing their muscles beyond just tariffs taiwan is once again become a hot button issue and companies that do business in china are being told to comply with china's policy toward taiwan and others well c l it's mail which will give us the details of what's going on in east asia. from tariffs to taiwan.

the tensions between china and the u.s. are heating up just this week the u.s. sent two warships through the taiwan strait a move china has denounced in the bottle bill should get to the point you are highly concerned about relevant reports in a blood cell in complaints with the u.s. side and must be pointed out that visits by the us officials to taiwan under any excuse do seriously violate the one china principle and regulations of the three joint communiqué xp between china and the us it interferes in china's internal affairs and inflict adverse impacts on china u.s. relations we are to the u.s. to honor its commitment on the taiwan issue and correct wrongdoings so as to avoid harming china u.s. ties and peace and stability in the taiwan strait obviously taiwan is a key issue for china china sees the island as a part of its territory while the taiwan government views itself as independent of mainland china's even though its actions don't necessarily reflect its stance the u.s. officially does not support taiwan's independence in many international circles taiwan

is known as chinese taipei the name is widely used in sporting events like the olympics and that major global organizations such as the world bank the international monetary fund and apac in fact most of the countries of the world and the united nations recognized one china that said china is now demanding that international businesses respect the view as well at least a dozen u.s. and other western brands and companies have been told to comply this includes marriott international zar apparel and mercedes benz at the center of it all however our airlines china has demanded the airlines refer to taiwan as a part of china and so far many of fallen into line they include air france british airways tons of emirates qatar airways malaysia airlines philippines airlines singapore airlines. hi airways turkish airlines air canada air india and

australia's quantas the above now refer to taiwan china in their list of destinations however among others america's big three airlines are absent from this list the companies seem to be taking cues from washington a united airlines spokesman said we have deferred the matter to the u.s. government since this is a diplomatic issue to be resolved among governments and this isn't word ends with d.c. on this matter the u.s. backed american institute in taiwan opened a new two hundred forty million dollar de facto embassy in taipei the taiwanese capital the u.s. also sells a billions in weapons to taiwan over one point four billion under trump alone and the american government's rhetoric continues to go against china's and its own policies speaking at a banquet in taiwan's capital back in march the us deputy assistant secretary of state alex said the aim of u.s. policy is to ensure that taiwan's people can continue along their chosen path free from coercion one continued by saying that the united states wants to strengthen

our ties with the taiwan people into both taiwan's ability to defend its democracy still while businesses are trying to stay out of the politics most of those who work with china recognize that state friendly with beijing is in their best interest for r.t. i'm alex mileage. era take a brief pause but hang here because when we get back our tesla batteries are still hot they handily charring the revolutionary automaker image arcade and cohen takes a look from a tesla dealership here in d.c. for his report plus antitrust issues continue to impact technology firms under a barlow is back to help us track some of this and make sense of it and stiffest us is our key american sports correspondent takes a look at sports and data and betting and how money man mark cuban is involved as we go to break here the numero is that the closing bell oil down close. thirty to seventy dollars and all green arrows for stocks on the big board as we go to the

weekend. was a change agent writes about is a nice way to say he's crazy and he's going to go into any situation just overturn the table and say let's start from scratch was exactly what is needed for the united states because the united states was very poorly position to head into the twenty first century so we need a guy like trump to come in there and just you know knock over all the pieces on the chess board and start playing checkers i mean and start all over again. but. people.

there. and welcome back medical and pharmaceutical supply giant johnson and johnson has been ordered to pay nearly four point seven billion dollars to twenty two women and their families who alleged in their lawsuit that the companies tell compounder products contained s. bestest and caused them to develop a very cancer mark len you're a lawyer for the plaintiffs allege that the corporation had been aware of the presence of a cancer causing chemical in their telco product for forty years one of the pointis was unable to attend the hearing because of her continuing chemotherapy. treatment while six others have already perished johnson and johnson has faced similar those

smaller judgments over their talcum products and a court even overturned one and additional nine thousand nine thousand alleged victims of best bestest poisoning by use by johnson and johnson products have pending lawsuits against the company. and in ireland they are set to become the first nation in the world to completely divest from fossil fuels after the fossil fuel divestment bill as it is officially titled passed the lower house with a broad support the bill now expected become law before the end of the year requires the ireland strategic investment fund to pull out of roughly three hundred eighteen million euros worth of investment one hundred fifty different companies in the greenhouse gas producing sector as soon as it's practical they say it experts say that that soon as practical term means about five years the executive director of the ngo trial care who helped write the bill told the irish times that a lower house quote sent a powerful signal to the international community about the need to speed up the phase out fossil fuels if global climate goals are to be delivered.

and we've talked with the car coach on the show about the batteries and tesla vehicles which of caught fire and take a long time to go out well now there is more news now is former test mission martin tripp has filed a whistleblower contain a plate with the u.s. securities and exchange commission saying that not only has the car maker inflated car production numbers talked about those a lot of times on the program but there is a controversy for the regard to these batteries and he says that tesla has been honest with investors related to safety laws including the batteries are dead cohen takes a more in-depth look at the fiery problem for the automaker. these popular cars are becoming more accessible to average consumers but like so many products they come with unexpected risks on march twenty third a tesla model x. selectric car crashed on a california highway the car burst into flames soon after causing injuries that

would kill its driver firefighters struggled to extinguish the flames days later the fire reignited while the car was impounded before firefighters managed to put it out and on june fifteenth t.v. actress mary mccormick shared this video of her husband's tesla on fire on the santa monica boulevard in los angeles she said in a tweet no accident out of the blue and was glad their three girls were not in the car while gasoline powered vehicle fires occur two electric vehicles a relatively new technology that are touted as environmentally friendly vehicles of the future and they're under extra scrutiny the national transportation safety board opened an investigation into the crash which is ongoing but questions remain about the source of the fire the car's a lithium ion battery lithium ion batteries like the one in the tests a model x. use a chemical compound called ethylene glycol to cool the engine it's highly flammable

and when one cell heats up the coolant can cause a neighboring cell to burn causing a chain reaction that can be deadly and a nightmare for firefighters it's a problem the electric car industry has faced before fisker automotive the world's first production of luxury hybrid plug in cars face similar problems its battery supplier the highly touted company a one two three batteries also started fires and in two thousand and fourteen fisker was forced to go out of business tesla manufactures its own battery for the model s. tests the publishes an emergency response guide for fire departments to handle accidents the guide says because burning with e.m.i. and. batteries release quote toxic vapors including so fear of acid oxides of carbon nickel lithium copper and cobalt responders need to wear self-contained breathing apparatuses the section adds that responders have to use approximately three thousand gallons of water applied directly to the battery and it may take

twenty four hours to fully extinguish with the electric vehicles promoted as the future of the automotive industry the viability and safety your questions consumers manufacturers and regulators alike will have to grapple with reporting from washington d.c. dan cohen our team. and we spoke about and i trust on the program on number of times but as many moves continue to unfold what's next in the area of antitrust pacifically related to the tech field we've been assisted in the past by andre barlow of the law firm doyle barlow and mazhar and he joins us again now andrea thank you for being here before we get to the text it is always for to us when you come on that some news is broken and today the news is that the department of justice has appealed the time warner eighteen team merger that you set for for six weeks what's your take on that not much going to happen or maybe there's something there you know they they file their notice of appeal so they preserve their rights

you know the back story is really interesting because you had the solicitor general who apparently didn't want to appeal the case and then you had the and i trust a vision which is emotionally invested in this case and wanted to to appeal and it looks like they've gotten their way they filed this notice with it's a very difficult case to appeal because it's a fact laden opinion by judge leon he didn't really do much to change the law he accepted all of the government's product markets there and i competitive theories so it's a difficult one to to appeal but i understand why they did it because if you recall when i was here last was the day after the opinion comcast put in a bid for the fox a. assets as you said this is going to do it they did it five minutes after the program was over and now their bit is clouded by this appeal just as it was with the trial very interesting and so this is just a notice that they may appeal it's not an actual appeal yet how long do they have to ninety days ninety days so we'll know within ninety days or less and i would

think that they would act you know it will be interesting to see how quickly they do act there's a whole separate with. time warner until february of two thousand and nineteen so there's six seven months here you know where it's ok with they want to start let's move on we've talked about the merger madness and of all the mergers going on all over the world the u.s. has the highest number of mergers and that's especially true we talk about tech companies a lot of them are talking about merging and and let me just ask you i mean when you look at all the companies out there google facebook etc me aren't some of these already monopolies and if you're a consumer i would imagine a lot of people would would think that are they going to be facing increased scrutiny by and i trust officials but i think they will i think companies like google facebook and amazon will be facing scrutiny i mean we're at a point now where the trumpet ministration republicans and democrats they're all on board that you know they're concerned about how large these companies are and how

much data they actually have now that that doesn't mean that there's a trust problem here you know big is not necessarily bad. you know and these companies you think about it google facebook and amazon they have provided benefits to consumers as well to get free search to get free social network and you know amazon provides the opportunity to buy products at your convenience and a very very good prices are lots of good but there could be some bad and there you know what we're talking about in this country is and i think they have to see is actually concerned and wants to learn more about these digital platforms. that are two sided markets and their associated network effects and they're actually going to hold hearings in september through the end of the year so so more to come on that excellent and we know that the e.u. regulators say you know they're coming at it also with the google fight and maybe

even more coming up in the future i'm very barlow thank you so much really appreciate you being here again always appreciate your expertise and there's been a big bone for the sports betting industry after a supreme court decision earlier this year sports radar is one company with some big names behind it including mark cuban and they're using artificial intelligence and more for making sports betting better r.t. american sports correspondent steve goes reports with particulars. sports betting has always been popular and prevalent in our society even though it was not fully legal but now with an expected boom for the industry after the supreme court decided to strike down a federal law banning the practice sports data companies are looking to cash in one of those companies sports radar is setting itself up to be at the center of the legal us sports gambling industry sports radar uses artificial intelligence to provide sports organizations media platforms and betting operators the most

accurate and fastest sports data to improve their business operations and provide deep insights and strategies it's the official partner of the national basketball association the national football league the national hockey league and nascar the company recently acquired two investors which now give sports radar a two point four billion dollar value the canadian pension plan investment board and silicon valley based growth equity firm c.v. acquired the stakes from private equity firm e.q. t. c.e.o. of sports radar carsten curl said of the recent acquisition quote having two new investors with a strong north american footprint is ideal given our increasing focus and expanding operations in the u.s. as the sports industry evolves to meet the expectations of today's sports fans sports radar will continue to develop best in class integrity and technology driven services as we expand into new market segments and we're excited to have such

a strong team behind us additionally big names in the sports world see the long term investment opportunity and are among the existing shareholders of sports radar washington capitals and wizards owner ted leonsis former n.b.a. superstar an owner of the charlotte hornets michael jordan and dallas mavericks owner mark cuban are all investors with a strong focus on the u.s. sports gambling market ever since the supreme court ruling two months ago. new jersey and delaware have been the first to take advantage with many other states are likely to follow beginning with reviving the casinos and racetracks and now single game sports betting companies like sports radio may be the future of artificial intelligence as betting houses rely on the put and most accurate data to drive up wages in washington state for starters r t. and on sports it's been a wild ride but this weekend marks the end of the world cup in russia england and

belgium vie for third place and croatia takes on france on sunday for the best team on the globe a billion people will be watching and one of the big winners here has been russia reportedly done a very good job on these games that's it for now thanks for watching him catch boom bust on you tube you tube dot com slash are to see you next time. i play for many clubs. so i know the game and so i got. the ball isn't only about what happens on the pitch for the final school it's about the passion from the fans it's the age of the super money. and spending twenty million. it's an experience like nothing else going to be true so i want to share what i think what i know about the beautiful game but great chance for.

the highs and lows of four years of international football will come to an end this weekend with the final in moscow on sunday crowning either france or croatia twenty eight will champions. in just an hour's time the place playoff will kick off in st petersburg as those of an england go head to head for the second time in the tour. and coming up later in the program joining us someone who has won a special finals manchester united manager joe saying moving.

soak it up we're doing our best because we're going to miss this sun so it's a beautiful sight we've had a beautiful competition magnificent football and it's been great how peter schmeichel alongside me i have to say throughout this competition and we're running out of games and it's a little bit something it is a little bit i'm going to miss i'm going to miss the world cup i think it's been an incredible experience to be right in the middle of it because this is where we've been for a couple of days and sing it is public and such as when russia played croatia we've been here and we've been so close to what has happened at all hours to the day and it has been a month of padi and happy people and fantastic football. unfortunately appear to have lost the line to the rooftop there and peter and neil who are looking ahead to the south the news the third place play off in some petersburg i

think we might be able to talk to our correspondent there at the stadium force just an hour away from that kickoff for that match can we talk to isa there he is hi there i can see people gathering behind you how's it going out where you are. yeah it's slowly slowly building up to the game here in st petersburg it is the third place play off perhaps both these teams wouldn't have wanted to be in this game before those the finals began on tuesday and wednesday but now that they're here they'll both be keen to win the game and of course for england in particular if they win this will be their best finish in a world cup since winning the tournament in one thousand nine hundred sixty six it would be their best performance abroad outside of england so there is something to play for of course harry cane and romelu lukaku respectively for england and belgium are both going for the golden boot award as well so another side story

there now when we were in the week trying to speak to english and belgian fans there was perhaps a bit of a feeling of anticlimax with regards to this game but today we've been speaking to some fans and they're a little bit more enthusiastic and looking forward to that fixture today. five times done well it was say and they come out up. to speed the best finishing that had outside their own country in the world cup so i think it is still a fight for places to be our highest ever finish after not in sixty six so at least there is still something to play for free we score a few goes on gary kane on earth score feeling that the golden boot was going to the three two to england it would be just got to be you know i mean we never expected often to get to even to the to the semi final sorts of if. you know we're well a little bit disappointed it feels a little bit flat but we just got to be i suppose.

now during the course of this tournament i've mainly been based up here in st petersburg it's described as pops russia's northern capital it is rather beautiful city a beautiful city and i've managed to get around to see the city in a number of different ways and one way earlier this week was in a hell which is a classic soviet era call which one gentleman here in russia has managed to adopt and actually does tools around the city and we can have a little look at what i got up to earlier this week. there are many ways to explore the city of st petersburg you can get a rooftop view all you can take one of the many boat tours around the city or alternatively you can take a tour in one of these the kopeikin which is a classic soviet vehicle and.

this is it a few months since he was unable to fly my grandma. so it's going to drive us around the. he's going to give us a tour with phyllis gates to go out in this lovely car and we're joined by brother from brazil so we're going to enjoy these sights together that's going to go to the school that's good. now that brazil how who are you supporting in the next in the final in the final probably creation because the dog. election is also in stepping in brazil but. look that's nice. and the dance this week your music going to dance. you. were going to the central yeah. i mean

on the stage and you know someone said. obviously you've been to the stadium you went to watch the semifinal that's one i would do you think of the state of i'm not into the stadiums but this one is amazing. i'm loving all of that really take it home drive back to brazil exactly a correspondent who's had quite the right and that's why right over the past few hours we've been meeting a football world's v.i.p.'s who are giving their seal of approval to russia twenty eighteen more of that to come now let's go back live to central moscow and. back to you fellas and we are joined by special guest did a drug but he's played no less than three world cups and as he walked into our studio we lost all power that is how you make it interesting. thank you very much

said you played in three world cups so you can compare this to the well i mean different you've been here is a pundit have enjoyed it it's different because when you're a player you know you know me it's difficult to enjoy the atmosphere. and you. focusing on your games and you don't really feel the atmosphere even your fans you only feel it when you're when you play you at the stadium but. what i've seen so far for me is a great great great walk up in terms of organizations in terms of against the quality of the games the quality of the stadiums and the russian people you know i think it's it's a very cozy to. energy that we see in here with a lot of people were surprised but i actually had to stop on and frank thanks for the well as i said you know here is a as a pundit have cold calling c.i.

a lot of the form of football is that they've been surprised to see by what they've seen it yeah they've been surprised because obviously we have some i don't know you call it like crazy we say fine you know yes yes or you know you you come here we have certain ideas and what we saw here is dot. com helps you to to to to raise these things ideas we have we've had the chamma nothing local organizing committee for the taeyang the president. to fall obviously very heavily involved in the twenty twenty six and and they we've been asking the same question so well so what is what is this done to your preparation and they're very much in line with the same thing well they set a benchmark in this jesus been fantastic book but what about social we can all agree that this is been fantastic in intention organizing in the pod that you know

being here as a fan being as a pundit what about the football how do you think this is difficult it's been parsing before the allies you can see. we having a final thought i'm not sure a lot of people predicted you know friends against racial and. well. the big the big teams they face of course the outs and i think it's good for football and you can see it out now there's no small teams normal you know players from. morrocco or from the pe need to lean in don't know basic like maybe not so obvious like. i mean different teams where was was supposed to be will be. less important to paying those in those league so now that the game is global so. the difference between the big teams before like brazil. even other teams and this small teams the difference is reducing so that's why you see these kind of results

and nothing else but i care about that because it gives maybe a chance for every course in the next year next year but not go through it through hansen expat because even though that this is between the smaller teams and the pick of the smaller countries in the big all teams from africa didn't perform too well is that a concern though you would have either i think. it's a it's a concern because and we enough it got we need to do to organize. a conference to to to speak about it to try to find. the why and how we can change it and when we're going to we're going to do with and the president of our consideration he's organizing the soul and we ask all the actors of african football to to speak and to debate about it so. i'm positive this was. a disco the results from second teams.