analyst: liechtenstein, luxembourg, the netherlands. it sounds extremely complicated. it sounds like ikea has had creative, if not terminal mines, put to work. -- if not criminal minds, put to work. georg: the cases against amazon and apple -- big american enterprises that have been investigated by the european commission. but it is clearly the most ambitious european case that has been brought forward by the european commission, that is currently being investigated. analyst: thank you for your insight from brussels. major u.s. stock indexes are breaking records this monday. our global financial markets have also spent the day rallying. across to frankfurt in a moment. first, the reason for all the excitement. congress is expected to pass trump's tax bills this week. there are reports company profits could search by 30% under the cuts. reporter: red suit or not, u.s. president donald trump seems to play santa claus this year. pres. trump: we have tremendous spirit for the tax reform. this is going to be one of the great christmas gifts to middle income people. reporter

in a country that has rejected your membership twice but together with states like iceland or liechtenstein they have negotiated an agreement with the european union that gives them full access to the single market and there you have it the norwegian model. but is no way to really be off the shelf solution that britain is looking for. we head out to the countryside to find out what drives this skinny and powerhouse. swine who sells famous no we jim king crabs and just like the economy as a whole he relies heavily on the european union. more than eighty percent off and always exports are to e.u. member states and one of the key advantages are shared standards. i don't need to stand a long time explaining to my european customers what that meaning because they are looking for exactly the same what i'm presenting if i go from there it's in a row third floor was the sort of there was there are still some other issues the european market is a very important market for it because they're close and go to say. but there's a price for norway's access to the e.u. market which britain might be unwilli

which countries are where they are this is the european free trade association it's four countries liechtenstein. switzerland norway and iceland they're all included in there but the u.k. wants something a little bit different than what these countries want so they're not going to get special treatment so when it comes to let's say iceland norway theresa may has a very different idea of what they do about a relationship with europe she refuses the jurisdiction of the european court of justice a free movement regulatory alignment as well as making financial contribution to the e.u. budget so if you're not contributing to the e.u. well you can have a special relationship with the when it comes to switzerland it's also another issue you reject as i mentioned the free movement regulatory alignment and financial payment so that you know is really the big picture there if you're not going to act like a country of the european union or somebody that's actually trying to be really close to the european union well you're not going be able to have a special relationship and get this this even goes further

and to liechtenstein. with me now are two experts on all this.opean reform. and allie renison, head of europe and trade policy at the institute of directors. which sectors, british sectors, if we went straight to the canada deal, which british sectors would really suffer from that? i think when you look across the piece, the point about canada is that it's effectively starting from a very different vantage point. the market access is nowhere near. they still have tariffs. they're not eliminated. agriculture would be particularly hit. financial services and services, professional services sectors whereby you would have under the canadian deal, have a local office in a european capital to access those markets. in access terms, i thought the goods makers, on the goods, i thought that was mostly sorted out on that, it was just the services that were a hold. the difference is if you are in the automotive sector you tend to rely on your ability, the vehicle certificate agency can issue approval for a car to be sold an marketed throughout the entirety o

of liechtenstein.now just two weeks ago we all laughed at a demolition file when a boss blocked a cameraman's live shot of the georgia dome implosion well here's another one detroit silver doing was scheduled to come down on sunday bought it didn't the demolition company said that ten percent of the explosives failed to detonate and hours later the lions former home is still standing all right that is all the sport for now but smarty jones thank you very much indeed and that's over this al-jazeera news hour but don't go away because say rahman will be here in the seat in just a minute with more. right . thanks love to make amends to sufferings because behind the suffering a millions of taxpayers because us taxpayers never go away is a new one bone every single day it is an urgent national necessity that it be officially requested deflation of the support mechanism we created together because i happen to live in greece somehow i'm a sinner i'm a bad person. machine at this time. with the western culture

champion tina vajra of liechtenstein. runners of the world's most extreme foot to marathon the marathon in peru were awarded an easy a day if there is such a thing of competition on day five of the stage falls seventy kilometers challenge competitors enjoyed a mix of small climbs and these things beautiful scenery along the coastline of the pacific as they continued their trick time for forty two point two kilometers but russia. and france's natalie moore clare both increased their advantages as the respective male and female leaders ran a time of three hours twelve minutes and fifty one seconds while more claire clocked a time of three hours and fifty nine minutes. just to two weeks ago we all laughed at a demolition fail when a bus clocked blocked a bigger boat in the cameraman's a live shot of the georgia implosion well here's another the choice was to come down on sunday but it didn't the demolition company said that ten percent of the explosives failed to detonate and hours later the lions former home is still standi