opens us the trade dispute between europe and the us goes on line now the us sternly rejects the e.u. plans to tax profits but sales of american tech giants like google and amazon. see the little rise in freefall but the government disagrees with the call. this all means to hold its decline and points to a conspiracy. and that as money and all that is how an indian company helps garbage pickers out of their miserable existence into regular employment. hello welcome to do your business and get out of office in berlin u.s. president donald trump is firing back at european commission plans to slap new taxes on u.s. tech giants the german business daily hundreds but claims now the u.s. is accusing the e.u. of violating w t o rules with its so-called digital sales tax let's have a closer look at that this tax would apply to companies no matter where they're based the tax could amount to between one and six percent of sales not profits that means companies like amazon would not be able to avoid it by reporting low profits or using tax havens and the tax would be due on all activities that explode

and daniel winter and this is your business update confusion reigns over the e.u. plans to extend their tariff exemptions from the united states u.s. president donald trump plans to impose a twenty five percent tariff on steel and ten percent on our minium imports to america as soon as next tuesday that's if the two sides cannot agree in reach an agreement german government sources speaking to d.w. believe that is the most likely outcome on friday when i go merkel meets her u.s. counterpart the americans say they'd concede if the e.u. grants so-called concessions for example by lowering tariffs on american made cars . is our frankfurt correspondent conrad who isn't with the markets take on this. well the different statements today were received with hesitant optimism on the markets here in frankfurt trading hall the mood changed to the positive after larry kudlow the u.s. president's economic advisor said that he will travel to china together with steve minutiae in the u.s. secretary of the treasury the german share index dax change from the downside to the upside after

the e.u. plans to slap a tax on big u.s. tech companies and washington is hitting back monica has all the details coming right up and business. just long way to start right there and it's not a just. what is the true face of the country. freedom independence a separation of state and church that used to be your.

e.u. ones plans to impose a terrace of denim on motorcycles harley davidson m bourbon which kind of sounds a little bit like a set you know targeting especially american goods even if those counter measures will be imposed this will still not amount to much however if then don it. hits back with with terrorism car. yes i think that would really really be very hard for the european economy will cause would really hurt when it comes to germany also symbolically considering cause of what germans as so well known for that's what the germans are so proud of making how sustainable is this policy of trumps these tit for tat tariffs and these threats that he doesn't often come through it's not sustainable at all it wouldn't be if you would really go forth is that there's a lot of bluster about it because he would also hurt his own economy by imposing the tariffs on steel at the moment he would hurt u.s. produces which would which by steel which consumes you and by imposing a terrace on cars for instance a lot of american produces they produce approach and import that to the united states and he wo

addressed the european parliament in strasburg for the first time outlining his plans for can safely be called a reboot of the e.u. then it was on to berlin to actually find some support for his plans from germany's chancellor. but in berlin he found not everyone is asked answer the asked about his plans as in one or more coin himself. plans are akin to a european union relaunch on tuesday he described his vision for the future in a speech to the european parliament he wants the eurozone to have its own budget which would be administered by its own finance minister he also wants to levy higher taxes on internet companies and accelerate the introduction of e.u. wide intellectual property law that i phone didn't you know the reform of the economic and monetary union as an indispensable third front before the end of this european parliament term defining a roadmap for moving forward on the banking union and a fiscal compact city to promote stability and convergence in the euro area. only last year mark kong was given a standing ovation for a similar speech at the sorbonne university in paris this time the applause w

e.u.'s plans privacy law. this would restrict what companies can do with other people's data.he moment, facebook users are governed by terms agreed with the headquarters in ireland. that is where european users' data will remain but not those from africa, australia, latin america. the social network is keen to reduce exposure to the law which allows european regulators define companies for -- to fine companies for using data without consent. drought has been a serious problem for years in south africa, so much that in recent months cape town declared a state of emergency. their activities like watering the lawn, washing cars or even filling swimming pools are banned. they can lead to hefty fines should people do so but it is not only the cities that are suffering as a result of the lack of water. agriculture is affected. reporter: he drives through a citrus plantation. hasn't seen proper rain for quite some time. 27,500 trees on these fields need water. otherwise they will dry up. if that happens, he will go bankrupt. that is why he is invested in new ideas to save water. >> b

e.u. on bale's plans to push for a quick deal with japan. and singapore. and the thousands of medical tourists who come from afar just to get a piece of germany's health system. a big fizzle and let's do business german police have raided properties linked to three top executives at sports car maker porsche it's part of a fraud probe linked to the diesel emissions scandal investigators search ten sites linked to one porsche board member another member of management and a third person who no longer works for the company resigned by fox five which twenty fifteen admitted to using cheating software and diesel engines to possibly sions tests let's go straight over to frankfurt where our financial correspondent dan to cope is standing by daniel did they find what they were looking for but we don't know exactly what they were looking for but this razor was happening this morning at around ten am is different to other raids that we have seen in the past it seems that for the first time management board members that are still actually in office could be still part

to brussels and we'll be joined the doctor comes from and barbara welcome barbara so what's the e.u.'s plan what does it do if the united states does not renewed their exemptions that they currently have the plan is two fold really fill because of course the european union will as it has announced to retaliate the list of terrorists against american goods have been out for weeks and they reach from holly davidson to bourbon whiskey however on the other side they will also of course complain to the w t o and go the official way however on the other side there is still hoping as you said for a last minute change of heart or mind whatever you want to see a monster in the e.u. commissioner for trade in brussels is in constant contact was her counterpart in washington and still trying to shift things still trying to say we do not want this trade war it does hurt us all but will they see the light we don't know yet a few hours to go and all that national differences behind the use position. a yes they are and that is the danger in this whole situation on the surface of course there's great unity

e.u.'s planned privacy law the legislation designed to restrict what companies can do with other people's data and at the moment facebook members outside the us in canada are governed by terms agreed with its headquarters in ireland that's where european uses data will remain but not those from africa asia australia and latin america social network is keen to reduce exposure to the law which allows european regulators to fine companies for collecting data without user consent. drought has been a serious problem for years in south africa so much so that in recent months cape town to a state of emergency there activities like watering the lawn washing cars or even filling swimming pools of banned they can lead to hefty fines should people do so but it's not only the cities this suffering as a result of the lack of water agriculture is particularly hard hit. martin used colors q sorrows rise as he privacy through citrus plantation that hasn't seen proper rain for quite some time all twenty seven thousand five hundred trees on his fields need water otherwise they're dry up. if that happens ch

behind you what is that all about is does that have to do more with his domestic agenda or with his plans for e.u. reform. you know while mark was trying to save the european union together with the chancellor bakaly berlin here in paris you have thousands on the streets right here maybe we can take a closer look martin you have students you have postman post women that are here but especially you have the railroad workers that are fighting for their privileges because of his european policy that really on the anyone here at the moment what he's doing on the national level is stirring people. they feel like he's trying to take away their privileges many here see him as a capitalist somebody who doesn't care about solidarity for example about spreading the wealth so that is a stark opposition to what he wants on the european level was he's asking for he's asking for germany to pay more he's asking for european solidarity but when we speak to the people that are here they don't seem to acknowledge that actually support they know surprisingly little about this and they're not ready to give him any k

on tuesday he addressed the european parliament in strand's book outlining his plans for a reboot of the e.u. then it was on to berlin to seek some support for his plans from germany's chancellor angela merkel but in berlin the found little enthusiasm although he was warmly welcomed quite different from the reception he received on his return to france. french riot police raid a university in paris they're trying to force out dozens of students who shut down the campus for a month in protest over president emanuel calls higher education reforms. meanwhile radical labor unions have been letting their displeasure be known my call aims to cut some of their privileges that he says cost too much like early retirement and free train travel for train drivers. told but the president isn't fazed and his ambitions go beyond france he says he wants to save the e.u. and the eurozone the us he does it in the city. more solidarity in the currency union no currency union conserve convergence element that is social instruments of compensation and adaptations and see that. the union is part of it. but northe

news coming to you live from berlin french president of motherwell mcallen sets out a new grand plan for the e.u. he wants to shore up support for europe among ordinary people at a time of growing skepticism but he is meeting with resistance from germany also coming up the showdown escalates between russia and the u.s. over an alleged gas attack in syria u.s. accuses russia of tampering with the site moscow alleges the gas attack was staged . and his nickname is astro alex transamerica prefers the title german ambassador to space now astronaut alexander gaston is preparing his next big step as commander of the international space station. hello i'm terry martin thanks for joining us present mcallen of france has said the eurozone the parts of the european union where the euro is the currency is an urgent need of reform i call it has been addressing the european parliament in strasbourg for the first time today setting out his vision for the future of europe he wants big changes but there's growing skepticism about the european project. acknowledge the situation at the start of his speech when he

this is news live from berlin a new plans for an internet tax hit a roadblock the e.u. accuses companies like apple and google of awarding taxes but member states fail to agree to the idea of a tax that would apply everywhere also coming up a terminally ill british toddler in the heart of a legal battle and die elfie evans have a rare brain disease judges agreed with doctors that life support should be withdrawn against his parents' wishes. and russia says its floating nuclear power plant is key to opening up the arctic but as its maiden voyage begins environmentalist's warn it could become a floating sure noble. i met herman it is good to have you with us a european union plan to tax internet giants has run into resistance the e.u. says online giants like amazon facebook google and apple haven't been paying their fair share in taxes the companies earn money across the block but report their profits in the member states with the lowest tax rates but a proposed three percent tax that applies throughout the e.u. has some members worried and at a meeting in bulgaria to dis

e.u. has plans to extend their tariff exemptions from the united states u.s. president donald trump plans to impose a twenty five percent tariff on steel and ten percent on alum indian imports to america as soon as next tuesday if the two sides cannot reach an agreement german government sources speaking to d.w. believe that is the most likely outcome tomorrow when angela merkel meets her u.s. counterpart the americans say they'd concede if the e.u. grants so-called concessions for example by lowering tariffs on american made cars . we asked our brussels correspondent what he's hearing on the progress of the negotiations. different voices really do you have the official line from the european commission who today reemphasized that they're still optimistic that high level talks between commissioner munsterman and the commerce secretary ross are ongoing and that the aim of these talks is to achieve a permanent exemption for the european union from these potential steel cut tariffs that could be coming their way on the other hand we also heard the voices you've m

e.u. once plans to impose a terrace of denim on motorcycles harley davidson and bourbon which kind of sounds a little bit like a set you know targeting specially american goods even if those counter measures will be imposed this will still not amount to much however if then. then hits back with with terrorism cause i think that would really really be very hard for the european economy will cause would really hurt when it comes to germany also symbolically considering cause of what germans a so well known for that's what the germans are so proud of making how sustainable is this policy of trumps these tit for tat tariffs and these threats that he doesn't often come through and it's not sustainable at all it wouldn't be if you would really go forth is that there's a lot of bluster about it because he would also hurt his own economy by imposing the tariffs on steel at the moment he would hurt us produces which would which by steel which consumes. and by imposing a terrorism on cars for instance a lot of american produces they produce approach and import that to the united states and he would al

d w news coming to you live from berlin french president manuel mccall sets out a new ground plan for the e.u . claiming place he wants to shore up support for europe for europe among ordinary people at a time of growing skepticism but he's meeting with resistance from germany also coming up.

was a busy week on tuesday he addressed the european parliament in strong outlining his plans for a reboot of the e.u then it was on to berlin to seek some support for his plans from germany's chancellor angela merkel boss in berlin and found little and although he was warmly welcomed quite different to the reception though he received on his return to france. french riot police raid a university in paris they're trying to force out dozens of students who shut down the campus for a month in protest over president emanuel micron's higher education reforms. meanwhile radical labor unions have been letting their displeasure be known to call aims to cut some privileges he says cost too much such as for train drivers under his plan new hires will no longer be eligible for early retirement and free train travel told but the president isn't fazed and his ambitions go beyond friends he says he wants to save the e.u. and the eurozone use he does it in the city. more solidarity in the currency union when no currency union conserve without convergence element decisions. instruments of compensation and adaptatio

coming to you live from berlin french president of motherwell mccollum sets out a new grand plan for the e.u. he wants to shore up support for europe among ordinary people at a time of growing skepticism but he is meeting with resistance from germany also coming up the showdown escalates between russia and the u.s. over an alleged gas attack in syria u.s. accuses russia of tampering with the site moscow alleges the gas attack was something he. and his nick.

e.u. have come under fresh strain as the european commission plans to slap big new taxes on u.s. tech giants the german business daily hundreds blood claims that the united states is accusing the e.u. of violating w t u rolls with its digital sales tax now that would apply to companies no matter where they're based on the tax could amount to between one and six percent off sale not profits and that means companies like amazon would not be able to avoid it by reporting low profits or using tax havens and the tax would be due on all activities in that x. that exploit use the data which is also hitting facebook and google the u.s. says that's unfair because the rules are decided specifically to tax huge american corporations it only affects companies with at least seven hundred and fifty million euros in worldwide sales but the facebook scandal has strengthened the hand as it prepares to introduce new data protection laws sounded might find itself in a stronger position to face down washington but is that the case that's what i asked our brussels correspondent teri schultz. well moni

e.u. quota on refugees a plan meant to relocate asylum seekers across europe so let's bring in our guests joining us from budapest is getting a raw and i'm a list of hunger a center for fair political analysis in berlin political analyst and a professor and european studies at stanford university in berlin and by skype from london is matthew goodwin professor of politics and international relations at the university of kent thank you all for joining us good day raj nigh in budapest let me start with you viktor orban is widely expected to win a third term in this election how much has his anti immigrant agenda helped him to win votes and why is he so popular. i think he has two main forces for him being popular one is the economy economy is has been growing ever since he came into poverty which wasn't true before so that's a plus for him but the other issue is migration. that he she used to create an identity for his base so these base has a very strong identity of european christian ideals and this base resents migration this base resents islam culture and based on that they display schem

news coming to you live from berlin french president manuel that kong sets out a new ground plan for the e.u. . he wants to shore up support for europe for europe among ordinary people at a time of growing skepticism but he's meeting with resistance from germany also coming up. the showdown escalates between russia and the u.s. over an alleged gas attack in syria the u.s. fuses russia tampering with the site moscow alleges the gas attack was staged. and a surprise twist in the legal proceedings involving donald trump's personal lawyer michael cohen and last week's raid on his office from. full i'm terry martin thanks for joining us. in a short while from now french president met a woman will address the european parliament for the first time i called the speech to him a piece in the eastern french city of stross fork is part of a series of addresses by e.u. leaders wants big changes in the face of growing skepticism about the european project that's been all mark of the lack of enthusiasm from berlin to budapest. for more on mcallen speech we go now live to strasbourg our correspondent is st

e.u. is legal reach weeks before the block plans to enforce strict new privacy rules nearly one point five billion accounts will be switched from the platforms international headquarters in ireland to its main offices in california that means they will come under u.s. regulations but the move affects some seventy percent of all facebook users from regions like africa asia and latin america the transition will be completed before the new e.u. data protection all takes effect on the twenty fifth of may it imposes requirements on how users data is collected and how it's handled the fines can reach up to four percent of the company's global revenue which for facebook could mean more than a billion dollars a social media giant though has played down the importance of the user data which we've been clear that we are offering everyone who uses facebook the same previously protections controls incensing no matter where they live these updates do not change that the developments come as the website is still reeling from a massive data breach scandal involving the political research group cambridge

portably just barely survived only because of russian assistance just quick mention of this new plan to dock e.u. it's a huge investment for us russia's concern there is now about twenty billion dollars russia is going to add about in just over half of it the rest will be up for it investment it's a big deal of turkey has a little delay on it but they basically let the first stone is a construction today it's something to occasionally needs obviously but i think so and this is no the thing i think was pointed out with the press conference today is that the russians respect turkey as a partner they can do business when they want to do a deal they want to have a project it goes forward it's not it when you deal with the e.u. for example tied up in endless red tape been getting a bunch of other countries to agree and environmental concerns and all of the things that are always a problem with the europeans and jim all right thanks for your thoughts likes to see you on the program jim chap trust so fully u.s. diplomat and the governor relations expert thank you we can go i'm told to. covering a bilat

e.u. summit in june but for now their plans are a work in progress. it's a conversation the french president's been waiting months to begin. but as he arrived it was chancellor merkel's turn to white her choice of venue for today's talks was billions humbled for him a cultural center of national importance that still under construction. with the european union also in need of reconstruction the symbolism was clear in a world full of new challenges metal and michael a keen to build a more robust bloc joining hands to kick start the legendary franker german engine is a first step in that direction. but their success will depend on reaching common positions ahead of a key european summit in june they have a long list of issues to agree upon. it's good not to because we have different points of departs germany and france have differing opinions on some issues so what we need now is open debate and the ability to find compromise on this potty did it mean we want to find common responses to the challenges we're facing today and to the challenges of tomorrow

e.u. is calling it a positive move forward the announcement comes ahead of planned summits with south korea and the united states fighters in a rebel held area near syria's capital have agreed to lay down their weapons and leave as part of another evacuation deal brokered by russia. and palestine's ambassador to the united nations is calling for an independent investigation into israel's use of force against protesters after four were killed in the latest dance of border protests. the family of a palestinian engineer living in malaysia says he's being killed by the israeli intelligence agency mossad palestinian media is reporting that for the. was ambushed and shot near a mosque two motorcyclists fled the scene the university of kuala lumpur tweeted condolences for the senior lecturer hamas says he was a party member. ronen bergman is an author of the forthcoming mossad history rise and kill first he joins me now from lima in peru via skype good to have you with us on the program and thank you for your time i mean what do we know about this individual that's apparently connected to hamas. w

e.u. minister says any french plan to train kurdish armed groups in man b. would be seen by turkey as helping terrorists. a little more the what's important here is that the french don't repeat the same mistakes the americans have made him on beijing with the same rhetoric and approach it from says looking for a partner or an ally very should be turkey the p.y.t. and why people can't be friends and partners otherwise what's the point of being nato allies libya has been without a stable government since the fall of moammar gadhafi in two thousand and eleven but a new public dialogue conference backed by the un is hoping to reconcile the factions divisions and eventually bring about democratic elections what at their web has more. this is a libyan national and conference was first suggested by the united nations alongside other river mation as steps including amending the libyan political agreement endorsing the newly drafted constitution and conducting parliamentary and presidential elections in libya at this conference which is cancelled by the center for hu

e.u. authorities this was very frustrating also for shareholders because of all this issue the merger has been taking much longer than origin lee planned also a buyer had to make quite some concessions some of their division had to be sold through the s. f. here in germany so far the merger has been mostly one thing for buy a very expensive we have to see if all those synergies that they're hoping for at the end will really pay off all right daniel cooper for us at the frankfurt stock exchange all financial correspondent there thank you very much indeed. tuesday got

e.u. . how the french plan to fix discrimination and depravation faced. people living in poor suburban areas. and that let it go madrid get ready to play their part in the european first. hell i was being what in the levant the last day or so and it's not going to stop anytime soon look at the cloud doing really is circulating it's not going anywhere as a result of that it's spreading the largest of rain if you can call it that and the strength of wind virtually everywhere from sinai north was a nice woods through iraq such a wet spell of attempts is taking much of a dip is whether or not they rain is fairly heavy and it has been caused flash floods the rain hasn't yet reached across the border into iran might well do that but it's concentration i think is still going to be the lowlands iraq west was for at least twenty four hours and even by the time we get to saturday beirut still looking at least it shows that twenty five degrees south of all this is looking fine and say throughout iran is mostly five but the caucasus region seems likely up here as wel

aware of and therefore will try to do so chess or sébastien curds says the country is planning to use its presence in the e.u to work and securing its borders against new waves of migrants well this finally fixed a spat between the easter and western members over the refugee problem i think that now already all the european countries almost all the european countries are aware of this challenge of. not only refugees but migrants coming from africa coming from asian countries and if you look to the demographic development this will not become a minor problem in the future but it the problem and the challenges will increase and therefore it is necessary to overthink european politics and also to establish new instruments and tools in order to have a better control at the goals of. of course if you need the consensus of twenty seven countries as we have to do in european union this is a long way this is difficult this is a proses that lasts but it's there is the clear will to do so because otherwise this what they jobs of the overall consensus within the e.u. all and therefore i am sure that we will find soluti

e.u. among ordinary people his plans include ambitious plans to reform the euro zone. here in germany chancellor i'm going to. see is still controversial her new coalition government has pledged to focus on security and to speed up the deportation of rejected asylum applicants but many of those are now seeking shelter in german churches and hundreds of parishes grant what they call church asylum d.w. met a syrian student who's received a deportation order but fled into. a protestant church. this church in cologne is protecting use keeney from deportation. the syrian student must leave germany because she came to europe via italy. german law requires her to apply for asylum in italy user is on the deportation list i hear that's all people that's to go back to italy the streets so if my family leave here i don't have a right to live with them. the twenty four year old asylum application has already been rejected twice but this lutheran church and its pastor are giving her temporary protection. for now she can be near her father and brother who have been granted asylum he

e.u. ministers says any french plan to train kurdish armed groups in man beach would be seen by turkey as helping terrorists. with a little bit of what's important here is that the french don't repeat the same mistakes the americans have made him on beijing with the same rhetoric an approach that if france is looking for a partner or an ally that every should be turkey the p y d n y p g can't be friends as partners otherwise what's the point of being nato allies. five smugglers have been captured. after as many as two hundred refugees sailing to the greek islands were intercepted off the coast of turkey and video released by the turkish coast guard shows women and children being taken off a small dinghy hundreds of thousands of refugees from syria and other countries across to greece and further into europe via turkey in recent news many have died or make a journey. libya has been without a stable government since the fall of moammar gadhafi in two thousand and eleven but a new public dialogue conference backed by the u.n. house to reconcile the factions divisions and eventually bring abo

e.u. and the u.k. according to move a positive step forward the announcement comes ahead of planned summits with south korea and the united states. capitol to leave the evacuation due in russia syrian state t.v. show and buses with their families leaving column on about forty can from damascus and traveling to northern syria palestine the united nations is calling for an independent investigation into the use of force on protesters for palestinians including a fifteen year old boy killed by israeli gunfire and another day of demonstrations on gaza's border on friday. now the family of a palestinian engineer living in malaysia says he's being assassinated by the israeli intelligence agency mossad palestinian media reporting that. was ambushed after he left a mosque in. kuala lumpur he was shot at close range by two motorcyclists who then fled amasses confirm that albatross was a party member. of the russia's news agency is reporting that police in madagascar's capital have fired tear gas at hundreds of demonstrators protests which were planned this weekend against new election laws were earlier declare

e.u. is taking a book at the plan to buy shazam. can the deal be jeopardized? cheryl: the european union investigating apple's plan to buy shazam. joshua mahoney is with us. this is interesting. what do you think is at stake here for the company in regards to this new push for more regulation? >> yeah, certainly. it depends on which company you are looking at certainly. but we are looking at this from the standpoint of apple, i don't if it's necessarily huge deal because it's such a diversified company. when you look at the big player impacted by this is spotify because it all about competition. are we going to see people -- there is potential for them to remove as an option for when you actually transition from the ad. for the platform if they still exist. it's all about competition. it's all about the details as well and whether the client for spotify would be essentially garnered by apple and taken from the platform instead of spotify and that would mean the potential is for spotify to lose out an apple ii game. not necessarily diversify to the same extent s

news live from berlin new plans for an internet tax hit a roadblock the e.u. accuses companies like apple and google of awarding taxes but member states fail to agree to the idea of a tax that would apply everywhere also coming up a terminally ill british toddler at the heart of a legal battle one of the die elfie ovens have a rare brain disease judges agreed with doctors that life support should be withdrawn against his parents' wishes.