the united states is demanding a reckoning over china's membership in the world trade organization the.s. ambassador to the w t o denis shia accuses china of seriously harming members of the group by failing to live up to free trade principles. china's compliance with w t o guidelines lies at the heart of the conflict notably over beijing's a legit state support for companies that are ostensibly private w t o rules permits some government support for national industries under specific circumstances in geneva on wednesday china's vice commerce minister one show when you defended china's record. we would like to call all the members to vacillate found the fundamental principles and the call fairness of the most natural trading system including m.f. and national achievement and special and differential treatment for developed in memphis and to family stand up to chait fully protectionism and unilateralism. washington's main bone of contention is that under the w t o rules china continues to self identify as a developing nation president trump tweeted in april that this allowed china to ge

is filing its own complaint with the world trade organization for the short term that doesn't really mean much because it will take time by the end of twenty nineteen to get any kind of decision of the world trade organization there is no immediate effect here so we heard a little already about china's slowing growth how is all of this trade conflict affecting the prospects for economic growth. well we had a new report on monday from the international monetary fund and they're actually saying that global economic growth has told the greatest risk especially our goals trade. the trade problems and they have floored the i.m.f. has lowered the goals perspective for the european union for japan for the year ok and so far they leave the outlook for the u.s. stable but the trade. is specially one of the greatest risk right now but well we have to wait and see will the u.s. for example really impose those tariffs on goods in the amount of two hundred billion dollars by fall or not there is still a slight chance that this might actually not happen and that's why we often see those forecasts

rewards bankers and financier's at the expense of workers and they again i'll say they use global trade organizations and trade institutions to game for themselves in the case of china at the expense of the u.s. so now the u.s. is simply saying it wait a minute let's let's increase wages and let's bring jobs back to the u.s. and china squealing of course but that's the way it goes squealing because it's that old. adage if you owe the bank a thousand dollars you're in trouble if you know the bank ten million dollars they're in trouble and this has proven to be the case is that the u.s. imports so much more than it exports especially with china so china was trying to basically impose equal tariffs on the two hundred billion that trump imposed recently the most recent tariffs and they couldn't fight this thing as the export from the u.s. to china is garbage literally garbage you know we're exporting tanker you know china would send over tankers and ships full of stuff and then the u.s. would put all their garbage on of the ships and send them back to china and china would recycle the garbage the cardboa

is blocking any new or renewal of i think that is the well trade organization or chorus he in terms of keeping supporting global trade is damaged zakk could be very very damaging going forward the president says that this this type of diplomacy if i can put it that way have two items for siting u.s. jobs and to stop what he's calling the transference of american technology and intellectual property to china will imposing carriage trade towers like this achieve those to go. on the job front. effectively global supply chains are so integrated particularly in the areas he's targeting such as elektra nixon or materials. just the u.s. wants to be more self-sufficient in these industries but that's just an impossible goal they can get closer to or to add a call to the global economy but they will never get completely towards it because the cost of having only the different factories producing over the different bits of product is just impossible to get to complete self-sufficiency so i'm sort of answer perhaps a naive question for me was that when when donald trump complains about all the ge

to the world trade organization after the tampa ministration post tariffs on thirty four billion dollars worth of chinese goods. in washington starting the largest trade war in economic history and pride reports on beijing china has always said it will match any u.s. tariff with its own at the ministry of foreign affairs briefing just hours after the us terrorists were imposed china promised to be true to its word. i want to stress that we never want to see the escalation of trade frictions into a trade war a trade war is the last thing we want to see because as we've said many times no one country will benefit thirty four billion dollars worth of goods will be affected from farm products to automobiles chemicals and medical equipment as those u.s. products become more expensive china has been looking for other countries to supply them china has been trying their hardest to diversify suppliers of energy of agricultural products especially when all the heat focused on saudi being on china has been boosted his investment in a lot of other unconventional countries for soybean exports such a

meanwhile the united states is demanding a reckoning over china's membership in the world trade organization the us ambassador to the w t o denis share accuses china of seriously harming members of the group by failing to live up to free trade principles. china's compliance with w t o guidelines lies at the heart of the conflict notably over beijing's a legend state support for companies that are ostensibly private w t o rules permits some government support for national industries under specific circumstances in geneva on wednesday china's vice commerce minister one show when you defended china's record. we would like to call all doubly to your members to vacillate me found the fundamental principles and the call fairness of the most natural trading system including m.f. and national cheats mint and special and differential treatment for devout commanders and to family stand up to change the bully protectionism and the unilateralists. washington's main bone of contention is that under the w t o rules china continues to self identify as a developing nation president trump tweeted in april th

they say "the united states has violated the world trade organization rules and ignited a large trade war." this is interesting simple because the president has been very critical of the world trade organization. ok, we look forward to monday. i was told it was not :00, the present -- it was 9:00, the present them make the announcement of his nominee. folks will be included. the president has not decided who it will bp. you are looking at the front ,unners, brett kavanaugh raymond cap ledge, and amy coney barrett. they are trying to position against these candidates, arguing they are far too conservative, many motions coming out against amy coney barrett four comments she has made against roe v. wade. it will be interesting to watch how centrists are monitoring this, people like senator susan collins as well as centrist politicians of for reelection. in order to get to a senate confirmation vote, you have to be able to clear the 60-vote threshold, and that is where the administration means to be able to attract centrist support. enough, theat's not president will hop on a plane and go

is filing its own complaint with the world trade organization. for the short term, that doesn't really mean much because it will take time, at least by the end of 2019, to get any kind of decision of the world trade organization. so there's no immediate effect here. daniel: we heard a little already about china's slowing growth. how is this trade conflict affecting prospects for economic growth? reporter: we had a new report out on monday from the international monetary fund. they're actually saying that global economic growth has plateaued, that the greatest risk actually are those trade problems and they have lowered, so the i.m.f. has lowered the growth perspective for the european union, for japan, for the u.k. and leave the outlook for the u.s. stable but trade is especially one of the greatest risks right now but we have to wait and see. will the u.s. really impose tariffs on goods in the amount of $200 billion by fall or not? there's still a slight chance this might not happen. daniel: we often see forecasts revised but revised up or down?

making matters worse and it will attack washington has lashed out of beijing and the world trade organization say china's trade policies are too big for the w t o to tackle. some countries say china is raking in all the benefits of free trade but preventing its partners from enjoying the benefits to be had from asia's largest economy. at a world trade organization conference the chinese delegation try to convince them otherwise. we have significant you know what import tariffs voluntarily and continuously by they aren't off twenty eight seventeen import duties all over my hundred ten mines have been reduced with the trade wait it out reached airfreight fourteen to two point four percent while china is facing overwhelming interest from foreign companies keen to invest fellow w t o member the united states is experiencing less enthusiasm from china's business community and that's partly because beijing has put the brakes on big corporate ventures abroad and wants to cash to stay at home and donald trump is hostile trade policies have also taken their toll. for years chinese companies pump incre

—— like the world trade organization, the world bank. h forecast for next year, we will not anywhere near that if we have a full—blown trade war. will not anywhere near that if we have a full-blown trade war. thank you for giving us your perspective. we'll keep you up—to—date with every twist and turn. you can rely on us without. let us talk about virtual reality, now. virtual reality is moving beyond the gaming industry. in asia, more and more companies are using vr as well as augmented reality and it's aimed at getting consumers to interact and engage more closely with the compa ny‘s products. 0ur china correspondent steve mcdonell looks at how the virtual world is catching on in the business world. right now, virtual reality is very limited but i hope there'll be more competition and more people to enlighten this market. these people are fighting zombies, at least in their virtual world. and you can see how physical it is. but if you want to play this game, you've got to get up out of the lounge room and come to the arcade. we're defin

we must work together at the united nations the g twenty and the world trade organization to safeguard the rule based multilateral trading regime promote trade and investment globalization and facilitation and rejects protectionism outright this statement from china's head of state was met with a loss of approval but at the same time china itself has been accused of closing off its market to foreign goods it's known for copying products promoting its exports and giving preference to domestic companies when awarding contracts. one hundred twenty billion dollars wiped off the value of a company in just one day it can be rough on the markets and thursday proved a tough day for none other than a facebook the company's shares fell as much as twenty percent and it's not just the biggest drop in the company's history it's the biggest ever one day loss for any company trading in the united states now one reason is facebook's weaken an expected growth partly due to the effect of data privacy scandals the tech giants costs also continue to rise as the social network says it's focusing on tighten

signatories want quote an open and inclusive multilateral trading system as envisaged by the world trade organization brazil russia india china and south africa seem to have found a collective voice championing global trade at the three day summit vowing to fight unilateralism and protectionism in the wake of terror threats by u.s. president donald trump chinese president xi jinping also called for a concerted effort by global institutions such as the un the g seven and the world trade organization to fight protectionist. president xi jinping has been using the run up to the brink's meeting to visit some african states to secure investment opportunities showing beijing's increasing interest in the continent that's been alexandra de missy directs founding director of the china africa advisory i think that china is currently increasing activity is in africa why are they so interested in the continent yes carol you're right china is increasing its interest in africa it's it's nothing new actually we know that china has been quite active starting in the year two thousand with the foundation of the folks

canada mexico and turkey or the world trade organization for retaliating against american tariffs more now from al-jazeera china correspondent erin brown. just ten days after the start of a trade war between china and the united states a timely summit in beijing china's leaders are hosting the european union's top officials one of whom had an urgent plea directed at china as well as the united states and russia does it come on duty. of europe and china. america and russia. not to destroy dissolve. much to improve it. not to start through a divorce. which turned into what the conflict is so often in our history china's leadership wants a united front against u.s. president donald trump's trade policies and is hoping for an ally in the e.u. which is also quarreling with trump over trade as well as defense to the u.s. trade friction is the problem between us china doesn't want to trade well with the u.s. we think there is no winner from a trade war any actions of violate the world trade organization rule serve the interests of no one. even though e.u. officials disagree with president tru

to authority the dispute explored at that site the speech at the world trade organization have seven members on it and there's currently three spaces out about seven because the u.s. is blocking any need or renewal of terms and i think that. the well trained organization and or dorothy in terms of keeping the cool thing with global trade is now made that could be very very damaging during. a president trump is says that they say this type of diplomacy if i can put it that way has two items for siting u.s. jobs and to stop what he's calling the un sad of american technology and intellectual property to china will imposing taras try to tout his like this achieve those two goals on that you. know effectively global. integrated could hit here early in the area he called it can cut his elec tronics and. the us want to be more self-sufficient in the industry that's just an impossible go they can get closer to watch it at a coal. global economy but they will never get completely through or think of the coal having only a different factory could you think over their bit of ground up it's jus

international trade center the joint development agency of the united nations and the world trade organization geneva thank you very much for joining us on the program now the latest that we've heard from china is that this move from the united states represents the overtures to the biggest trade war in history is that rhetoric or fact in your opinion. well i think we are facing the largest trade conflict since the second world war but more importantly is that this conflict is already having an impact on the ground it's already affecting workers that are being laid off as a result of decisions especially in america to move out of the country and produce elsewhere given that their eaves is having an impact on businesses that are not making capital investment decisions because of the uncertainty of the situation but let's not forget our taxes taxes that the consumer will have to pay it will make it is making already american consumers. pay more for the goods they buy and it's making american companies less competitive because the the inputs the import in their manufacturing chains will be more e

her injury the world trade organization. us action action as a launching first. one legal challenge. anybody trump has risen in a huge journey as well as all the sea port forty trade and has. of our the world trade organization virgin run around since almost more. with. you and you. name is growing in a country's feeling really dumb the seats decision ruling remain might i just. want to tell anybody which is which is intended going to kind of clean clothes. like last time to get togethers irish breaking the rules however residents donald trump from bj told women women judges after it's revealed came china reducing the seven astronauts. for some reason women remain one wants get to send says. at the end of ten them but this is a central structure is in the balance. six can i get a thirty thirty million. more than more than a hundred thousand place where all the cool air don't eat anything of the sort of surprise rise majority [inaudible] ninety nine it all. if it's these youths who young [inaudible] money money. on top of the seven and a half million. he may make l

trade war with the united states, the chinese trade practices are up for review at the world trade organizationn 17 years since china joined the wto. china said it would lower its trade tariffs on imports and open its market access in several key areas of the economy, such as agriculture, manufacturing and services sector. beijing promised to do a betterjob of protecting intellectual property rights. in exchange, china got access to the world's markets under better trade terms and along the way, grew to be the world's second largest economy. in addition, it was expected china would be recognised as a"market economy" by 2016. but that has not happened. our chief analyst explains why the us and the eu have blocked granting the chinese economy that status. although china has already done progress in a number of areas to reform and open up its economy, it is still lagging behind, especially on the intellectual property rights area, where china has now been enforcing the laws in place completely. that doesn't really deserve a market economy status. but on the flip side, does china really wa nt to on

proposal of new tariffs on chinese imports the commerce ministry's says the move harms the world trade organization system and hurts globalization the trumpet ministrations says new duties may be imposed on an additional two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese products the tyrus won't be imposed until after a two month period of public comment on the proposed list the republican chairman of the senate finance committee called the move reckless adrian brown has more from beijing. well last week the united states targeted china's industrial sector going after telecommunications and high tech now the united states is homing in on chinese consumer products saying that thousands of chinese food products beauty products pet food chemicals and tires will be subject to a ten percent tariff if there is no breakthrough in the current standoff between china and the united states in total we're talking about some two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese products on wednesday morning china's assistant commerce minister reacted he said that china regretted this decision by the united states saying that

is filing its own complaint with the world trade organization for the short term that doesn't really mean much because it will take time at least by the end of twenty nine to get any kind of his decision the world trade organization saw there is no immediate effect here so we heard a little already about china's slowing growth how is all of this trade conflict affecting the prospects for economic growth. well we had a new report on monday from the international monetary fund and they're actually saying that global economic growth has told that the greatest risk really are those trade. the trade problems and they have floored the i.m.f. has lowered the growth perspective for the european union for japan for the u.k. and so far they leave the outlook for the u.s. stable but to trade. it is specially one of the greatest risk right now but well we have to wait and see will the u.s. for example really impose those tariffs on goods in the amount of two hundred billion dollars by fall or not there is still a slight chance that this might actually not happen and that's why we often see those

rewards bankers and financier's at the expense of workers and they again i'll say they use global trade organizations and trade institutions to game for themselves in the case of china at the expense of the u.s. so now the u.s. is simply saying it wait a minute let's let's increase wages and let's bring jobs back to the u.s. and china squealing of course but that's the way it goes squealing because it's that old adage if you owe the bank a thousand dollars you're in trouble if you go the bank ten million dollars they're in trouble and this has proven to be the case is that the u.s. imports so much more than it exports especially with china so china was trying to basically impose equal tariffs on the two hundred billion that trump imposed recently the most recent tariffs and they couldn't fight this thing as the export from the u.s. to china is garbage literally garbage you know we're exporting tanker you know china would send over tankers and ships full of stuff and then the u.s. would put all their garbage on the ships and send them back to china and china would recycle the garbage the cardboard des

to remove color tariffs altogether so you know second navigating the world trade organization which would be very interesting w c.e.o. has issued a warning saying if you miss us out and get rid of tariffs altogether essentially the impact on the global economy would be was in the two thousand and eight financial crisis wow and we know what happened back in two thousand and eight till caring shown that now around the world helena homfray our business anchor joining us here in the studio with this developing story we thank you so much for your analysis. well among the u.s. imports likely on china's dollar for dollar hit list are cars as well as agricultural goods like soybeans for example and lobster lovers can find themselves in hot water. a lot of lobster from the u.s. weighing around two and a half kilograms costs approximately five hundred yuan or seventy five dollars at seafood markets in beijing american lobsters have long had a reputation in china for their size and the high quality of their meat but chinese customers who enjoy this delicacy are about to feel a need because the chine

to the world trade organization after the trap of ministration impose tariffs on thirty four billion dollars worth of chinese goods accusing washington of starting the largest trade war in economic history rob mcbride reports from beijing china has always said it will match any u.s. tariff with its own at the ministry of foreign affairs briefing just hours after the us tiris were imposed china promised to be true to its word searches are i want to stress that we never want to see the escalation of trade frictions into a trade war a trade war is the last thing we want to see because as we've said many times no one country will benefit. thirty four billion dollars worth of goods will be affected from farm products to automobiles chemicals and medical equipment as those u.s. products become more expensive china has been looking for other countries to supply them china has been trying their hardest to diversify suppliers of energy of agricultural products especially when all the heat focused on saudi being on china has been boosted his investment in a lot of other unconventional countries

decision is going to harm the world trade organization system as well as free trade generally it says that you know china remains committed to cooperating with the united states and to improving the investment climate for foreign companies wanting to do business here in china but the u.s. trade representative office says the opposite it says that china continues to resort to what it believes are unfair trading practices basically using strong strong arm tactics which means that in some cases u.s. companies have to hand over their know how as a condition for doing business here that's why the u.s. says these proposed tariffs will be justified if they come into force but as you pointed out in your introduction there is going to be a two month consultation process now china has not sort of produced details of how it would respond if these terrorists do in fact happen but you know be assured they they will i think there is a sense now certainly amongst the markets here in asia that both sides have boxed themselves into a corner neither side seems prepared to blink the hang seng index in h

from the world trade organization.hange gears and get a check on the weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins. it has been a scorcher and it continues. >> yeah, there was one town in connecticut with a heat index of 120 yesterday afternoon. i mean that's almost unheard of for areas of new england. so today once again the same areas will be very hot. should be maybe only one or two degrees cooler than yesterday, somewhere between 55 and 60 million, this number keeps changing, but the areas of pink it is the hottest. from the hudson valley to the north, to burlington. we go back towards utica and syracuse with the heat warning. new york city, central park, yesterday was 96. probably will be 94, so take the heat index will peak near 100. you weren't quite as warm yesterday in d.c. today it will be 97. philadelphia is supposed to be 99. you have a chance of actually hitting 100. in raleigh, even for you it is warm at 104. into tuesday, the thing about the heat wave is we're not like breaking and shattering dozens of reco

had only joined the world trade organization something like 17 yea rs trade organization something likethe chasm left by the united states and it is stepping in gleefully. we are talking about world trade and globalisation, but many countries saying it doesn't play by the rules. lots of countries, trump might say, don't play by the rules. looking at this new york times story, wanting to understand art. why do we need to know? can't we just say we appreciate it, end of story? we have all these psychologists who think they can work out through algorithm is why we like what we like, why we like van gogh's sunflowers over the landscapes we see in budget hotel rooms. you get a good research grant for doing it. can we spend that money on something else?” absolutely agree. the great thing about art is no one knows why we appreciate it. stop trying to turn it into algorithms and study it. don't think, feel. it is lovely to see you. thank you very much indeed. let me get your view on the final on sunday. who will win it? france will win. speaks french. have a really good day, and we will see you

seventy thousand factories since john to the world trade organization how did the bill and henry back. donald trump their excoriating the w t o now after an arguably the entire globalized trade regime well joining me now via skype from washington d.c. is someone who as a trade negotiator for the united states worked on nafta t.v. and w t o professor math gold matt thanks so much for being on the show just before we get to those more general issues of those huge institutions your reaction to the e.u. japan deal covering six hundred million people this week well of course we knew this was coming and it's a very big accomplishment for the e.u. in japan and it highlights the degree to which america is being completely left behind with president trump's trade policy which is a no win situation for the united states obviously the white house would deny that that's the case but what about lessons of britain obviously in any post brics it environment that deal between the e.u. and japan took four years yeah it takes many years and bang out of free trade agreement and one of the big problems t

from the perspective of the of the european union it is the the global trade organization the world trade organization whether should take place this is put into question by trump when it comes to international relations is the united nations that has an ambivalent at least relationship to and when it comes to europe it is the european union that now has been at least when it comes to trade been described as a foe and that has at least irritated politicians over here in europe and garrick we should mention to our viewers we've been looking at those live pictures of the press conference about to get under way in appears there was a man in the crowd holding up some sort of sign he was then removed by security there there was a bit of a not a stuffer really but people standing up and watching what was happening but it does appear that man has been removed from the press conference that the media is still on hand and so we're still waiting for that to get under way and terry that brings me to you you know take us through again what's going to happen still today. the press conf

and it would go along with reform of the world trade organization china is essential is saying that as the world's second largest economy we don't just want to follow the rules we also want to make up the rules so that is i guess encouraging the e.u. has been pushing china to join them in reforming the w t o china joined the w t o seventeen years ago and you know at the core of president donald trump is complaints about china is the fact that he says china simply doesn't play by the rule book that was made by the world trade organization but china is now saying that it will go along with the idea of revising that the reason why the e.u. is i think encouraged by that is it means it might possibly constrain some of china's policies but i think you know we are a long way away from reform of the w t o although i understand the head of the w t o is actually due here in china on tuesday so a lot happening on many fronts right now elizabeth adrian thank you very much for that for now that is adrian brown live in beijing thank you but the weather is next and then a test of media freedom in

they're letting their trade organizations do the lobbying, if you will, in washington and while the trade organizations have said there's an impact from all of these trade disputes, from the tariff issues going on, whether it's with china, europe, potentially with mexico, as well as canada, the trade organizations are viewed as, to a certain extent, lobbying groups. it's far different when you have a ceo or cfo say, hey, we're paying more. and you know why because of tariffs we haven't heard that yet from people in the auto industry. >> phil, we're going to see you a lot this morning get comfortable in the chair as we have to work through several stories. having gotten to boeing yet. that's coming up later on. >>> another earnings story to point out, coca-cola the company reporting a beat on both top and bottom lines revenue fell 8% from the previous year. that was expected and it comes from the refranchising that coke is doing the spinning off of bottlers if you're looking for a clean number here 5% organic revenue growth tells the story pretty much strong growth across the world except

just released a white paper claiming it's fulfilling its commitments as a member of the world trade organization or w t o which regulates international trade. as it should have china will continue to seek to improve multilateral trait reduce keep pace with the times and the reforms that multilateral trading system with other members of the w t l taken together with the tariff cuts it seems to be sending a message that despite u.s. claims of unfair trade practices china is playing by the rules the tariff cuts also serve a wide district t.g. could jacked if putting pressure on local producers of low tech goods such as clothing and cosmetics to become a part of china's broad around bishan to be a global leader in high tech manufacturing that bold strategy made in china twenty twenty five is seen as a major challenge to the technological dominance of the united states and design a goodly one of the reasons behind the u.s. threat of a trade war to thwart china's ambitions of macbride al-jazeera paging still ahead an al-jazeera it's a day of exits for some of football's biggest names peter is going to

david: was it a mistake to let them into the world trade organization? >> yes. nt with a country without rule of law. free trade without rule of law leads to chaos. you have to have rule of law along with free trade. if you don't have rule of law as you don't in communist china, what's a law today could be a non-law the next day, then you have chaos in any kind of relationship with an outside government. >> china has become much more predatory. they are closing up their markets. they are demanding we open our markets. they are becoming much less democratic and coercive politically. we have seen china go after u.s. come any and other companies in china. and this is directed from the top. this is xi jinping. david: will they bend and cry uncle? >> it depends on whether trump is willing to see this to the end. i'm optimistic about the way this turns out in the long term. >> do you believe it's time for deputy a.g. rod rosenstein to face real consequences for his continual stonewalling of congressional document requests? new developments in the tideland cave rescue a

other bit of news at the very end, a question about the world trade organization. the world trade organization does what it sounds like it does, an intragovernmental body that regulates world trade. we know the president had ordered up draft legislation that would allow the u.s. to really abandon some key principles of the world trade organization and add that to other reports that the president floated the idea of pulling out from the world trade organization all together, he was asked about it and says that the u.s. is treated very badly. we should say the legislation would really face an uphill climb in congress, including from some republicans who have bristled at the president's approach to tariffs and that sort of thing, steve. >> one of the issues where there's a clear divide from where the party has been and this president seems to want to go on the issue of trade. jeff, on the question of the supreme court pick, i'm wondering what you're hearing there as sort of a behind the scenes because you've got democrats now obviously rach eting up the rhetoric here

is fighting back today announcing complaints filed with the world trade organization. business edward lawrence has been on the story and i've seen comments from everyone regarding mnuchin and of course secretary wilbur ross as well on this topic. >> exactly and the vice president in fact vice president mike pence said that that world trade organization is a warning to other countries that they are serious about leveling the playing field here. in in fact vice president mike pence just finished a briefing at the commerce department about where our trade status stands currently. he told employees there that the u.s. will continue to use the carrot and the stick in order to get other countries to level the playing field and he did point to one example saying last friday a delegation went to mexico in part to jump start the nafta negotiations but meet the new administration down there. he said there's been meaningful progress on nafta and that's a quote from the vice president and now the canadians i can report are saying they're willing to meet anywhere any time to talk a

plus, my conversation with the head of the world trade organization, roberto azavedo about the fallout from a u.s. and china trade war. why trump's complaints can't be ignored. welcome to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour. the peace process has taken a perilous turn following a hugely provocative bill passed by israel's parliament. the nation's state law enshrines israel as the home of the jewish people and it downgrades the status of arabic, leaving only hebrew as the official language of israel. this was the reaction from israeli/arab lawmakers furiously ripping up the bill. critics say the law slams a nail into the coffin of the country's democracy and plunges a two-state solution into the abyss. meanwhile, the top u.s. general in the middle east says that he has received no specific direction, despite russia claiming that putin and trump have agreed ed td to cooperate see syria and other issues. to discuss this and the ongoing fallout from the press conference between the the two leaders in helsinki are marsha. she's joining us are from new york and aaron david miller

. >> president trump issuing something of a veiled threat to the world trade organization on a day in which canad announced the retaliatory tariffs havefe gone into against the united states. 25% on steel, and 10% on yogurtf and ketchup coming into the united states. the president met with the prime minister of the netherlands and he had this to say about the world trade onorganiza >> w.t. ofrmt has treated theit states very badly. that's why we were at a big disadvantage with the w.t.o. we're not planning anything now, but if the don't treat us properly, we will be doing somethg. >> wilbur ross the commerce secretary was on cnbc earlier in the da he sai there was no particular level in the stock market that the white house was looking at understood to change its tariff related behavior. >> there's no bright line level of the stock market that's going to changepolicy. the president is trying to fix long term problems in a should have been dealtith long time ago, weren't. and they're obviously is going to be se pulli and tugging as we try to deal with very serious problems. >> the pres