well, a former senior official at the world trade organisation has told the bbc that china's formal complaintinto the us than it purchased. wto procedures give the us and china 60 days to resolve their dispute through consultations, at which point china has the right to request adjudication by a panel of judges. but the final wto panel that settles trade disputes remains unable to function, as the us refuses to approve the appointment of newjudges to the body, making it unclear how effective a remedy it will be. well, a former senior official at the world trade organisation has told the bbc that china's formal complaint over additional us tariffs has very little chance of progressing. tom graham said it would probably take a year before an initial wto decision and then the case would likely then be held up at the appeals stage as the us had blocked advantage that china — you know, from the way the us and china. to speak to president xi. the thinking was they would have a phone conversation this week. tariffs on mexico and canada. so what do you think might happen with china next? and they wil

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well, china has indicated it will challenge those tariffs through the world trade organisation. e mexican president, claudia sheinbaum, and the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, have responded immediately with countermeasures. >> i am announcing canada will be responding to the us trade action with 25% tariffs against $155 billion worth of american goods. >> well, trump has defended the move on social media, saying the decades long rip off of america in regard to trade, crime and poisonous drugs is over, and he suggested similar sanctions may be imposed on the eu. >> the european union charges us 20% plus plus plus a vat tax called a vat tax, very similar and it costs us an absolute fortune. we are treated so badly and we have a tremendous deficit with the european union. so we'll be doing something very substantial. >> barclays says the technical problems that left some customers unable to access their accounts for several days have now been resolved. the glitch, which began on payday friday, left some people unable to make transactions access their account or even in som

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