let's talk to our correspondent, adam fleming, in brussels. s clearly furious with these new tariffs — how can they fight back? well, we're going to find out in a couple of minutes a bit more detail, because eu trade commissioner is about to do a press c0 nfe re nce eu trade commissioner is about to do a press conference here in brussels where she will run through all the measures they're going to take. and we have got a pretty good idea of what they are going to be, because eu officials have spent a couple of months working on this because they knew it was potentially on the horizon. there's three strands to their response. number one, they will be going to the world trade 0rganisation will be going to the world trade organisation and launching a dispute because they think these tariffs are illegal and are based on protecting the us steel and aluminium industry, not national security, like donald trump says. the second part, this enormous list of american imports to the eu which will have tariffs slapped on them. that could start as soon as th

and we find out why brussels correspondent adam fleming was faced with that question from an unusual guest on the daily politics programme. this week's european council meeting had been seen as a crucial staging post in the protracted negotiations over the uk's departure from the eu and, as it happens, the growing political disagreement over migration dominated the agenda. but, as ever, brexit was under discussion as well. amid all the disputes about migration, theresa may had just a brief chance to talk to the assembled leaders about brexit. her message to them? we are ready to intensify and accelerate the pace of negotiations. i want to see that from the european commission and the european union as well. more than a year into the negotiations, the eu says the uk still does not have a clear negotiating position and it needs to see one. she headed home, excluded from today's brexit discussion. controversy has, of course, accompanied every stage of the brexit process, including the way it has been reported on bbc news. for many, the corporation fails to provide balanced coverage, wit

and we find out why brussels correspondent adam fleming was faced with that question from an unusualily politics programme. this week's european council meeting had been seen as a crucial staging post in the protracted negotiations over the uk's departure from the eu. as it happens, the growing political disagreement over migration dominated the agenda. but, as ever, brexit was under discussion as well. amid all the disputes about migration, theresa may had had just a brief chance to talk to the assembled leaders about brexit. her message to them? we are ready to intensify and accelerate the pace of negotiations. i want to see that from the european commission, and the european union, as well. but, more than a year into the negotiations, the eu says the uk still doesn't have a clear negotiating position, and it needs to see one. she headed home, excluded from today's brexit discussion. controversy has of course accompanied every stage of the brexit process, including the way it has been reported on bbc news. for many, the corporation fails to provide balanced coverage, with louise va

adam fleming reporting there.about this huge issue for the eu. can you just give us a sense of the sort of context in terms of the scale of the migration crisis, as so many people see it in europe, and the effect it's had on the eu? 0k, well, first of all, i'd say that you'll remember the height of the migrant crisis back in 2015, when more than million irregular migrants came into the european union, many of them into greece or remember some of those british holidaymakers lying on the beach there when those boats were arriving, of many syrian refugees trying to escape the conflict there. that was the height of the crisis. since then, the numbers have gone down considerably and, in fact, you know, i heard when you were talking in your introduction there about the current migrant crisis, if you look at the frontline mediterranean countries of italy, greece and even spain, they'll say this crisis never went away between 2015 and now. but the rest of the eu, once those numbers, those big numbers had dropped, and peop

up, to the surprise of many viewers, on last friday's daily politics, questioning brexit guru adam flemingests alistair campbell and nigel farage. how will it affect my life, and everybody else's? badly. stop it, you two! very well. very badly. all right, we've got very badly and very well in the studio. shush! adam? the easy answer is, it depends. i kind of think it's hard for younger people to have kind of more of an understanding about brexit. but since i've got to learn about it, i'm actually finding it really interesting. well, adam can spend hours with you about it. thank you for coming in and to everybody for being on the show — not that binder! opinion was divided on that encounter, with philip copsey tweeting. .. stephan garcia disagreed. and others were just left bemused. and that's all from us. thank you for all of your comments this week. if you want to share your opinions on bbc news and current affairs, or even appear on the programme, you can call us on 0370 010 6676. or e—mail newswatch@bbc. co. uk. you can find us on twitter @newswatchbbc and do have a look at the website

and we find out why brussels correspondent adam fleming was faced with that question from an unusual happens, the growing political disagreement over migration dominated the agenda. but, as ever, brexit was under discussion too. amid all the disputes about migration, theresa may had had just a brief chance to talk to the assembled leaders about brexit. her message to them? we are ready to intensify and accelerate the pace of negotiations. i want to see that from the european commission, and the european union, as well. but, more than a year into the negotiations, the eu says the uk still doesn't have a clear negotiating position, and it needs to see one. she headed home, excluded from today's brexit discussion. controversy has of course accompanied every stage of the brexit process, including the way it has been reported on bbc news. for many, the corporation fails to provide balanced coverage, with louise vale putting it like this. but the majority of complaints we received are about a perceived bias in the other direction. here is pat marks. those holding that latter point of view

adam fleming in brussels, many thanks. time for a look at the weather... here is phil avery.ous conditions in some parts of the country? indeed, so i thought i would throw some calm into the mix. the storm clouds have bothered. there has been another humid start to the day. we are still in the same sort of circulation with a big area of low pressure dominating our and throwing the heat and moisture atlas across the british isles. my concern in the short—term is that we still haveissues in the short—term is that we still have issues with. localised flooding and disruption possible. if you are on the move, bbc local radio will be all over this sort of thing. it doesn't look like much on this scale, but each of those individual specs can be a real issue. notice how we have started to push this not only in the south, but in the central belt of scotland and northern ireland. there is a dotting through the north—west of england and wales as well. and further towards the south and east, there are individual cells which, if you run into one, will change your day from being rather lov

that the future of the european union could be determined by the issue. 0ur europe correspondent, adam flemingrotesters in brussels think they can stop brexit by dancing. eu leaders gathering for the summit just want more movement. are the talks going to slowly? absolutely. the irish prime ministers called for the uk to pick up the pace at presummit meeting. we do not believe as europe, the 27 member states, that there has been any meaningful progress on the irish protocol and we are concerned about gibraltar and the jurisdiction we are concerned about gibraltar and thejurisdiction of we are concerned about gibraltar and the jurisdiction of the ecj. we are to need to see an intensification of talks if we are going to have withdrawal in place by october. brexit is not a big deal, in truth. their priority is migration. a debate turbo—charged by the political situation in germany and the formation of a new government in italy. many fewer people are arriving on europe's shaws compared to the migrant crisis. it is how to prevent another one of those causing big disagreement. translation: europe has

but now hayley has had her chance to quiz our man in brussels, adam fleming to find out what it's all hopefully adam will help me. fire way, ask them. in a nutshell, what is brexit? brexit is the process where the uk will lead the european union, which currently has 28 members. and after the uk at least, there'll be 27 of them. but you can'tjust the uk at least, there'll be 27 of them. but you can't just walk out them. but you can't just walk out the door, there are lots of loose ends to be tied up, and that's what they're doing now. they're having negotiations and talks about how to tie up those loose ends. once those talks are finished, we will have another set of discussions about what the future relationship between the eu and the uk will look like well after brexit. so brexit isjust the name of the process and everything that entails. how will it affect my life and everybody else's? barry blackley. let adam do it. the easy answer is it depends, because it depends on what you do in your life and what job you do, where you go, what you want to do in the future. and also depends on

for the latest round of talks with the eu chief negotiator michel barnier. 0ur correspondent, adam fleming to tell us what's likely to be on today's agenda. good morning. we have a meeting. what is on the agenda? in brussels, they will be pleased to see the brexit secretary, david davis, because he has not been here for several months and most negotiations have been done by civil servants and officials. they will want to see some decisions and political haft. a lot to talk about. they have been talking about the draft brexit withdrawal. there are still outstanding issues, not least the irish border. a mechanism for resolving disputes between the eu and the uk after brexit. and how do you maintain redactions for regional products like champagne and cornish parties? they have many questions about that. a temporary customs proposal put on the table by the british last week. david davis is all about a security partnership at the moment the key people in the uk and eu safe after brexit. the words used to describe the meeting today are an informal stockta ke. used to describe the meeting today a

stay with us, but let's talk more about exactly that, going to adam fleming in brussels.hing that michel barnier was talking about at such length over this lunchtime. a of talk about this deal, what does he make of it? what do we think this is thinking here? it was a very complicated press conference, lots of details and it required a little bit of clarification afterwards. but this is where we got to today, but the uk published this proposal about cooperation and effectively the uk would remain part of the eu for a temporary period after the end of the brexit transition period in december 2000 20. michel barnier has not ruled that out, yes i rejected that proposal, but he does say that he has lots of big questions about it. for example, would the uk be willing to see a role for the court ofjustice but willing to see a role for the court of justice but he willing to see a role for the court ofjustice but he overseeing the eu customs rules during that period? what about other things like corporations on cross—border vat, which kind of looks like customs, but isn't quite. a

and we find out why brussels correspondent adam fleming was faced with that question from an unusual uk's departure from the eu and, as it happens, the growing political disagreement over migration dominated the agenda. but, as ever, brexit was under discussion as well. amid all the disputes about migration, theresa may had just a brief chance to talk to the assembled leaders about brexit. her message to them? we are ready to intensify and accelerate the pace of negotiations. i want to see that from the european commission and the european union as well. more than a year into the negotiations, the eu says the uk still does not have a clear negotiating position and it needs to see one. she headed home, excluded from today's brexit discussion.

our brussels reporter, adam fleming, joins me now from brussels. ou put it that way because there's so much confusion about what michel barnier was saying in the press conference. it is incredibly complicated, the language around the issue has got complicated and there has been a lot of muddying of the waters on both sides. what mitchell barnier and the eu feels is that the uk's proposal yesterday was about a uk's proposal yesterday was about a uk wide customs arrangements after brexit. and it didn't amount to uk counterproposal for a backstop to avoid a hard border in northern ireland as a sort of insurance policy. michel barnier‘s intention in that press conference, i think, was to try to bring attention back to those very specific, very precise northern ireland related issues. and for him that isn't about customs. it is about how northern ireland stays aligned with the eu's rules and regulations on products and food standards and all sorts of things so that trade between north and south on the island of ireland and daily life between northern ire

let's talk to our correspondent, adam fleming, in brussels. very strong words, talk of a trade war? avoid that metaphor. 0n war? yes, but the eu is trying to avoid that metaphor. on their list of tariffs they could apply to goods coming from america they don't talk about retaliation, they talk about rebalancing because that is the technical name. what is happening todayis technical name. what is happening today is that eu officials in geneva are launching an official dispute against the us because they see the rationale for these tariffs is actually illegal. it's about protecting us industry, not national security. 0ver protecting us industry, not national security. over the next few weeks eu officials and diplomats and politicians will look at this list of products, work out which ones they want to target and they also have to go through internal eu legal procedures to make those tariffs actually work. then in the longer term they will be monitoring the effects on the eu steel and aluminium market to see if they are being affected by this glut of steel and aluminium. we also heard

the bbc‘s adam fleming tracked barnier down in brussels, and asked him when the eu would respond officiallyposal two hours ago and we are working on it. is it realistic? we are working on it. when your answer? the next few days. let's try and get some clarity on this with the help of bbc political correspondent eleanor garnier. doing about the optimal outcome is the status of the border between northern ireland and the republic? what theresa may has said all along is she wants a frictionless border. she wants to get a really deep and special this boat deal that allows the uk to carry on trading with the eu without any friction, without any tarus and basically to have a really good situation for businesses on both sides of the border. and we have been discussing today is the insurance policy that if a deal is not done that with brussels, a trade deal is not done, then this is the fallback option. so in a way, it is something that we have had such a crazy day in westminster all of her deliberations over the backstop agreement. so we, i think, deliberations over the backstop agreement. so we,

next, this is adam fleming on how this is all looking from the eu's perspective.eir focus at the moment is on the unresolved issues in the brexit withdrawal treaty, and none of those are affected withdrawal treaty, and none of those a re affected by withdrawal treaty, and none of those are affected by the votes this week. having said that, if there was to be a big shift in the uk government policy, likejoining the european economic area alongside norway, iceland and lichtenstein, eu leaders would be prepared to what radically revise their offer to the uk. also, some of them are slightly worried that if parliament is given the power to send the british pm back to the negotiating table at the 11th hour, that could make the end of the brexit process quite messy. somebody who has been watching was the dutch prime minister. i asked him who has been watching was the dutch prime minister. iasked him if who has been watching was the dutch prime minister. i asked him if he cared about what was going on, he said that he did, and he found some of it quite hard to follow, but

a short while ago, our reporter in brussels adam fleming gave us detail about the eu's reaction.hat could be as soon as the 28th ofjune, that the tariffs are slapped on in retaliation. —— june 20. this list is more complicated than it looks, it is compensated because it is made up of two separate lists, one set of compaq back product which can have ta riffs compaq back product which can have tariffs put on the pretty soon and a second list tariffs applied to other products in months and years ahead as this rumbles on, the other thing announced, the eu will challenge these tariffs at the world trade organisation in geneva, that is a process which can take years and yea rs process which can take years and years and years, so this could ramble on for a lot longer yet. initially they are saying, some of these retaliatory measures could be imposed pretty soon, sometime in the next 20 days. the 20th ofjune is the date people are talking about, thatis the date people are talking about, that is because it is 30 days since the eu officially launched this list —— lodged this list with the

but earlier hayley got her chance to quiz our correspondent in brussels, adam fleming to find out what when they have finished they can then have another set of discussions about what the future relationship between the eu and the uk will look like after brexit. brexit is the name of the process and everything that in sales. —— entails. how will this affect my life and everyone else's? we have very badly and very well here in the studio. the easy answer is it depends because it depends on what you do in your life and whatjob depends because it depends on what you do in your life and what job you do and where you go and what you wa nt do and where you go and what you want to do in the future and then it depends on the is actually agreed between the two sides and that could between the two sides and that could bea between the two sides and that could be a long way off. it looks like there might be a transition period so after march next year when the uk officially leaves they have done a deal with the eu that most things will stay the same in daily life on till the end of december 2020 s

a short while ago our brussels reporter — adam fleming — joining me now from westminster is our assistantein lies the problem. for the toing and froing, the political arm wrestling in westminster, brussels has to agree to the backstop and the signs at the moment are not hugely encouraging. from mrs may‘s point of view, i think she will console herself that she has at least still kept her cabinet intact. there was a real danger it seemed of david davis walking out. he was called back for a second meeting with the prime minister and there it seems pretty much faced her down and demanded there was a day to put into the backstop option. she granted that so she‘s bought herself some reading space it seems to me at westminster but quite clearly in brussels they seem in little mood to go along with this package. and what about the mood in westminster amongst tories last remark we have the big debate next week about the withdrawal bill but what is the sense of where we are headed at the moment? i sense it is almost a familiar story really of huge disruption, uncertainty, very bruising arguments,