millions of dollars in bribes to libyan officials under the khadafi regime with more we're joined by alex mahela in toronto now alex it seems that in canada all eyes right now are on prime minister justin trudeau is and his team is terms like political interference and veiled threats are in the headlines what can you tell us about this situation. this is a huge story for canada at the center of it all is jody wilson raybold she was the justice minister as well as the attorney general here in canada she spoke in front of the house committee is that we have here is the house of commons committee and she basically broke down what she is alleging when and what does come down to illegal terms of the obstruction of justice against trudeau and his aides now they were accused of pressing wilson raybold in a case with s. and c. lab and one which right now has a criminal charges against it is that that's still being pushed forward now s. and c. it has been a sexy little twist here also there are also now being accused of taking one of get off on this all but bribery and money or corruption and money going

have come up a bit short of what some had expected but that doesn't mean it won't have an impact alex mahela bitch and steve malzberg join us to discuss what kind of market moves we can expect to see on the world's most populous continent twice as technology barrels full steam ahead so to finance on the arse lena peet of u.c. helps us analyze the future of ten sec. and finally trade tensions are causing some people's bank accounts to take a beating and it's causing troubles related to trash all the varos is standing by to discuss why some american cities are burning their recycling all of that direct a remarkable reversal on the issue of illicit international money flows leads our global report today as the european commission blocks the blacklisting of saudi arabia and for u.s. territories in the fight against financial crime as we reported here the european commission previously recommended that twenty three countries and territories including saudi arabia and for unincorporated territories of the united states be added to the european union's list of areas where not enough is being done t

changing the financial landscape in mexico's mckillop dora sector with more we're joined by our alex mahela that in toronto with more alex since the beginning of the year we've seen multiple work stoppages there and a trend which is taking the cost of man which is increasing wages for some mexican workers and what can you tell us about what's happening now. anybody looks of mexico way we think stability at least the last three decades have been that way there has been any strikes just a cheap labor stuff that americans and canadians love seeing that they've been a part of nafta with us on talk about they i'm struck about the mexican so we've had a place to go for cheap labor but since the beginning of this year things have changed dramatically wages have gone up and it all comes down to the president speaking of it let's look at this graph and give you a breakdown of what this is looking like right now so we're talking about president . created a separate minimum pay basically a rate for workers that were close to the u.s. border there's about two million workers there they work in factorie

lose their economic footing with more on the issue are joined by steve malzberg in new york and alex mahela bitch in toronto alex with let's start with you you could argue that of all the players here north korea is the one with the most to gain or lose from the summit what's your take on that. certainly so in north korea wants to say she was dropped against them and there are some pretty crazy sanctions if you look at it a decade's worth but you know they're saying that one thing that mr president trump said that was wrong was that they asked for all they're saying it's to be dropped north korea is now say they don't want want all the seychelles to be dropped they're talking about sanctions mostly that were put up by the u.n. between two thousand and sixteen two thousand and seventeen that are hampering according to them the ability for further hampering our civilian economy and livelihood that's a direct quote from them now u.n. sanctions as i mentioned have been on for decades but we're talking about sanctions around two thousand and seventeen so what what the current north koreans have

joining us now is alex mahela vich thank you alex fascinating look back at this twentieth anniversary of this bombing for those who didn't live through it or like to young to remember what was both the political and physical impact of this bombing at that time back in one thousand and nine well sir i was there for the very beginning of the bombing i used to work for a u.n. agency and i was stationed in the former yugoslavia the impact of the bombing itself and what led up to the bombing was you know there were a multitude of battles and wars going on between what was at one point the socialist federal republic of yugoslavia when that the left part what was left were two states or republics serbia and montenegro they were what was left of yugoslavia the other countries had broken off and that lasted about two thousand and three until it changed its name to serbia and montenegro in two thousand and six that finally fell apart now we have the states of serbia and we have montenegro so this was basically an effort from the very beginning just a fracture or balkanize where better of a word

have come up a bit short of what some had expected but that doesn't mean it won't have an impact alex mahela bitch and steve malzberg join us to discuss what kind of market moves we can expect to see on the world's most populous continent twice as technology barrels full steam ahead so to finance on the arse lena peet of u.c. helps us analyze the future of ten sec. and finally trade tensions are causing some people's bank accounts to take a beating and it's causing troubles related to trash all the varos is standing by to discuss why some american cities are burning their recycling all of that drop a remarkable reversal on the issue of illicit international money flows leads our globe.

mark hillary for which an arctic correspondent alex mahela bitch welcome to both of you alex i'd like to start with you and of these two studies are pretty interesting and they both come out interestingly with that headline that i read there about the largest trade deficit ever alex tell us about the two studies. of art i don't think you're to be surprised by the study as i will ignore those studies as i was not here let me tell you the two organizations we're talking about that would be the center for economic policy research and the national science foundation grant was a group that was working under this grant including a woman by the name of penny goldberg you might know her name she's the chief economist at the world bank so you have a lot of very influential process involved in all this and they've come down with a bottom line here the bottom line is the american the average american has been paying for these tariffs in the church to the tune of sixty nine billion dollars so really when you break it down there's your trickle down all the way to the average american so we're talk

states as it becomes the first g seven nation to sign on to chinese gold in the road and it should alex mahela its joins us to break down how this shake up will impact the long standing western on plus following the fallout from going to sway with some american sanctions by use of gulf oil looking for new places to explore or inconsistent joins us to wade through all the oil moves in the gulf of mexico and finally just how real is the prospect of a cashless society. down with dushan stojanovic in hong kong to break down that issue and so much more a superpowered show ahead today but first we had some headlines let's go. we could offer a global report today.

have come up a bit short of what some had expected but that doesn't mean it won't have an impact alex mahela bitch and steve malzberg join us to discuss what kind of market moves we can expect to see the lead so to finance on we are slain a p w c helps us analyze the future of ten sec. and finally trade tensions are causing some people's bank accounts to take a beating and it's causing troubles related to trash. all of that directly ahead but first we had some headlines let's go. to a remarkable reversal on the issue of elicit international money flows leads our global report today as the european commission blocks the blacklisting a saudi arabia and four u.s. territories in the fight against financial crime as we reported here the european commission previously recommended that twenty three countries and territories including saudi arabia and for unincorporated territories of the united states money laundering and alyssa transfers butt. the commission was handed a staggering defeat on thursday night as representatives of twenty seven of twenty eight e.u. nations oppose the commission's reco

is selling its black gold plus the scandal is growing across the border in the great white north alex mahela which breaks breaks all down from toronto and the donald trump kim jong un summit has stalled in vietnam or tiscali no use brings us the latest from hanoi and finally five g. has caused quite a bit geopolitical stir so what exactly is five g. technology calling cook of the big picture joins us to break it all down it's a jam packed show today so let's hit some headlines let's go. the latest signs of a slowdown in the united states economy lead our global report today as the latest figures show growth falling significantly in the final quarter of twenty teen those figures from the u.s. commerce department show growth falling to an n u allies rate of two point six percent in the final three months of last year down nearly a full percentage point from the previous quarter growth for the entire year registered at two point nine percent looking forward the us federal reserve has forecast twenty nineteen growth in the united states at two point three percent and other serious assessments ar

america correspondent alex mahela vich was has more on the anniversary of the conflict. this was serbia twenty years ago. on march twenty fourth one thousand nine hundred nine ruthless nato campaign against the small balkan nation began i was there at the time so i'm going to take you through a bit of a personal journey at the time i was living here serbia's third largest city northeast side which seemed to be a million miles away from the battles in kosovo that very evening i was chilling out on the couch watching t.v. with my dog when suddenly the earth started shaking and the sky turned bright red warning the airstrikes had begun for the first explosion a ran down the stairs trying to get out of the house not knowing where the next phone was going to hit. the second i stopped at the store. looked up in the sky and there was a cruise missile flying over the house over there seconds later another explosion. that tomahawk missile hit a target in the hills above nobody saw it was one of fifty five u.s. cruise missiles used against yugoslavia that night fall shortly after

sweep the low the border in mexico but how will the new almost government handle labor's new moves alex mahela which joins us to analyze the picket lines for us global import rankings are out and the u.s. didn't manage to crack the top twenty five only barrels contributor to america's lawyer joins us to break down the state of u.s. airport infrastructure and we are back on board seamus steven williamson the author of walk chain the next everything joins us to find out what could be the fate of the fast growing thin all that directly ahead but first we had some that was let's go. federal charges against a tech giant lead our global reports today is the united states is department of housing and urban development charges face book with housing discrimination the charges filed on thursday follow a complaint filed in august of twenty eighteen that claimed reasonable cause to believe the social media companies ad targeting system opened the door to violations of the fair housing act hud secretary ben carson released a statement saying facebook is discriminating against people based based upon who t

have come up a bit short of what some had expected but that doesn't mean it won't have an impact alex mahela bitch and steve malzberg join us to discuss what kind of market moves we can expect to see on the world's most populous continent plus as technology barrels full steam ahead so to finance on the arse lena peet of u.c. helps us analyze the future of ten sec. and final related trash all the varos is standing by to discuss why some american cities are burning their recycling all of that directly ahead but first we've got some headlines let's go. a remarkable reversal on the issue of elicit international money flows leads our global report today as the european commission blocks the blacklisting of saudi arabia and for u.s. territories in the fight against financial crime as we reported here the european commission previously recommended that twenty three countries and territories including saudi arabia and for unincorporated territories of the united states be added to the european union's list of areas where not enough is being done to prevent money laundering and alissa transfers but t

states as it becomes the first g seven nation to sign on to chinese gold in the road and it should alex mahela its joins us to break down how this shake up will impact the longstanding western. plus following the fallout from going to sway with some american sanctions by use of gulf oil looking for new places to explore more inclusive joins us to wade through all the oil moves in the gulf of mexico and finally just how real is the prospect of a cashless society. down with you know a bit in hong kong to break down that issue and so much more a superpowered show ahead today but first we had some headlines let's go. we could go for a global report today with a major market update after indexes took a beating on friday from new york to asia it was almost all red across the board. japan led the charge but not in the best sense of the word check out this stock after markets open in tokyo the index dropped more than six hundred points around three percent three percent of the total across the sea of japan things were much better in china as the shanghai composite index which has been a bit on a bit o