it's the first brics meeting since u.s. president donald trump kicked off his trade conflicts trump has indicated south africa could soon face u.s. tariffs of its own all the more reason that the future of free trade tops the agenda in johannesburg. where organizations like brics are becoming more and more important the seems as the world is looking for alternatives to the u.s. market which is increasingly being sealed off by the u.s. president as brilliant ellis fungo those covering this summit in south africa for us and on the phonic i would joins us from delhi let's start with you it's not only the brics countries represented there many other countries have sent delegations turkish president ever one has come in person what does that mean. well this is a need the first high level conflict between turkey and bricks are going will attend a special session in his capacity as the chairman of the organization of islamic corp and they'll also sideline foreign will meet with russia i would they've been increasing their corporat

trade between brics countries also when we are u.s. trade wars are on the agenda today of this year's tenth anniversary bric summit the russian president vladimir putin is just delivered that speech to be saw at the annual gathering the world's top emerging economies comprising of brazil russia india china and also south africa you know he's done a reports now for us from the summit in johannesburg in south africa this year's gathering will be quite unlike compared to anything that we've seen previously and that's mainly because you have to look basically out the goals that the brics countries are pursuing when the world's leading developing economies were of bonding together and they defined their goals as celebrating their own economic growth and the past few years have shown that the countries are very much committed to that also they formed a new global bank under the name of the new development bank one of the main goals is of course being serving as sort of a counterbalance to the more traditional economic powerhouses and mainly

has more from the annual brics summit in johannesburg. leaders from five of the world's leading emerging markets say they are united when it comes to trade they say protectionism which is being pushed by u.s. president donald trump should be rejected. what is constant is the flare up of geopolitical conflicts and the escalation of protectionism and you need actual is a better rickly effect emerging markets and developing countries. should. we must work together with the united nations the g twenty and the world trade organization to safeguard the rules based multilateral trading system liberalise and facilitate trade and investment and reject protectionism outright. it's the first time presidents from the brics trade bloc are meeting says donald trump threatened to impose tariffs on chinese imports economists say the trade could also hurt smaller countries some theer transplants will stifle global economic growth leaders at the bric summit say increasing global trade encourages economies of all countries to grow but emerging economies cou

coming up leading the fight brics countries messenger hannahs can the new group find a fresh mission when it comes to free trade. space is your business update on how the home free in berlin and glad you could join a could a trade war between the united states and the european union be off the table following a meeting with european commission president in washington on wednesday u.s. president donald trump said the two sides had agreed to work on lowering trade barriers take a listen to the u.s. president outlining what the path agree to this is why we agreed today first of all to work together towards zero. zero non-tariff barriers and zero subsidies. or no auto industrial goods thank you. thank you. u.s. companies for one might be breathing a sigh of relief the effects of chumps tariffs have already been having an impact on them and one of and now the president not the one the president intended general racist who won so it's shares tumble on wednesday in the second quarter profit down compared to last year the company's now lowered its profit outlook for the entire year the cost

now again looking back some ten years from now a lot of skeptics will looking at the brics block and saying well they couldn't quite exactly pinpoint the purpose of it unless they saw the united states as the will quite literal jack of all trades now with the trumps trade wars. washington could prove to truly become a master of none with emerging economies looking more towards brics perhaps an ironic lead mainly in terms of trade down of from south africa for r.t. . all right let's bring in our political consultant jamie mighty now joining us live here on the program this morning good morning to you jamie america's approach to trade seems to be perhaps a bringing bricks participants closer together what are your expectations for the summit. well i think my expectations are that the conversations around trade are really going to start picking up and it's because people have seen the vulnerability of just being in big trading relationships with only america with only europe so i think that the brics blog is now going to look at further strengthening the trade relationships that they ha

it's the first brics meeting since u.s. president donald trump kicked off his trade conflicts trump has indicated south africa could soon face u.s. tariffs of its own all the more reason that the future of free trade tops the agenda in johannesburg. but organizations like brics are becoming more and more important it seems as the world is looking for alternatives to the u.s. market which is increasingly being sealed off by the u.s. president as brilliant ellis fungo those covering the summit in south africa for us and on a funny guy who joins us from delhi let's start with you it's not only the brics countries represented there many other countries have sent delegations turkey's president added one has come in person what does that mean. well this is a need the first high level conflict between turkey and brics aragon will attend a special session in his capacity as the chairman of the organization of islamic corp and they'll also sideline foreign will meet with russia over they've been increasing their corporation but look

to clear for me its commitment to the international order by doing so brics nations hope to bend that order more in their direction that means development models and funding mechanisms aligned to their needs instead of those of western nations. china in particular has good reason to prefer open trade its belt road initiative is connecting global markets the checkbook diplomacy behind it has been on full display in recent days. but before they can leave brics nations must protect themselves against global economic shifts with increasing u.s. protectionism india china and brazil will rely on each other more. the question than is whether this year's conference will really be about offering new vision or simply hanging together in tough times. and our correspondent alison gallagher is joining us now from capetown kind of tone will the summit strike today after that let's call it successful trade talks between john and donna trump last night i think it will continue crapsey what he said yesterday we heard china yes you know it's like we. retreat against protectionist i'm just saying hand i

and there has been a bit of a figment of co-operation between the brics countries and the w.t. and this is an opportune moment for the pics countries to actually come together put their heads together and the strategic about how they will actually corporates in the w.t.r. would you expect smaller economies maybe and other economies not part of brics kind of looking towards more cooperating with the countries part of absolutely because all smaller countries stand to be heard by unilateral as in a protectionist measures so i do expect that of course nations with just not the countries but in expansion the smaller economies ok thank you so much thank you so know well. it's quite ironically maybe you like about a decade ago when brics crew were created in the form we kind of know with now skeptics who couldn't really pinpoint the purpose of the block they saw the united states of this is the literal jack of all trades well now with the tariffs and all the trade was washington could prove truly to be a master of none really as you've just again as you've just heard experts are sayin

donald trump agreed to work together towards eliminating trade taxes and also to come the tenth annual bric summit of emerging economies underway in south africa with american trade war on the agenda. others could have a company watching at international where she's gone from pm here in moscow. now the u.s. national security advisor john bolton has confirmed that a second meeting between donald trump and his russian counterpart vladimir putin will only take place quote after the russia witch hunt is over that after the u.s. secretary of state might pompei i was grilled in the senate over the recent meeting in helsinki between the two leaders. as much as the president told you what he and president putin discussed there to our closed door meeting and did you did he tell you why should we be doing as you put it. everything we can to push back on likely election interference by russia where did the president say we're going to change our force structure in syria good what took place you speak to the translator do you seen any of her know that the president discussed relaxing relaxing u.s. sanc

trade policies of sanctions related to foreign trade and so now the brics nations are looking to fill in the gaps left by the tariffs approach to global trade war should be rejected because there can be no win an economic hit germany is even worse because it will undermine the interests of the international community or those of the see this course will only end up hurting themselves or a decade ago when the brics nations first sat down together the word was from skeptics they couldn't quite pinpoint the purpose of the block they viewed the united states as the jack of all trades maybe even quite literally now with trump and his trade wars washington could prove truly to be a master of none at least that is the fear and that's why many developing many emerging economies are looking towards brics ironically enough in the realm of trade we spoke with bob van dijk sirico of internet media group naspers who thinks that the coming closer together of brics countries against a backdrop of u.s. tariffs may see some fruitful outcomes. if you look at our portfolio of businesses and we took a st

when posts are coming out the biggest fanfare free traders had in months the bric summit wraps up with the leaders of brazil russia india china and south africa all vowing to fight protectionism. and facebook makes history again with the biggest ever one day stock loss in u.s. market history. this is your business update on how an arm framed glad you could join me it's not quite a deal yet more like a truce but there's still a sense of relief in europe after u.s. president donald trump and european commission president. agreed to try to take the heat out of the transatlantic trade around the german economy misstating the talks as a breakthrough that could avoid a trade war and save millions of jobs the french government adopted a more cautious tone saying any deal must be limited and to benefit both sides. the victory lap has begun in the farm state of iowa u.s. president donald trump celebrated his new trade deal. i mean basically we opened up europe and that's going to be a great thing for europe and it's good it's really going to be a great thing for us and it's going to be a really

also the tenth annual brics. in south africa with american trade was high on the agenda. from moscow this international very warm welcome to you. u.s. national security advisor john bolton has confirmed that a second meeting between donald trump and his russian counterpart vladimir putin will only take place. after the russia witch hunt is over that's after us secretary of state mike pompei i was grilled in the senate over the recent meeting in helsinki between the two leaders of some air con reports has the president told you what he and president putin discuss in their two hour closed door meeting and did you did he tell you should we be doing as you put it everything we can to push back on likely election interference by russia where did the president say we're going to change our force structure in syria going to do what took place you speak to the translator do you seen any of her know that the president discussed relax relaxing u.s. sanctions on russia i understand senator i understand the game that you're playing now you know you know mr secretary with all due resp

led trade wars are pushing brics countries closer together. people have seen the vulnerability of just being in big trading relationships with only america only so i think that the brics lock is now going to look at further strengthening their trade relationships that they have i think the political rants of the trump administration has exposed you know what happens when america just goes left on you or turns its back on you in relation with trade so a lot of african countries are beginning to look at the trade agreements that they have with america and south africa in particular so people are looking for a place where they can trade where they're not being imposed upon in terms of values in terms of governance where they can solve to determine and america is beginning to look more and more like a police player in the trade market the american missteps on this trade war are really going to change the trade dynamics between breaks and the rest of africa on a busy day for worldwide headlines when r.t. international program returns in just. the p

has more from the annual brics summit in johannesburg. leaders from five of the world's leading emerging markets say they are united when it comes to trade they say protectionism which is being pushed by u.s. president donald trump should be rejected. what is constant is the flare up of geopolitical conflicts and the escalation of protectionism and you need actual is a better rickly effect emerging markets and developing countries. should. we must work together with the united nations the g twenty and the world trade organization to safeguard the rules based multilateral trading system liberalise and facilitate trade and investment and reject protectionism outright is the first time presidents from the brics meeting since donald trump threatened to impose tariffs on chinese imports economists say the trade could also hurt smaller countries. some theer transplants will stifle global economic growth leaders at the bric summit say increasing global trade encourages economies of all countries to grow but emerging economies could be damaged if

arguably debated food shortages after brics it brics nations wrapped up a groundbreaking summit in south africa last week what dangers lie ahead for brazil russia india china and south africa trying to forge a post imperial world free of u.s. federal reserve neoliberalism joining me from new hampshire in the u.s. is who else the former consultant lead to the u.n. the i.m.f. and the u.s. treasury john perkins author of confessions of an economic hitman the shocking story of how america took over the world john thanks so much for coming back on the show so back in your day when you were an economic hit man how would you have responded to this new kid on the block seeming to undermine or these threatening to undermine the i.m.f. and the world bank's supremacy you know i mean we had a similar situation through the soviet union it was on the same by anybody but there was a there was a balance so if we were to strive to hurt it strong i mean or untrue like let's say there were two or lundy or indonesia. their governments i turned to the soviet union. and force us to try to soften our approach

and donald trump agreed to work together towards eliminating trade tariffs plus the ten bric summits of emerging economies is underway in south africa with america's trade balls high on the agenda . there is four pm here in moscow you're watching r.t. international. now the u.s. national security advisor john bolton has confirmed a second meeting between donald trump and. me take place after the end of what he called the russia witch hunt it comes after the secretary of state was grilled in the senate over the recent meeting in helsinki between the us has the president told you what he and president putin. soon there too our closed door meeting and did you did he tell you or should we be doing as you put it everything we can to push back on likely election interference by russia where did the president say we're going to change our force structure in syria going to do what took place you speak to the translator do you seen any of her know that the president discussed relax relaxing u.s. sanctions on russia i understand senator i understand the game that you're playing now i know you

tariffs and he has become sort of a tool a diplomatic tool in his hands so now we've already seen brics nations kind of bonding even closer together in the face of this new challenge that they're facing and the experts that we've talked to that i've talked to at the summit at this point the leaders of bricks are very clear that we will not be in position to tolerate what is trade protectionism like we're seeing from the u.s. but also we're also looking at alternatives to say that i mean you have brics which is a conflagration almost forty percent of the world's population it's a huge play let's look at how politics has changed in the states they want to make sure that. products somebody fractured in america for americans and not getting goods manufactured outside the united states and brought back again exotic prices back to the united states the emerging markets are starting to see the dangers of. unilateralism collateral damage that we are suffering is trade wars we should talk about we're not the cause of everybody's problems but we're all being affected so we're not very happy about

tariffs and he has become sort of a tool a diplomatic tool in his hands so now we've already seen brics nations kind of bonding even closer together in the face of this new challenge that they're facing and the experts that we've talked to that i've talked to at the summit at this point as a smaller market we thought we started to actually be the most hurt in these trade wars and it's actually quite put an end that we consider what what will the brics become we have had moments where the united states was the protection of multilateralism and now it's actually the countries that have emerged protecting a rules based international order and there has been a bit of a figment of cooperation between the brics countries and the w t o and this is a an opportune moment for the pics countries to actually come together put their heads together and we strategic about how they will actually corporates in the w.t.r. i do expect a bit of coordination with just not the countries but in expansion the small economies if you look at our portfolio of businesses and we took a step back and we actually fou

to work together in the face of threats of tariffs by the us president which also reports from the brics summit. leaders from brazil russia india china and south africa say they are united in fighting protectionism and promoting global trade it's the first time presidents on the brics trade bloc are meeting since donald trump's administration said it was ready to impose tariffs on all chinese imports a movie karima say could also hurt smaller countries like south africa we are meeting here ladies and gentlemen. at a time when the multilateral trading system is facing unprecedented challenges. we are concerned by the rise unilateral measures that are incompatible with world trade organization. and. we are worried about the impact of these measures especially as the impacts developing countries and economies. the five countries in the brics block represent some of the world's biggest emerging economies more than forty percent of the global population china has a world second largest economy off to the united states but i've always found very little or nothing for the markets to buy and sel

leaders of the brics bloc of emerging economies are calling for an open and inclusive trading system it comes in the wake of a number of protectionist tariffs introduced by u.s. president donald trump or a metasearch has more from the annual brics summit being held in johannesburg. leaders from five of the world's leading emerging markets say they are united when it comes to trade they say protectionism which is being pushed by u.s. president donald trump should be rejected here. what is constant is the flare up of geopolitical conflicts and the escalation of protectionism and you need. better regularly affect emerging markets and developing countries. we must work together with the united nations the g twenty and the world trade organization to safeguard the rules based multilateral trading system liberalise and facilitate trade and investment and reject protectionism outright is the first time presidents from the brics meeting since donald trump threatened to impose tariffs on chinese imports economists say the trade could also hurt smaller countries. some theer transplants will st

but also we're also looking at alternatives to say that i mean you have brics which is a conglomeration of those forty percent of the world's population it's a huge player let's look at how politics has changed in the states they want to make sure that. products somebody fractured in america for americans and not getting goods manufactured outside the united states and brought back again exotic prices back to the united states the emerging markets are starting to see the dangers of. uni lottery's collateral damage that we are suffering is trade wars we should talk about. because of everybody's problems but we've all been affected so we're not very happy about it we're also not very happy about what we see as. the we did a distillation which is to rekindle the multilateralism in favor of unit. why we're not in favor of that this is a signal that we need to strengthen our cooperation. huge number of areas so here in south africa it's business and politics going together somewhat a decade ago skeptics were looking at the brakes and they couldn't really pinpoint the purpose of the book as t

it's the first brics meeting since u.s. president donald trump kicked off his trade conflicts trump has indicated south africa could soon face u.s. tariffs of its own all the more reason to the future of free trade tops the agenda in johannesburg. greece has begun three days of national mourning for the victims of the country's worst fire disaster in a decade at least eighty people have been confirmed dead a number that is expected to increase fires broke out on monday evening one near the town of connect to around fifty kilometers west of athens and another to the east of the city near the coastal village of monte blazes swept through the areas in just minutes taking a grim toll. only a few days ago glick areas celebrated her son's wedding here now she finds herself standing amidst devastation her house her life as she knew it in just a few minutes fire destroyed it all it's only when she returned that the extent of the catastrophe became clear the carrier her son in law and her grandson only survived thanks to her son he

to clear for me its commitment to the international order by doing so brics nations hope to bend the global economy in their direction that means development models and funding mechanisms aligned to their needs instead of those of western nations china in particular has good reason to prefer open trade it's belt and rolled initiative is connecting global markets the checkbook diplomacy behind it has been on for display in recent weeks but before they can lead brics nations must protect themselves against global economic shifts and domestic problems with increasing u.s. protectionism india china and brazil will rely on each other more the question then is whether this year's conference will really be about offering new vision or simply hunting together in tough times. it's the earnings season and there's been a dramatic fall in profits at dima the german konica said second quarter revenues were down twenty nine percent on the year that's even though the maker of mercedes then sold more cars and trucks dima said trade tariffs were partly to blame for the profit shortfall and this comes

led trade wars are bringing brics countries closer together. people have seen the vulnerability of just being in big trading relationships with only america only one thing that the law is now going to look at further strengthening their trade relationships that they have i think the belligerence of the trump administration has exposed you know what happens when america just goes left on you back on you in relation with trade so a lot of african countries are beginning to look at the trade agreements that they have with america and south africa in particular so people are looking for a place where they can trade with their not being imposed upon in terms of values in terms of governance. and america is beginning to look more and more like a bleak place in the trade market that american missteps on this trade war are really going to change the trade mix between breaks and the rest of africa. and still to come on the program here on our judgment m.p.'s are angry that members of syria's white helmets a self proclaimed rescue group have been granted

the five brics leaders gathered for a group photo but not everything went to plan. seven hundred migrants have stolen through a border fence into a spanish and clave in north africa we'll have that story when we come back after this break. join me every first week on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. see. around six hundred migrants of breached a border fence that separates spain's north african territory and morocco. i. spanish police say that the migrants mostly from sub-saharan africa turned violent throwing molotov cocktails at least thirty people have been injured it's in the cities or so to the leader of the e.u. is only land borders with africa and hundreds of migrants trying to jump the fence is that every year the latest incident comes just hours spain's foreign minister raised the alarm over the situation. this is more serious than the euro crisis the migration problem must be solved on the ground and the countries of origin otherwise we're just shifting pressure

the promises he had made before he was elected back in two thousand and sixteen speaking about the bric summit as a whole its main focus was on trade wars and ironically enough donald trump was the subject of that is well because after all it is washington that is so trigger happy on imposing new tariffs on the e.u. and pretty much all pleased according to you i've spoken to a number of south african ministers here in johannesburg i've spoken to a number of experts in the euro they've all said that well brics nations economies were in a way to a certain extent damaged by the tariffs imposed by washington but as always every cloud has a silver lining and so in this case it's the brics nations here in johannesburg. stressing how these should stick together how these should bond with each other more and work closely so basically these sanctions are bringing the brakes member states closer to each other and also are encouraging other nonmember states to dealing more with the brics nations instead of world seeking trade partners elsewhere so no doom and gloom here in johannesburg in these th

now thursday the main day of the bric summit was packed with action and of course to an extent you can use the word action in regard to a political summit well russia's president vladimir putin arriving early in the morning he kicked off his streak of face to face conversations with the south african president now that's way late into the night followed by a face to face with the chinese with his chinese counterparts and then all of that wrapped up with a tete a tete with india's prime minister now in between all of those talks and russia's president vladimir putin met with the leaders of other countries who are not part of the brics bloc among those was the argentinean leader and the turkish president recipe and putin's meeting with erdogan kind a hinted at the potential bromance the two leaders could be having. to do. such. kind of. to. look good for those who. remain in the union. so. we're live in special times and with donald trump and the white house being so keen on trade wars all of that of course couldn't go unnoticed here that's was the focus and i talked about this to quite

forum in south africa brics of course comprises the world's five leading developing economies that's brazil russia india china and south africa and given that china is now in broiled in a trade war with the united states it's fair to assume the president xi will deliver a robust defense of free trade and multilateralism which is something the brics believes in so he's going to be among allies and friends at brics africa has become hugely important to china it recently opened a military base in djibouti on the horn of africa where the united states also has a base china relies on african minerals to help fuel its economy and of course china is behind some of the biggest infrastructure projects in africa recently a new light rail system opened in nigeria that was paid for and built by china and of course china has hundreds or thousands of labor is in the country at the moment that's all helping china's g.d.p. but we are starting to see a push back especially in places like kenya and ghana a feeling that after the china is in a sense acting out of self interest and is becoming more and

putin says he is ready to travel to washington to meet don't worry trump he was speaking at the brics economic forum. reports now from the event in south africa. putin's media conference became something of a final note of this three day break summit here in johannesburg now the russian leader talking to the press focused a lot on what was achieved in such a short period of time here in south africa he talked about the deals or the agreements that were signed here but when it came to questions from journalists well somewhat inevitably the subject of his relationship with donald trump the u.s. leader came up there is of course in the context of their meeting in helsinki the question was basically whether or not latimer putin was ready for more of such meetings with his american counterparts and will answer was yes. we're ready for such meetings we are ready to invite president trying to russia he already has such an invitation i told him about it and i'm ready to go to washington if the proper environment for work is established in general we'll have meetings on the sidelines of other

the leaders of the five brics emerging economies immortalized their hand prints in clay they'll be put on display in south africa's creativity even claimed to see in what the oldest find of human bones are also exhibited. it's an image that says we act for the good of all nations that's also the message that declaration carries denouncing customs duties isolation and protectionism and promoting an open world economy. 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 the statement from china's head of state was met with a lot 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

it's the first brics meeting since u.s. president donald trump kicked off his trade conflicts trump has indicated south africa could soon face u.s. tariffs of its own all the more reason that the future of free trade tops the agenda in johannesburg. it's been a difficult day for fear chrysler today it mourned the death of longtime c.e.o. sergio marchione who died wednesday at age sixty six following complications from an operation of a charismatic former manager celebrating for celebrated rather for saving both fear and chrysler from bankruptcy marchione achieved his last major goal just before his death if you have crossed that announced wednesday it had eliminated its debts however marchione also left more immediate concerns for the italian american carmakers posted a thirty five percent dip in profit for the second quarter and scaled back its full year revenue projections. ryanair has warned might be around three hundred job cuts for pilots and cabin crew as the carrier says it might cut its dublin based fleet by twenty

trade wars are high on the agenda of this year's tenth anniversary brics summit russian president vladimir putin has delivered his speech at the annual gathering of the world's top emerging economies comprising of brazil russia india china and south africa as it is done of us following the summit in johannesburg. we're kind of midway through the main day of the summit that is of course today the leaders of the world's leading developing economies have signed already a joint declaration of the summit and now well basically the talks between them is in full swing now to trade wars are definitely in focus here in johannesburg after all bricks were created the with the idea of being a counterbalance to traditional powerhouses economic powerhouses mainly the united states now trumps policy on trade has been very offensive he's been imposing the tariffs and threatening with tariffs and he has become sort of a tool a diplomatic tool in his hands so now we've already seen brics nations kind of bonding even closer together in the face of this new challenge that they're facing and the experts that w

in south africa sumi because the topic of trade in tariffs has been getting plenty of air time the brics summit currently underway in south africa speaking out to the summit chinese president xi jinping called on all breaks nations to reject union lateralus and she also hear you saying the summit to further china's of trade agenda in africa. with his opening remarks chinese president xi jinping cast himself as the voice of global economic order. cheaters immune from we should be resolute in rejecting unilateralism and protectionism are promote trade and investment liberalization and facilitation and jointly steer the global economy toward greater openness greater inclusiveness balance growth and win went outcomes for all it's a statement that could come from g seven the group of mostly european and north american economies that generally sets the global economic agenda but these aren't normal times and that's giving new prominence to brics after all we present forty one percent of the world population twenty two percent of g.d.p. eighteen percent of trade at this point in time i think th

johannesburg day two of the summit is taking place with the talked expected to be dominated by trade brics is made up of the emerging economies of brazil russia india china and south africa china is urging the world's emerging powers to unite amid growing u.s. protectionism. with the threat of terror of all five leaders here at the brig summative said they are more united than ever before and they're going to increase trade between each other china is by far the biggest economy here and british and it has to basically keep its friends and allies happy one thing we see in the past few days is just pumping billions of dollars into some african countries namely south africa and. and a lot of people are now waiting to hear from the leaders how they plan to counter the u.s. plans when it comes to tariffs another concern about how the chinese do business in africa in particular is the issue of how they don't tend to not interfere in domestic politics and some people are concerned that if a country for example is accused of human rights abuses the chinese won't speak out against it another concer

and they plan to increase trade between each other china is by far the biggest economy here at the bric summit and it's among friends and allies but it has to keep those friends happy and one way we see that is in the past few days in africa for example the chinese they've been pumping billions of dollars into some african countries like south africa rwanda and a synagogue all those things are on the table what's happening now is that all five leaders are in closed door meetings they will be merged from those meetings and give some form of statement to explain how they plan to work together how they plan to counter plans from the u.s. and then of course they released a statement and science and documents and her it's not just the americans of course is it who have a particular problem with the way the chime in does business is others as well notably the european union countries have problems with the way china does business what about the other five countries that make up the brics are you getting a sense that they also have a bit of a problem with the way china does its trade. some peo

chinese president says there'll be no winners in a global trade war is verged the brics nations us brazil russia india china and south africa to unite in the wake of tariffs threats by the us changing paying of coal came with the start of a three day break summit in johannesburg are a much faster is that. leaders from brazil russia india china and south africa say they are united in fighting protectionism and promoting global trade is the first time presidents on the brics trade bloc are meeting since donald trump's administration said it was ready to impose tariffs on all chinese imports a movie karima say could also hurt smaller countries like south africa we are meeting here ladies and gentlemen. at a time when the multilateral trading system is freezing unprecedented challenges. we are concerned by the rise unilateral measures that are incompatible with world trade organization rules and we are worried about the impact of these measures especially as the impacts developing countries and economies. the faculties of the brics but this is in some of the world's biggest emerging economies

annual brics summit of emerging economies underway in south africa with america's trade. agenda and also to come this hour. i. i over six hundred migrants forced their way into spain after storming through a border fence between the countries. and morocco dozens have been left in. giving thanks for joining us this is our. u.s. national security advisor john bolton has confirmed a second meeting between donald trump and putin will only take place after the end of what he called the russia which comes after the secretary of state was grilled in the senate of the recent meeting in helsinki between the two leaders. has the president told you what he and president putin discuss in their two hour closed door meeting and did you did he tell you why should we be doing as you put it everything we can to push back on likely election interference by russia where did the president say we're going to change our force structure in syria going to do what took place you speak to the translator do you seen any of her know that the president discussed relaxing relaxing u.s. sanctions on ru