the director of the center for international economics in munich good to have you with us today you counsel president on a task has called for trade talks and not a trade war what do you think is listening to that. well mr dusk is of course absolutely right and his message resonates well with business leaders in washington in brussels in berlin but i think i don't know trump is set he does not see trade as a is something where everyone can win but he thinks this is a zero sum game and that's and the india is a game were conflict can help the united states puts his priorities first so i'm not afraid that trump is a he's already decided on this now everybody seems up in arms about the import tariff say he's announced but looking at the big trade deficit with germany and the rather high tariffs on imports from the united states does trump have a point. well he has a point when he looks at cars for example the e.u. project this market was a terrible ten percent the u.s. has a two point five percent tariff on other products theirs is the same well you shouldn't forget that the americans still ha

so i don't expect mass effect but i have to watch the situation director of the evil center for international economics thank you for your insight thanks for having. let's get the latest now with our correspondent linda hong in singapore linda china says it will fight to the end if u.s. president donald trump follows through on his terror threat what does that mean well time actually has plenty of measures as well to fight back against the u.s. such as in the areas of automobile automobile imports. as well as chips and don't forget now china is actually the manufacturing base for major u.s. companies like apple as well as intel and one area that u.s. has streets of boston and that in agriculture and the presidency thinking from china can has already launched a probe into a u.s. exports of some of the hurting so i have been those target an odd across could hurt mr trump's support in some politically important farming areas and i'm tired can also have other weapons as well to such as non-tariff obstacles like safety inspection stealing cable essential goods to enter the country and it's also an under way

don't expect mass effect but we have to watch the situation there after of the effect center for international economics thank you for your insight thanks for having me now financial markets reaction has been sorely negative from wall street's to asia shares dropped significantly in tokyo the nikkei index lost more than four percent hitting its lowest level since october concerns among investors in japan run particularly high as with the united states and china the rhetoric is heating up between its two biggest trade partners shares in hong kong are down three percent as well. now for an update on european markets his brains are not alone from the frankfurt stock exchange now i see an i.p.o. happening behind you there but other than that i suppose the mood is not really upbeat yes pissed off about the i.p.o. of do you w.s. deutsche bank's asset management arm happening behind to be not on the most auspicious day of markets as you may have been noted with the european indices being solidly in the red that follows a close at a three week low yesterday following announcement they've clearly derived very li

economic fallout not just for nation to export metal to the u. s. but for america itself. the head of the international trade center around a gonzalez told our business editor keep movie earlier that trade wars can have a serious impact on domestic workers. and not always as intended here she is. last time the united states tried to solve issues related to a steel production in the us it was two thousand and two. you took a similar route a safeguard nature against the rest of the world exposed we know this because stage the u. s. two hundred thousand jobs. that he's a finger. this is the result of the measures that were taken at the time this is why we have to be careful not to there is no problem there is a problem in steel and aluminum. at the way in which we dress we address this issue we tackle this matter we need more jobs or less jobs that's what we should be carrying. he that full interview tomorrow at two forty five pm paris time. wall street taking a beating for the second day in a row is trade war fears humble stock indexes. investors earlier on shore whether or not donald trump would sign a u. s. spendin

for these two to say goodbye. and courage is the largest port in alaska and the state's economic center. he sounds interning here with an environmental organization he wants to learn to walk and eyes his work more efficiently but his boss only harvey is also learning from is well i admire its size humor because i think especially in our day and age we need humor to be able to guide us through some of the horrible things that are going down but also i think his depth of character and his integrity are they shine through everything he does including all the people that he meets. a thousand environmental warrior who never gives up even though his home of shishmaref is destined to disappear. and that the way that you saw shares the story is really compelling because it doesn't say we've got to throw our hands up how horrible is this it's you know constantly entirely saying you know we've got to not be drilling offshore we've got to keep fossil fuel in the ground down at the docks the viewpoint is quite different people here are hoping for a new oil and gas boom under president obama offshore drilling was banned

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