brent: i'm joined now by our corresespondent in washington, clare richardson.e know ththat kim jong-un spent four days in china. that is a long time, plenty of time for talks. we also understand that u.s. president donald trump was informed about this meeting by the chinese president. do we know what the chinese president told mr. trump about the talks? clare: trump says xi told him the meeting went well with kim. official reports we have seen from north korea and china seem to bear that out. they downplay tensions to emphasize a good working relationship between the countries. remember, china has traditionally been a major ally of north korea, but recent sanctions have really put a strain on their ties. the point of t this meeting for china a seems to be largely an effort to save face, to try and present itself as a relevant player in any y north kokorean s after south korea and the u.s. have been the ones making headlines. but this meeting with china is also likely to boost north korea's leverage in any possible meetings with trump. having beijing on their si

the aftermath of the salzburg incident and let's get responses from muslim and young here in clare richardson in washington the major had got storage in moscow as well as ben we got in brussels that welcome all we'll start with you simon young and then what is germany been saying about the four diplomats that it is to expel. well fool the german government has told the russian embassy here in berlin that four of its people of course a leave within the next seven days and it says that this is intended as a strong signal of solidarity with the united kingdom and of the determination that an attack on germany's partners and allies cannot go without a response at the same time the german government has stressed that it remains open for dialogue with moscow it doesn't want to cut off old toys and it's also linked to this action interestingly with cyber attacks which the german government believes have been carried out against german government computer systems sourced in russia as it says so a comprehensive response very much in line with what the british government has been asking for so for dipl

well i'm joined now by our correspondent in washington clare richardson good evening to you claire so we know that kim jong un spent four days in china that is a long time plenty of time for talks and we also understand that the u.s. president's double trouble he was informed about this meeting by the chinese president do we know exactly what the chinese president told mr trump about those talks. hi branch well trump says she told him that the meeting went well with him and the official reports we've seen coming out of both north korea and china seem to bear that out they downplayed any tensions to emphasize a good working relationship between the two countries now remember china has traditionally been a major ally for north korea but its more recent support for u.n. sanctions on pyongyang has really put a strain on their ties so the point of this meeting for china at least seems to be largely an effort to save face to try and present itself as a relevant player in any north korean talks after south korea and the u.s. have been the ones making headlines but this meeting with china als

and to do that tonight i'm joined by our berlin correspondent simon young and in washington clare richardson burns on the story for us tonight good evening to you both clare let's start with you this is the most severe move against russia that we have seen in the trump administration yet trump himself noticeably silence about this not even a tweet should we read anything into that. well that's right brant this expulsion of sixty diplomats is the toughest action the trump administration has taken against russia and it's a major turn from what we've seen and told this point trump of course has long faced criticism from both sides of the aisle that he hasn't been tough enough on russia for its alleged meddling in us in the u.s. elections and in fact just last week trump called vladimir putin to congratulate him on his election victory despite widespread claims of fraud so not only that but there was also no mention of this poisoning on that call to putin now the u.s. though is trying to send a strong message to say that this poisoning was not acceptable and that it standing together with its na

standing by with us here on the set of our business department thank you for joining us javier and clare richardson has the latest from washington and clare i'd like to turn to you first because this of course you are where this announcement has been made today why additional trade penalties for china beyond the steel and aluminum tariffs that he's already imposed and why now was there a it's a what fairly widely held view among business leaders here that something needs to be done about unfair trading practices by china and how it's flooding the market with steel and aluminum the reason we're hearing about these new tariffs now is because the u.s. has just wrapped up an investigation that it says shows the chinese state using hackers to steal business secrets and give american companies unfair positions in the chinese markets but what's controversial is that these sweeping tariffs could provoke retaliatory measures from china and ultimately result in a trade war between the world's two largest economies. yes so you know that of course raises the specter of what happens next and with that i'll turn

correspondent claire richardson in washington welcome clare those talks are said to have lasted four days what we learned of the contents. well terms of the news that he received from she about the meeting is that his meeting with kim went well and indeed the official reports that we saw coming out of both sides from north korea and china after this meeting took place really emphasized the country's good working relationship together this is seen as their effort to downplay tensions between the two nations china of course traditionally north korea's strongest ally but the past several months china's support for u.n. sanctions in north korea has really put a strain on their ties so the point of this meeting for china at least seems to be largely an effort to save face to try and present itself as a relevant player in any north korea talks especially after south korea and the u.s. have been the ones making headlines on the north korea question but what about the venue for these talks between kim jong un and president has anything been decided yet. well certainly the question of where m

the podium there at the white house so let's go over to claire richardson who's standing by for us with the latest from washington and clare we just heard that you know this announcement today is targeted against china but at the same time we've had news that the european union is getting an exemption tell us a little bit more about that. all right well to clarify the u.s. trade representative said today that the e.u. along with several other countries will be initially exempt from these tariffs that means temporary relief when the tariffs take place tomorrow and of course we're still waiting to hear the president confirm that himself and it's important to note that this is just a pause on the tariffs as negotiations take place that will still be a big relief for the e.u. as it's been scrambling to try and get this exemption in place before the tariffs take effect. and they'll be happy to hear that it sounds like they will at least have some reprieve while talks are underway and claire as stephen was mentioning a short while ago you know when we talk about trade when we talk about tariffs this is something that really play

announcement for more i'm joined now by claire richardson from washington and teri schultz is standing by with the reaction from brussels welcome to both of you and clare i'd like to begin with you bring us up to date on this announcement well sara many of the united states' closest allies are furious about this announcement the i.m.f. and several other countries have already warned this could very well start a trade war and the e.u. has already said that it will impose retaliatory tariffs on things like crim berries peanut butter bluejeans even kentucky bourbon so obviously this will have such a great big dent as the steel and aluminum tariffs but they're meant to be politically targeted at states with republican leaders with the hope that this could have some sort of impact on washington and force a change is tact. and you know given this terry what is europe or countries within europe the likely to make of all of because one of the things the trump said he said that many of the countries who treat the united states the worst with trade and military relationships are its allies that was a dig wasn't absolutely i mean many things about this entire pol

from both continents claire richardson is standing by in washington of next month has the latest from brussels where e.u. leaders are also meeting for a summit there in clare i'd like to begin with you because you are where this announcement has been made what exactly has been said good to see you sara well these tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum are set to go into effect tomorrow and we've just heard the u.s. trade representative say that some countries and the european union is going to be initially exempt now of course we're waiting to hear the president himself confirm that and it's important to note that this is just a pause on the tariffs as negotiations take place and they use been scrambling to try and get this exemption and they're expecting an official announcement from the president later today what we do know for sure is that within the next hour trump's expected to ask for a new set of tariffs against china to offset what his administration sees as compensation for china's unfair trading practices and china's warned it's going to hit back with its own tariffs on u.s. agricultural products things like sowing beans and pigs bad news for the

richardson is in washington and brussels bureau chief max hoffman is at an e.u. summit where european leaders have convened for two days to both of you good evening clare let me start with you trump made two major points today he said there had been a policy for decades of the u.s. economy being taken advantage of and he said that the main culprit has been and continues to be china what happened to those decades of u.s. companies manufacturing cheaply in china and selling goods to u.s. consumers at rock bottom prices. well certainly and from a statement announcing these tariffs we saw the kind of language that is typical of his world view that the united states has been cheated by its freeloading allies and that the u.s. is a victim of the system that created and so the trade imbalance especially has always been something that trump's been deeply opposed to he thinks in the case of china that its trade surplus is costing american jobs but let's take a step back and remember how we got here and you might remember earlier this year the trump administration said it was a mistake to let china join the world trade organization back in two thousand and one that was a maj