e.u. follows through on a threat to retaliate against trump's proposed import tariffs. the us president has decided to slap at twenty five percent levy on imported steel and ten percent on aluminum it's a move that could put thousands of e.u. jobs in the industry thout risk no surprise then that new officials have called transplant deeply on just the pm commission is calling for collective action in response. we should make it clear european statement against this. announced by the way the states because it's not related to dumping or subsidies cases is really to close a market of united states and this is the ruling of the double euro and therefore we need reaction from. the e.u. also considering imposing tariffs on u.s. steel in our cultural products rhetoric that sparking fears that a trade war could be proving. what is donald trump going to follow through with this terrorist's threat the departure of his top economic adviser gary cohen has made it look increasingly likely the former goldman sachs banker had spoken out against the plan but his efforts to dissuade the

e.u. follows through on their threat, and if we don't carve out canada and mexico and canada decides to sortretal -- retaliate, that eats into whatever extra money people were getting from the tax -- from the tax cut. how much does this complicate your party messaging? >> so look, republicans believe in the freedom to trade. now we believe you ought to be able to buy and sell and compete anywhere in the world with as little government interference as well. >> this is a lot of government interference. this is a lot of government interference. >> thank you, chuck. but to finish my sentence. >> yeah. >> part of fair trade is to make sure there is a clear and fair level playing field. and china has overcapacity, and gained the free trade system so it is important every country has remedy laws in place to dress a dress these issues. the president is using this remedy in this view hits that target we want to make sure he does. >> why isn't this just about china? and why shouldn't it only be about china. >> from a trade standpoint? >> yeah. >> with there is a couple of approaches. this ought to be

e.u. follows through on a threat to retaliate against trump's proposed import tariffs. the us president has decided to slap a twenty five percent levy on imported steel and ten percent on aluminum it's a move that could put thousands of e.u. jobs in the industries out risk no surprise then that you officials have called transplant deeply on just the european commission is calling for collective action in response. should you make it clear you opinion statement against zero. zero just states because it's not related to dumping subsidies kerry says it's really too close a market of united states and this is. and therefore we need to reaction from. the e.u. also considering imposing tariffs on u.s. steel in our cultural products rhetoric that's sparking fears that a trade war could be proving. now brigs it was never going to be smooth sailing but now the president of the european council has put out the strongest warning yet against british cherrypicking donald said briggs it will make trade with the u.k. more complicated and costly donald tusk has dismissed the idea of sm

e.u. lawmakers will be taking up this political crisis barbara vai's all followed an e.u. fact finding mission to slovakia and sent us this report it was in this house that journalist chick and his partner martina with home. neighbors come every day to light candles they are still shocked by what happened in their quiet village defect finding mission from the european parliament has also arrived to pay their respects this is really the moment where you realize this is what it's about. you know to to to work on the world where things like this don't happen it cannot go without punishment but how much political will is there to find the murderers and the people who ordered the cold blooded execution of good joke and again the same government that is facing more and more allegations of corruption lead the investigation the e.u. parliamentarians brought their questions to prime minister robert feed so but were evidently not convinced by his response there are so many allegations of corruption and fraud and criminal activity going around i mean there's so much smoke there's cle

would follow e.u. rules when it comes to any goods that are going on to the you however how it really is going to work there are many experts who are trying to to to square the sakho and it's going to remain one of the really really tricky issues in these negotiations. really quickly bear get trees amaze public image has been on shaky ground for quite some time what's the reaction been where you are to discourage speech and her position lately well people have definitely been awaiting this speech because people want to know what is britain's position and i think the reaction has been it depends on which side of the divide you are on many people have turned to twitter and of course those who want to stay within the e.u. think you know she hasn't really offered anything substantial new others pret city is can see that there are you know they have to give ground so do you really pens where you where you stand on breaks it get my ass in london thank you very much. the darker the night the brighter the ligh

e.u. trade commissioner will follow on tuesday and to give them just that extra bit of leverage for the top c.e.o. fishel half a list of u.s. produced items that could face taxation should the united states introduce new tariffs. the u.s. economic hit list is pages long and includes american favorites like corn peanut butter whiskey tobacco jeans and motorcycles products worth in total two point eight billion euros in annual trade says brussels the list as a reaction to u.s. president donald trump announced tariffs on steel and aluminum that the european union says flies in the face of evil u.s. relations. with the tariffs that the united states has imposed are against these principles of the world trade organization and they want to change or solve these problems by discussion if possible. which is why germany's new economics minister paid to it maya is traveling to washington on sunday followed by e.u. trade commissioner cecilia mines through both hope they can convince u.s. officials to exempt european products from trump's terrace now for more let's bring in brussels correspondent barba

e.u. has been temporarily exempted from the u.s. tariffs on steel president of the steel trade association hands reacted with the following the e.u.'s preliminary exemption from the u.s. tariffs on steel imports is of course essentially to be welcomed but it is too early yet to give the all clear large parts of the u.s. steel market will be shut off he said which could mean that the steel produces will now divert their exports to the open market the e.u. needs to quickly implement measures to prevent an imminent diversion of trade. it's the early shift it to some crops steel works and there's just one topic of conversation for those clocking in the preliminary agreement about the u.s. steel tariffs. we don't really believe it we know donald trump always goes back and forth with things. it's not a real agreement because the largest steel producers have been excluded and of course it's only valid until the beginning of may so nothing's set to stone on from my size for coming on of course. it's not a proper settlement is donald trump has clearly had so much pressure from within his own country for trouble from the federal reserve bank

which is why germany's new economics minister pay to it maya is traveling to washington on sunday followed by e.u. trade commissioner cecilia mines through both hope they can convince u.s. officials to exempt european products from trump's terrace. earlier i asked our brussels correspondent bob or over his all about the likelihood of success for the last minute efforts to avert these terms not very likely kristof because there has been a paper circulated by the european commission is secret paper but of course most papers here get leaked one way or the other where it's where it says that everybody who's flying to washington these days led to go off all hope more or less so i don't really believe that you can change things to friday but get ready to sort of get into the action and start thinking about the content measures and that's why we now have the concrete list off the table just across the board of american production and produce bought it targeted of course because if one looks at it more closely some states where there are republican governors and senators in place but there's a strong rep

which is why germany's new economics minister pay to it maya is traveling to washington on sunday followed by e.u. trade commissioner cecilia mines through both hope they can convince u.s. officials to exempt european products from trump's terrace and my colleagues in frankfurt is keeping a very close eye on that list any surprises there though. well first of all there are two lists part a part b. five pages each a very small attacks and part a has everything from corn crown berry peanut butter and votes and every conceivable iteration of right. various length with ratios specified and there's also part b. which has things like sun beds and playing cards so these lists monaco are almost comically specific but it goes to show how much effort is devoted to making sure that it's hard to make exceptions because of course exceptions would water down the impact of retaliatory measures and the point of retaliatory measures of course is that they're supposed to hurt. so what are the chances that people can do anything about trade. well investors here aren't really banking on the rosiest even though they

e.u. trade commissioner will follow on tuesday the clock is ticking do u.s. import tariffs on steel and aluminum could be imposed as early as friday the planned u.s. tariffs would hit europe's steel industry particularly hard germany's new economy minister says a trade war must be avoided at all costs so he's off to washington for emergency talks and says he's willing to make concessions does the problem with the current situation is that there is a risk that we will get into a spiral of uni lateral actions that runs counter to the idea of global free trade and it would mean turning away from what we have been doing worldwide for the last sixty years we have to talk to one another not criticize each other publicly we have to try to find compromises germany's pro-business f.t.p. party says trump may have a point it's calling on europe to reduce its own tariffs but i think he has legitimate positions but we contact set that he's addressing european protectionism by introducing protectionism of his own the solution should be clear rules open markets a new talks

followed by the e.u. and brazil china is way down the list at only a position eleven that and the impact on allies will be big europe still association says that it could slash american imports of european steel which is currently valued at five billion dollars a year by the way when george w. bush impose tariffs on steel in my. two thousand and two they backfired spectacularly according to a report by the u.s. mint factoring industry new jobs in u.s. steel factories created by the tariffs back then were heavily outweighed by job losses in other industries overall two hundred thousand jobs were lost in the u.s. manufacturing industry bush back down and pull the tariffs in one half after introducing them now let's bring in our financial correspondent only bonds from the frankfurt stock exchange only just very briefly hard markets reacting. markets are reacting negatively the dax here in germany where i'm standing here in frankfurt is going down about a half a percent and car shares aren't really all that e

followed by the e.u. and brazil and china finds itself way down on this list only a position eleven and the impact on allies will be big europe still association euro first says that it could slash american imports of european steel which was valued at five billion dollars last year and by the way when george w. bush posed tariffs on steel in march two thousand and two they backfired spectacularly according to a report by the us manufacturing industry new jobs in u.s. steel factories created by the tariffs back then were heavily outweighed by job losses in other industries overall two hundred thousand jobs were lost in the u.s. manufacturing industry pushed back down and pulled the tariffs a year and a half after introducing them. now the european trade commission is the syria monstre most also reacted to the u.s. tariffs taking to twitter she said on tonight's announcement the e.u. is a close ally of the us and we continue to be of the view that the e.u. should be excluded from these measures it will see

e.u. slap tariffs on individual steel products and followed w t o procedures and that's the key issue in the whole debate only in december japan the u.s. and. in the e.u. all agreed to a new chile to collectively tackle the problem of chinese over production and transaction has now put this alliance at least in doubt all right to get matches there from brussels thank you so much for this. and of course we wanted to know how the stock markets react because shares certainly have headed south in the united states in asia and also here in europe and my colleague daniel is standing by for us at the front food stock exchange daniel as the german steel industry taking the news well not positive at all monica the big two still companies to sin and good to have released statements so that they will have to wait for more details in order to really know how all of this is going to affect them but yeah many experts fear that steel exports to the united states could go down by more than fifty percent and many are fearing we just heard this from garrick as well then a possible trade war could happen inves

e.u. were to allow that at this stage, anybody else would follow. the french say, we want this, and the german say, we want that. this would be the beginning of the end of the european union. this is the line of defense,

threatens to talk government corruption allegations are in the gulf and the prime minister who follows the e.u. team sent to investigate. and veteran movie star michael carey is about to celebrate his eighty fifth birthday with a documentary about his life. we'll be here to tell us all about. i'm phil guy welcome to the program. us present. to donald trump saturday secretary of state rex tillerson the president broke the surprise news on twitter announcing cia director mike pump his new choice and thanking mr tillerson for his service cia deputy director general hospital is the president's preference to take over the agency mr trump has been explaining the changes. i've worked with mike bomb failed now for quite some time. to amend this energy amended in the last year always on the same wavelength. the relationship has been very good that's what i did as secretary of state i wish rex tillerson well gina by the way i know very well who i work very closely will be the first woman director of the cia is that outstanding personal also i have got to tell very well so i've gotten to know a lot of pe

e.u. countries would follow britain's example his response more than one but i don't think it will be the whole group. many thanks to you probably phillips live in brussels. there's been a major shift in the foreign policy agenda of the white house donald trump has introduced his new point man on national security matters while saying goodbye to the man that he's going to replace the u.s. president tweeted i am pleased to announce that effective april ninth john bolton will be my new national security adviser i'm very thankful for the service of general h.l. mcmaster who's done an outstanding job and will always remain my friend will john bolton brings with him vast experience and a lot of criticism the tashi good name reports. john bolton has worked for three republican presidents and caused controversy even among members of his own party now he joins a trumpet ministration apparently in turmoil analysts say bolton is a hard liner and donald trump is sending a very clear message by choosing him instead of a more moderate voice mr bolton didn't see a war that he didn't like you know when

e.u. member state and everyone who's followed european politics know knows that this is quite a long and complicated process there are many debates to be held many summits to be held that does not have to be the case here right now simply the four countries mentioned work quicker of course but there will be a summit of the foreign ministers of the european union to be held in brussels on monday and this will certainly biggest be discussed there on the sidelines and we might even have a declaration there as well the big question of course is will there be new sanctions imposed on russia by the european union and this is the tricky part the tricky issue we all remember the annexation of crimea and we know that certain you're eastern european countries are not very keen on imposing further sanctions that we will certainly have to see but what we have right now on the table is this very strong statement issued by the u.s. and by its major european partners here and what we also see is that they're able to speak with one voice when it comes to foreign policy yeah it is interesting. you know the fact that

will have to follow all e.u. laws but will lose any role in policy and legislation negotiators also reach terms on the rights of four million e.u. citizens currently living in the group in great britain but resolution has not been reached on some of the toughest issues including the status of the border with northern ireland negotiators are anxious to find a solution to brics it does not require the creation of a hard border between the republic of ireland and northern ireland which still officially is part of the u.k. removal of checkpoints on that border were a important part of the good friday peace agreement from one nine hundred ninety eight. and last time we met here at the headlines we reported on the proposed european union digital tax on technology firms like google facebook apple yahoo and some others well the u.s. . treasury steve i'm a new chin says the tax which would prominently punish u.s. companies is in retaliation to the trumpet ministrations plan to impose a twenty five percent tariff on steel

will have to follow all e.u. laws but will lose any role in policy and legislation negotiators also reach terms on the rights of four million e.u. citizens currently living in the group in great britain but resolution has not been reached on some of the toughest issues including the status of the border with northern ireland negotiators are anxious to find a solution to brics it does not require the creation of a hard border between the republic of ireland and northern ireland which still officially is part of the u.k. removal of checkpoints on that border were a important part of the good friday peace agreement from one nine hundred ninety eight. and last time we met here at the headlines we reported on the proposed european union digital tax on technology firms like google facebook apple yahoo and some others well the u.s. . treasury steve i'm a new chin says the tax which would prominently punish u.s. companies is in retaliation to the trumpet ministrations plan to impose a twenty five percent tariff on steel

is why germany's new economics minister paid to it maya is traveling to washington on sunday followed by e.u. trade commissioner cecilia mines through both hope they can convince u.s. officials to exempt european products from trump's terrace. and it's not just the e.u. which is worried now the most influential business lobbying group in the united states has warned donald trump against imposing terrace on chinese goods chamber of commerce president thomas donohue says such measures could eventually heard u.s. consumers and the economy is remarks after reports that trump is considering slapping terrorists on up to sixty billion dollars worth of chinese imports. shares of snap tumbled for a second day on friday that after singer rianna told her fans to delete snap chat the company's social media app spoke out after snapchat ran an ad for a smartphone game which poked fun at the violence you have endured in an abusive relationship she denounced snap chat to her sixty one million followers on rival platform instagram snapchat apologized and to down the ad but brianna few refused to accept the a

e.u. slapped tariffs on individual steel products and followed w t o procedures and that's the key issue in the whole debate only in december japan the u.s. and. the e.u. all agreed to new chile to collectively tackle the problem of chinese overproduction and transaction has now put this alliance at least in doubt all right matters there from brussels thank you so much for this. stock markets around the world to good beating following trends announcement in germany the blue chip dax tumbled more than two percent and for the latest let's cross over to danielle copas been keeping an eye for us on the trading floor in frankfurt danielle how's this turbulent day wrapping up. oh monica let's just forget about today it has been really lousy possible mix of possible higher interest rates and a possible trade war have really left shares dropping as the blue chip index tracks for the first time since august it has been under the magical point mark of twelve thousand points and even though the consequences here for europe are still not clear during most of the day there has not even been a single sha

e.u. leaders to drownd julie condemn russia if follows the nerve agent attack on a former russian spy and his daughter early in the england. earlier this month may also wants european countries to take action against russian spy networks the british government has already expelled twenty three russian diplomats over allegations that they were spies working undercover. russia staged a brazen and reckless attack against the united kingdom when its ten percentage the merger of two people on the streets of seoul spring i'll be raising this issue with my counterparts today because it's clear that the russian strategy does not respect borders and indeed the instance insoles free was part of a passionate russian aggression against europe and its new neighbors from the western balkans to the middle east. and for more let's bring in our correspondent mattis who is covering that summit for us and joins us now from brussels welcome to you garrick thanks for being with us to reason may we just saw there looking for support from her colleagues at brussels today is she likely to get it. a shallow show

gareth mathis following the e.u. leaders summit for us thank you karen. the brags that referendum us split the u.k. just about straight down the middle there are still plenty of people prepared to fight to keep britain in the european union including a self-proclaimed e.u. supergirl here's more is about love and peace and tolerance and these are values that we should celebrate. each pricks it's mine is my lady k. and i am the e.u. super go for me bret's is a national outrage that is going to blight our country's economy society and culture for generations to come and it must be stopped. good stuff i didn't campaign before the referendum and i feel quite guilty about that because for me i wasn't very politically engaged perhaps it was a non-issue for me i didn't think it was going to happen so when i woke up on the twenty fourth of june and i was like whoa how come so many people think this is a good idea. seventy five percent of young people voted to retain it's not a. future that our my generation wanted but the fact of the matter is the moment there are

will have to follow all the rules of the e.u. but has no voting rights in other words it will be a rule taker and the interesting thing here is that basically the u.k. has given for that transition period it's crossed all the red lines it set itself so the jurisdiction of the european court of justice will apply for that transition period all the e.u. citizens who arrive in that period of time will be treated as though they have arrived before the transition phase and also in fisheries no taking back of control ok now garrick so why this change of heart from britain right now. i think the simple answer here is that the cliff of threats it is coming closer and closer we're almost just one year away from it now people are basically asking if i want to sell a car from the u.k. into the e.u. after march next year will it still be possible will the legal standards be applied people have been thinking about booking for flight tickets will they will that be still be possible so a lot of questions here pushing the u.k. government really

e.u. states including germany and other western allies have followed suit with a total of more than one hundred and thirty russian diplomatic staff under orders to leave the move as a show of solidarity with the u.k. after the poisoning of a former russian spy on british soil but the kremlin insists there has been a rush to judgment behind the closed curtains for diplomats are clearing their desks but out in front of the russian embassy in berlin the ambassador remained defiant. you're hearing the movie the pain a bit vice. we still haven't heard any evidence we keep hearing the words great probability which of course does not convince us at all stanley vs. we are of course very disappointed by this decision and we are obviously not happy that our partners are taking part in this provocation by the english authorities. and. burn lynn says it's responding not just to the attack on former russian double agents script out in the u.k. but also to a major cyber attack on the german government's computer network. british investigators believe that x. intelligence officer script file and his daughter

of escalating the situation but we have to do that that is what went well paul brennan is following events the e.u. headquarters in brussels. the approach from here in brussels appears to be a pragmatic one of trying to work out exactly how donald trump's tariff imposition will work and whether or not the european union can negotiate for itself some kind of exemption from those tires what they're saying here in brussels is that the justification that don't trump is putting forward that there is a national security threat from europe or that the european steel producers are dumping subsidized steel into america simply doesn't stand up to scrutiny what they're saying as well is that it's not crystal clear how donald trump's door that's been left ajar to exemptions is actually going to work what they're absolutely clear about is that individual countries within europe will not be picked off by the u.s. for example donald trump appears to have a particular problem with german still produces the message from the european commission behind me in brussels at a news briefing which you've attended today is

e.u. websites. or we are closely following the ongoing developments in the hun falling diplomatic standoff on will keep you posted when more details emerge. highly likely that russia was responsible. all right let's turn our attention to syria where civilians are continuing to flee the militant held region of east ghouta through russia sponsored humanitarian corridors these are live pictures from one of the to escape routes it is still mourning there just after eleven a in syria but what you're seeing here are continually roots of people crossing into the government controlled area over the last three days we know seventeen thousand people and knowledge to flee this is some of the drone pictures coming from on top giving you perhaps a better idea of the length of the journey by these families and you know when we go to the other pictures and you see more of. a close up shop you're seeing a lot of children there are people who would never have been born in peace time they would only have known war and really these kids trying to get out from the terrorist occupation and that is what is occurring now it'

e.u, as well. the u.s. is definitely following on our regulators across the water. alex stamos? a name that has come up in the ast couple days and gotten a lot of attention. guest: sure. securityos was head of for facebook. he was previously yahoo, oversaw major data breach at yahoo. news broken yesterday that he people at facebook he's leaving the company. twitter and ook to said that is not exactly true, he's moving into a different election ing on security. we'll have to see in the doesning months whether he stay on at the company or the "new york times" reporting was accurate on that. a democrat, good morning. caller: good morning. two things. of all, my lack of interest of all things computers amazing. second of all, i was taught passing e i got caught a note in school that never write down what you don't want whole world to read. amazed at the fact that even what i don't want people to down in a diary on the computer can be known to one.body, number my second question is about last election.he i read an article that i didn't saying that they were looking at package of bein

britain and the european union have laid out plans for a two year transition period following the ukase exit from the e.u. the deal includes british concessions which will allow it to stay in the single market and customs union until the end of two thousand and twenty now the deal does not remove the uncertainty surrounding britain's long term status but it does provide businesses and residents with some breathing room for the next three years . a rare sight the two chief brags that negotiators were all smiles and feel of mutual compliments it might be to air the to call it a breakthrough but it is hoped it will prevent a so-called hard brags that what it will do however is a lie for a transition period until the end of twenty twenty thanks to concessions from the british. during this transition period person will no longer participate in either you decision making because it will no longer be a member of the e.u. as of march thirtieth twenty nineteen but it will continue to benefit from all the advantages of the single market and the customs union and it will abide by all. if you're not sure unique unio