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e.u. agreed to an extension of breaks it until the end of october but the u.k. can leave the bloc sooner if parliament can agree on a way forward meanwhile britain's trading partners in the e.u. a grappling to prepare for any possible breaks that scenario. portion of rostered down is a major hub for trade between the u.k. and the rest of europe. the authorities here have already spent some one point five million euros preparing for breakfast at the dutch customs boss non-net found shelvin has been inundated with interview requests well we estimated it when there's a deal with us a trade agreement we need at least seven hundred to fifty new people that's because there will be a border here if there is no deal granted we will need over nine hundred new stop employees at the dutch customs. stores he is want to get a better idea of what goods are coming in to do so they're employing new technology including scams that can monitor the contents of trucks and trains. as europe's largest poor swatter downtowns afford to turn a blind dying to britain's upcoming departure from the easy you for some documents embracing digital innovations to the digital chain watch aleutian

e.u. . biggest trading partner as it is at a time as well when transatlantic relations are already stretched the u.s. steps intended to pressure cuba into giving up support for venezuela's president nicolas maduro is that people have the say about it. and we're not all that it's crazy they want to govern you know parts of the world they can ruin their country i live here in cuba i'm cuban if it all goes wrong in my opinion what he did is criminal because he knows how much effort we make how hard it is oh yeah we will let them take anything away. but this is one more effort completely cross-tree. trump administration attempting to push cuba as well as nicaragua and the country are those attempting significant change or sovereignty back it is meant as a punishment and will threat to other countries around the world that's meant to as a threat to the e.u. in terms of doing any business with cuba or when. is it going to change anything in cuba now anything in burma as well or is it illegal yes. a buyer lation international law on every level. the senior south african politicians being branded a

e.u. cuba's biggest trading partner and out a time when transatlantic tensions have been rising our europe correspondent breaks down the story. we're talking about cuba's tourism industry the tobacco industry as well as distilleries on the island all of benefited from large scale foreign investment and all could be subject of lawsuits the european union issued a letter from their top foreign policy person federica mockery and leading you commissioner on trade that's a letter to mike pompei o the u.s. secretary of state saying you follow through with this you courts will be looking at where they can punish u.s. businesses the e.u. will be obliged to use all means at its disposal including corporation with other international partners to protect its interests this could trigger solved if you don't cycle of claims that will impair the business climate without bringing justice to holders of claims or impacting the situation cuba in any positive way now the particular piece of legislation dates back to nine hundred ninety six every president since bill clinton signed it into being has suspended

they simply can't afford to loose so that for it is by far the most important african trading partner for the e.u. and britain with volumes totaling over forty four billion euros a year. south africa's trade agreements with the e.u. will be unaffected by brics it but once the u.k. is out of the e.u. or could questions arise such as what happens if britain leaves the e.u.'s customs union. the british impoverished. and. south africa. exporting. crisper through. three. there would be. a problem the big concert to solve africa south africa is the continent's leading producer of automobiles the u.k. and south africa have been thrashing out the question of which products will be tariff free for years but with little success from both sides are becoming increasingly frustrated about the constant back and forth philip the vet is following this story for us from johannesburg philip the thing is a large part of africa trade has been subject to preferential rates since the year two thousand and in that time trade between the two has shot up by over one hundred twenty percent could britain spoil the party. t

e.u. will be obliged to use all means at its disposal including corporation with other international partners to protect its interests this could trigger solved if you don't cycle of claims that will impair the business climate without bringing justice to holders of claims or impacting the situation cuba in any positive way now the particular piece of legislation dates back to one nine hundred ninety six every president since bill clinton signed it into being has suspended one particular part of it to avoid a flurry of lawsuits from those who claim rights to property that was seized during the cuban revolution in one nine hundred fifty nine and it's aftermath brussels is not happy about this especially the. extraterritorial application of the u.s. embargo is illegal it's contrary to international law i also personally consider it immoral we believe that this will harm us all that it will be self-defeating obviously this will create even more confusion more deterrence more confusion for foreign investments so why not just extend it no void all of these problems the reason for that is this has

e.u. is india's first trading partner but they both want deeper cooperation in key areas . useums were faced with the same global challenges. such as china its renewable energy and security. democratic india is jealous said illicitly to the e.u. in china they would see natural positives but the relationship hasn't taken off line. it's time for the free trade agreement between. european union. to conditions are right and the only ones to conditions are right. the e.u. and india are both strong supporters of a global order based on multilateralism and shared values and is now how it's promising but easier in india relations so far from tapping their full potential secret ingredient is missing to help take this relationship to the next level. and that is a question i'm going to put to you and that's negotiating watch secret ingredient is missing to bring europe and india into a level of partnership that would become in zero eight with their natural proclivities what a democracy is not a honeymoon couple of the more india at your level but to be in there and you know that we are

e.u. a brutal trading partner. let's talk more about all of this with valdez, vice president of the e.u.mission and a former prime minister. it's good to see you again are you surprised that the president is coming out so aggressive against the e.u. with trade? >> good morning. well, indeed what we think from the e.u. side that first it's necessary to avoid further escalation of trade tensions, and, second, it's important to stick with rules-based multi-lateral system and resolve trade within the wto framework. >> is it going to go anywhere? the wto may indeed back it we have to wait and see what happens. then the tariffs kick in do you ultimately believe -- have you had to bet that these tariffs ultimately get enacted >> first of all, if it speaks specifically on those 11 billion that were announced, this basically concerns one of the wto cases against airbus, and the size of potential measures however, from e.u. side of these things, the amounts are largely exaggerated. they are not the ones awarded by wto, and moreover, there is a similar case from e.u. side against boeing, so they ex

e.u. about his biggest trading partner at a time when transatlantic relations are already stretched the u.s. steps intended to pressure cuba into giving up support for venezuela's president nicolas maduro an expert on latin america we spoke to says washington's move could backfire. but this is one more effort completely cross-tree. trump administration attempting to push cuba as well as nicaragua and the country are those attempting significant change or sovereignty back it is meant as a punishment and will threat to other countries around the world it's meant to as a threat to the e.u. in terms of doing any business with cuba or when. is it going to change anything in cuba now anything in burma as well or is it illegal yes. a buyer lation international law on every level. in a bid to feed their families people or water in syria or accuse any season or prop of course but truffles which are considered a delicacy in the west are supplementing. becomes a big catch though the hidden dangers to this harvest and. oh. oh. there's a truffles grow during thunderstorms this year was rainy and many tr

e.u. is one of the country's largest trading partners let's go live now to europe correspondent peter all over your transatlantic tensions have been bubbling of late and much in this new development is not going to help matters. not at all this particularly when you look at the u.s. being one of the well it's the biggest international investor in cuba one of the biggest trading partners a lot of you money also canadian money in cuba is hotel tourism industry the tobacco farms and factories that are on the island as well as distilleries the sting of course rum which is quite synonymous with the island however those companies could find themselves well on the end of lawsuits from people saying that they have connections to the original owners of those businesses from pre-revolutionary times this is prompted the united kingdom canada and spain to go to the world trade organization and say that should the united states follow through on threats to initiate this this controversial part of a one thousand nine hundred six law then well they're going to try and push for sanctions or some kind of

e.u. leaders leak a chunk has described china and the european union as important partners or other more cooperation deals are expected to be signed during the summit as the trading relationship between the two continues to grow the e.u. is keen for china to further open up its markets to foreign involvement. will co-chair the twenty first china e.u. leaders meeting alongside gold and claude. well christophe kober from d.w. business is here to tell us what's on the table what's at stake in this mazing high kristoff so what are the main talking points for the europeans and the chinese well the conditions under which this meeting is taking place certainly have changed i mean the e.u. has changed its stance towards china china is an important trading partner so more coffee aeration is certainly on the table however they are the persistent problems of the past difficult market access for for foreign companies onto the chinese market the question of intellectual property rights product piracy human rights not least and there is a growing number of areas where the e.u. sees china as a systematic rival a c

e.u. is likewise a brutal trading partner with the united states, which will change. sometimes in life you have to let people breathe before it all comes back to bite you this comes just days after the president threatened new tariffs on europe, which is a long-time training partner with the united states these tariffs would hit $1 1 billion worth of goods -- wine, cheese, helicopters. they seem to be in retaliation for the u.s. claiming that europe was giving illegal help, subsidies, to airbus, and that was hurting chicago-based boeing the president seems to have a new trading punching bag, and it seems to be the e.u. >> now to the other side of the story, and that is the e. uflt sylvia is live in front of e.u. parliament in brussels sylvia >> good morning. well, the focus here in brussels has been the brexit summit that actually, i should say, the 27 european leaders alone with theresa may gathered here yesterday night for a meeting that lasted for about ten hours and the compromise that the u.k. is able to remain in the european union until the end of october. howe

partners of the u.s. maria: switching to china, there has been a joint statement from the e.u.hina, you agreed to cooperate in wto terms. we thought there would not be a statement, so what changed in 24 hours? the response to mr. trump? jo: we made clear to china this is not a feel-good summit but it is hard talk. we had so many promises and now we would like to see action. the joint statement is a success with the e.u. because china has moved. tona has not the interest have a war with the u.s. and europe, so that was good timing for us to tell them, come to terms, otherwise you get the same problems with europe as you have with the u.s. maria: i want to talk about huawei because they have been in the news. the e.u. is about to rollout 5g and there is a lot of money at stake. should a company like huawei have a say in european strategic sectors? jo: we have not excluded a company or country from our 5g network. germanyber states like and in a few weeks the e.u. the whole, we set up conditions and requirements under which company can apply for these networks. of course, i think

e.u. or his other pacific trading partners. likewise, the e.u. is looking to soothe over some relations with the u.s. and avoid tariffs on autos. on other industrial products. so both sides, they will be on this track towards negotiations, but we are still at the very beginning point of those. haidi: joe sobczyk in washington for us. automakers are pinning their hopes on china like never before as sales weaken around the world. the same idea. tom mackenzie is at the shanghai out of show. tom, for those that are used to the breakneck pace of chinese growth over the past decade or so, is this year sounding a bit different? tom: it really is. there has been such a crucial market for foreign automakers, the chinese market. in 2018, we saw the first decline in almost three decades and we had 10 straight months of falling sales. the strength of the chinese consumer and the market is crucial, one of the key questions that executives are asking themselves as they look towards the second half of 2019. we spoke to the ceo of vw and asked him this question,

e.u. has declared huawei safe as a partner and several european countries have already signed new five g.contracts the u.k. meanwhile seems unable to make its mind up with china is friend or foe lawrence lee al-jazeera london. thank you very much back at the top of the english premier league table with three games to go. they beat out rivals manchester united with two late goals up to halftime both sides were still goal or something but not a silver came on the score for thirty luisana a securing their second goal city in our three games away from securing the league title for the second season in a row barcelona the league of celebrations will have to wait a while longer yet on wednesday the nearest challenges that lead to go madrid defeated valencia three two. one griezmann helco to scoring to keep atletico in the title race if only by the slimmest of margins the nine points behind bars with four games to play. from next year we could see the spanish football season kick off with a game in saudi arabia the spanish f.a. are in talks with the gulf country to stage the super cup for the ne

e.u. china summit in brussels today could well offer some indications of where things are headed china is one of the your opinions most important trading partners commerce between the two has almost tripled since the turn of the century according to the e.u. statistics office that's mainly due to china's share of global trade and went from five and a half percent in the year two thousand to more than fifteen percent and twenty eighteen now last year the value of e.u. china trade volumes combined in a six hundred and five billion euros in brussels the bloc will be maintaining pressure on beijing to open its markets further the european union also once more action against product piracy and intellectual property theft something european companies active in china complain bitterly about now chinese premier league has arrived in brussels for the summit with a universe he has described china and the european union as quote important partners more cooperation deals are expected to be signed during the meeting as the trading relationship between the two has been growing mr lee will co-chair the twenty first china yunus meeting in brussels alongside th

e.u. has declared hallway safe as a partner and several european countries have already signed new five g.contracts the u.k. meanwhile seems unable to make its mind up with china is friend or foe lawrence lee al-jazeera london. and is a prominent of the headlines on al-jazeera three members of sudan's ruling military council have offered their resignations and comes after wednesday's meeting between the generals and a coalition of protest leaders and political parties their sides have agreed to form a committee to work through their differences. no. we in the military transitional council would like to say together with the coalition of freedom and change forces there we are in this together in order to achieve the aspirations of the sudanese people and to build a prosperous future we are agreed on a number of main principles that is first and last we are partners and we will work together on disagreement we have to reach a common goal. we answered the call for a meeting following the positive statement issued by the military council regarding out the meeting was pleasant and in the nation

e.u. has declared huawei safe as a partner and several european countries have already signed new five g.contracts the u.k. meanwhile seems unable to make its mind up with china is friend or foe lawrence lee al jazeera london well earlier we spoke to in a free the chief technology correspondent of x. here us and she says one of the reasons for the u.k. to allow a n. is that it is the cheapest option. i think there are concerns out there regarding the way at the same time while way has been a part of british networks in the current four g. networks and there haven't been clear problems so a lot of this is fear over what might happen or ties that there might be with the chinese government versus actual demonstrated harm one of the big selling points for awhile way is their gear is significantly cheaper than the competing products from companies like nokia and ericsson in the u.k. they've been allowed to do part but not all of the network and that's actually what's being proposed for five g. so they can do external parts like in tennis and the radio network but not the core networks and what

e.u. has declared huawei safe as a partner and several european countries have already signed a new five g contracts the u.k. meanwhile seems unable to make its mind up with china is friend of. lawrence li al jazeera london. take a quick look now at the top stories on al-jazeera sri lanka's president has asked the chief of police and the fence secretary to resign after security forces failed to act on warnings ahead of the easter sunday bombings which have killed at least three hundred fifty nine people the state minister of defense has blamed an affiliate of the local national tower we jealous that he described the group as islamist extremists possibly allied to an international network but also i can say is that this group. of some of the suicide bombers most. educated. and come from maybe middle of the middle class. financially independent. you know their families quite stable financially so that is a very active this is some of them have i think studied. the country. more than sixty people have been killed in floods and mudslides along south africa's eastern coast there were triggered

e.u. leaders he has described china and the european union as quote important partners more coffee aeration deals are expected to be signed during the meeting as the trading relationship between the two sides has been growing. now let's get some more on the story with our correspondents saying i'm so in taipei and barbro whistle and brussels barbara let me start with you the european union just reassessed its stance toward china criticizing its influence in europe and labeling the country a systematic rival how is this changed attitude likely to impact the talks. that is going of course to impact the talks because this is the first meeting after the e.u. really really is sest its relationship with china and its position towards china in the last years if we look at it i mean these complaints you already mentioned intellectual property so after dumping state aid that was hidden elect of france parents the like of market access i mean this long range that already has been there it's always been known european business always complained about this and now fine of the lead the e.u. has said we

e.u. has declared huawei safe as a partner and several european countries have already signed new five g.contracts the u.k. meanwhile seems unable to make its mind up with china is friend. lawrence li al-jazeera london well the race to lead the world in five g. is on with countries doing all they can to win so what exactly is it well five g. is as you can imagine fifth generation of mobile internet connectivity promising super fast data speeds wider coverage and more stable connections with development well underway five g. networks are expected to launch across the world by twenty twenty the u.s. and china are currently tied for first place in five g. of readiness that's according to a report by the cellular telecommunications industry association south korea sitting third japan fourth but there are fears that five g. could bring heightened security risks the u.s. has already banned while away from its government networks accusing beijing of using the advanced technology to spy well i'm joined now by john hemmings he's the director of the asia study center is the henry jackson society ba

e.u. has declared hallway safe as a partner and several european countries have already signed a new fiveg. contracts the u.k. meanwhile seems unable to make its mind up with china is friend. lawrence li al-jazeera london well the u.s. and china seem to be locked in a race to lead the wild in five g. technology so what exactly is simply put promises superfast station speeds why did coverage and more stable connections with development well under way five g. networks are expected to be launched across the world by next year the u.s. and china current tied for first place and five g. readiness according to reports by the cellular telecommunications industry association south korea is sitting on japan fourth but there are fears that five g. could bring heightened security risks the u.s. is already banned while away from its government networks accusing beijing of using the advanced technology for espionage while in a free it is the chief technology correspondent and she joins us now live from san francisco and california in a this is all happening apparently despite warnings from the u.k.'s

e.u. has declared hallway safe as a partner and several european countries have already signed a new fiveg. contracts the u.k. meanwhile seems unable to make its mind up with china is friend or foe lawrence li al jazeera london. and journalists a shot dead in northern ireland has been laid to rest in belfast the prime ministers of britain and ireland attended the ceremony as well as leaders of the main irish nationalist and pro british unionist parties here mark he was shot while covering a riot by dissident republicans who are opposed to the northern irish peace process that reports. a spontaneous applause for a local woman who died doing the job she loved the coffin was carried into sometimes a protestant cathedral in belfast her family a catholic but they wanted her funeral service to be of course community events you know it was a person who broke down barriers and reached across boundaries i hear that myself for much of my life because of what religion taught me about people like me. lire mckee became known for her work on l g p t writes the congregation in belfast heard how she'd be

e.u. zone in the north sea along with our partners who supply us with herring you could be from. dozens but the fact of the matter is that you can find dense concentrations of herring only near the british coast where the. supplies of fresh fish from the north sea arrived at the processing plants every day usually by truck via denmark. two hundred fifty jobs at this facility depend on a regular supply of herring. the fish are gutted to lade and pickled and then shipped to supermarkets. at this point everything here is going smoothly but the threat of a bracks a boycott has made the workers here nervous. so if. things are sort of uncertain right now. and some people are really worried. i've lived and worked on it we're going for fourteen years. i've got a house here. but i don't know what's going to happen within the next few months. inspire morning. and it's not just the workers at the processing plants who are worried people throughout the town of sustenance are concerned as well. the fish factories are a key element of the local economy and if the supply of herring runs low bec

e.u. has declared huawei safe as a partner and several european countries have already signed new five contractsthe u.k. meanwhile seems unable to make its mind up with china is friend or foe lawrence lee al-jazeera london. let me respond to afraid who's the chief technology correspondent at x. and she says one of the reasons for the u.k. to allow a n. is that it is the cheapest option. i think there are concerns out there regarding what way at the same time always has been a part of british networks in the current four g. networks and there haven't been clear problems so a lot of this is fear over what might happen or ties that there might be with the chinese government versus actual demonstrated harm one of the big selling points for awhile way is their gear is significantly cheaper than the competing products from companies like nokia and ericsson in the u.k. they've been allowed to do part but not all of the network and that's actually what's being proposed for five g. so they can do external parts like in tennis and the radio network but not the core networks and what's being proposed is so

e.u. has declared hallway safe as a partner and several european countries have already signed new five g.contracts the u.k. meanwhile seems unable to make its mind up with china is friend or foe lawrence lee al-jazeera london well the u.s. and china seem to be locked in a race to lead the wild in five g. technology so what exactly is it simply put it promises superfast station speeds why do coverage and more stable connections with development well underway five g. networks are expected to be launched across the wild by next year the u.s. and china are currently tied for first place in five g. readiness according to a report by the cellular telecommunications industry association south korea is sitting third and japan fourth but their affairs that five g. could bring heightened security risks the u.s. has already banned while away from its government networks accusing beijing of using the advanced technology for espionage. i spoke to in a fried who's the chief technology correspondent axios she says one of the reasons for the u.k. to allow for weigh in is that it's the cheapest option. i

e.u. has declared hallway safe as a partner and several european countries have already signed new five g.contracts the u.k. meanwhile seems unable to make its mind up with china is friend or foe lawrence lee al-jazeera london. boeing says the global grounding of its seven three seven max jets will cost the airliner more than one billion dollars more than three hundred people were killed when its planes crashed in ethiopia in march and indonesia last year the u.s. aerospace giant is working on a fix for a software problem that may have been to play. a journalist shot dead in northern ireland has been laid to rest in belfast the prime ministers of britain and ireland attended the ceremony as well as leaders of the main irish nationalists and pro british unionist parties the remark he was shot while covering a riot by dissident republicans who are opposed to the northern irish peace process now the reports. of spontaneous applause for a local woman who died doing the job she loved the coffin was carried into sometimes a protestant cathedral in belfast her family a catholic but they wanted he

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e.u. china's summit in brussels could indicate where things are headed beijing is one of the european union's most important trading partners comest between the two has almost tripled since the turn of the century that's mainly due to china's share of global trade it went from five and a half percent in two thousand to over fifteen percent last year the value of a huge china trade volumes came in at a combined six hundred five billion euros brussels will be maintain pressure on beijing today to open its markets further it also wants more action against product piracy and intellectual property theft let's go over to brussels to get the latest from visa lao correspondent there bob spring is here are you expecting any new beginnings as far as friendships go between brussels and beijing. we might at least then talk about some little flowers blooming on the branches because this was not the expected disaster that some had foreseen there is a communique that both sides are signing up to because at the very last minute the chinese brought some concessions to brussels it had looked bad but then in the end the european council presi