tires from metals imported from europe they're expected to go into effect on friday now european trade commission is to see a munched woman german economy minister paid to out my are expected to meet this week with that wilbur ross the u.s. commerce secretary a huge trade representatives failed to win a permanent exemption to the u.s. tariffs at the start of this month policy may make is to say they will take countermeasures that could damage economies on both sides of the atlantic if they do not get what they want now more refugees are finding jobs in germany two hundred sixteen thousand migrants and now in work and the need for skilled workers is so great to some employees a giving experience refugees a job even without the official training certificates you might think so what's that's a big thing in a country the place is so much emphasis on paperwork. he's only twenty four years old but already a well rounded craftsman use of also honey worked as a carpenter in syria for six years he also sewed in his father's tailor shop there he made everything from curtains to upholstery and even fabric a

up they're expected to go into effect friday european trade commission is the syria model and german economy minister peter my are expected to meet this week with bill wilbur ross the u.s. commerce secretary trade representatives failed to win a permanent exemption to the u.s. tariffs at the start of this month e.u. policy makers say they'll take countermeasures that could damage economies on both sides of the atlantic if they do not get what they want. german chancellor angela merkel said on monday she's willing to continue negotiations and hopes they won't begin need for retaliatory action the strongest in the group by using the opportunities of globalization for that to same time reducing the risks is something we can best achieve together but instead of that we see that multilateral initiatives are being questioned international agreements and institutions are being weakened solutions that have already been found are not finding support and unilateral approaches are being launched this is worrying. more refugees are finding jobs in germany that's according to official employment

import tariffs the european steel an alum in europe they're expected to go into effect friday european trade commission as a silly amount for him and german economy minister peter are expected to meet this week with u.s. commerce secretary wilbur ross trade representatives failed to win an exemption for the times at the start of the month otherwise the e.u. says it'll take countermeasures that could damage economies on both sides of the atlantic german chancellor angela merkel said a monday she's willing to continue negotiations and hopes they won't be a need for retaliation. the trolls in their group using the opportunities of globalization well that the same time reducing the risks is something we can best achieve together but instead of that we see that multilateral initiatives are being questioned international agreements and institutions are being weakened solutions that have already been found are not finding support and unilateral approaches are being launched this is worrying for missouri for vista coming clothing air traffic control towers without the controls everything. thank you very much b

european commission issued a whole statement that they will not negotiate on death threat but just this week the news came that the german finance minister is going to meet with the european commission trade representative and the americans to discuss this terror specifically and what i want to ask you is whether you believe in principle it's a good idea for the europeans to ask for individual concessions rather than trying to push against what you i think quite rightly term the us legal imperialism in other words should they be asking for a privilege or should they be asking for rules that are commonly applied to everybody no no it's not mix issues what you just talked about this terrorist trade and. we are. different with different countries the issue is is more fundamentally was a respectful national sovereignty or not and it's not turning point you know if we miss the point and. i'm not capable to show we must be respected then i think it would be very dead in the who for the future of the u.s. but mr bush when you say i agree with you that terror is a individual but at the same time for example the other day c.n.n. wrote an article suggesting that the way china can deal with its trad

trade war. the european commission insists the e.u. get a permanent exemption from the tariffs but are brussels course one of most often says that could take a new trade deal which would take much longer than the new june first deadline. reactions here in brussels are very enthusiastic about well the success of extending the exemptions from the tariffs on aluminum and steel for another month and the reason for that is of course that many here feel this is just kicking the can down the road and is not really what the e.u. wants officially the e.u. wants to have a permanent exemption from those tariffs like australia for example like brazil for example but this doesn't seem very likely at the moment so what they're trying to do behind the scenes is maybe sue the united states of america maybe giving them something that they want there's even talk of a teeth to plate remember teeth to that comprehensive free trade agreement that was in the works between the us and the european union but never worked out well it might be earth and light mea

. >> on before he goes over seas going to meet with european trade commission coming here to the united again they need because they have gotten a temporary reprieve, on the steel and aluminum tariffs for european bloc of nations those expire friday so a lot that this administration has taken on. >> no wonder down, then nasa. >> we have expecting what they call -- that would happen this week something pertaining to the auto sector. >> well past deadline that goes back to people comfortable with what we are doing with auto sector in that regard using national security issues you don't want to see that a tool going forward a lot of other issues. >> we should be clear they haven't slapped import tariffs on autos looking at it trying to use as excuse could be months out but by raising a issue verbally it causes uncertainty, in these markets, and you leave every automaker, people here in the united states kind of up in arms whether a nissan who is cutting production, nissan by the way, i think, 90% cars that nissan sells in the united states are made in the united states, let's stop making t

european commission president jiang says he won't be held hostage he's refusing to talk trade with the u.s. while it threatens the e.u. with tabs and if no deal is reached the task will be back on the table alast say now is the time for the european union to take decisive action the german government says it's julie noted the extension and expects the exemptions to become permanent here's what you had to say. to sort this we've taken note of the decision but i'd like to reiterate here the appeal for that exemption to be unconditional and permanent. calls. we believe that the measures taken by the u.s. can't be justified based on national security interests and that this should not happen between allies so we're calling plainly and simply for their withdrawal we shall continue our negotiations with the united states but we refused to negotiate under stress move official the negotiation. i picked up on the point of national security with industry leader. well as far as c.w. cio is concerned i believe that this is of the gregory open issue. telling people that terrorists are necessary bec

trade war. the european commission insists the e.u. get a permanent exemption from the tariffs that are brussels correspond max hoffman says that could take a new trade deal which would take much longer than the new june first deadline. reactions here in brussels are very enthusiastic about well the success of extending the exemptions from the tariffs on aluminum and steel for another month and the reason for that is of course that many here feel this is just kicking the can down the road and is not really what the e.u. wants officially the e.u. wants to have a permanent exemption from those tariffs like australia for example like brazil for example but this doesn't seem very likely at the moment so what they're trying to do behind the scenes is maybe through the united states of america maybe giving them something that they want there's even talk of the teeth to plight remember teeth to that comprehensive free trade agreement that was in the works between the us and the european union but never worked out well it might be earth and lig

he will get over this in due course in brussels the head of the european commission called it a bad day for world trade promising counter measures that could include retaliatory tariffs u.s. goods into the e.u. on everything from blue jeans to motorcycles what they can do we are able to do exactly. the same it's totally up to the it come to be she pulls you look through measures when it comes to. the crate france's junior trade minister promised a similar response suggesting the u.s. president may be misinformed. no more forget that issue comes a point when one needs to look at the figures and i'm surprised that maybe president trump stuff haven't shown him how much those european companies have invested in the united states created jobs that to assemble and produce that now those u.s. jobs could be at risk just as president donald trump seeks to fulfill one of his top campaign promises to protect the jobs of his supporters in america's steel and aluminum manufacturing sectors it's not just international partners criticizing donald trump's decision to oppose steel and aluminum tariffs on top u.s. allie

imported steel and alum in the from the european union canada and mexico the move takes effect on friday the european commission says it's a bad day for world trade and is preparing for what it calls counterbalancing measures mexico is responding with terrorists on american imports including polk great apples in steel. a close aide to north korea's leader is meeting america's top diplomat for a second time in new york their meeting is expected to. paves the way for a summit between donald trump and kim jong il next month president trump says preparations are going well. spanish media is reporting that a majority of m.p.'s are likely to vote against the prime minister mariano rajoy forcing him out of office m.p.'s have been debating a no confidence motion against mr hoyer after twenty nine people linked to his ruling people's party was jailed for corruption the main opposition says his policy is leading the charge it says he's lost credibility a court ruled that former people's party officials took bribes to fund election campaigns in exchange for lucrative public contracts. denmark is banning the wearing of full face veils in public from august t

watchdogs, the european exchange commission and future trading commission have opened an investigations of stock market volatility regarding the recent pricing in the vix futures contract. global news 24 hours a day, and at tic toc on twitter, powered by more than 2,700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. this is bloomberg. guy: wall street strategists have been left blindsided by the valley over the last -- rally over the last few weeks regarding the come back and growth outlook. said we should not underplay roles in the dollar comeback. a few days ago we talked about the impact in the treasury moves. the dollar could have rallied -- could not have rallied as much as it did without these clients. -- quants. the short position was maxed out around april on the dollar. rally,dollar starts to they have to trigger a bunch of stock losses. prothey started this buying cess. the data is about mutual, with someone to go. -- neutral, with some room to go. >> what is the positioning like? cta people are going to go with the flow, they are trend followers. but it looks like the marke

in due course in brussels the head of the european commission called it a bad day for world trade promising counter measures that could include retaliatory tariffs u.s. goods into the e.u. on everything from blue cheese to motorcycles to come do able to do exactly. the same it's totally up to the it comes to the three measures when it comes to its. credit france's junior trade minister promised a similar response suggesting the u.s. president may be misinformed. the comes a point when one needs to look at the figures and i'm surprised that maybe president trump stuff haven't shown him how much those european companies have invested in the united states created jobs that to assemble and produce the now.

so you know what to trade and well greece is a good book soft a painful recession the european commission is now commended the countries making encouraging progress on its debt reduction giving it a positive growth outlook good news for the country's coffers and the greeks you know lived in the shadow of financial insecurity. greek prime minister elections she press has good reason to smile he's receiving high praise from have the o.e.c.d. general secretary for his country's impressive progress and reforms even though they were not voluntary and sometimes against the will of the greek people resist reform efforts are paying off. the greek economy is growing again. we think this year it's going to grow at two percent. think sheer two point three percent. that's why the country intends to levy a program by the summer and stand on its own two feet in order to achieve these goals the o.e.c.d. feels that greece needs to use reforms to further reduce its debt members of the euro group have even hinted that greece might receive debt relief although germany would be against the move. british if a

trade with iran a bit u.s. sanctions european commission is triggering a raft of legal measures to save the iran nuclear deal after the u.s. pullout the european union is committed to mitigating the impact of u.s. sanctions on european businesses and taking steps to maintain the growth of trade and economic relations between the e.u. and iran that began when sanctions were lifted. and i guess the it takes a closer look now at the souring relations between the us and e.u. and the latest move by brussels. no arguing with it america and europe had something special a relationship unlike any other they did everything together condemned rogue regimes slapped naughty countries with sanctions even when they wanted to get we have a very strong relationship with our friends and partners our friends in the u.s. administration we have a really great relationship both rand's allies and this is this very special relationship this is us almost too good to be true and it seems it was money trumps all now that america has unilaterally pulled out of the nuclear deal with iran it could start sanctioning european states companies th

the head of the european union is warning the united states that the bloc will not negotiate trade concessions under threat. the eu commissionsident address the european parliament a day after president trump granted the eu only a one-month extension on steel and aluminum tariffs. he said the exemption should be "unconditional and permanent" and said it should not happen between allies. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at tic toc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 analysts in more than 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. david: robert mueller's and best hitters keep their cards close to their best but the special counsel could want to interview president trump on a range of issues and is telling the president it will be difficult to complete the investigation until he hears from donald trump himself about his version of what happened. we welcomed jeffrey cramer of the berkeley research group, a former federal prosecutor who comes to us from chicago. also.presented defendants advise donald trump on whether to go into a room with robert mueller and investigators to answer their questions. >> it would

hope and in the end they got what they had a bad day for world trade said john clune he's the commissioner of the of the european commission which handles and regulates the trade for twenty eight european countries and he said that they'll be acting quickly and in the next few hours to impose their own sanctions the british government said it was very disappointed and it's an understatement and britain does not escape the fallout from this the country's steel industry. exports three hundred fifty thousand tons of steel to america every year and seven percent of their total output and involves thirty one thousand people who are who are involved in this in this industry so this is a trade war well i think if you look at the headlines in the in the papers tomorrow in europe that's exactly what they'll be calling it a word from germany to it says that it will take its own measures and is in total unity with the rest of europe all right peter thank you very much for that we'll keep a close eye on all the developments on this story for you and bring them to you live here on al-jazeera now from new york to pyongyang singapore to

businesses who will continue to trade with iran what may have been the final straw in pushing the european commission towards implementing the blocking starch it may well have been these words from french petrochemicals giant to tell saying they weren't sure whether they were willing to risk sanctions by the u.s. total will not be in a position to continue the s.p. eleven project and will have to unwind all related operations before the fourth of november two thousand and eighteen and less total is granted a specific project waiver by the us authorities with the support of the french in your opinion authorities are speaking at a summit of e.u. leaders in saffir the french president emmanuel mccann vowed to protect european business but if the target of of them are getting new we will work to maintain the framework of the twenty fifteen deal in spite of the american decision and we will do so in a concrete manner by maintaining our political engagements by ensuring that our companies can stay in iran and also by getting all parties to pursue negotiations for a larger. dispensable deal but despite the

threat of sanctions against businesses who will continue to trade with iran what may have been but final straw and pushing the european commission towards implementing the blocking start shit may well have been these words from the french petrochemicals giant to tell saying they weren't sure whether they were willing to risk sanctions by the us total will not be in a position to continue the s.p. eleven project and will have to unwind all related operations before the fourth of november two thousand and eighteen and less total is granted a specific project waiver but the us authorities with the support of the french in your opinion authorities are speaking at a summit of e.u. leaders in saffir the french president emmanuel mccann vowed to protect european business of that of that we will work to maintain the framework of the twenty fifteen deal in spite of the american decision and we will do so in a concrete manner by maintaining our political engagements by ensuring that our companies can stay in iran and also by getting all parties to pursue negotiations were a larger indispensable deal. but despite the words from politicians

european exports to the u.s. and the e.u. is understandably outraged and the president of the european commission slammed the decision saying it was a horrible day for trade this is a bit. except that it come to me as you push you to look for measures when it comes to. create. thank. germany also commented saying it was illegal they also said that our answer to america first should be europe united now as for retaliatory measures a brussels has previously threatened to retaliate with twenty five percent tariffs on u.s. products like motorcycles in jeans a cigarettes cranberry juice and peanut butter and these sentiments from the president of the european commission are new let's take a look at what he said before. so now we will also impose import tariffs this is basically a stupid process the fact that we have to do this but we have to do it we were never impose tariffs on motorcycles polly davidson in blue jeans levis. we can also do stupid we also have to be this stupid. and trump has threatened or tell you to retaliate to that for any attacks on european cars now the secretary of commerce a downplayed the tariff so it seems that it won't really affect

threatened their trade access and the european commission has proposed banning single use plastic products in a bid to reduce marina litter and the plant products such as cotton bud some plastic straws will be replaced with more environmentally sustainable materials e.u. countries would also be required to collect ninety percent of single use plastic bottles by twenty twenty five by the appear of all supporters hope the band will begin before european parliament elections twenty nineteen those are your headlines stay with us arun al-jazeera now is next. the to. nineteen forty eight. four palestinians that you and or the catastrophe. of. when hundreds of thousands were forced out of their homes. for israelis that marks the closing of the state of israel. as a filmmaker and as a palestinian this documentary series was my way to understand the evidence of the past that are still shaping the present. it is the world is real within picture and it got it read. the original ya do it for a share of these their real jeffers being gathered in the groves of palestine for shipment already. images from

and then we measures.s trade we are open to discuss trade measures including improvement of the market and access from both sides. the european commissionent speaking to bloomberg talking about transatlantic trade and the and extensions are terminated between steel and aluminum. eu versus u.s. trade negotiations. boris johnson, the patriot foreign secretary gave the prime minister a list of brexit demands saying she has to take unionk. out of european trade roles in. >> the prime minister is a custodian of the plan which is to come out of the supermarket and to get on with that project with all convenient speed. that is what we are going to do and what people like argentina, peru, chile. what they want to hear from us is that we are getting on with it with confidence and brio and zach. we are going to get on and take back control of our territory. think that is what they are hearing. the prime minister has made absolutely clear that we are coming out of the customs union and coming out of the single market. what is entailed by those promises is very precise. it means we take back control of our tariffs. we run our own commercial policy.

threat of sanctions against businesses who will continue to trade with iran what may have been but final straw and pushing the european commission towards implementing the blocking start shooting may well have been these words from french petrochemicals giant to tell saying they weren't sure whether they were willing to risk sanctions by the u.s. would not be in a position to continue the project and will have to wind all related operations before november twenty eighth seen on list total is granted a specific project by the u.s. authorities with the support of the french and european authorities are speaking at a summit of e.u. leaders in saffir the french president emmanuel mccann vowed to protect european business but as it has it we will work to maintain the framework of the twenty fifteen deal in spite of the american decision and we will do so in a concrete manner by maintaining our political engagements by ensuring that our companies can stay in iran and also by getting all parties to pursue negotiations for a larger indispensable deal but despite the words from politicians in the action of implementing the blocking statu

it granted the extension last night to the european union, canada andmexico, amid ongoing trade negotiations. ut in a statement today, the european commission criticized the reprieve, saying, "as a longstanding partner and friend ol f the u.s., we wt negotiate under threat." the united nation's nuclear watchdog confirmed today it's found no evidence of iran having a nuclear weapons pgram after 2009. but the agency says iran did have a coordinated nuclear pgram before 2003. comes a day after israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu accused iran of ctiing to pursue nuclear weapons development, and breaking the iran nuclear deal. he provided no direct evidence that iran violated the 2015 agreement. today, tehran pushed ba >> ( translated ): we accepted to suspend our nuclear program on a condition of canceling all sanctions. and if the u.s. economic here would beurn, no justification in front of the iranian public opinion and the irani this deal.t to stay in >> woodruff: meanwhile, the white house says a "clerical error" leto a drastic change in a statement it issued yesterday, following netanyahu's claims. the initial release read "iran has a

trade war with some of the united states most important allies a claim the u.s. commerce secretary brushed off everybody. very firmly. with others who. are of. course in brussels the head of the european commission called it a bad day for world trade promising counter measures that could include retaliatory tariffs u.s. goods into the e.u. on everything from blue jeans to motorcycles what they can do we are able to do exactly. the same it's totally up to the it come to be. when it comes to its. crate france's junior trade minister promised a similar response suggesting the u.s. president may be misinformed. there comes a point when one needs to look at the figures and i'm surprised that maybe president trump stuff haven't shown him how much those european companies have invested in the united states created jobs that to assemble and produce the now those u.s. jobs could be at risk just as president donald trump seeks to fulfill one of his top campaign promises to protect the jobs of his supporters in america's steel and aluminum manufacturing sectors it's not just international partners criticizing donald trump's decision to oppose steel and aluminum tariffs on top u.s. . allies domestically mem

trade with a wrong despite the u.s. imposing sanctions the european commission is triggering a raft of legal measures to save the iranian nuclear deal after the u.s. pulled out the european union is committed to mitigating the impact of u.s. sanctions on european businesses and taking steps to maintain the growth of trade and economic relations between the e.u. and iran that began when sanctions were lifted artie's more against the of takes a closer look at the souring relations between the us and the new and the latest move by brussels. no arguing with it america and europe had something special a relationship unlike any other they did everything together condemned rogue regimes slapped naughty countries with sanctions even they wanted to get we have a very strong relationship with our friends and partners our friends and us administration we have a really great relationship blow through and allies and this is this very special relationship this is us almost too good to be true and it seems it was money trumps all now that america has unilaterally pulled out of the nuclear deal with iran it could start sanctioning euro

it will get over it in due course in brussels the head of the european commission called it a bad day for world trade promising counter measures that could include retaliate tory tariffs u.s. goods into the e.u. and everything for blue jeans to motorcycles what they can do we are able to do exactly. the same it's totally up to the big contribution to look for measures when it comes to. create france's junior trade minister promised a similar response suggesting the u.s. president may be misinformed. no more for the comes a point when one needs to look at the figures are not surprising. maybe president trump stop having shown him how much those european companies have invested in the united states create a job to assemble and produce. now those u.s. jobs could be at risk just as president donald trump seeks to fulfill one of his top campaign promises to protect the jobs of his supporters in america's steel and aluminum manufacturing sectors and kimberly joins us live now is how much concern is that in washington about how the retaliatory measures coming from what are actually u.s. allies how about cou

trade with iran despite the u.s. imposing sanctions the european commission is triggering a raft of legal measures to save the iranian nuclear deal after the u.s. pulled out the european union is committed to mitigating the impact of u.s. sanctions on european businesses and taking steps to maintain the growth of trade and economic relations between the e.u. and iran that began when sanctions were lifted the artes more aggressive takes a closer look at the souring relations between the us and the you and the latest move by brussels. no arguing with it america and europe had something special a relationship unlike any other they did everything together condemned rogue regimes slapped naughty countries with sanctions even when they wanted to get we have a very strong relationship with our friends and partners our friends and us administration we have a really great relationship both rand's allies and this is this very special relationship this is this almost too good to be true and it seems it was money trumps all now that america has unilaterally pulled out of the nuclear deal with iran it could start sanctioning euro

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only discuss trade barriers with the united states if washington does not impose tariffs on european steel anatomy and. the european commission is to taken germany and five other e.u. countries to court over air pollution the e.u. claims germany has failed to tackle diesel vehicle emissions since a push for cleaner air in two thousand and fifteen many german cities suffer from poor air quality mostly due to the economy's reliance on making diesel vehicles. huge clouds of ash spewing from hawaii's kilauea we will kill have prompted a red alert for aircraft travelling in the region the first such warning since eruptions talked of twelve days ago explosions have intensified with the volcano shooting and triggering tremors some two thousand people have been evacuated. the first urban case off deadly ebola virus has been detected in the democratic republic of congo the outbreak has entered a new phase according to the country's health minister after spreading from the countryside it's now been found in the northwestern city of ben dhaka the latest outbreak has already claimed twenty three lives the fear now is that it could spread

threat of sanctions against businesses who will continue to trade with iran what may have been but final straw and pushing the european commission towards implementing the blocking starch it may well have been these words from french petrochemicals giant to tell saying they weren't sure whether they were willing to risk sanctions by the u.s. would not be in a position to continue the project and will have to on wind all related operations before for november twenty eighth seen on list total is granted a specific project by the u.s. authorities with the support of the french and european authorities speaking at a summit of e.u. leaders in saffir the french president emmanuel mccann vowed to protect european business for the things that we will work to maintain the framework of the twenty fifteen deal in spite of the american decision and we will do so in a concrete manner by maintaining our political engagements by ensuring that our companies can stay in iran and also by getting all parties to pursue negotiations were a larger. indispensable deal but despite the words from politicians in the action of implementing the blocking st

trade tariff extension. in a statement the european commission says the bloc should be fully exempt from the measure because can't be justified on the grounds of national security. our next guest has a lot of experience in brussels dealing with trade do you think this approach from the u.s. which to me feels like a sword of damaclese hanging over the european bloc, do you think that will ever win people over >> can i apologize for my voice, because i developed a heavy cold overnight, but i'll do my best i'm not sure it's even as determined as a sword of damaclese. i think president trump didn't want to insult president macron and chancellor merkel but imposing the tariffs when they hardly got on their planes home. in fact, this month's postponement doesn't alter anything it kicks the can down the road >> allows him to save face more. >> it doesn't allow him to underline the issues >> you spent years working on bilateral trade issues when you look at the current u.s. administration's approach to tariffs do you think the uk will have an easy ride when it comes to negotiating a trade deal after brek brexit? >>

the president'smission cabinet from 1999 to 2000, secretary general of the european commission, 2000 to 2005. he has extensive trade experience as director general of trade, and chief negotiator for the dohan development around. he oversaw the launch of a number of free trade agreements, including the eu's agreement with south korea. before joining the commission he started his career three decades ago, not five, with the irish development -- department of foreign affairs and trade. 17977-1979. i get to moderate this discussion about the jcpoa and other issues affecting the alliance, and to learn from it. many of you know i call this place and intellectual candy store. well, welcome inside. for cathyt question ashton on iran. havshat the united states withdrawn from the jcpoa, what is its future? can't survive without u.s. participation? as the eu received an indicator of iran's intention to remain in the agreement? ,aroness ashton: first of all sitting next to david o'sullivan i feel quite honored. he is somebody a great eminence. i can say that. me, dare iwork with say for me, although it never felt like that. ja

europeans are also upset. germany's called the tariffs unlawful. and here's the president of the eu commission. this is a bad day for world trade. cannot react to that without a kind of reaction, so we will immediately introduce a settlement dispute on the wto level and will announce in the next coming hours counterbalancing measures. what they can do, we are able to do exactly the same. it is totally unacceptable that a country is imposing unilateral measures when it comes to trade. a very angryjean—claude juncker. he also said the eu had "no choice" but to bring a case before the world trade organization — and impose duties on us imports. kim gittleson is in new york. why did the us decide to press ahead with this? strong words like that, it is america already than when this far, so america already than when this far, so let me take you back in time to early march when these tariffs were announced as they will give a sense of why the us felt it was justified in imposing these tariffs. they did a section 232 investigation, they we re a section 232 investigation, they were trying to figure out whether domestic steel and aluminiu

the rules of world trade through a multilateral negotiation and that's the european mission the e.u. generates twenty six million tonnes of plastic waste every year now the commission has drawn up a battle plan plastic straws could become a thing of the past and member states may have to pay a fee for every kilogram of plastic waste they don't recycle. the new rules would prohibit plastic straws cutlery and plates among other items all are difficult to recycle and frequently appears litter it would also encourage countries to reduce the use of plastic food and drink containers and producers of fishing gear would have to contribute to waist costs many non-plastic alternatives are already on the market commissioners emphasized although they said nothing to differences in price the proposals were instead framed as a moral imperative that outweighed a limited business impact there will be extra cost. but the extra cost is much lower than the benefits of full sight plastic bottles would not be banned under the new rules but the minimum recycling rate for member countries would be raised to ninety percent of all bottles produced by two thousand and twenty five commission

the european commission president, jean—claude juncker, called it a bad day for world trade. a penny on each of those. in terms of an automobile, it is also a fraction of 1% and for the economy over all, it's a very small fraction of 1%. stephen kinnock is mp for aberavon, which is the home to port talbot steelworks. he's in swansea for us. thank you for being with us. what is your view of these new tariffs and how damaging do you think they will be to the british steel industry? this is deeply worrying news and potentially very damaging for the british steel industry about 14% of oui’ british steel industry about 14% of our steel goes to the us. we have had a tough two years in port talbot, but we are getting out of woods. the situation though is still fragile and i'm worried that these ta riffs fragile and i'm worried that these tariffs could tip us back into the crisis. they're also self defeating when george bush introduced tariffs in 2002 it led to the destruction of 200,000 jobs in america and bush had to do 200,000 jobs in america and bush had todoa 200,000 jobs in ame

threat of sanctions against businesses who will continue to trade with iran what may have been the final straw in pushing the european commission towards implementing the blocking starch it may well have been these words from french petrochemicals giant to tell saying they weren't sure whether they were willing to risk sanctions by the u.s. would not be in a position to continue the project and will have to on wind all related operations before for november twenty eighth seen on list total is granted a specific project by the u.s. authorities with the support of the french and european authorities are speaking at a summit of e.u. leaders in saffir the french president emmanuel mccann vowed to protect european business but is a fear that we will work to maintain the framework of the twenty fifteen deal in spite of the american decision and we will do so in a concrete manner by maintaining our political engagements by ensuring that our companies can stay in iran and also by getting all parties to pursue negotiations were a larger. indispensable deal but despite the words from politicians in the action of implementing the blocking

threat of sanctions against businesses who will continue to trade with iran what may have been but final straw and pushing the european commission towards implementing the blocking start shit may well have been these words from the french petrochemicals giant to tell saying they weren't sure whether they were willing to risk sanctions by the u.s. will not be in a position to continue the project and will have to on wind all related or bridge before for november twenty eighth seen on list total is granted a specific project by the u.s. authorities with the support of the french and european authorities speaking at a summit of e.u. leaders in saffir the french president emmanuel mccann vowed to protect european business but is a fear that we will work to maintain the framework of the twenty fifteen deal in spite of the american decision and we will do so in a concrete manner by maintaining our political engagements by ensuring that our companies can stay in iran and also by getting all parties to pursue negotiations for a larger. indispensable deal but despite the words from politicians in the action of implementing the blocking s

course of the of that sector now the president of the european commission john claude younker he has called this decision a horrible day for trade let's take a listen. just visit but. totally unacceptable that it can't push you look at measures when it comes to. crit. in has also vowed a swift response saying that counter measures will kick in within hours he's also vowing to put the matter to the world trade organization because they are responsible for settling trade disputes and settlements of course i mentioned germany before will they have reacted to the news the german foreign minister has also slammed the decision calling it illegal he's vowing a united response saying our answer to america first can only be europe united the french president emanuel micron has also slammed the decision calling it illegal strong reactions as you can see all round lots of unhappy countries there we've heard previously heard from brussels they've promised to retaliate to america's protectionist steps with its own twenty five percent terrorists on various produce including motorcycles jean cigarettes cranberry juice and peanut butter his you

have the task of the european commission to protect our european businesses, especially our small to medium enterprises. statute wase created in 1996 to circumvent washington's tradembargo on cuba. while it was never officially put in effect. courts from complying with foreign sanctions laws and nullifies court judgments based on such laws within the u.n. -- within the eu . but secondary sanctions would put the u.s. financial system off-limits to companies doing business in iran. giant toad tell says without a u.s. waiver it will withdraw from the project. over 35% of its stock is held gl by u.s. shareholders and 10% u.s. assets, it cannot afford to lose america as a business partner. >> we will see if we can give small and medium-sized companies some relief. but i think we cannot and must not create illusions. the u.s. is said to begin reinstating sanctions with companies that do business with ron -- with iran with a 180 days. shona: donald trump sought to reassure his north korean counterpart about fears similar those of affecting libya. kim jong-un canceled a high level meeting with the south, but trump says that to his knowledge, the meeting is still on. hasid