the european union is waking up to an economic gut punch just a few hours ago the united states impose tariffs on steel and aluminum on the european union it's doing the same for canada and mexico negotiations in paris to avert the tariffs failed and now all three are vowing to retaliate with countermeasures against u.s. products the standoff has sparked fears of a global trade war. canada is the largest exporter of steel and aluminum to the u.s. both metals are critical for the american defense industry with applications in aircraft and tanks in canada could be considered a national security threat to the united states is inconceivable the northern neighbor says it will now impose proportional import tariffs on u.s. products as diverse as yogurt coffee washing machines and lawn mowers. to the south mexico has promised its own tariffs on u.s. products like lamps pork and flat steel. across the atlantic representatives of europe strongest economy and export leader germany reacted with similar frustration . to. the decision by the us government is wrong it is harmful for europe as well as for the united states. in brussels they were already drawing up a list of retaliatory measur

the united states has announced it will impose aluminum and steel tariffs on the european union mexico and canada the punitive measures are to immediately take effect after last ditch talks in paris broke tying european commission president sean claude said that europe will respond with countermeasures. for its at least right wing lead and populist five star movement say they've reached a deal to form a new government it will be led by a law professor just say he will be sworn in on friday.

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the canadian prime minister, along with the european union, mexico really pushed back on this.a surprise. and we heard reports that the meetings with trudeau and the other g7 members and trump, trudeau was rather direct. >> yeah. >> with the president. even though cordial. so, yeah, i would have -- from what i know, i wouldn't say these are false statements. it seems to lionel up with trudeau's rhetoric in the past. >> you know, i don't know if we have that picture, but it's not only the leader of canada. and, you know, when we first saw this coming from at least the press office, from angela merkel's press office. >> right. >> specifically, the leader of germany. if we've got that picture, it would be great to put it up. because i think it echoes the very strength and very approach that you're talking about, julia. but coming in a picture from germany instead. yeah, that's it right there, sean. >> right. >> and when you saw that, sean, this does, doesn't it -- it's very similar, what germany and what canada is saying but in different ways. we're standing up to the united state

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the united states has announced it will impose aluminum and steel tariffs on the european union mexico and canada the punitive measures are to immediately take effect after last ditch talks in paris broke dying european commission president john claude said that europe will respond with countermeasures. it's a these right wing lead and populist five star movement see they've reached a deal to form a new government it will be led by law professor giuseppe cons to who will be sworn in on friday.

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tariffs on steel and many and ports the trumpeter ministration refused to exempt the european union canada and mexico they're now fears the decision could spark a global trade war committee how could reports from washington. u.s. commerce secretary wilbur ross made the announcement from paris where he was attending an annual trade forum. tariffs of twenty five percent on steel and ten percent on aluminum imports into the united states from canada mexico and the european union all go into effect friday. the move potentially sets in motion a trade war with some of the united states' most important allies a claim the u.s. commerce secretary brushed off everybody has a remeron and very firmly every country does with others whose loathing we are to. 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 you or through measures whe

the us has slapped steep tariffs on metal it imports from key allies, including the european union, canada and mexico. the trump administration says the levies are needed to protect national security, while the countries on the receiving end of the measures have promised to retaliate. from new york, the bbc‘s paul blake. all smiles for the camera, but behind closed doors are simmering family feud. just a day after meeting european leaders in paris, us commerce secretary wilbur ross slapped europe, canada and mexico with harsh tariffs on steel and aluminium. everybody has spat is every now and again. every family does, every country does with others. there is nothing weird about that. i think everybody will get over this in due course. in due course, maybe, but not today. mexico and canada immediately slapped back, announcing their own levies on american goods, and europe is promising to follow suit. 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 world trade. the trump administration says the us can't be

formally imposing tariffs on three of america's biggest trading partners alallies, canada, mexico and the european unionboth mexico and the european union say they will in fact retaliate. >> canada is already threatening to retaliate. >> let me be clear, these tariffs are totally unacceptable. we have to believe that, at some point, common sense will prevail. but we see no sign of that in this action today by the u.s. administration. >> trevor: damn. you may not have picked it up, but that's canadian for you mother ( bleep )! ( laughter ) that's what that is. i mean, you could see how subtle he was. he's like, we, we hope common sense will prevail, but this is trump. and you can tell this thing is going to get ugly. i mean, not. this this would never get ugly. look at those eyes. i mean, damn. i wish that canadian would mount me. i mean, look at that. ( laughter ) yeah, you think i'm joking, but it's true, though. it is. ( laughter ) so welcome to 2018, where america is now beefing with canada, but is somehow making friends with north korea. and speaking of welcome to 2018, yesterday kim kardashian made

percent on steel and ten percent on aluminum imports into the united states from canada mexico and the european union all go into effect friday the move potentially sets in motion a trade war with some of the united states most important allies a claim the u.s. commerce secretary brushed off everybody has a remeron again very firmly every country does with others is one thing weird about . the 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 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 the letter of measures when it comes to its. credit france's jr 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 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 t

obviously the white house comes out and surprisingly announces new tariffs on the european union, mexicoand canada. the three big u.s. allies. it set off alarm bells with republicans. for republicans who have really been supportive of the president, this is one issue where they seem unafraid to go after him and say, you're wrong on this and take issue with the white house. most of them do not like this. they were taken aback just like they were with the 100 billion threat against china. they liked the threat obviously back then. they don't like it now that it seems to be real. we will have to wait and see what happens. >> i began my show on friday, i hate these tariffs. i began by reading "the wall street journal" editorial, a complete takedown of the theory and practice of tariffs. it's bad politics, bad economics. but the president, i'm told repeatedly by all of my friends, has been a protectionist as long as he has been known by new yorkers. who is going to win this? >> it is a bad time for republicans, as as they want to run on the economy in november. that's their big message. tax c

european union countries. we've got china. we've got mexico, but then canada. to be sort of attacking on either side because justin trudeau had harsh words for the president. president had harsh words for trudeau. july 1st is canada day, and as you look at what canada expects to do on that day. they are ready. they will slap tariffs on everything. i saw a headline in a canadian newspaper, i was in manitoba and the headline said july 1st, slap headlines on gerkens and strawberry jam. who knows? it may be ouch canada versus o, canada, right? reporter: you can add inflatable rafts will have tariffs on that day. i talked to a number of business executives who do business in canada and businesses of canadian companies and maybe understand why the u.s. wants to come back and try and level the playing field when you look at the tariffs here. but don't like the way in which this is happening, that's what set them off. >> let's keep in mind, canada, when it looks it, they've got the $8 billion deficit with the u.s. we've got the $8 billion surplus with canada. we do bet

the united states has announced it will impose aluminum and steel tariffs on the european union mexico and canada the punitive measures are to immediately take effect after last ditch talks in paris broke die in european commission president john claud said that europe will respond with countermeasures. it to these right wing lead and populist five star movement see they've reached a deal to form a new government it will be led by a law professor just say he will be sworn in on friday.

already angered his allies by slapping tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from canada the european union and mexico and he used the g seven meeting to demand better trade deals for the u.s. while warning against retaliation over the sale here to make it a mistake because you see we have a tremendous trade imbalance so when we try and bring our piece up a little bit so that it's not so bad and then they go up right the difference is they do so much more business with those than we do with them that we can't lose that you understand we can't listen and with that trump left the show five hours early but even with his warning in mind justin trudeau still felt obliged to promise his own retaliatory tariffs. i highlighted directly to the president that canadians did not take it lightly. that the united states has moved forward with significant tariffs on are still an aluminum industry particularly did not take lightly the fact that it's based on a national security reason that its kind of insulting. those comments infuriated president trump he tweeted from on board air force one that he would no longer e

steve absolutely eve absolutely and you know china and the and you know china and the european union canada mexico the european union canada mexico the. separate separate this is separate issues really separate issues really and i think the ultimate goal is that china i think the ultimate goal is that are to bring down the three hundred fifty dead or to bring down the three hundred fifty fifty billion dollar trade debt of fifty billion dollars trade deficit that we have with china but also said that we have with china but also to get them to stop stealing our intellectual get them to stop stealing our intellectual property and probably pretty and treat treaty just more and more fairly early in the in that respect spec so i think that's part so i think that's of a grand squat of a grand scheme plus plus as if you're a political consultant considered. iterations beads beyond trade in economics that china trade in economics that china plays into into as far as as far as canada and mexico and mexico especially canada the canada and the european union that are there and the european union are really in

is challenging its historical closest allies, canada, european union, mexico.move could trigger retaliatory measures, potentially a trade war. generally, more generally, could lead to a new global order, which is hardly an order, which is more fragmented, and which is clearly more vulnerable to conflicts. >> so the ostensible reason for these tariffs was to do with overabundance of steel in particular on the global market and the impact that that was having on u.s. producers a lot of that oversupply comes from china is there a reason to think this decision will impact china if the europeans are going to say we'll put up our own safe guard measures to avoid excess capacity being dumped on our shows. we heard that for three months, it might take time, the commission will examine that, is there a change in terms of chinese production behavior that you foresee? >> as you suggest it's completely possible that china diverts its exports of steel, overproduction towards other markets including europe so eventually europe could be hit through that channel the u.s. measu

and the european union, mexico and canada are retaliating with tariffs of their own. with friends like president trump -- it's not just our national allies who don't like it, it's also his own party. paul ryan, today's actions targets america's allies when we should be working with them. senator hatch, tariffs a hacks hike on americans. ben sass dubbed them dumb saying make america great again should not mean make america 19 29 again. we are asking this big question today. will trump's trade war hurt his supporters the most? before we answer that question, we can't ignore the good news on the economy. today's jobs numbers were better than expected. the jobs rate dropped to the lowest rate in 18 years. why is the president still getting flak for that? joining me, stephanie ruhle and ben white, and chris lou. stephanie, first off why is the president getting flak for the jobs in your opinions? >> it's all in the tweet. president trump gets the numbers, gets this data the night before. it is held in top secret. the lockup around these numbers is massive because it's mark

the trumpet ministration is imposing tariffs on steel an element of imports from the european union canada and mexico u.s. trade partners are threatening to retaliate with tariffs of their own and stoking fears of a global trade war the u.s. secretary of state says he's made great progress in his talks with kim jong kim yong one of the north korean leaders closest aides this comes as the high level south korean delegation heads to the demilitarized zone to meet with their north korean counterparts and italy is that to get its first populist government and to the political deadlock the anti establishment five star movement and the far right party of succeeded in forming a coalition with just have become take as prime minister. let's get more on our top story washington's decision to impose sweeping steel an alum in the entire of sun some of its closest allies stacey is the managing partner of policy global development firm joins me now from washington d.c. good to have you with us on al-jazeera trade tariffs counter tariffs are we now heading towards a global trade war that getting gold economies. and

mexico, european european. they are fuming at this hour still on 25% tariffs on steel and 10% on aluminum coming into the united states. canada, mexico, european unionill file grievances with the world trade organization. canada doing it right now. canada, mexico and european union slamming tariffs on our steel and aluminum products going into their countries. adding other things. canada affecting sleeping bags, yogurt, inflatal boats, among other things. mexico slapping tariffs on cheese, pork products and lamps. european union penalizing porks, graping, apples. president's economic advisor has a message for allies upset about these tariffs. >> to our friend in europe, to our friend in canada and mexico, talk to us and work with us. we are not making awful demands. we are being pragmatic, all right? treat us the way we treat you. reporter: the president tweeting today about canada, basically saying that canada must remove trade barriers on our agricultural products going in there. the canadian prime minister saying he will not back down. >> we will continue to make arguments based on logic and common sense in hope that eventually they will prevail

the european union canada mexico to retaliate against the u.s. over a hefty tax on metal imports. with a pic of the stories from the past seven days and right up to the moment developments as well welcome to the weekly on our team international donald trump made a dramatic u. turn this week saying his summit with kim jong. un the talks will take place on june the twelfth in singapore came after russia's foreign minister met with the north korean leader. our correspondent traveling with the russian delegation and was granted rare access to one of the north korean. leaders' residences. we were told to leave most of our belongings and all our mobile devices be find and now they're taking us somewhere. so we're here in this just to keep our men one photographer and myself rolling a lot of state in. this area is completely deserted and it looks like we're in circling something that appears to be the palace. if only someone told me where exactly we are right now but we are being told to fold us mad because . the group please. i don't really know what exactly this place this but it looks

allies hitting the european union, mexico and can in a da with new tariffs and his party is not happy about it. >> good morning everyone i'm' friday, june 1st. we begin with president trump's out-of-the-blue pardon of conservative de nesh d souza and considering rod blagojevich as well as martha surt. as for d souza, he pled guilty after directing two associates to make donations and then reim burrireim -- d 'souza said he now what he did was illegal and he regretted it. still the president claimed he was treated very unfairly by our government. here's d 'souza reacting yesterday. >> what my case shows is the way in a obama and hillary too have gangsterized the u.s. politics, because if you think back, it's really unimaginable to say jimmy carter, he would no more dream of locking me up, or targeting me than either of the bushes would dream of doing the same to michael moore or rosie o'donnell. trum in some ways -- >> the case against d 'souza was prosecuted from -- >>> the investigation also reportedly includes campaign finance violations, many are concerned that the president is sig

i thought canada i thought the european union i thought mexico were all friendly countries and also that we're all in the same boat together speaking about security so it's clearly one of these distant ideas of industrial policy if you don't have something very specific then somehow you're less of a nation less secure but it is clearly just made up the only way he could get to do what he's just threatened to do and he's doing it does seem rather obscure but the u.s. commerce the comma sexual say not enough have been done to reduce that trade deficit we do have to acknowledge it is it is very large does he have a point that sometimes you can say you got there is that deficit now the question is do we agree what the cause of the u.s. deficit are economists are actually pretty much in a great agreement it has to do with the macro economic imbalance between domestic sources of saving and the attractiveness of investment and it happens to be the case that the those reasons have nothing to do with protectionism that what could end up being the case everybody is poor and the trade balance imbal

house -- not extending an exemption from its steep alu imports, for some key allies -- the european union, mexico -- and cana.justin trudeau, canadian prime minister: let me be clear. these tariffs are totally unacceptable.they've pledged, to tax back -- on some american imports.the trade talk -- likely to upend the agenda at the upcoming g-7 talks in quebec, where president trump will face leaders from canada, the e-u, and japan.the trump administration has argued the tariffs will level the global playing field, and boost american companies.some say -- the aim is too broad.rana foroohar, financial times global business columnist: there are legitimate trade fights to be had with china, right? china is a serial ♪ it's time for the semi-annual sale with savings on the new sleep number 360 smart bed. it senses your every move and automatically adjusts on both sides to keep you effortlessly comfortable. and snoring.... does your bed do that? don't miss the final days of our semi-annual sale save up to $700 on sleep number 360 smart beds. ends sunday. newly, unsealed court documents are shedding light

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promise and he's keeping it for better or worse steve absolutely and you know china and the european union canada mexico the that they're separate they're separate issues really in china i think the ultimate goal is not order to bring down the three hundred fifty fifty billion dollar trade deficit that we have with china but also to get them to stop stealing our intellectual property and treat us more fairly in that respect so i think that's part of a grand scheme plus this. political considerations beyond trade and economics that china plays into as far as canada and mexico especially canada there and the european union they're really ticked off that trump is using the pretext of national security to implement these tariffs on aluminum and seal in particular and that's taking them off no end trudeau has been very outspoken about that but i think when push comes to shove they need us more than we need them they know that trump is a grand master at bargaining and negotiations and this is all part of it i believe ok we'll. go back to that but i. think it on the whole you're right but i think the u.s. and

promise and he's keeping it for better or worse steve absolutely and you know china and the european union canada mexico that this is separate they're separate issues really in china i think the ultimate goal is that order to bring down the three hundred fifty fifty billion dollar trade deficit that we have with china but also to get them to stop stealing our intellectual property and treat us more fairly in that respect so i think that's part of a grand scheme plus it's. political considerations beyond trade and economics that china plays into as far as canada and mexico especially canada there and the european union there really ticked off that trump is using the pretext of national security to implement these tariffs on aluminum and seal in particular and that's taking them off no end trudeau has been very outspoken about that but i think when push comes to shove they need us more than we need them they know that trump is a grand master at bargaining in negotiations and this is all part of it i believe ok we'll get close steve will go back to that but i. think it on the whole you're right but i think

the european union, canada and mexico say they will retaliate against the united states for pressingium. and "all the good women — have already been snapped up". that's just one of a number of excuses given by top companies in the uk for not appointing women to senior positions. the excuses have been released as part of a report commissioned by the british government into gender balance. others included "we have one woman already" and "the issues are extremely complex" — that story is popular on bbc.com let's ta ke a look at some front pages from around the world. starting with the financial times, which is leading with the trade war we reported on earlier, with the eu, canada and mexico. it's headline reads "us fires first shots in trade war with allies" and says we'll probably see a tit—for—tat round of tariffs over the new tax on steel and aluminium imports. over to japan, where the japan times is focussing on those high—level talks between the us secretary of state and senior north korean official. there's mike pompeo showing the north koreans the view in new york. and the new yo

the administration has imposed tariffs on american allies on european union, canada, mexico, aluminum and steel. what does that represent actually? >> look, what's worrying about these tariffs is -- it's not the direct economic effects. stl and aluminum imports aren't that high. it's what cig signals us trade policy. the us is a place do business. with europe, with canada and mexico, with china, with japan and korea. it's thoord go to war with the entire world at one time. and this lack of predictability of what is american trade policy going to look like? what is the business environment is very risky and damaging for businesses that have to expand and think about things for the long run. >> woodruff: you wrote today, neil, that it's the unpredictability of it in the long run can do more damage than the tariffs themselves. >> right. we don't know what the regime is going to be five years from now with trade with mexico and canada and the european union. that's not something you would have said in the last 50 years. that's a difficult moment for businesses. >> woodruff: so much to fol

think of national security when the united states is that getting countries like canada and mexico and european union which in a sense are one who say well that's just the legal excuse of it he can make use of in order to impose a protectionist measures but it is same kind that is going to create a conflict with their own base a system that is what quite well in the last hour of century and more so the question to me is what will be the reaction of the other politicians and then in the contest of the. organizations and that i think is a big challenge because on the one end there vet made a big if right there on for the w.t. or for the world trade organization at the same time there will be an union in other countries being in the case that to the w.t. or may give the upper end to the w.t. or to make sure of it that these aircraft it can be a viewer easier put the ied to prosper into context and then he's a stop before he believes it to further their damages philip why would someone wage a war against major players key allies alessi has a political message to send. well i mean he's been very clear dee

away from tariffs kicking in against foreign steel, specifically coming in from canada, mexico and the european unione then europe, canada and mexico have slapped retaliatory tariffs on everything from the mundane to motorcycles here in the u.s. susan lee is joining us with other u.s. companies that are facing, i guess you could call it collateral damage from trade retaliation, but it's only been a few hours, susan. >> yes. some big american names taking a hit as a trade war with allies -- canada, mexico and the european union -- looks to be underway. some big, true blue american business names really feeling the impact. that includes harley davidson, shares down 4.5% this week, saying hours ago that the tariffs will significantly drive up our costs. significant impact, they say, on sales after the e.u. unveiled plans to increase duties on a range of american products including motorcycles. now also a list of products hit with import tariffs includes yogurt, so watch out for names like dean foods and lifeway foods, dean makes land o'lakes. mexico targeting packaged meats and pork chops, so pork produ

on a quota basis this is not the way the european union is negotiate so here we are we have tariffs they were also in post this morning on canada and on mexico we have been very clear about the consequences of doing this the european union will today sent. a request for consultations and later appended to the w two of the countries will as well maybe not today but in the coming days we have started the preparation for the so-called rebalancing measures we will do that on a proportionate and measured way in a couple of weeks the deadline for this is the twenty eighth of june as announced in the official journal so we have such of the preparation we will of course consult with member states in the coming days and i safeguarding the stations and the piece of a and on the market of steel and aluminum in europe to see whether there is still an element entering here that should the is intended to at the american market we are determined to protect the multilateral system the w t o is not perfect but we have constructed this together with our american partners and we are expecting everybody to play by the rules. at the same time that paradoxically

within hours now, the european union, canadian —— canada and mexico have condemned the decision.and we cannot be reached on twitter. —— and we can all be reached on twitter. hello there. the thunderstorms from yesterday took a while to get going but once they did, they did bring a lot of rain and lightning. storms initiated around sussex before spreading across central and southern england, the south midlands and on towards wales and the south—west. bursts of lightning, torrential downpours and reports of a few problems around bristol. some of the worst of it was in west sussex. it was just not cricket. lakes were the boundary should be. the amber office —— amber warning in effect until morning. heavy downpours over the next few hours. a lot of murky weather and low cloud, mist and patches, not just around the coastline but across some of our hills. mild and muggy, grey and gloomy, really, to start friday morning. friday looks something like this. low cloud, mist and fog taking a long time to burn away and she now. and then as we had into the afternoon we will seek heavy showers

promise and he's keeping it for better or worse steve absolutely and you know china and the european union canada mexico the that this is separate they're separate issues really in china i think the ultimate goal is that order to bring down the three hundred fifty fifty billion dollars trade deficit that we have with china but also to get them to stop stealing our intellectual property and treat us more fairly in that respect so i think that's part of a grand scheme plus there's. geopolitical considerations beyond trade and economics that china plays into as far as canada and mexico especially canada there and the european union they're really ticked off that trump is using the pretext of national security to implement these tariffs on aluminum and seal in particular and that's taking them off no way and trudeau has been very outspoken about that but i think when push comes to shove they need us more than we need them they know that trump is a grand master at bargaining in negotiations and this is all part of it i believe ok we'll get close steve we'll go back to that but i. i think it on the whole you'

president trump's trade war could have on american farmers. >> it's the result of mexico, canada and the european unionainst the tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. mexico importing a 20% tariff on agricultural products. >> we are joined live now from america's top potato producing state at a proday t -- potato processing plant in idaho. >> reporter: there's more than 250 employees working here. this is a seventh generation farm. it's where the potatoes are coming from. it's from andrew mclson. his family has turn this into quite the operation. you can see from the workers behind, this is a place in idaho, along the highway 20 corridor where there are all towns along the way. we're in rig by, idaho. the economy is really fuelled by the idaho industry. and so when you're talking to those farmers up and down, i want to introduce you to one of them. those crops are being grown at this moment and they are looking for an open market. >> you farm 258 thou,000 potato. >> there's going to be about 36 million potatoes in here. >> just this cellar. you have how many? >> we have about 21 of them. >> 21 of them