german policy criticizing issues from iran to the use of equipment from chinese tech giant huawei donald trump has also been a vocal critic of germany spending accusing them of freeloading off u.s. military might. german companies doing business in iran should wind down operations immediately. never tell the host country what to do. where not of banana republic. on except one side tightening the turn. a former u.s. diplomat jim to trust us think the berlin is starting to question its alliance with washington. mr grinnell does have president trump personal support now there was talk that mr grenelle might be moved to the united nations when nikki haley left but that didn't happen so i think it would be very embarrassing for the administration who would draw him the problem is is that we have now have an american ambassador who is throw on polish about it especially with demands about spending more money on nato and you can't have five g. from walk away and you must not be buying russian gas and complete the north stream to pipeline that it's starting to get on their nerves and maybe beginning t

everything from its relations with the wrong to the use of equipment from chinese tech giant huawei donald trump has also been a vocal critic of berlin spending a kidding it's a free loading of the u.s. military. and german companies doing business in iran wind down operations and media. never tell a host country what to do. we're not a banana republic. a mix of one side type term. from a u.s. diplomat jim just possibly but then is starting to question its alliance with washington mr grinnell does have president trump's personal support now there was talk that mr going l. might be moved to the united nations where nikki haley left but that didn't happen so i think it would be a very embarrassing for the administration to withdraw him the problem is is that we have now have an american ambassador who is fro on polish about it especially with demands not spending more money on nato and you can't have five g. from while away and you must not be buying. russian gas and complete the north stream to pipeline that it's starting to get on their nerves and maybe beginning to dawn on some people in german

huawei should be subject to what all companies are subject to two. these restrictions that donald trump agencies should use either huawei's product or their biggest rival. that is unconstitutional. they are fighting backin unconstitutional. they are fighting back in court and it will be interesting to see how this unfolds. huawei is at pains to see we need to see evidence, we need to see what you are talking about in terms of what you are accusing us of. they have said they have repeatedly failed the us congress to bring this evidence to life and that is why in open court everyone will be watching and seeing what happens, and what we wa nt to and seeing what happens, and what we want to see is a fair process and it will be interesting to see how this plays out, and donald trump's reaction, interesting to see what he says. in other news today, 3000 words blog that came from the owner facebook where he talks about the fa ct facebook where he talks about the fact he is really understanding and appreciating the fact that we want to have private conversations in small groups as opposed to co

businesses in the united states so what do we think then do we do we think that the donald trump's objection to huawei do you think this is a rational objection is this about the ongoing trade dispute with china is it a conflation of the two. well i think you know there's a tendency obviously in world politics to talk about president trump in the context of everything but this really isn't about president trump and it really isn't about the trade dispute keep in mind under american law this law the defense of the defense reauthorization act was passed by congress so this is not just president trump this is also our legislative branch acting in concert it's and as president as the executive branch president trump isn't in a position to lift or waive these this this part of that law because it would be because it was passed by both houses by by both branches so present trouble really can't do too much about this actually and he's not in a position to waive it so it's kind of an independent thing from the chinese from our trade dispute with china because it's only deals with u.s. government purchases it

i agree huawei threat is real and donald trump has occasionally implied the criminal justice enforcement issue surrounding huawei with the us china trade folks. i was wondering if this approach could undermine the rule of law at do process which is the cornerstone of democracy which is the greatest comparative advantage to china and the other is donald trump praised dictators and castigated the us democratic allies. so that level of concern about us commitment to its allies in europe and japan, what is the key to keep china from exercising its long-standing country against another. >> why don't you explain the strategy? >> ouch. how about allies? on the allies, try not to use a hammer with this, have to pay to have u.s. troops on your soil. all that goes down really well. i actually agree completely with the 2% d bates. from a political science perspective, nonfunctional for one partner to pay 70% of defense and the others combined only 30 but there's a way to have the conversation in terms of how they go forward and institutionalize sharing of intelligence on telecom and national securi

huawei and relating to a fraud. obstruction of justice and the death of trade secrets but president donald trump has weighed in saying that he would consider intervening if it serves national security interests or helps close the trade deal with china. china economic and political affairs analyst and he joins us live from beijing thank you very much for joining us today. we heard the chairman of huawei say that the company had no choice but to take legal action how does this change the dynamics now with the u.s. . well it's actually not going to change that much what what they're really doing is a p.r. campaign i mean the possibility of this suit going forward and being resolved is very very small it will probably go up to the u.s. supreme court because it involves issues of constitutionality they have invoked two grounds one is due process and this is the idea that if you're going to be convicted of something congress is not the one to do it a court system is and they're pointed to the lack of factual evidence the second one is this bill of attainder that the idea that the government cannot force costs on citizens a

donald trump under pressure — a democrat—led congressional committee demands documents from dozens of people to examine allegations that the president obstructed justice. the senior executive of the chinese tech firm huaweis canada over her arrest at vancouver airport, alleging "serious breaches" of her human rights. the husband of british teenager shamima begum who joined the so—called islamic state tells the bbc he wants them to live in the netherlands. when you say you are a victim —— and victim, that is sickening.” when you say you are a victim —— and victim, that is sickening. i lived in miserable life. i was tortured, i live in fear. five years after the disappearance of flight mh370, malaysia's government says it would consider restarting the search for the missing plane. hello and welcome. in the united states, the head of an influential committee in the democrat—controlled house of representatives says he wants to see documents alleging obstruction of justice, corruption and abuse of power by donald trump and his aides. committee chairmanjerrold nadler has requested information from more than 60 people and organisations, but he says it's too early to talk about trying to impeach the president. w

donald trump under pressure. a democrat—led congressional committee demands documents from dozens of people to examine allegations that the president obstructed justice. the senior executive of the chinese tech firm huaweicurrently detained in canada, is suing ottawa over the manner of her arrest last year. the husband of british teenager shamima begum who joined the so—called islamic state tells the bbc he wants them to live in the netherlands. when you say that you are a victim, thatis when you say that you are a victim, that is sickening. i lived a miserable life, i was imprisoned, i was tortured, i lived in fear. and the generation across the divide: how children born after northern ireland's peace agreement are trying to unite their divided communities. in the united states, the head of an influential committee in the democrat—controlled house of representatives, says he wants to see documents alleging obstruction of justice, corruption and abuse of power by donald trump, and his aides. committee chairmanjerrold nadler has requested information from more than 60 people and organisations, but he says it's too early to talk about trying to impeach the president. we are starting this investigation. we

justice department filed charges against huawei and mung of fraud obstruction of justice and attempted theft of trade secrets secrets but u.s. president donald trump says he'd consider intervening if it serves national security interests or helps to close a trade deal with china why andrew long is an international and independent china analyst he joins us via skype now from hong kong thanks very much for being with us with us so why wait has a great deal of business outside of the u.s. in fact the u.s. is just a small part of their revenue but what impact could that all of the negative headlines from this have on on their whole business it's. well it is a frontal assault on the way brown over here while he has been building is location and his parents traded the markets of hundred sixty countries worldwide over the past well over a decade or so and this is not an easy task because it is not just a question of price is a question of quality as well as trustworthiness. and so this brand is now subject to frontal assault and that's why while there has got a buyback suing the u.s. government does what we have a legitimate. well i think that the the la

huawei. affairs minister into this to finalize the agenda for sunday's thirtieth arab summit topics expected to be widely covered include donald trump's proclamation recognizing israel's sovereignty of the occupied golan heights as well as serious return to the air. study arabia has released three prominent female activists from jail as the trials are being held there among eleven women arrested last may for their human rights work and having contacts with foreign journalists and diplomats their women say they have been sexually harassed by prison guards. with headlines here on al-jazeera got more news coming up right off the inside story. it may be allied to a far right party but the austrian government says it is considering banning a far right movement the reason an alleged connection with the christchurch attack in new zealand vienna says it won't tolerate any kind of extremism but is anyone convinced this is inside story. the. hello and welcome to the program has a seeker the austrian government says it won't tolerate what it considers extremist ideology and it's now considering disbanding the far right identity hereon movement a

. >> after the michael huawei testimony -- cohen testimony, there has been talk about where your investigation goes. do you see bringing in donald trump, jr., jared kushner, a ivanka trump? would you want to talk to robert mueller when you are done with the investigation? rep. schiff: in terms of witnesses we have brought before the committee in the past, we are examining that list as well as a great many witnesses the republicans refused to bring in in the first place. you will see a mix of both. obviously michael cohen testified previously. republicanseder, the s scheduled their interview when none of the members were able to be present to evaluate the credibility of the witness. this happened last time he was interviewed as well. we are going through our witness list to prioritize but also to determine which witnesses need to be brought back. a number of witnesses refused to answer whole categories of questions. when we got the then-republican majority to insist on answers, they were unwilling, which was a good sign they are not committed to following the facts. some of those witnesses will shortly have to come back. we will be wor

donald trump under pressure — a democrat—led congressional committee demands documents from dozens of people to examine allegations that the president obstructed justice. the senior executive of the chinese tech firm huawei"serious breaches" of her human rights. the husband of british teenager shamima begum who joined the so—called islamic state tells the bbc he wants them to live in the netherlands. when you say you are a victim —— and victim, that is sickening. when you say you are a victim —— and victim, that is sickeninglj when you say you are a victim —— and victim, that is sickening. i lived in miserable life. i was tortured, i live in

donald trump under pressure. a democrat—led congressional committee demands documents from dozens of people to examine allegations that the president obstructed justice. the senior executive of the chinese tech firm huawei suing ottawa over the manner of her arrest last year. the husband of british teenager shamima begum who joined the so—called islamic state tells the bbc he wants them to live in the netherlands. when you say that you are a victim, thatis when you say that you are a victim, that is sickening. i lived a miserable life, i was imprisoned, i was tortured, i lived in

huawei. the u.s. and south korea have agreed to end their drills in an effort to ease tensions with north korea just days after donald trump jong-un failed to reach an agreement on denuclearization at their summit in vietnam. south korea's defense ministry says the decision was made to pursue permanent peace on the peninsula. president trump says the congressional hearing of michael cohen contributed to his decision to walk away from negotiations with kim jong-un. he tweeted it was a new low to open the hearing during an important summit. it remains unclear how the testimony impacted the talks. a giant leap forward with a theessful capsule at international space station. no humans were aboard. the only passenger was a life-sized -- devices. nasa gave spacex and boeing contracts worth more than $6 billion to fly cruise to the space station. to the space station. global news, 24 hours a day on air and @tictoc on twitter powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. manus: thank you very much. the very latest round. let's take a look at what you should be watching. annual na

huawei is taking the u.s. government to court the chinese tech giant is challenging a federal law banning u.s. government agencies from using its products because of security concerns. the latest figures show donald trump's trade offensive against china and others could be failing the u.s. trade deficit has blown out to its highest level in ten years. and thailand's constitutional court says ruling on whether to ban one of the country's main opposition parties the party is accused of violating election laws for nomination princess dollars their candidate for prime minister in an upcoming father's. accord in france is due to deliver its verdict on a roman catholic cardinal on trial for covering up sex abuse called will fully barberin and five others are accused of protecting a pedophile priest boy scouts were abused by the priest who has confessed in the one nine hundred seventy s. and eighty's while the trial is being held in leon and our correspondent is there natasha this has been a huge case for the church. there has indeed been a huge case for the church where i'm standing now in the court and we all we are expecting that verdict to be delivered shortly by a judge the cardinal is also expected to be

were recent comments by donald trump suggesting he would intervene in the case if it meant getting a more favourable deal. the next hearing will be held on 8th may. before that, huaweiounced it has filed a lawsuit against the us government. the company said america's decision to effectively ban huawei products was unconstitutional. we are left with no choice but to challenge the law in court. strictly speaking, these cases are not linked, but diplomatically they of course are. this is about who holds the balance of power in the next technological age, and canada, experiencing fierce pressure from both sides, is caught in the middle. this is the most turbulent moment in canada—china relations since tiananmen square in 1989, and the rift between the two countries is diplomatic. it's now getting into public perceptions, elite perceptions, and there's a huge new negativity on both sides about the others. this case is unquestionably bigger than just one woman, but the daily reality for meng wanzhou is that she must spend most of her time confined to this house until this huge diplomatic row is over. that could take years. dave lee, bbc news, in vancouver. let's talk now

huawei is taking the u.s. government to course the chinese tech giant is challenging a federal law banning u.s. government agencies from using its products because of security concerns. the latest figures show donald trump's trade offensive against china and others could be failing the u.s. trade deficit has blown out to its highest level in ten year olds. and politicians in the u.s. house of representatives are again pushing for the white house to end the war in yemen president trump says he'll veto any efforts to stop u.s. assistance for the saudi u.a.e. led military coalition. well thailand's constitutional court is preparing to rule on whether to ban one of the country's main opposition parties the thai rocks a chant party is accused of violating election laws for nominating princess dahl as their candidate for prime minister in an upcoming vote the move was criticized by have brother the king who said it was inappropriate for royals to get involved in politics the nomination was ultimately rejected by the electoral commission well al jazeera is when hey joins us now live from bangkok outside the constitutional court when what are we expecting to hear today. well the nine constitutional court judges h

huawei pleaded not guilty to u.s. charges of stealing trade secrets yesterday. today it is getting hit with extradition receding's getting underway. olivia: still hanging out there is the possibility that donald trumpry to intervene in the justice department's case executive and offer up a party which would cause an international problem for canada with its relationship with china. will of law is what is dictating the behavior. lawie: there are -- rule of is what is dictating the behavior. vonnie: and there are a few weeks before we have to get to any agreement. amanda: we will continue to watch that. just a reminder, you can track all the charge you see on the television shows on the gtv function. there is an and reference material the backs them up. from toronto and new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ . . mark: i'm mark crumpton with bloomberg first word news. president trump is playing his desk claiming his religion with kim jong-un is very good despite the collapse of the two leaders summit in hanoi. the president you various questions and negotiations. he did not address the pushback from the north disputing his account of why the talks from the bar. the united states said is committed to maki

huawei right now. we will talk with andy coming up in the program, this is a big story, the wall street journal out with a op-ed this morning titled thank you tax reform, writing donald trump'spolicieses continue to be a risk to investment and growth and the federal reserve is a wild card but the evidence of the last two years is deregulation and tax reform spurred private capital investment exactly when expansion needed to avoid recession. what's your reaction to this because the tax reform and the rollback in regulations definitely moved the needle, we did see growth yesterday that was better than expected for the fourth quarter and name of gdp. >> you're right, and i'm frustrated about it. donald trump's name on top of the paper and the administration and you go down the things that he has done probusiness and prothe economy since he has been in office, it's been fantastic. whether you're a democrat or republican, everything he has done and the administration has done has been common sense reform, all the things that they are rolling back that they couldn't believe are actually happening while in depths of recession, so he's on common sense reform that you and your partic

recent comments by donald trump suggesting he would intervene in the case if it meant getting a more favourable deal. the next hearing will be held on eighth may. before that, huaweiced it has filed a lawsuit against the us government. the company said america's decision to effectively ban huawei products was unconstitutional. we are left with no choice but to challenge the law in court. strictly speaking, these cases are not linked, but diplomatically they of course are. this is about who holds the balance of power in the next technological age, and canada, experiencing fierce pressure from both sides, is caught in the middle. this is the most turbulent moment in canada—china relations since tiananmen square in 1989, and the rift between the two countries is diplomatic. it's now getting into public perceptions, elite perceptions, and there's a huge new negativity on both sides about the others. this case is unquestionably bigger than just one woman, but the daily reality for meng wanzhou is that she must spend most of her time confined to this house until this huge diplomatic row is over. that could take years. dave lee, bbc news, in vancouver. beijing correspond

recent comments by donald trump suggesting he would intervene in the case if it meant getting a more favourable deal. the next hearing will be held on eighth may. before that, huaweiban huawei products was unconstitutional. we are left with no choice but to challenge the law in court. strictly speaking, these cases are not linked, but diplomatically they of course are. this is about who holds the balance of power in the next technological age, and canada, experiencing fierce pressure from both sides, is caught in the middle. this is the most turbulent moment in canada—china relations since tiananmen square in 1989, and the rift between the two countries is diplomatic. it's now getting into public perceptions, elite perceptions, and there's a huge new negativity on both sides about the others. this case is unquestionably bigger than just one woman, but the daily reality for meng wanzhou is that she must spend most of her time confined to this house until this huge diplomatic row is over. that could take years. dave lee, bbc news, in vancouver. public satisfaction with the nhs is at its lowest level in more than a decade, according to a new survey. waiting times, st

recent comments by donald trump suggesting he would intervene in the case if it meant getting a more favourable deal. the next hearing will be held on eighth may. before that, huaweiounced it has filed a lawsuit against the us government. the company said america's decision to effectively ban huawei products was unconstitutional. we are left with no choice but to challenge the law in court. strictly speaking, these cases are not linked, but diplomatically they of course are. this is about who holds the balance of power in the next technological age, and canada, experiencing fierce pressure from both sides, is caught in the middle. this is the most turbulent moment in canada—china relations since tiananmen square in 1989, and the rift between the two countries is diplomatic. it's now getting into public perceptions, elite perceptions, and there's a huge new negativity on both sides about the others. this case is unquestionably bigger than just one woman, but the daily reality for meng wanzhou is that she must spend most of her time confined to this house until this huge diplomatic row is over. that could take years. dave lee, bbc news, in vancouver. time for a look