as through protest lauren lyster r.t. lisbon portugal. well joining me live to give us more details from our studio in new york is our chief financial correspondent lauren lyster and all lauren we hear a lot that the european population is war weary i guess that this was a good way to prove it how many people do you think were out there on the streets. there were thousands alone and they weren't just from portugal though a number were from the country where nato was having their summit many were international the organizers that i spoke to had come from germany there were people traveling from the u.k. from spain there were members of parliament from the u.k. that i interviewed as well as from the e.u. so there was a wide range of people that came specifically for this from internationally all over europe as well as from portugal where the summit was held now would you say that their criticisms live with nato as a whole or did they try to single out the us as a leader of the alliance. well that's something that you know in my interviews w

has slumped to nearly fiftieth with many blaming government policy for the slide artie's lauren lyster has been talking to one nine eleven hero for whom curing the system is the only hope for staying alive. new york. the big apple it's this city that never sleeps and just beyond the urban chaos. neither does kenneth george. gear in his closet and you can see why of course you can it is a sick man and despite appearances the photos with us politicians and plaques from the president recognizing him as a hero in the aftermath of nine eleven x. zero is a little ego from president obama he still can't afford his health care a lot of the medications i'm eating called good. you know it's expensive his insurance fall short which means every month he has to pick and choose what ailments he treats this is what i do a lot of times i stick with the course here to help me breathe at night and i skip some of the other medications my sleeping pills that we sleep even without sleeping pills he hasn't slept well since nine eleven a city employee working on highways he was drafted into the search and re

point at the nato summit in lisbon held as historic for ending a once hostile relationship but as lauren lyster reports there still remains this season on which they get to see eye to eye. nato rolled out the red carpet for the country once considered its bow and russian president dmitri radiative arrived at the summit of the former cold war military alliance to leaders welcoming him with open arms and a plea cooperate with our. let us do this together leaders on both sides seem to indicate they plan to do just that after nato russia talks they hailed as historic missile defense plans under the bush white house provoked the most serious rift between russia and nato since the cold war now the alliance wants russia to join in its plans but russia wants more than just sweet words. you have agreed with our nato partners that we will pursue donnegan the european a.b.m. i mean god his should be that our participation will be equal and i will stress this it can only be as partners around no other form of participation for the sake of the parents is acceptable only by the we participate fully we exchan

a simple life worth fighting for lauren lyster r.t. so paulo brazil. and remember our website is also keeping you up to date twenty four hours a day here are some of what you'll find online right now at r.t. dot com. hopes are running low for women in afghanistan a shocking number of fall victim to domestic abuse and violence with the suicide rate on the rise despite international efforts. and the moscow landmark metro unveils a new attraction as it turns one of its stations into a new c.e.o. more click on over to r.t. dot com. the u.s. federal reserve is set to reveal its plans to pump five hundred billion freshly printed dollars into the economy the move as it is designed to revive the weekend u.s. financial reform and reduce unemployment but economists warn that the strategy may result in the drop of the dollar and the rise of consumer prices for more about the risks we turn to economic researcher william engdahl he's also the author of the book gods of money wall street and the death of the american century thanks for joining us so do you think the

going to do something but seasons will change and time minutes soldiers will keep marching on lauren lyster r.t. new york we're coming to you live from moscow this is r.t. the condition of the russian journalist savagely beaten in moscow last week oleg kashin is said to be slowly improving but his wife says he's still a long way off from making a full recovery the case has been transferred to russia's top investigative committee prosecutors claim they have a real chance of finding the people behind the vicious assault caution was attacked on friday night by two men who almost beat him to death with metal rods police suspected the journalists investigative work for the commerce a newspaper and his internet blog that provoked the attack. all that stories online for you and many others. at r.t. dot com we'll give you a sample now of some of the other stories we're updating online for you right now a form of president george w. bush two years of silence to give his take on his role in the most turbulent decade in recent u.s. history. and the interactive literally designed to shock why is this r

young people are being targeted to fill the ranks with gimmicks including video games archies lauren lyster spoke to an iraq veteran who says he like many more signed up without knowing what he was in for. autumn in new york the leaves red and yellow reminders that seasons change green becomes obsolete for people to meet sergeant sure rowe first name mathis u.s. army all formerly and now but there are vets who are anti military i'm one of them here there are vets who are anti american specifically because of what they experienced and i'm one of them he keeps moving forward as a college student and activist trying to create change because he can't turn back time i came to that conclusion that personal conclusion that we were actually not just we hadn't just made a mistake but we were and continue to be in violation of the law to wage the war in iraq that i said it is imperative that i not go the math as took the military head on resistance even if more quiet is becoming more common since two thousand and four the number of soldiers who have gone a wall in the us army has gone up two hundred

economic growth are to lauren lake artie's corn financial correspondent excuse me lauren lyster will join us from new york in just a moment. the official. called touch from the. mission. broadcasting live from our studios. this is our team certainly good to have you with us let's take a look at our headlines now. the right approach would be true if you go to the true strategic partnership between nato and russia. closer cooperation with russia as the alliance is chief a visit to moscow at a meeting in the kremlin requested more help for its afghan mission while moscow says it needs clarity on european missile defense system. president obama could be facing a tough pushing through his reforms including his foreign policy agenda after the democrats lose their hold over congress in the midterm vote the future ratification of the strategic treaty with russia could now be hanging in the balance. of iraq more victims of the deadliest wave of sectarian violence in months amid concerns once it will soon these are being drawn back to the insurgency on tuesday at least ninety one people have b

change joining me from our new york studio to discuss it is our chief financial correspondent lauren lyster now lauren first when you tell us about this loophole what's in there. what you referred to in your intro banks making short term bets with their own capital you know trading with their own money that's called proprietary trading and that's what's been eliminated it banks what's been regulated in the volcker rule so this is what banks have been reacting to they've been closing their proprietary trading desks which were big money makers for them but which also carried immense risk because banks were betting with their own money as opposed to customers money which is you know the traditional role of an investment bank well banks turns out according to the financial times are reporting that they've found a loophole there's a different kind of investment called a principle investment and because this is seen as a longer term it's not affected by the volcker rule but it allows banks to buy securities buy assets buy companies with their own money and financial firms what do you know are say

economic recovery i'll be joining in studio would argue financial correspondent lauren lyster in just a moment. you're watching r t seven thirty in the morning here in moscow and here are the headlines for this hour the russian president says his country understands its democracy is imperfect but that the system is on the right across from a friend to the latest almight a video blog dimitri medvedev calls for more political competition to avoid stagnation. tustin once again turned violent as thousands mobilize against university the riser son's education process while agger intensifies and other european union countries over a crippling a staring reference to savor the illegal euro. and r.t.e. travels to central asia to look at what's being done to bring back to life the dried out dust refused to be assume the soviet union's drainage.

new list of threats but does anyone out there remember what nato's initial purpose was artie's lauren lyster give us a history of the north atlantic treaty organization. it was an alliance born of fear fear of the red army. fear of communism spread westward it was supposed to do rejoice was to defend western europe against the soviet union. those threats whether real or perceived were enough to help america gather its european allies to form a new military bloc he was now part of the to the signing of the north atlantic treaty which television reports the united states of america marketed nato is the world's hope for a better future united states keenly aware of its strategic role as a leader in the pre world has a large itself with other nations dedicated to the preservation of peace under nato this so called preservation of peace legitimize the presence of u.s. troops and military bases from norway to turkey and massive military budgets and the position of the us as the leader of the western world. but the fall of the berlin wall changed all of that bringing with it the rise of this rhetor

dollar so what does all mean well here to discuss it with me is our chief financial correspondent lauren lyster lauren thanks for being here now let's start of course with this announcement today basically that china and russia said that they are recounting the dollar at least when it comes to buy lateral trade deals they're only going to use their own currencies that sounds like a kind of big step i mean is this the first step you know of a move away from the dollar is the reserve currency literally a continuation of something that we're seeing that absolutely does call into question the u.s. dollar as a reserve currency according to many of the economists that i've been speaking to i mean this is something that countries have been doing for a while now you know we've seen this happen in brazil where where brazil is kind of spearheading trade among latin american countries and their own currency currencies where we've seen china spearhead a lot of these deals and the deal between china and russia now is just one further example of countries circumventing the dollar and trading in their own cur

discuss the state of the economy from our studio in new york is our chief financial correspondent lauren lyster now lauren obviously this is a good jobs report compared to what we've been getting every single other month for about the past year but how good is it really. well i mean come on her re we finally beat expectations for one month of paltry job growth i mean it's easy. for an after four months of job losses but c'mon fifteen million people close to that many are still unemployed and the reason why the job rate is jobless rate rather is staying at nine point six percent as you mentioned it was unchanged is because the new jobs are not enough to keep up with new entrants into the workforce i mean it's easy to forget that every month more and more people are getting of that age where they're looking for work looking for full time jobs that's in addition to the close to fifteen million who are unemployed and the number of jobs have been created are barely enough to keep up with them so we're kind of treading over you know flat growth and then in addition you know when you look at the numbe

going to do something but seasons will change and time minutes soldiers will keep marching on lauren lyster are to new york. of course we've got plenty more a few to discover on law i think the blog speeches and videos takes point just a click away at. reconstructing the russian capital dorothea's reveal their strategy to beat traffic jams new plans affect public transport. details on the city's transformation. also on the line moscow metro has been described as the most beautiful in the world it's also that this place music explores the sounds of the underground these musicians. women in chechnya are said to be scared of leaving their homes as many are kidnapped and forced to marry someone they don't know well thirty's in the southern russian republic have condemned the practice implementing laws and fines many women still live in fear of t's office on other which over reports. it is the moment of families torn apart the church and bride to be happening here remains a ritual rather than an outrage the man simply chooses the woman he wants and forcibly takes her but the kidnapping of one yo

say the sixty one year old military alliance is facing an identity crisis can nato find itself lauren lyster and i'll have more from. the dangers lurking beneath the dome. investigate tenchi deadly poison could lead. to glimmer of hope. she could soon have the option of a fine. instead of a stay in an overcrowded prison. twenty four hour news from russia and from around the world this is r.t. in moscow good to have you with us this at a summit defined as one of the most important it's ever held nato is meeting in portugal to decide what its future should be and whether it's even relevant engaging more closely with russia and deciding on a strategy to stabilize afghanistan and get out our key issues all this is part of an identity crisis for an organization created sixty years ago to oppose the now defunct soviet union. is in the portuguese capital and has been. we can expect the leaders to really try to defend what the reason is for nato to be in this day of age this is a time when analysts internationally are asking why it still exist what its purpose is what its place is in the world at a

will now struggle to implement a reform whether congress meets in two thousand and eleven arches lauren lyster has been talking to a nine eleven hero for whom a new health care system is the only hope to stay alive. new york for. the big apple it's the city that never sleeps and just beyond the urban chaos. neither does kenneth george from one of the most. deer in his closet and you can see why here's a quote here kenneth is a sick man and despite appearances the photos with us politicians in plaques from the president recognizing him as a hero in the aftermath of nine eleven act around zero here's a letter from the president obama he still can't afford his health care rather than medications i'm eating probably. you know it's expensive his insurance fall short which means every month you have to pick and choose what ailments he treats this is what i do a lot of times i stick with the course here to help me breathe at night and i skip some of the other medications my sleeping pills to help me sleep even without sleeping pills he hasn't slept well since nine eleven a city employee working on hi

a simple life worth fighting for lauren lyster r t so paulo brazil. some well news in brief. greece has suspended all mail and package delivery is abroad forty eight hours after a series of possible search for them the series of acronyms three of them were addressed to germany's chancellor angela merkel italian pm silvio berlusconi french president nicolas sarkozy parts of arkansas and closed off and security has been tight because foreign missions police have already charged two men the finger of blame is on towards greek on the extremists. an iranian woman who was sentenced to death by stoning for adultery or whatever they want to be hanged from the letter and spirit of information comes from a human rights group which says the execution of so. many take place today to use stoning sentence was suspended at the course and international outcry she was convicted of adultery and being an accomplice to. a powerful storm heading towards the. haiti which is still recovering from the january earthquake and a recent outbreak of cholera the country's highest level of warning that peo

was on to do something but seasons will change and time minutes soldiers will keep marching on lauren lyster r.t. new york. and we've got plenty more few to discover online including blogs speeches and videos it's a taste of what you can find right now tottie dot com reconstructing the russian capital for its use revealed their strategy to beat traffic jams new plans affect public transport supermarkets and kiosks little details in cities transformation that are to dot com. and the moscow metro has been described as a source beautiful in the world but it's also that it's a place with people who music explore the sounds of the underground but it's musicians. shot at his hand with all the businesses. hello welcome to business program here r r t with me charlayne folly and first to the g. twenty summit in russian president dmitry medvedev has called for better access to domestic and foreign capital for small and medium sized businesses to spur global economic growth speaking at the g. twenty business forum in south korea and very have said banks may need further encouragement to work more activ

are sidestepping government and leading their own fight for change from the ground up as artie's lauren lyster reports from sao paulo. just a simple life. tending your own garden. growing your own food it's a simple life worth fighting for even if you've built it illegally six times they've tried to kick us off and together with the church and with some politicians we've been able to appeal standing your ground because another life one you've worked to escape is always in sight not far from where you toil these are the favelas they are the slums in brazil it's the way the majority of the poor live in this country and where here are just a stone's throw away on a settlement this is where a group of people now live off the land in a commune as an answer to the poverty and joblessness in the slums brazil is the largest country in south america and almost half of the farmland is controlled by just one percent of the landowners and there's a lot of activism to a huge social movement in fact behind changing that. misty struggles so brazil can do radical agrarian reform so that we can settle the land

is to turn concept into reality or top on the list is forging a lasting partnership with russia lauren lyster r.t. lisbon portugal. later sacred gen also brought up the importance of the nuclear reduction treaty between russia and the us and as for us it was and told the lisbon summit that any delay in ratifying would damage the security of europe in the entire your atlantic region president obama two said there's no good reason why the deal can't be passed by the u.s. congress the treaty would see the two countries nuclear arsenals slashed by a third but it's being stalled in washington as newly elected republicans now outweigh obama's democrats nucleus of cute security expert paul ingram told r.t. that although president obama faces an uphill battle it is more a question of when rather than if ratification will happen. this this treaty is good for european for america and for russian security it's the logical extension from the original start treaty that lapsed last december and there is now no official very clear verification treaty between the two countries so this this this treaty mainta

like a simple life worth fighting for lauren lyster r.t. so paulo brazil. and other news iraq has been rocked in the wake of its bloody as weak for months at least seventy six people have been killed and over two hundred wounded in a series of attacks centered around baghdad shia neighborhoods in several blast came just days after al qaeda militants took a christian congregation hostage resulting firefight there fifty eight dead with a total u.s. pullout scheduled for the end of next year despite escalating violence in iraq you say they feel abandoned and it's forcing some to join the enemy one sunni militia group praised by the u.s. for its help in providing security is now falling back into the hands of local warlords and hopelessly reports. there is still a force to be reckoned with tens of thousands of sunni muslims angry at the shiite iraqi government known as the sons of iraq four years ago they were won over by american dollars to fight al qaida one of the strains they live in the neighborhoods in which they keep watch their. we did a great service t

two decades after the end of the cold war nato is still looking for a clear contemporary goal lauren lyster reports. it's the biggest and oldest military alliance in modern times but when you think about what it's places in the world today. the answer. the answer doesn't come easily and not just for one speechless american official decades after the cold war ended with no common enemy originally supposed to define i defend western europe against the soviet union nato allies have been at a loss for a new one and at a loss for a clear purpose of identity crisis for a while we can severely by the seemingly endless afghan war with nato members growing weary in countries such as canada and the netherlands pulling troops out the power of the block is in question. in many of the places in the world with the. lack of. ability to transform. the depths and perhaps the consequences of a growing group of now twenty eight nations driven together but still largely led by the interests of one of the united states is trying to use need to. directly tries to use need. to fulfill american missions yet everyo

explicitly exam to the defense budget promising to fund america's wars whatever the costs may be lauren lyster has more. with the u.s. debt in the trillions in the economy still in the toilet it's no surprise politicians in washington are calling for this solution it's across the board spending cuts and in fact it was the rallying cry heard around the cable channel talk on midterm election night ery when you get right down to the details from charity maybe here medicaid you can however that is not what i say it looks a lot more clear that across the board cuts really exclude a fifty eight percent chunk of the budget and i mean that's why i started spending would you cut defense across the board as well as domestic seven year do you do not cut defense that how can politicians afford not to touch the six hundred billion dollars a year elephant in the discretionary room. that rises to over a trillion dollars depending on what you factor into what you're calling defense minutes a politician democratic or republican or a particular session of congress begins to reduce significantly cut spending the

developments to bring you the latest but for now right here from the capital of portugal in lisbon i'm lauren lyster r.t. what is nato sets out its plans for the decade to come ball screws also looking ahead russia's nato representative says the country wants more joined up thinking in the audience to ensure security isn't threatened. you and now after we have lived through the conflict in south ossetia on a sharp decline in relations it turns out we might have needed such a test on the one hand these events have shown that old nato policies were provoking such an adequate regimes like the suckers really want to block the actions on the other hand nato did not get involved in this conflict because europeans did not support the most aggressive part of the bush administration for us nato was a big headache it used to be an enemy now an unpredictable partner the left hand of which doesn't know what the right handers doing we are tired of this we want more stability and security on our western borders and in the long run maybe even certainty that there will be no trouble at whole i think the americans a

a simple life worth fighting for lauren lyster r.t. so paulo brazil. russia's former prime minister viktor chernomyrdin has died at the age of seventy two he was the head of the country's government from ninety ninety two to ninety ninety eight some of the most turbulent years for the country following the collapse of the soviet union of his work in the government he was appointed russia's ambassador to neighboring ukraine a year ago he became a presidential aide his family say he was suffering from a serious illness but gave no further details to me anyone who was born in the urals and made a career in the energy sector becoming the minister of the natural gas industry his wife died earlier this year he had two sons and four grandchildren. without a some world news in brief the south greaser suspended all mail deliveries abroad for forty eight hours after a series of cross with bombs were sent to foreign embassies america's three hundred s. to various chancellor merkel minister silvio berlusconi and french president nicolas sarkozy some parts of athen

was going to do something but seasons will change and time and it soldiers will keep marching on lauren lyster r.t. new york. one of the more few to discover online including blog speeches begin the war with the taste of what you can find right now it's hard. reconstructing the russian capital is revealed their strategy to the traffic jams you can. see it's not getting the details so. close the moscow metro has been described as the most in the world its own site that is the place from music to the sounds of the underground these musicians. the women in chechnya said to be scared of the even their homes as many are kidnapped and forced to marry someone they don't know authorities in the southern russian republic have condemned the practice implementing laws and fines many women still live in fear. of reports it is the moment of families torn apart the church and bride to be happening here remains a ritual rather than the man simply chooses the woman he wants and forcibly takes her but the kidnapping of one young girl called him on one terribly wrong. i knew she went shopping down. we had a goo

is to turn concept into reality or top on the list is forging a lasting partnership with russia lauren lyster r.t. lisbon portugal. russia and nato envoy the use of venue in relations between moscow and their diets at least guarantee great to security on the country's western borders. now after we have lived through the conflict in south wales thirty on a sharp decline in relations it turns out we might have needed such a test on the one hand these events have shown that old nato policies were provoking such an adequate resumes like the socceroos really won too bloody actions on the other hand nato did not get involved in this conflict because europeans did not support the most aggressive part of the bush administration for us nato was a big headache it used to be an enemy now an unpredictable partner the left hand of which doesn't know what the right hand is doing we are tired of this we want more stability and security on our western borders and in the long run maybe even certainty that there will be no trouble to toll i think the americans have finally heard of. what r.t. has been hearing

a simple life worth fighting for lauren lyster r.t. so paulo brazil. again we got much more on our website that's hard to talk with years ago and former president what's on the line right now a woman's take on the life in the military what specialist in the u.s. army talks about sexual harassment domination. struggle points it's. a plus microsoft promise is millions of dollars to boost production silicon valley and help startups where the investment. of time website party dot com. russia former prime minister the enemy again has died at the age of seventy two he was the head of the country's government from ninety ninety two to ninety ninety eight some of the most turbulent years for the country following the collapse of the soviet union after his work in the government he was appointed russia's ambassador to neighboring ukraine and here again he became a presidential aide his family say he was suffering from a serious illness but gave no further details here that he was born in your rules and made a career in the energy sector becoming the soviet mini

lauren lyster r t so paulo brazil now to some other world news of this hour more than thirty people have been killed in a police operation to release hostages from a catholic church in baghdad militants took over the church after attacking the country's stock exchange where they killed two guards they were reportedly demanding al qaeda members held in iraq and egypt to be set free. an explosion in istanbul's main square has left at least thirty two people injured authorities say a suicide bomber was targeting police officers the blast occurred close to an area where riot police are stationed in case of protests after the blast more explosive devices were found and the few. authorities in yemen have released a female student suspected of sending explosives to u.s. synagogues earlier qatar airways said one of the two parcels posted from yemen last week had been transported onto planes before being seized in dubai bombs were found on u.s. bound planes in the u.k. and dubai u.s. officials are now going to yemen to check security practices and holes in the system. indonesia's mount merapi vol

is to turn concept into reality or top on the list is forging a lasting partnership with russia lauren lyster r.t. lisbon portugal. the summit also focused on the delayed ratification of the starts nuclear arms reduction treaty signed by the russian on the us presidents in april it's currently held up by american lawmakers nato secretary nato secretary general anders fogh rasmussen told the lisbon summit that any failure to ratify would damage the security of europe and the entire year atlantic region president obama says there's no good reason why the deal can be passed by the us congress the treaty would sink the two countries and you could also slashed by a third but is being stalled in washington as new to elected republicans outweigh obama's democrats nuclear security expert paul ingram told our saying that all the . president obama faces an uphill battle it's more a question of whether grab any of the rectification of. this this treaty is good for european for america and for russian security it's the logical extension from the original start treaty that lapsed last december and there i

going to do something but seasons will change and time and its soldiers will keep marching on lauren lyster r.t. new york. women in chechnya don't expect to remember that proposal this kate of leaving their houses where they may be kidnapped and forced to marry someone they don't know authorities in the southern russian republic have condemned the practice and then singles and finds many women still live in fear of cho reports. the moment of families torn apart. here remains a ritual rather than an outrage the man simply chooses the woman he wants and forcibly takes her but the kidnapping of one young girl called him on one terribly wrong. i knew she went shopping bag. loans we had it and good outside and saw her being kidnapped yes she was shouting we saw. the kidnapper and his accomplice grabbed him on jumped into a car and sped away but a short way down the road they question to the truck. a young girl. when they were driving here they crashed in the old. school so there was an awful tragedy the car was just a piece of metal you couldn't tell what car it was. some say kidnap and bride's

going to do something but seasons will change and time minutes soldiers will keep marching on lauren lyster r.t. new york. russia is sets of burst on to the formula one scene in full force moscow based supercar make up as brought out virgin racing's british f one team it's to be rebranded as moto virgin racing oxys top bottom reports. let's start with the man behind the company or one of the co-owners of the company nicholai from menko a huge figure within russian racing a distinguished russian race driver and also the host of the russian version of the television motor show top gear this company the russie of which here is a clone or. a super car maker it's revealed already some very high performance cars and next year iran's waiting with bated breath because it does announce that early next year it will unveil its first f one car already under stock under construction in the u.k. so there is the company itself it has a factory in moscow it wants to build more factories in europe the company itself wants to build commercial cars as well as super cars but now it has moved further into that

of my family when i'm gone and even if his family does no one is resting easy concept right now lauren lyster r.t. new york. turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe a car bomb in iraq has left at least ten people dead dozens injured locals say shari'ah muslims were targeted the city is a pilgrimage site the attack follows a series of bombs which killed more than sixty people in mainly shia neighborhoods across baghdad last week. around ten thousand people have fled me and maher after the country's first general election in twenty years officials say they've escaped to neighboring thailand several people have been killed in clashes between rebels and government troops near the border allies of the ruling military are expected to win the election which western countries dismissed as neither free nor fair with a turnout as low as thirty percent after an opposition boycott. u.s. president barack obama has backed india's request for a permanent seat on the un security council during his visit to the country the leader also said relations between the two states are a def

economist michael hudson speaks to his lauren lyster in just a moment. dr michael hudson is a renowned economist he's a wall street analyst he's a professor and he's an economic advisor to countries he's also the author of super imperialism the economic strategy of the american empire recently he's been outspoken on the global currency tensions what some are calling a currency war and this will be a key issue for world leaders at the g. twenty summit which is coming up in south korea so we wanted to get his input i want to thank you for joining us dr hudson new. we recently saw last month g. twenty leaders come to some kind of an agreement on not competitively evaluating their currencies with details to come later at this g. twenty summit but with no details and with no real way to enforce this do you think it will be possible for them to reach a deal and would it even matter there is no possibility of any agreement in the united states is declaring a financial war on other countries the united states is going to china and saying we want you to commit ec