secretary of state mike pompei i met his chinese counterpart in beijing but those diplomatic efforts didn't stop the united states from pressing ahead with plans to impose tariffs on fifty billion dollars worth of chinese goods early drafts of a list drawn up by the white house indicate that products including medical equipment and plane parts will be taxed at twenty five percent which china ready to fight back in kind the economic impact could be huge. we're going to be. another different parts of the world the caribbean island nation of barbados is drowning in debt it has the world's fourth highest debt to g.d.p. ratio behind japan greece and sudan now the i.m.f. is stepping in to get barbados back on the block the new prime minister motley recently announced the country had undisclosed liabilities raising its overall debt from hundreds and thirty seven per cent of g.d.p. to over one hundred and seventy five mostly had no choice but to contact the financial lifeguards at the international monetary fund the i.m.f. signaled it would assist barbados ailing economy with an emergency de

hype of the summit with the sworn enemy came the explanation to the allies america's top diplomat mike pompei i met with the south korean president in insolvent before a trilateral meeting with the foreign ministers of south korea and japan which provided an opportunity to show unity on the issue of north korea the u.s. alliances with these two countries are absolutely ironclad the declaration signed by u.s. president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong un in singapore was vague there was no detail about how denuclearization will be achieved north korean state media suggested that the two leaders had agreed to similar taney s actions suggesting pyongyang could be rewarded along the way mike says that's not the case thanks and you cannot take place until such time as we have demonstrated that north korea has been completely immune despite not being told in advance south korea's foreign minister says donald trump's decision to unilaterally end joint military exercises wasn't discussed in detail in thursday's meeting north korea believes the drills are a rehearsal for an invasion but the

chinese imports the official announcement is expected later on friday a day after secretary of state mike pompei i met chinese president xi jinping in beijing mr trump's been trying to fulfill a campaign pledge to crack down on what he calls unfair trading policies. made from title if the united states takes unilateral protectionist measures harming china's interests we will quickly react and take necessary steps to resolutely protect our fair legitimate rights more now from our correspondent in beijing florence louis. the u.s. government hasn't officially announced these tariffs yet but we have known about them for a couple of weeks the u.s. had said it will publish a list of affected items on the fifteenth of june and the tariffs are expected to come into effect a couple of days after that now the two countries u.s. and china have been holding talks to try and avert a possible trade war ultimately the u.s. wants to reduce its trade deficit with china by as much as two hundred billion dollars over the next two years and the trumpet ministration has also said it wants to give american companies gr

secretary of state mike pompei i met with chinese officials he said president trump still considered the u.s. trade deficit with china as too high chinese foreign minister said there were only two paths they could go down. she. mentions on the trade issue that mr secretary has just mentioned in fact we are now facing two options one is cooperation and when when the other is confrontation and lose lose we have chosen the first one and we hope the u.s. will make the same wise choice. of course we have prepared for the second option. should. the international monetary fund has warned president trump's new import tariffs threaten to undermine the global trading system and would ultimately damage the u.s. economy. come back to europe italy's minister for agriculture says he will not ratify the c to free trade deal between the european union and canada in an interview john monaco's and t. nyos said other e.u. members would likely follow italy in refusing to sign the deal the pact was agreed two years ago and eliminates almost all tariffs between the two sides it has provisionally taken eff

now this comes just a day after secretary of state mike pompei i met chinese president xi jinping inbeijing and european union member countries have unanimously back to plan to impose tariffs on u.s. products the move will target goods worth three point three billion dollars afghanistan's ministry of defense says the chief of the pakistani taliban has been killed in a drone strike while our first alert was targeted by a us drone strike on june thirteenth in afghanistan's konar province under as well as command that he could taliban carried out unsuccessful attempts to kill child activist malala yousafzai in two thousand and nine. yemen's hooty rebel leader who plea is calling on his supporters to fight back against saudi and a variety backed government forces who are closing in on the vital port city of the data the u.n. says it should remain open for humanitarian supplies italy's prime minister has arrived for his meeting with french president manuel macro after the two sides agreed on the need to new incentives on immigration the two sides are engaged in a war of words over roads r

america's top diplomat mike pompei i met with south korean president in solved before a trilateral meeting with the foreign ministers of south korea and japan which provided an opportunity to show unity on the issue of north korea the u.s. alliances with these two countries are absolutely ironclad the declaration signed by u.s. president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong un in singapore was vague there was no detail about how denuclearization will be achieved the north korean state media suggested that the two leaders had agreed to similar taney s actions suggesting pyongyang could be rewarded along the way michael says that's not the case thanks and you really cannot take place until such time as we have demonstrated that north korea has been completely immune despite not being told in advance south korea's foreign minister says donald trump's decision to unilaterally end joint military exercises wasn't discussed in detail in thursday's meeting north korea believes the drills are a rehearsal for an invasion but the united states and its allies have always said that defense of

hype of the summit with the sworn enemy came the explanation to the allies america's top diplomat mike pompei i met with south korean president in in seoul before a trilateral meeting with the foreign ministers of south korea and japan which provided an opportunity to show unity on the issue of north korea the u.s. alliances with these two countries are absolutely ironclad the declaration signed by u.s. president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong un in singapore was vague there was no detail about how denuclearization will be achieved the north korean state media suggested that the two leaders had agreed to similar taney s actions suggesting pyongyang could be rewarded along the way michael says that's not the case thanks and you really cannot take place until such time as we have demonstrated that north korea has been completely immune of course despite not being told in advance south korea's foreign minister says donald trump's decision to unilaterally end joint military exercises wasn't discussed in detail in thursday's meeting north korea believes the drills are a rehearsal for

can be trusted so this is where these relationships are coming and this is why mike pompei was having a steak dinner. if i was a continued state dinner in new york city with the vice chair and i'm looking at my monitor again and i can see that just outside of the white house there at the south portico in fact we do see the national security. john bolton i believe popped his head out so this arrival to take place any moment but certainly again when it gets back to relationships what we know is that this sort of sitting down to have an american style state dinner the president in his letter to kim jong un the north korean leader although it did have a points some concern about north korea's tremendous anger and hostility the overall tone of the letter was one of a willingness and a warmth to try and build on the relationship and that's what we're seeing mary of take place right now at the white house this continued effort to build a relationship something that would be incredibly historic if in fact that meeting could occur the white house saying that this sort of the issue of denuclearization may not be re

way of concrete deals or anything like that but it was extremely light on detail and i think this trip by mike pompei o the u.s. secretary of state not just to solve but he's also going to beijing after his visit to the south korean capital is about giving some more details to president mungy in to the foreign ministers of south korea and japan and china as well and also to perhaps ease some concerns that they have been raised about that summit in singapore particularly after that media conference when donald trump appeared to give away quite a lot there's been concern perhaps that there would be a phased approach to denuclearize ation for example which is something that the u.s. has always said will not happen that they want to complete denuclearization before there will be any sort of relief offered to north korea will might in this media conference in the last few minutes when to address some of those concerns and he said that they will be no economical sanctions relief until complete denuclearization is complete he said there will be no phased approach when it comes to denuclearization and he sai

i think to context. between the north koreans and the cia and it was then director of the cia not cia mike pompei o who made that secret visit over the easter weekend to pyongyang which really i think was the start of the full scale u.s. engagement with north korea worth all of that also reminding you sammy that it hasn't been a straight road it's been a bumpy road and it could well be a bumpy road going forward because this summit nearly didn't happen it was called off and only after then fresh meetings between the two sides in various locations did they decide to put it on again now there are those who watch this closely who believe that actually it was put back on again after the u.s. blinks because some of the things the u.s. insisted on to have this meeting on not in place initially the u.s. was saying they wanted the north koreans to make a complete commitment to denuclearization to the u.s. definition of this before this meeting took place they haven't done that the meeting is here it's taking place without the north koreans making any public commitment in advance. james stay with us for a second jus

welcomes the amir to washington where he praises him for taking a stand against i saw a new secretary of state mike pompei o travels to saudi arabia in april his main message on his first overseas trip resolve the gulf crisis and end the blockade of gaza. takes a look now at what cattle is done in the past year to combat the blockade. it has not been an easy year for qatar but for now protests from all over the world fill up store shelves cranes other most visible sign of the huge push to build mega projects in time for football's world cup in twenty twenty two but a year ago on the fifth of june during the fasting month of ramadan qatar is work up to an unprecedented crisis saudi arabia the u.a.e. behind rain and egypt cut off diplomatic ties with qatar and imposed a land sea and embargo the blockade in countries accuse the qatari government of sponsoring terrorism accusations doha strongly deny it attempts by the emir of kuwait and regional leaders to and the diplomatic feud have made no progress so far unfortunately we don't see any credible indicators to suggest that there will be a solution in the ne

summit in singapore this is their first try lateral meeting since secretary mike pompei or assume their current position mr khan and i pleased to welcome secretary pompei or to join us today i would also like to thank secretary pompei all for providing us with a timely and first hand briefing of the summit meeting where chairman kim jong un committed to the complete denuclearization over the korean peninsula taking this opportunity i really like to express my heartfelt respect for the strong leadership of president trump and the hard work by secretary pompei all. this is only the beginning of a challenging yet significant significant process to achieve a common peace and stability in the region and beyond. north korea's complete very fireable and irreversible dismantlement of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles of all rangers foreign secretary point pay was briefing we had a frank discussion on how we north korea to take concrete actions towards a full implementation of the relevant united nations security council resolutions based on the outcome of the summit. we reaffirm that the three countries cont

welcomes the amir to washington where he praises him for taking a stand against i saw a new secretary of state mike pompei o travels to saudi arabia in april his main message on his first overseas trip resolve the gulf crisis and end the blockade of gaza. takes a look now at what cat has done in the past year to combat the blockade. it has not been an easy year for qatar but for now protests from all over the world fill up store shelves cranes other most visible sign of the huge push to build mega projects in time for football's world cup in twenty twenty two but a year ago on the fifth of june during the fasting month of ramadan qatar is work up to a president at crisis saudi arabia the u.a.e. behind rain and egypt cut off diplomatic ties with qatar and imposed a land sea and embargo the blockade in countries accuse the qatari government of sponsoring terrorism accusations doha strongly deny it attempts by the emir of kuwait and regional leaders to and the diplomatic feud have made no progress so far unfortunately we don't see any credible indicate there was to suggest that there will be a solution in th

i felt foolish doing it. but we had no choice well despite the positive signals u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o has warned that military drills with side korea could resume if the north feels to meet its commitments to denuclearize the young young my temper reason to remain wary of its historic. murat's goes the of explains . what's not to like a new nuclear disarmament deal potentially one less country with nukes where all bets are off one of us and we have this truly historic moment on film. so why does kim jong jr seems to suspicious could be anything poison assassins or trump just waiting to backstab him the united states will withdraw from the iran nuclear deal come to think of it america's nuclear deal to seem to last exactly as long as the incumbent president take the rainy and deal brought obama his partner has worked on it for years so much work so much effort just for trump to tear it all up don't forget obama negotiated the arendelle one of the worst disasters the dumbest deals ever negotiated except don't feel sorry for a bomber just yet george bush his predecessor also struck a n

there will be some tough questions asked of mike pompei about why they weren't given any prior warning about donald trump's wish to end these military exercises and i think what ultimately we will end up with is perhaps a suspension of the exercises while dialogue is taking place between north and south korea and between north korea and the united states and that is certainly what it appears that the north koreans believe was agreed to in singapore a suspension in good faith while talks are taking place but that's not what donald trump said in that media conference in singapore he said he wanted to end the exercises because they're too expensive and they are provoked could have any even a regarding the cost of the exercises linked to them back to a trade dispute that the u.s. is having with south korea where in thanks very much. still ahead on al-jazeera i'm joined now in rome where the government is embroiled in a diplomatic standoff with wrong so brits migration policy while hundreds of refugees and migrants turned away from it to make it to spain. and run two of the media marger is now comcast tries to buy twenty first century fox. i phone. me s

i would that's what this job. your geologist their arms the whole roman these are all top news stories u.s. secretary of state mike pompei is in china on the final stop of a diplomatic mission to brief regional leaders about the outcomes of the singapore summit between donald trump and kim jong un earlier pompei was in seoul to reassure south korean and japanese allies about how the u.s. will guarantee that north korea will get rid of its nuclear weapons. let's cross over to florence louie who is joining me now from beijing and of course florence you were listening in to that joint press conference between the americans and the chinese and they seem to be on the same page should be able to speak from you might say the same hymn sheet. that's right they seem to be on the same page as china reaffirming that it's it's committed really to denuclearization of north korea that it will support the international community in achieving this goal but there was one area where where there seemed to be perhaps a little bit of a gap between how these two countries approach certain things and this is in the area of sanctions now and th