official tells them he is confident they will be exempted from a new u.s. tears meanwhile in brussels french economy minister bruno lemaire tells us what europe needs to do in confronting a potential trade battle with the united states and in nigeria we find a hot idea that is helping farmers to keep their cool and their produce fresher falker. this is the business i'm christopher kolber welcome the vice president of the european commission fronts timmerman says he is confident e.u. steel shipped to the united states will eventually earn the same exemption status as canada and australia to moments made the comment at a gathering of european executives in the german town of filling in home to one of the country's biggest steel producers. steel has been dealing ins life blood for over three hundred years here over five thousand people are employed by the steel mill that dillinger. and many are worried about their jobs american tariffs would

could be excluded from new u.s. import tariffs on steel and aluminum you know it's been came off to trade chiefs from the u.s. the e.u. and japan help talks amid fears that those new u.s. tariffs could trigger a trade war. and protests against nuclear power have been taking place near the fukushima power plant in japan that's ahead of sunday's seventh anniversary of the tsunami that triggered a meltdown that a barrier meant to contain radiation in the area is failing that could jeopardize efforts to clean up the site. sports news now in this weekend's bonus the direction got under way last night with a moment of brilliance from shall cause daniel kelly judy moment settling matters against mites the royal blue midfielder dribbled past five months players before firing off is unstoppable shot in the fifty fifth minute. one two one zero victory for shelter and also means the shelter can sit back and enjoy the rest of the weekend's action in second place tonight so the defeat means there is still deep trouble as they st

u.s. president to reveal from says yes to kim president from. the review and said he would meet kim jong un by may or to monitor the new priority. seizing the moment south korea's president in has been quick to credit both north korean and u.s. leaders or the trumpeter to norman denuclearization m.p.c. on the korean peninsula are beginning to be realized i believe the punk shanklin pics and paralympics as well as our endeavors for peace will help create a new global peace or the credit should go to those people around the world who wish for peace should you know about those. moons liberal government says the way is now open to achieving denuclearization of the korean peninsula through peaceful means something almost inconceivable until recently but many conservatives say it's only been made possible by the u.s. threat of force so i think the south koreans and the north koreans kind of put their heads together and said well we need to come up with something otherwise we might all end up having u.s. rockets landing in pyongyang where they're acting out of fear or seeing an opportunity much credit will go to south korea special envo

well over to christophe europe hasn't given up hope of getting an exemption from new u.s. tariffs right area took some hard lobbying but a compromise could be reached during this week that's according to germany's new economy minister peter altmire he's in washington for talks with the u.s. secretary of commerce wilbur ross after which he said it is still possible to reach at least a provisional solution which could avoid a decline into a heavy trade conflict new u.s. terrorists on steel and the men. are set to come into effect by friday. he's only just arrived in office but the newly minted german economy minister is already faced with a difficult mission. must avoid a trade war with the united states. this. there's a lot at stake here jobs in germany and europe the trade relationship with the united states as well as the trade architecture of the whole world oh take two or innovate in. the new tariffs come into force on friday and in some ways the german and european steel industries could simply sit back and relax after all steel and aluminum make up only a very small pr

actually taking part in this makes ownership reforms so you could begin to see more news flow which could benefit u.s. companies as well as other foreign companies. beijing has appointed several new leaders for the finance and economic cabinet including a new head of the people's bank of china gang receives parts of his education in the united states is he the right person for the job. it was very much expected by the market so no big surprise if we look at his background he has a very strong academic background so he went to the university of peking in china and then actually went to the university of illinois spent about a decade in china before as are in the u.s. before attending to china he's been with the central bank the p.b.'s c. since nine hundred ninety seven more recently as the deputy governor so a lot of alignment and consistency regarding prudent monetary policy is expected in the foreseeable future and now that these several new figures have been appointed from your perspective how will china's economy and capital market develop. in terms of what the government is really focusing on the

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u.s. industry and irreplaceable. the e.u. meanwhile is using a variety of tactics to convince donald trump to abandon his plans from threatening retaliatory measures to requesting talks germany's new economy minister was in the u.s. on monday for talks with his american counterparts. with goodwill on both sides i see a chance of getting a positive response by the end of the week. on tuesday and wednesday the e.u. commissioner for trade cecilia mousetrap will continue the discussions in washington it's not clear what the e.u. intends to offer the americans but donald trump has frequently criticized the high import taxes on u.s. cars and foods like meat. now let's bring in our financial correspondent here journal the german economy minister is signaling the willingness to make concessions the chinese premier saying the country would be open to moves that would bring down the u.s. trade deficit with china what do people on the trading floor think is u.s. president donald trump's strategy working. well first of all it's important to note that the idea of seeking redress for a trade imbalance is not entirely wrong if you look at it from the perspective that export heavy weights three d

i'm sara kelly welcome to the program we begin with breaking news u.s. president donald trump has announced a new tariffs on foreign imports of steel and aluminum of between ten and twenty five percent trump made the widely expected announcement surrounded by steel and aluminum workers the president said that competition from importers undermines national security and was bad for jobs and the economy canada and mexico will be exempt from the tariffs many of trump's fellow republicans have criticized the plan to impose it. and we have team coverage of this announcement for more i'm joined now by claire richardson from washington and teri schultz is standing by with the reaction from brussels welcome to both of you and clare i'd like to begin with you bring us up to date on this announcement well sara many of the united states' closest allies are furious about this announcement the i.m.f. and several other countries have already warned this could very well start a trade war and the e.u. has already said that it will impose retaliatory tariffs on things like

president trump is negotiating with a number of countries over possible exemptions to new u.s. import tariffs but they didn't clarify which countries are involved now there's no time to waste a week from now increased terrorist on steel and aluminum are set to come into effect meanwhile e.u. officials have prepared in this of us produced items that could face levies in return use economic hit list as pages long and includes american favorites like corn peanut butter whiskey tobacco genes and motorcycles products worth in total two point eight billion euros in annual trade says brussels the list is a reaction to u.s. president donald trump announced tariffs on steel and aluminum that the european union says flies in the face of the u.s. relations. with a tariff that the united states has imposed are against these principles of the world trade organization and we want to change course all of these problems by discussion if possible. which is why germany's new economics minister. is traveling to washington on sunday followed by e.u. trade commissioner cecilia mines through both ho

u.s. negotiations with north korea between two thousand and three and two thousand and seven he surprised by this latest news but says the really hot begins now it is quite unprecedented i spent four years negotiating with north korea koreans in my capacity as the head of the u.s. delegation to the six party talks and i tell you we've never had a day like today so this is quite unprecedented quite extraordinary and the question really is how much will president trump try to ensure that a meeting which is apt defter all over climate of the realm when you have a meeting with the president the united states whether that meeting will really lead to the full dinnick denuclearization that we all are demanding if he has in mind just to sort of get together i think that's going to be very poorly received politically in this country so i think he's going to have to get his staff to work and they're going to have to figure out what the steps are they want to see coming from north korea they want to see what the north koreans expectations are from us and there's going to be an extraordinary amount of work in the coming

u.s. president donald trump's threat of new tariffs becomes reality europeans try to avert it how likely is their last minute success we'll get the word from brussels also making money with health care germany's siemens lets its medical equipment division go public can investors really look forward to healthy profits and saturdays at frank stay. on ireland's most famous stout. this is a business i'm christopher caldwell welcome to the white house says there is a more flexibility u.s. president donald trump is negotiating with a number of countries over possible exemptions to new u.s. import tariffs but they didn't clarify which countries are involved now there's no time to waste a week from now increased terrorist on steel and aluminum are set to come into effect meanwhile e.u. officials have prepared a list of u.s. produced items that could face levies in return use economic hit list as pages long and includes american favorites like corn peanut butter whiskey tobacco genes and motorcycles products worth in total two point eight billion euros in annual trade says brussels the list is a rea

u.s. industry and irreplaceable. the e.u. meanwhile is using a variety of tactics to convince donald trump to abandon his plans from threatening retaliatory measures to requesting talks germany's new economy minister was in the u.s. on monday for talks with his american counterparts. with goodwill on both sides i see a chance of getting a positive response by the end of the week. on tuesday and wednesday the e.u. commissioner for trade cecilia mao strong will continue the discussions in washington it's not clear what the e.u. intends to offer the americans but donald trump has frequently criticized the e.u. use high import taxes on u.s. cars and foods like meat. and should the european union not reach an exemption from a fresh u.s. import tariffs the block has announced it would strike back with levees of its own that as divisive as that would be hit is ten pages long and includes some of the most iconic products made in the usa we're talking highly davidson motorcycles for one straight out of wisconsin additional tariffs could hit the company just as it seeking to find new custom is. that sound is worth around thirty thousand euros and holly davidson's munich branch is busy the f

ok let's go back to our breaking news the story now u.s. president donald trump as we said as sacked secretary of state rex tillerson has replaced him with cia director mike pompei oh the move comes after tillerson broke with the white house to say russia was probably behind that nerve agent attack in britain a trump said on twitter that the cia deputy director gina hostile will succeed pump a zero at the cia becoming the first woman to run the spy agency. and let's go back to washington our correspondent there custom phenomena in washington carson we were just talking about this a poisoning attack in the u.k. is there any indication at this point if it really is true that this was the straw that broke the camel's back what led to rex tillerson being sacked today. it is possible as i said but that is only speculation or. and educated guess if you like but the official reason that the white house gave was that donald trump wanted to do this change now because he wants to assemble a new foreign policy and security team at the white house to p

u.s. industry and irreplaceable. the e.u. meanwhile is using a variety of tactics to convince donald trump to abandon his plans from threatening retaliatory measures to requesting talks germany's new economy minister was in the u.s. on monday for talks with his american counterparts. with goodwill on both sides i see a chance of getting a positive response by the end of the week. on tuesday and wednesday the e.u. commissioner for trade cecilia myles strong will continue the discussions in washington it's not clear what the e.u. intends to offer the americans but donald trump has frequently criticized the e.u.'s high import taxes on u.s. cars and foods like meat. let's bring in our financial correspondent generic do my lounge at the frankfurt stock exchange now genelle those tariffs yet to be implemented on a friday our european companies they're bracing themselves. yes but not just because they're afraid of the chair of spurs say in fact the european central bank chief mario draghi has sought to reassure the euro zone that to the potential fallout from steel and aluminum tarps would be manageable in the block but of course the real fear here is that. retaliatory measures in respon

products be hit by the new u.s. tariffs. cuba's state on tobacco monopoly on our says the country exported cigars worth some four hundred million euros last year a twelve percent increase on twenty sixteen and us exports famous cuban brands like cohiba and monte cristo two hundred fifty countries tobacco is one of cuba's main foreign currency earners alongside tourism and sugar but sanctions mean the u.s. isn't among the buyers. the same pay for the same job at the same location was the goal of an e.u. workers' directive last year it was designed to protect domestic work forces in high wage countries like france and germany from being undercut by migrant workers from low wage e.u. countries but some eastern european countries aren't happy about the directive workers from their argue that having to compete on a level playing field could threaten their livelihoods and remittances the e.u. is looking into the a c. of. china launched its belgian road initiative also known as the new silk road five years ago the nine hundred bill

the world still producing nations aligning up to seek exemptions from the new u.s. tariffs on steel an alum in human oats president has already waived canada and mexico from the twenty five percent levy on steel and ten percent on aluminum that he signed off on thursday japan brazil argentina australia and south korea already said they will seek exemptions china steel industry is calling for its government to take retaliatory measures will the e.u. is already preparing counter measures targeting products from swing states that help donald trump win the us presidency like primaries from wisconsin and orange juice from florida it's also putting pressure on the world trade organization to rule trumps tariffs unfair the e.u. is the world's second biggest still produce off to china with an output of a hundred seventy seven million tons a year around eleven percent of global output but just five million tons of that is exported to the u.s. around one and a half percent of the output so why is the e.u. so concerned it's worried that it may become a dumping ground for steel

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as a response to new u.s. tariffs on e.u. steel an element approved by president trump e.u. penalties could amount to twenty percent on the famous american cycles twenty yeah twenty percent would be a real blow to the tour it would be a straight three to four thousand euro's more expensive. the munich ali davidson showroom is called the house of flames there is hardly a better known calling card for america than the iconic brands showroom here. freedom loving easy ride is find it almost unbelievable that protectionist measures could be implemented by the u.s. under donald trump. they're going to globalized world i don't believe that's a suitable method i think if we all want to head back to the middle ages ago trump just has to keep doing what he's been doing. thirty five years ago shop owner my god started repairing hollies in his backyard today he's the biggest harley dealer in germany he believes the brand urgently needs younger by its import tariffs will make that even. the younger generation still has to work to earn money and when a bike like this cost structure one or

trade commissioner will join them tomorrow and the clock is ticking new u.s. import tariffs on steel and other media could be imposed as early as friday. the new tariffs come into force on friday and in some ways the german and european steel industries could simply sit back and relax after rules steel and aluminum make up only a very small proportion of european exports to the u.s. . and yet the e.u. will be the trading partner to be hit hardest by the new taxes the e.u. as a whole all twenty eight countries would have six point five billion dollars worth of steel and aluminum exports affected by the new tariffs it's followed by china with an export volume of around three billion dollars germany would pay taxes on a total of one point seven billion dollars worth of such exports each year making it the country most affected from within the e.u. the fur institute warns that the new tariffs might terrill the beginning of a cascade of others which will spread across further sectors and countries and the european steel industry fears that europe may soon be floode

news u.s. president donald trump is poised to announce billions of dollars of new duties on chinese goods after announcing steel tariffs earlier this month the new duties are expected to target china's high tech sector and in the past months trump has heavily criticized china saying that the country has unfair trade practices meanwhile the u.s. has just come forward with the following announcement it says the european union will be temporarily exempt from steel tariffs as well as other countries those countries include australia south korea canada brazil and argentina. and for more i'm joined now here in the studio we have team coverage this afternoon with business reporter stephen barrett lee who is with us here on the set and our correspondent there richard finn is standing by with the latest from washington where we are awaiting this announcement from u.s. president donald trump and stephen i'd like to begin with you because you know you really have the insight from the business world especia

♪ brent: this is "dw news," live from berlin. termination via tweet. u.s. esident donald trump has fired secretary of state rex tillerson. >> my commission as cretary of state will terminate at midnight march 31. brent: president trump nominates cia director mike pompeo as his new secretary of state, saying he and pompeo are quote, on the same wavelength. also coming up, the case of the poisoned spy in a quiet english city. will russia respond to britain's midlife -- midnight deadline to tell the truth? now police are investigating the unexplained death of yet another russian. ♪ brent: i'm brent goff. it's good to have you with us. even in the chaos of the trump administration, today's exit has shocked and stunned much of the world. u.s. president donald trump fired his secretary of state rex tillerson. the president broke the surprise news on twitter, announcing cia director mike pompeo as his new choice to be america's top diplomat. a short while ago, tillerson made a statement in which he warned of the challenges that his successor will face around the wo

can be exempted from new u.s. import tariffs on steel and element in the statement coming to trade chiefs from the u.s. the e.u. in japan held talks over fears that those u.s. terrorists might spark a global trade will. former donald trump advisor steve bannon has been making controversial parents at a conference on fronts is far right for us or not party bannon who helped shape trump's america first campaign platform so party delegates and little they were part of the worldwide anti establishment movement and that history was on the side . british troops have been examining and removing possibly contaminated vehicles in the city of souls that's amid an investigation into the poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter or thought she was also carrying out forensic work in a cemetery where the explants wife and son about a buried. turning now to german soccer it's been a full day of action in the business league a league leaders by munich putting another nail in the coffin of second to last. french internati

products be hit by the new u.s. tariffs. cuba's state own tobacco monopoly on our says the country exported cigars worth some four hundred million euros last year a twelve percent increase on twenty sixteen about us exports famous cuban brands like cohiba and monte cristo two hundred fifty countries to bacco is one of cuba's main foreign currency earners alongside tourism and sugar but sanctions mean the u.s. isn't among the buyers. the same pay for the same job at the same location was the goal of an e.u. workers' directive last year it was designed to protect domestic work forces in high wage countries like france and germany from being undercut by migrant workers from low wage e.u. countries but some eastern european countries aren't happy about the directive workers from their argue that having to compete on a level playing field could threaten their livelihoods and remittances the e.u. is looking into the a c. of. china launched its belgian road initiative also known as the new silk road five years ago the nine hundred

now, in an nbc news exclusive report, u.s. officials say the crown prince blocked his own mom, she's hidden away from the king, and this has been taking place for years, fearing she would impose her son's plans to amass power and divide the royal family. for more, let's bring in nbc's carol lee, who broke the story. the prince likes to take credit for being forward thinking and progressive, you know. he held the big conference just a few months ago, bringing business leaders, this whole women are going to be able to drive. except his mom is hidden away from the dad. >> reporte >> yeah. we spoke to 14 current and former u.s. officials who said that more than two years ago, he made a power move and shut his mom away from his father because he was concerned that she had influence over him and that she would somehow get in the way of his plans to be what he is now, which is heir to the throne. he did that, you know, by creating various excuses for her absence. he would say things like, she's out of the country receiving medical tr

and japan have been holding talks amid fears that new u.s. import tariffs could trigger a trade war u.s. trade envoy robert lie ties met japan's hero she has seco and the e.u. says cd amounts to them they want to know if japan in the e.u. can obtain exemptions from u.s. levies on steel and. protests against nuclear power have been taking place near the fukushima power plant in japan ahead of sunday's seventh anniversary of the tsunami that triggered a meltdown that a barrier meant to contain brady ation is failing and that could jeopardize efforts to clean up the area. sports now this weekend's bonus legal action getting underway last night with a moment of brilliance from shell because daniel keller juvie settled matters against mites the royal blue midfielder dribbling past five months before. unstoppable shot in the fifty fifth minute one nil victory means shelter can sit back and enjoy the rest of the weekend's action in second place for mites though the defeat means they're still in deep trouble as they struggle to avoid relegation . turn

still ahead, a new month and a new u.s. jobs report.his is "real yield." ♪ ♪ this is "bloomberg: real yield." it is time for the final spread. it will be a shorter trading week in some areas of the world. we will give you the canadian numbers and the march jobs report. me, gregory peers, jim from blackrock, and kathleen gaffney. the conversation continues, because the grind high contin ues. what is the signal flashing for you? >> we want to watch and see how long this is going to persist. , once wet consensus reach april 15 and we start getting revenues in in the united states, you will see that come down. we should pay attention. to persist, we are likely to see the market and credit risk reacting to tighter financial conditions. jonathan: how close are we? 37 days, to be precise. >> i think it is about persistence. it is not a single factor, issuance. there are other factors in play. it is hard to disentangle what the true driver is. if it continues to widen and remain at these high levels, it is a de facto tightening. it is already h

this is news coming to you live from berlin sinus's it is fight to the end of u.s. president donald trump kids it with new tyrants john pundits plans to hype doubters all up to sixteen billion dollars in goods from china and you're leaping to tell you should he says unfair trade practices also coming up elite is relieved to hear that they will be exempted from trump's titles for now but they say they already with their own countermeasures if the trade will breaks out. and hardline and john bolton is strongest new national security adviser these are the kids of preemptive strikes on north korea and thinks the u.s. should dump the iran nuclear deal so what is the point been mean the security. glass within the next half a knowledge of a close this was once a disease on the street but it's now making a comeback heads of one tb day we go to ukraine they're going elsewhere the disease has developed resistance to the drugs that once talked to in its tracks. being. born. and unwelcome on the touchy. u.s. president donald trump speaks and sends the was reeling he's announced

can be exempt from new u.s. import tariffs on steel and aluminum the statement came after trade chiefs from the united states the european union and japan held talks over fears those you have tariffs might spark a global trade war. now to somalia where an ongoing severe drought has left millions of people facing food and water shortages repeated failed harvests over the past few years have caused widespread malnutrition farming families have abandoned their homes in search of food and aid elsewhere in a country where most people make their living from the land it's a humanitarian crisis with no end in sight. the heat sets in early in the morning and dolo in southwest somalia women line up for assistance they've been here for about a year back then the drought was at its worst and the sheepherder families lost their animals as. well but i was at the well most of us survived on what relatives give us not everyone has gotten help from the age group so far. aid organizations seem somewhat overwhelmed with the consta

u.s. national security policy from next month. breaking news coming in from france for efficiency a hostage situation is under way inside a supermarket security forces at the scene in the south western town of ten close to the city of caucus on there is conflicting information on the number of victims with the situation still ongoing but there are reports at least one person has been killed it's been reported that the gunman claimed allegiance to the so-called islamic state the french prime minister edward phillips is on his way to ted he has said the situation is quote very serious for more on this breaking news situation i have on the line correspond an elizabeth in paris on what is the latest on this hostage situation in the town of ten in southwestern france. we're a bit confused but right now the hostage taker is dying in the supermarket some people are still inside some people managed to get out of there all conflicting reports of one or two people being killed possibly the picture there was a bunch of thousands like the supermarket and s

can be exempted from new u.s. import tariffs on steel and other minium statement came off the trade cheese from the u.s. the e.u. and japan held talks of fear is the u.s. tariffs might spark a global trade war. former don't trump advisor steve bannon is making a controversial appearance at the party conference of french party the far right for nasr not bannon who helped shape trump's america first campaign platform was invited to address delegates in little after having repeatedly expressed support for europe's far right ment's. british troops have been examining and removing possibly contaminated vehicles in the city of souls three that's image an investigation into the poisoning of a former russian spy and his divorce with orgies also carried out forensic work in the cemetery where the expos wife and his son were buried. and protests against nuclear power have been taking place near the fukushima power plant in japan that's ahead of sunday's seventh anniversary of the tsunami that triggered a meltdown that a bar

brian stelt they're speaking with anna cabrera. >>> china is slamming president trump's signing of a new u.s. law on taiwan. the taiwan travel act encourages visits between the u.s. and taiwan officials. china says it firmly opposes the law and that it violates the one china principle. let's bring in steven jong following the story live in beijing. steven, clearly this plays into that very delicate balance of cross strait relations. explain to our viewers why china has staked out a firm opposition to this move. >> reporter: well, george, china's swift and strong reactions are not surprising considering beijing views taiwans a breakaway province that must be reunited with the mainland by force if necessary. so the taiwan issue is really a red line in the eyes of the beijing government and they simply do not want to see any country, including the united states, cross it. now, the timing of this signing is is also very interesting of course. as you know, mr. trump has increasingly focussed on china as he addresses the huge trade imbalance the u.s. has with the rested of the world. we have heard

u.s. is taking against russia is an appropriate response. tensions with russia reach new heights as 60 americans are ordered out of the country. the exact same number of russian diplomats president trump kicked out of the u.s. on monday. the decision came in response to the poisoning of former spy sergi skripal and his daughter yulia in the english city of salisbury. authorities blame russia for the attack. >> the message being sent is you cannot use a military grade nerve agent without a response. >> reporter: part of the response is president trump's decision to close the russian consulate in seattle. workers were seen packing up boxes and leaving thursday. in retaliation, russia said it would be shutting down the u.s. consulate in st. petersburg. white house spokesperson sarah huckabee sanders says this marks a further deterioration. russia's foreign ministry spokesperson said there was no proof russia was to blame for the march 4th attack and to compare it to misleading information, she said the west used to justify the invasion of iraq. >> nobody asked for additional

this is newsnight from new york fired u.s. president donald trump cites the secretary of state's rex tillerson had just completed a tour of africa told it was apparently cut short so says suggests he has not been told why he's. president meanwhile has been heaping praise on the man he wants to replace rex tillerson cia director mike pumpin a. tremendous energy from the left you're always going to say wave like. relate to the very good. secretary of state. i'm phil gal welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump past societies secretary of state rex tillerson the president broke the surprise news on twitter thanking his to tell us and for his service cia director mike pump has been nominated as the new secretary of state and you know hospital is the president's choice to take over at the cia mr trump has been speaking about the changes. i've worked with mike bomb now for quite some time. prevent this energy from and this is the lack there always on the same wavelength. the relationship has been very good and that's what

and other news u.s. president on trauma says he expects great success at a planned meeting with north korean leader kim jong un or during a campaign rally for a republican candidate in the state of pennsylvania tom said he has an agreement from pyongyang to suspend missile testing ahead of a face to face meeting. they're not going to send missiles thank you but they're not sending missiles up and i believe that i believe that i really do i think they want to do something i think they want to make peace i think it's time and i think we've shown great surely i think that's also important right. china's commerce minister has said that any trade war sparked by white house tabs on steel in alimony i'm would be disastrous for his country the u.s. and the rest of the world was speaking on the sidelines of the annual session of parliament the minister said china does not want a trade war and will not initiate one meanwhile you trade officials with one for exemptions on u.s. import tariffs trump's plan includes a