expressed concern at washington's plan for tariffs on steel and many m w t o director general roberto acevedo said the potential for escalation was real and that a trade war was in no one's interest us president on a trump wants to slap a twenty five percent levy on steel and ten percent on the minium imports the move has sent stock markets south u.s. trading partners say they'll impose trade countermeasures china is the u.s. is main target with the tariffs for years the country has been overproducing steel and aluminum and selling it off dumping prices donald trump has been known to this for some time blaming china for the loss of tens of thousands of jobs in his country. but beijing is less than impressed with this response it's already threatening retaliate three measures officially though the tone remains diplomatic . china urges the u.s. to show restraint in using protective trade measures and respect multinational trade rules. trumps meeting with the u.s. steel companies left open whether the tariffs would focus on just one country or on all steel and aluminum imports generally the resu

global economy once the head of the world trade organization global growth could fall very quickly roberto acevedo told the b.b.c. in an interview no meanwhile in a phone call with u.s. president donald trump german chancellor angela merkel has called for dialogue between the european union and the united states over trade the white house said to the two leaders also discussed what washington described as china's illegal acquisition of intellectual property a call comes the week after trump ordered new tariffs on china but accepted to the e.u. answer. well these are difficult times for the who usually successful tech market a string of scandals are weighing on investors appetite for tech stocks it seems for more let's cross over to our man of the five stock exchange daniel corp daniel what exactly is behind this take route. well there are simply afraid of regulations in the afternoon trading we saw that yesterday also happening on wall street shares were dropping and mostly the shares of tech companies they are in trouble after the latest scandals involving different companies you just mentioned m

concern at washington's plan for terrorist on steel and minium imports w t o director general roberto acevedo says the potential for escalation was real and that a trade war was in no one's interest while u.s. president on a trump wants to slap a twenty five percent levy on steel and ten percent on alan minium imports the move has sent stock markets around the world south u.s. trading partners say they'll impose straight counter measures. china is the us is main target with the tariffs for years the country has been over producing steel and aluminum and selling it off and dumping prices donald trump has the moaned this for some time blaming china for the loss of tens of thousands of jobs in his country. but beijing is less than impressed with this response it's already threatening retaliate tree measures officially though the tone remains diplomatic. john wanting to me for china urges the u.s. to show restraint in using protective trade measures and respect multinational trade rules. trumps meeting with the u.s. steel companies left open whether the tariffs would focus on just one country or