u. s. also to china and russia, as we have seen what color is ation in the world, germany's economy has been flagging. if it's particularly a start, when you look at the top 5 economies in the world, what does a trump $2.00, administration, in for the german economy, which is projected to be in recession again this year? yeah. so in the past, the germans economy has really benefited from exports. we were our exports strong nation, much to the dislike of mr. trump. well, i guess its good news for him, but our explore it is currently not as strong as you would like it to be. uh, we do hope that we will gain competitiveness again going forward. however, we have to be particularly careful in the towards the u. s. s we have observed that once have been hampering our export has to be in china to a large extent. china is a 2 competitor and is also demanding less of our export goods as they're producing themselves now. so beyond your u. s. has, if anything gained as important as a market for us. and so

u. s. also to patch some who are in china. i, you know, don't do this because we're aware of it or do you think washington really needs to review its nucleus to oxygen? well, it's yours, have thousands of nuclear warheads and everyone knows us does possess capability to, to, for our multiple times. i mean that what we do well, it's kinda nice to justify its existence and needs to justify the continuous spending the learning of military budget. it's bunch of sees, this is what pentagon do. they have to justify. imagine royce threat, wrong china from russia while you're off on north korea and, and they're, they're just, this is just another um, cdn, this is just another, another round of asking for funding at congress. you know, i'm back in september the us and i states law just as a military aid packaged taiwan. i just wondered if you find it kind of curious. so the us is on the one hand saying, oh, there's a massive threat by state like china. but at the same time, it's the one pursuing a foreign policy. which thing jamie is i

u. s. also hanging in the balance, they've long story because of disagreements of agriculture or standards, including concerns over the import of chlorinated chicken, a whole loan treated beef into britain bought the bank of england has urged breakfast, prime minister kissed on the step up ties with the you saying that the you case exit from the block has weighed on the nation's economy. now in trade, its numbers the matter calm us between the u. k and europe is 3 times larger, the between the u. k. and the us taking as a block, the u is the you case, largest overall trade post and accounting for 43 percent of trade. while the us is britain, the single largest trade pump that with more than $388000000000.00 worth of goods and services. this year, the u. k. could face the almost $28000000000.00 hit to its exports. if trump imposes a blanket 20 percent tariff on all imports, according to new analysis by the university of sussex is to us for inclusive trade policy. well, research as of aston univer

u. s. interests. she also said that if the u. s. cares about what happens in the south china sea, and of course, that includes taiwan and it should care. but what happens with russia is the question and ukraine. so a pretty clear stance from call us there, which is to be expected, given her past history on this topic, less clarity on her position only made at least she called for a ceasefire. she called for the release of hostages, and she called for what she said was restraint from all parties. no, that is pretty much the bare minimum in terms of a messaging on it's a pretty, it's a deer shift from her previous test. so you'll set burrell who was really seen as quite an outspoken critic of israeli actions in gaza. she seemed much more hesitant to explicitly offer any kind of criticism. and that change in tone will be welcome to some and really disappointing to others. no, of course that's not the only topic on her list. she will be the european union space in the world. she talks about the big summit with african leaders in 2025

u. s. u, i also still know with china, it's a bumper show in these new environments. thank you. took a say it's a living image that i see relations between the russian ladders to the people's republic of china with these relations tomorrow day. and i'm president of leaving high to level these relations out, build upon mutual trust. this is something we are lacking in our relations with certain countries, primarily with the western countries. i've spoken about the reasons for last for reggie. i used to be unaware that you will just go head for the representative. see if it'll come to the main screen. then you should one of those countries that i am criticizing things go really easy with the way here they would give me a list of the grievances with russia. but well, we're not going to have a discussion right now on this subject, but i would like to say that the level of trust between russia and china is the highest level in more than history. unless you need to just keep this as well as our personal public is a friendly relations with the president shooting, being out o

u. s also seems to be changing his focus on moving his focus a box to a guy that talked to us about what's been happening over the last several hours or so. kimberly yeah, the u. s. president now sitting is sites. i'm trying to end israel's more on gaza as the trying to leave a, the suffering of the palestinian people that have are in desperate need of humanitarian aid and to end the matching civilian casualties. and so to that, and what the president says he has already passed his team was doing is getting the invoice to get to the us and the is really invoice to work with. not only cut her egypt and turkey, but to get them working in directly with the him, off leadership. now of course israel in the united states don't have direct relations with how mosque leadership. and so that's why it is necessary to have these intermediaries. but things look a little different as a result of a few different position instead of taking place in the last couple of weeks. for example, to have us leadership that used to work out of cuts are, has since moved to encore, a turkey and the united states. has

u. s. consumers. they also view her as a strong support, helps ukraine. and it's nato and, and leader determines to defense democratic values. it would be a big win for also the joining democratic forces really european union and with the united states, drums plus the nation with also material leaders as seen by many europeans as a threat to democracy. and he's a person to support team q crane is a source of worry for many on the continental or small military intelligence. so sharing, where are you going? this who have actually seen it uh, implications for the war effort of migrating forces. 0 died or no response movements on losses. i uh, 0 long as the law uh, shipment is out of something like this. even though trump is not likely to pull out of nato, his repeated questioning of whether he would defend nato allies has already undermined the alliance experts say it's need to headquarters. they're also getting ready for any scenario. what didn't you need to achieve? might clue to making clear, he can work with harris as well as with trump being thanks to h

probably students also imagine that israel is violating its obligations on the u. s. and international law. the un says it cannot safely reach the age. told there on the other side, all of these voted youtube threats all lawlessness craft and is really military restrictions. in the past month, we've seen families throughout gaza and particularly in the north subjected to increasingly horrific conditions. this is a damning indictment of israel's failure to follow international humanitarian law and to respond to the critical and reasonable demands of its greatest ally, the united states. the consequences will be more innocent, lives, ended and destroyed. we have seen as rarely forces accelerate their efforts to bombard the populate, deprive, and a raise. the palestinian population of the north guys are governor and we are witnessing a campaign of ethnic cleansing. the bite in administration must do everything in his power to improve unimpeded humanitarian access, especially as winter and famine loom. and to live up to its own standards and laws . enough is enough. on tu

u. s. he also urged china to impose the death penalty for drug smugglers threatening to have chinese goods with an additional 10 percent . that's despite the us government data showing most illegal drugs are smuggled in by americans at legal border crossings. trump campaigned on using heavy tarps to boost us industries, but economists warn consumers would end up paying the price use. so what's the real world impact of these measures? i put the question to katia smoker who is head of the center for geo politics, geo economics and technology at the german council on foreign relations as well. we have to see whether he will actually implement the tears. so we know he's a tear of preston and he wants to regulate all policies into all problems that we have through terrace. and the 1st thing is to announce them. and then he will wait and see whether canada and mexico would react. and maybe also something in the areas of migration or drugs that you just mentioned. if he actually imposes these tabs against

u. s . has also signed an agreement with another regional state, the philippines, opening the door for the 2 countries to exchange confidential intelligence. a china and so far, ministry warned against targeting filled stage which can escalate tensions in the region. but as already of aging outlined, a number of points that no nation should cross of the taiwan question, democracy and human rights, china is path and system and china's development right are 4 red lines for china, which must not be challenged or crossed. well, that's why i talk about this with nelson wong with the vice chairman of the shanghai send up a room packing international studies, not joining us at live on, on the international nelson. great to get you on the program. i know you're keeping your finger firmly on the pulse of the story, but it is quite a snub to the american defense minister china. not taking the meeting in nelson. is it all about taiwan? is it as simple as that? or is that more to it? or i think the to the pentag

u. s. military for readiness also. but helping countries in need of support such as ukraine, things like that. so a lot of the worst case fear would be that this is going to, is going to enact that kind of purging that trump has a so often talked about the deep state that it as well with, in the military bureaucracy. where in the past we've seen more general speak up against them. we've seen civilians in higher positions within the d o. d speak up against and that's the department of defense. and there's going to be concerns out that those will be part of the military generals who speak up against will be purge, as well as higher ranking. speaking openly about this, he's spoken openly about it. he very much believes this idea of deep states, both trump and hex, that do so, excuse me. again, the question will be, will he be, how would he go through the nomination process, how we go through the appointment process? congress ultimately has a say here as well. yeah. same, definitely. thank you so much. i of the, an update

u. s. s, are those of us who a student of history will remember the was an intimate relationship between the u. s. s. r, and form of freedom fighter. we will also remember that in many institutions of line in africa are the time the us aside was being seen as is the breeding ground of marxism leninism on many young africans colors, while our truck to, to the u. d r a g b we. and also remember that the russian revolution, the bolshevik revolution of 1900 done 17, is followed many african countries, which was under the yoke of western colonized nation. and therefore, when we talk about that history, it can never be seen without taking into account doc, reality. russia all the us us are, as we knew it and it's for, before we have complete success that we did that idea and for that reason was seen as an important ally on one must ask why we must remember that african country is that all of them the 50 for them was been victimize by they had demonic unity in bowers. and when the 1900 on 17 river edition took place, many african leaders at the time who in the struggle was taking a cue from it. if you look, i sell it off with the for example, with the

u. s. s. are those of us who a student of history will remember, there was an intimate relationship between the u. s. s. r, and form of freedom fight. we will also remember that in many institutions of line in, in africa are the time the usaa side was being seen, as is a breeding ground of marxism leninism on many young africans colors, while our truck to, to the u. d. all. and we will also remember that the russian revolution, the bolshevik revolution of 1917 is but many african countries which was under the yoke of western color nice ation. and therefore, when we talk about that history, it can never be seen without decking into account doc, reality. russia, all the us is our, as we knew it and it's for before we have complete success, which is that i just didn't finish them. was seen as an important ally on one must ask why we must remember that african country is that all of them. the 54 of them was been victimize by the hedge, a monic you to the powers. and when the 1900 on 17 resolution to praise many african leaders at the time who in the struggle was taking a cue from it. if you look at solace off with the, for example, with the formatio

u. s. this is also something quite possible even to return them may not be able to produce, let's say the most advanced chips to that sense. so yes, i think we're really heading to us in more intense geo political tensions for an alter, possibly one know and other to use or i'd carry let's just for a moment assume that that that would be a trade for what for what that feel like for the likes of you and i and people watching all over the world. i mean, we're not quite used to seeing goods on our show shelves from everywhere nowadays. if there are trade, what, what would that change? well is it, um, i would say if the uh, tariff ready gets so high to was uh 60 percent or even 40 percent. right. um, it were largely hurt the corporate launching of the uh, the chinese or the us rooms the exporting a to was each other. so basically, it is really a back tracking with what we have seen in the past decade in the globalization of which countries try to de, optimized to production costs at the lowest way. and therefore consumers are able to buy goods at the cheapest price. so i think this is really is so

u. s. economy and also the world's economy. one of the biggest things that trump has spoken about in the election campaign is to have increasing tabs on everything coming out of china by something like putting 60 percent tires on china, 20 percent rest of the world and a 100 percent on mexico. so what we can expect are these, what trump wants to do, and in united states, the presidency has a extraordinary power over treaties and international obligations backed by the senate, which republicans have also taken. what we can expect is from pulling out of international trade agreements isn't particularly care for allies or alliances to begin with. and when it comes to international trade, we should expect significant trade barriers to increase prices for consumers in the united states. but also all over the world and pulling out of these kinds of agreements. i think the republicans characterize it america 1st is i think in this numer, cuz the world today, our modern world is deeply interconnected. and by cutting off of these connec

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u. s. and south korea have also cooperated. we spoke to the russian dissident alia yashimi, who was currently in exile here in germany. i want you to listen to what he said. a balance of the north koreans think, unless or see any of us thought they were going over. great, new to me to warn you. crane is not nearly a confrontation between the russians and the premiums for yeah, it's part of a broader global conflict early switch it off put in is forming a coalition of dictators and tyrant. i uniforms itself. i guess he was being backed by the western allies supplementing ukraine is just the battle ground where these 2 worlds collide. both all the no, it just feels very much like a 2nd cold war. me up was just that it was a he was a when i was surprised by how hesitant the west was to react to the news of north korean troops being sent to fight in ukraine, compensated if tyrants are joining forces there. shouldn't that motivate representatives of the free world to do the same? no, i think there's lots of just sort of each on some

u. s. coast guard, as also said, it is sending additional forces through the region. the coast guard is deploying specialized forces, training teams and other capacity building assets as direct investments in this region. we are expanding our presence and cooperation in southeast and south asia with a focus on advising training deployment and capacity building. let's take a look at the ongoing dispute over the south china sea, 6 nations clinton territory here in the region and the china and vietnam. the philippines, malaysia, and indonesia and renee the us has been visiting its collaboration with its allies, despite repeating meal repeated warnings from china against heating up the situation of the local waterways include the personal cargo routes for the international trade of south asian nations. now we discussed these issues with our to contribute to calls job. why do reason is the coast guard as one of the us armed services? we'd like to have a share in the nearly one trillion dollar military budget because of the see the, all the money going to the u. s. navy, us

u. s. foreign policy. he's also a professor of international relations at harvard university and on the political analyst and former deputy director at the app american institute. thank you all for joining me now. i'm going to start with you uh 2020 for president elect. donald trump has made a round of personnel announcements for his upcoming administration. we have started israel's support or mike huckabee he'll be nominated as master to israel. mike waltz is set to be national security advisor market will be, it was set to be secretary of state and at least the fabric as un invested. or are you expecting radical change in policy of from washington based on these personal decisions to be clear. policy was already in such an awful place under the by the administration. however, i do anticipate that things will get worse, especially with someone like a former governor mike huckabee who is a committed, evangelical christian, has talked about the fact that the policy and people do not exist. he's described israeli sett

u. s. economy. now he also added leaves a gram, added the oil. you claim these is more weapons in order for the us to get their hands on those resources. but if anything and agreements with your client in this area would make that us less dependent on foreign adversary's for these where minerals and they're sitting on free and dollars worth of minerals are to be good our economy. so i want to keep telling our friends in ukraine, but uh what the truck do to get the weapon slowing. he created a loan system. they're sitting on $10.00 to $12000.00 of critical minerals and, and you train, they could be the richest country and all of europe. now you can see their dedication to get hold of those minerals and resources. i mean, the west and the us specifically has spent billions of dollars in aid for a on ukraine, only in the pursuit of it's economic interests. now, the question remains how well ukraine paid them back. now it seems that the idea here is the payment from ukraine would be through is minerals and resources. well, let me know about america a

u. s. foreign policy, it also dominates the foreign policies of all western states, including canada, red lawyer and freelance journalist, dimitri letskowiz, thanks a lot for coming out of the program and telling us about that shocking moment that was going on video. thank you for having. well, that's all for this hour. thanks a lot for watching r t international. and we hope to see you again soon. i the the the, [000:00:00;00] the hello and welcome to cross ok. we're all things are considered. i'm peter live out in the final stretch of the american presidential campaigns. voters are presented with the proposition of who they most fear. virtue is that going, in fact you with moralizing out showing policy discussions. we're to believe hitler is on the ballot. the cross talking the presidential election, i'm joined by my guess, michael maloof in rest, and he is a former pentagon senior security policy analyst in nashville. we have the deal. he has an attorney and conservative tv and radio, political analyst, and in miami. we have angie long, she is a miami executive district committee. woma

u. s. and the 2 also discussed of the chance and the possibility of how to bring peace in europe again. now this is a reference to ukraine, and the warren ukraine is likely to be a contentious issue with a between the government of donald trump and whoever is going to lead to germany. because there is a threat of the us under donald trump. a strongly reducing or cutting its support for ukraine, and that would mean that germany and other european partners would have to shoulder . most of the support for ukraine. we've heard from donald trump that he wouldn't be open to having a negotiated peace between ukraine and, and 14 and russia. but there are obviously concerns of what that piece might look like. whether ukraine would be able to have what it would want for, for a negotiated piece there. and it will be a challenge dealing with a government of donald trump for whatever government we see here in germany. julia, thank you very much. that was their political correspondent, julia so deli, a sketchy off on a few other stories making headlines around the world today. and is really air strik

u. s. foreign policy is also on the line. as insiders are betting that once trump takes back the oval office, the flow of us weapons to crane and the policy of financing, nato will take a u turn. right. we can cross. now to steve gil radio host, uh and journalist who joins us live from nashville, tennessee. steve, good to have you on the program with us 1st off. what are your thoughts about trumps cabinet pick so far? it's got a quite a wide range of names there. well, i think the speed with which he is naming at the top, officials that will serve him to promote his policies and move from the politics to policies. as i think stun people, i think the other thing is it stands his opponents as those who expected him to be a disruptive figure. it out thinking they under estimated how he and his team could be disruptive to their a status quote. the dates stayed in washington dc. it was each new a new name coming forward. watching the, the left to end the the medias heads explode. has become a pretty fun game. yeah. but popular pop

last week, german chancellor show it agrees to early elections in february, also coming up a u. s. and deadline to allow more aid into guys that expires us as israel has met its demands. but aid agencies disagree and haiti is main. airport remains closed at a day after a commercial plane was hit by gunfire as violence sweeps through the capital, puerto prince the . i'm david levitz. good to have you. with us, german chancellor went off shorts and the man of opposition. conservatives have agreed on a date for early elections february 23rd. the snap election was prompted by the collapse of the coalition government last week, when shots fired his finance minister. so it says bouts of political pressure and agreed to hold the election a month earlier than here. originally suggested it will be a rail winter election in germany instead of the usual september pro life shelter. the social democrats and the opposition. c, d, u. c. s. you have both accepted an early date somewhere between what the 2 sides were hoping for to happen once we have agreed to propose to the german president on the

u. s. foreign policy, it also dominates the foreign policy, usable western states, including canada, had lawyer and freelance journalist, dimitri let scars, thanks a lot for coming out of the program and telling us about that shocking moment that was going on video. thank you for having. well that's all for this hour. thanks a lot for watching r t international and we hope to see you again soon. the .