u.s. commerce department sent a report to trump that could unleash the tariffs on imported cars and auto parts the european commission is aware of the conclusion off an investigation but the one of the u.s. department of commerce one were carrying ports represent a threat to u.s. national security where these reports translate into actions into mental to european exports the european commission would react in a swift and man. the report provoked a backlash from the german car industry even before it was unveiled the german car makers association says its manufacturers employ over one hundred thousand people in the u.s. you know over three hundred factories german car makers are baffled at the idea they were a threat to security and the german chancellor on saturday it made it clear she stands behind them. and you know it does appear to be all these cars are being built in the united states of america the biggest b.m.w. factory is not in a very a it's in south carolina and now if these cars because they're being built in south carolina are just as frightening as those cars that are built in bav

u.s. commerce department gets set to release its report on whether important cars pose a threat to u.s. national security it could mean new tariffs on cars and auto parts especially from germany also coming out. five years after the protests sunk ships might on the square that toppled ukraine's government we ask has the country changed for the better since that. plus uganda's controversy over curbs the country's tirzah minister backing a plus size beauty pageant and saying he wants to promote curvy women to attract tourists. plus all you need to know about this weekend's fun this league of matches frankfurt facing off against clawed back a game featuring not just great goals but great goal keeping and look forward to tonight's match with legal leader stuart. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us reports from the united states indicate that the commerce department is set to label imported cars including those from germany a national security threat now that is in line with the president trumps america first policies and could lead to washington imposing punitive tariffs on mainl

u.s. commerce department is set to meet a sunday deadline to deliver its recommendations to u.s. president on a tramp on whether imported vehicles and parts pose a national security risk and to outline options on how to address the issue now it could be a major blow of course for the european car industry which has been hoping to avoid the twenty five percent terrorist threatened by trump and us president will then have ninety days to consider whether or not to move ahead with important duties can import duties for european cars high put you know that's not good news but. why on earth are european cars posing a threat to national security. well of course they aren't simply it's obvious that they aren't i want to make a couple more points however this is a report from the commerce department the commerce department is run by wilbur mills i've known wilbur mills for over thirty five years donald trump doesn't spend a lot of time listening to what wilbur mills says he tells wilbur mills what to do and to the extent that there's anything in this report it would come back if trump was

u.s. commerce department submitted a report to president trump that is believed to make the case for much higher tariffs on vehicles from the e.u. on the grounds of national security germany's powerful vehicle lobby to a point out that german car makers have created more than one hundred thousand jobs in the u.s. in the recent years the german chancellor angela merkel has also dismissed suggestions that the industry threatens america. so how would a fresh set of tariffs affect countries that export cars the u.s. and germany institute ran the numbers and their conclusions are dramatic let's look first the biggest current parts exports of the us canada and mexico would not be affected due to their current trade agreements with the us so let's zoom in on another huge exporter germany the study found that a new twenty five percent tariff as trump has threatened would cut german export revenues in half to some seventeen billion euros that means the u.s. would pull in another eight point six billion euros in tariff revenue while the e.u. would lose almost as much now that you could even things

u.s. commerce department will come out with their report and the big question is will the call mr apartment suggest to impose tariffs on european car imports and car parts all that is also a very important report coming out by the end of next week so plenty to keep wall street investors anxious yes quarter there for us in new york thanks. as we can finland has an income security net that is a series of benefits to ensure the unemployed can make ends meet but the system is increasingly out of date one problem those who receive social benefits lose a chunk of them whenever they get a job that creates a disincentive to finding work so finland recently tested a basic income that is a no strings attached payment to see if that would free people to look for work today they released the results and here's how the study worked the trial began in twenty seventeen and was just concluded in december a period of two years recipients receive five hundred sixty euros a person no strings attached and tax free those who receive social benefits still receive them throughout the trial now a total of two thou

u.s. commerce department is releasing a report on that european car import threaten national security all of that actually mean for carmakers. the outcome should not come as a surprise as that fact that trump plans to declare a national emergency in exchange to avoid a new shutdown in washington and e.d.s. respected the department of commerce who will set the base said to impose tariffs on foreign cars and outer parts will have ninety days to decide if it goes ahead and imposes any tax or duty as he did last year with the steel and aluminum imports claiming national security risks also he needs to choose from different options such as blanket tower itself twenty five percent covering all day out to industry imposing quarters or just targeting a specific areas such as electric vehicles what is true is that he will probably wait up until the last minute to decide conversations with europe and japan continue keeping things exciting luis they are there for us thank you very much. it's not an easy time for french carmaker renault it reported a sharp drop in earnings amid a profit plunge at its

u.s. commerce department has delivered the results of a fair trade investigation called for by the white house it concludes that vehicle imports pose a threat to national security the move could open a new front to president trump's america first trade agenda or signal could impose painful punitive tariffs on mainly german carmakers of up to twenty five percent american consumers advocates consumer advocates fear car prices across the board could rise by some five thousand dollars since all manufacturers use imported part german carmakers say washington accuse asians incomprehensible. well so how would a fresh set of tariffs actually affect countries that export cars to the u.s. germany's leading economic think tank the evil institute ran the numbers their conclusions are quite dramatic let's look first at the biggest car in parts exporters to the u.s. or the u.s. there mexico and canada they would not be affected you do their current trade agreements with the u.s. senate zoom in on another huge exporter and that is germany the study found that it knew twenty five percent tariff as trump has t

u.s. commerce department has delivered the results of a fair trade investigation called for by the white house are reportedly concludes that the ankle imports pose a threat to national security all that's in the u.s. the move could open a new front in president trump's america first trade agenda washington it's believed could impose painful punitive tariffs on mainly german carmakers up to twenty five percent american consumer advocates fear that car prices across the board could rise by some five thousand dollars since all manufacturers use imported parts german car makers say washington's accusations are in comprehensible so max brussels can't be happy about this prospect the prospect of us slapping tariffs on european cars can it. no but they've already shown how they would react because we've had a similar problem although not the same magnitude with steel terrorists and the u. commission back then reacted with retaliatory terrorists for example slapping them on whiskey or harley davidsons trying to hurt voters of donald trump in constituencies where these things were produced and they are

u.s. commerce department has deliver the results of a fair trade investigation called for by the white house it concludes that vehicle imports poses a threat to national security this move could open a new front in president from summer first trade agenda washington as a result could impose painful punitive tariffs on mainly german automakers of up to twenty five percent american consumer advocates fear that car prices across the board would as a result rise by some five thousand dollars since all manufacturers use some important parts german car makers say that washington's accusations are quote uncompressed. where ukraine this week is marking the fifth anniversary of the deadly might on protests in the capital kiev the mast in the stray shoes were triggered when then president victory on a covert backed out of a deal designed to bring the country closer to the view it turned violent in february of two thousand and fourteen when security forces moved in to clear out demonstrators the clashes that followed left more than one hundred people dead. kobus then fled to russia clearing the way for

u.s. commerce department has been investigating whether imported cars and parts are a threat to u.s. national security or import duty on european cars could go up to twenty five percent but she have a chance he is following this story for us from washington so what is the latest you're hearing on those talks. well a great deal of effort is going in to presenting these talks is going rather swimmingly actually on both sides both the u.s. and china were having sources saying that standard negotiations under way they were on under way in beijing at the end of last week and now they've resumed in a rather positive manner this week from what we hear several memorandum of understanding of being negotiated on specific issues that separate the u.s. and china the big news in the last few hours is one of those and the use is apparently an agreement by china to buy an extra thirty billion dollars of agricultural products from the u.s. that would go a long way to helping balance out or reduce the u.s. is trade deficit with china which is something donald trump is particularly excised about the o

u.s. commerce department to publish a report on the national security invocations of auto imports. one of auto imports. what a charts telling us? since the trade truce was stock best rock album u.s. stocks with high exposure to china have been doing better than chinese stocks with exposure to the u.s.. and us now is jon harrison simon french. good morning. when we kick off with that chart. does the chinese economy at this point stand lose more than the u.s. any negotiation? we think the risk of an escalation on the first of march is over fiscal year 19, around 59 basis points in chinese growth and 25 basis points in u.s. growth. as always. at this point in the economic cycle comes there is more risk even accounting for the different nominal growth discrepancies, there is more to use for china. seem: the stimulus would from china, is that enough to support growth? jon: it's not enough. they have ramco said we do expect them to have an impact but may not be until next quarter or maybe even the second half of the year. at the moment, love the negative data majority baked in. they will

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u.s. commerce department will finally release fourth-quarter gdp data today. the u.s.my saw strong growth during 2018, but economists are projecting a slowdown during the fourth quarter. stocks finished mixed on wednesday. the dow fell 72 points. the s&p 500 slipped one, and the nasdaq gained five. i.awthe faa has approved the airline had to show regulators its ability to fly its jets over water for extended periods of time, away from diversion airports. the approval comes at a time when southwest is locked in a bitter dispute with mechanics over grounded jets. >>> walmart is getting rid of greeters at some 1,000 stores nationwide. the announcement, however, has disabled employees worried. walmart told greeters their positions would be eliminated in the spring in favor of a more physically demanding role. employees will need to be able to lift 25-pound packages, climb ladders, and stand for long periods. walmart is giving greeters with disabilities time to land other jobs at the company. >>> and fedex will soon begin testing a robot to handle home deliveries for partne

u.s. commerce department gets set to release its report on whether imported cars pose a threat to u.s. national security it could mean new tariffs on cars and auto parts especially from germany also coming out. five years after the protests some jabs might on the square that toppled ukraine's government we ask as the country changed for the better since that. plus uganda the controversy over.

u.s. commerce department did not offer any highlights on the findings. ed slip suggestions -- rejected suggestions that the car compromise u.s. security. >> those cars are built in the united states of america. those cars are no less a threat than those built in bavaria are suddenly a national security threat to the u.s. that is a shock to us. guy:

u.s. commerce department reports could unleash a trade spats with europe some media reports say officials in the departments have concluded that imports of vehicles from the e.u. are national security threat and that could set the stage for president donald trump to impose new special tariffs particularly on the german automobile industry on friday trump repeated his fundamental approach to trade policy but i love tariffs but i also love them to negotiate and. the german chancellor expects washington to classify e.u. car imports as a national security threat. such a decision would lack logic zones even the start of one gold we're proud of our cause and we should be and if these cars are being built in the us south carolina is home to the largest b.m.w. factory and not the varia. and south carolina delivers these cars to china and if the cars are less of a threat than the ones built in bavaria which is suddenly a threat to national security that's frightening really doesn't that just like it would stop the white house could introduce new gigi's within ninety days triggering a new trade spa

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u.s. commerce department has delivered the results of a fair trade investigation called for by the white house it reportedly concludes that vehicle imports pose a threat to national security the move could open a new front in president trump's america first trade agenda washington could impose painful punitive tariffs on mainly german got makers of up to twenty five percent american consumer advocates fear tom prices across the board could rise by some five thousand dollars since all manufacturers use imported products on german car makers say washington's accusations are quote in comprehensible. coming up ahead impoundment. uganda's tourist minister says the country should showcase its curvy women to attract visitors. but first ukraine the speak marks the fifth anniversary of the deadly my don protests in the capital kiev the mass demonstrations are triggered when the then president viktor yanukovych backed out of a deal designed to bring the country closer to the e.u. they turned violent in favor of two thousand and fourteen when security forces moved into kid demonstrations the clashes that

u.s. commerce department has delivered the results of a fair trade investigation cord full by the white house it supported three concludes that vehicle imports pose a threat to national security the move could open a new front and president donald trump's america first trade agenda washington could impose painful punitive tabs on him in the jungle makers of up to twenty five percent american consumer advocates fear copper prices across the board could rise by some five thousand dollars since one manufacturers use imported parts and telecom make a say washington's acquisitions in a comprehensive. as steven did say from a business says joins me now welcome steve incidents more about this report and its implications fust rate of this is called a section two three two investigation and it's about how a sudden surge in imports can threaten national security is a cold war era piece of legislation and it's only been used really for oil related products at this point or mostly for oil related products in this case it's been tied to sort of a trade to go she asians between europe and the u.s. we sort

u.s. commerce department covering the month of december that figure was the lowest since september of twenty. sixteen that's an eleven percent drop from the previous month and well below market survey expectations a broad range of other indicators including housing completions also trying to low seeming to signal a sectorial slowdown in the u.s. economy. and there's more news on the wall wave beat today u.s. officials reportedly are taking their efforts to block the chinese tech giant from building internet infrastructure or getting other technological put olds in markets abroad or take it to the world confort the world mobile conference or the m w c taking place now in barcelona the top state department official for cyber security robert strayer is among those u.s. officials who flew to the m w c to counter a wild ways efforts at the same event to build global market share while way as put some points on the board on that score by securing a contract to build five g. network in the united arab emirates for u.a.e. a noted ally of the us government in the middle east. it's been more than four

u.s. commerce department delivers a report that's expected to pool imported cars and the national security threat that would mean military lips on european cami cars including those from germany. it's five years off the protests on campus my dang square that toppled the ukrainian government how much has the country changed since then. plus all you need to know about this weekend's bundesliga matches frankfurt face dropped back in a game featuring not just great goals but also great goalie keeping and we look forward to tonight's match with. dortmund. i don't have a warm welcome to you i'm under touch for indian soldiers in two minutes inside dead after a shootout in the disputed border region of kashmir the troops came under fire while carrying out searches. following thursday is suicide bombing in which more than forty soldiers were killed india is the neighboring pakistan for last week's attack one of the deadliest in decades pakistan has record its envoy from india amid rising tensions. joining me now from delhi is correspondent nimish i just like firstly what's the latest akintola tell

u.s. commerce department about retail sales.week we got those delayed december retail sales numbers. that is the bottom panel. they showed december sales were down 1.2% versus november. of course, walmart, a big fourth-quarter win, suggesting what analysts were saying, that perhaps some of the counting especially online may have been off. speaking of, walmart also put in some good e-commerce growth. looking at a chart of their e-commerce growth, coming in at 43% sales growth in the fourth quarter. that was much better than the 2017 holiday quarter where a rise of 23% really spooked investors. investors want to see big numbers in the e-commerce department because that arm of walmart is not yet profitable. that is something that the ceo addressed on the analyst call this morning, saying they need to make progress on profitability when it comes to online. of course, trying to grow online comes at a cost, which brings us to margins. they have been on a downward trajectory over recent years. walmart spending to boost its online offer

u.s. commerce department opening a new anti-dumping probe into steel imports from china, canada, and mexicogation comes despite calls from many u.s. lawmakers and car companies to drop tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. jay powell is heading back to capitol hill today the federal reserve chair is testifying before the house financial services committee that hearing gets underway at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. brian, back to you >> courtney reagan, we'll see you in a few minutes thank you very much. >>> let's go outside of the world of money and business. phillip has those. cohen is reportedly brigt a bombshell before the house oversight committee. a signed check from the trump organization connected to hush money allegations. cohen is expected to say that check was part of his reimbursement for the 130,000 dlarsz he paid to stormy daniels to stay silent about her alleged affair with mr. trump in the weeks leading up to the election sflierjts now mitch mcclonl have to bring the measure to a vote within the next 18 days. ifle bill gets to the president's desk, mr. trump has vowed to veto it

u.s. commerce department numbers that number will go to over 100%.re overwhelmingly dependent on our market. arthel: uh-huh. what do you think that china will be offering as bargaining chips? >> they are going to say look, we're going to open up our economy. we'll buy more sigh bones all the rest of -- soybeans all the rest of it. the chinese economy may not even have the capacity to do that. by the way, we we need to protect our innovation, not sell primary products because we don't want to end up with sort of sealing soybeans for -- selling soybeans for china supercomputers, that not a good deal for us. arthel: will china continue to steal intellectual property? >> i think so. president xi can't meet his goals unless he actually takes u.s. technology. so, you know, it is baked into their system. arthel: we started talking about huawei. it is the second largest producer of mobile phones in the world. why can the u.s. not stop them from stealing ip, intellectual property? >> well, i mean, as long as huawei exists, they will try to do it. the way we c

at the commerce department, our assets located in 100 u.s. cities further encourage put direct investment into the united states. they are located throughout the country and have been directed to identify and eliminate foreign barriers for local producers. these also have been instructed to work on attracting foreign direct investments into champion expansions. the select usa investment summit is this country's largest gathering of state economic development offices. last year, we welcomed more than 1000 international investors from 66 countries and hosted economic developing offices from 51 states and territories. record 10 governors participated themselves in last year's investment summit and we expected to double that participation this year. state economic development organizations how to more than 2000 700 individual meetings with foreign companies to discuss investment opportunities . to quote a governor regarding his investment summit, he is able to accomplish more in three days then and multiple trips overseas and i can do that withou

u.s. commerce department submitted a report on auto tariffs to president trump. the precise recommendations have not been revealed but auto industry officials believe it could lead to new tariffs on car and auto part imports. president trump now has 90 days to take action on the commerce department recommendations. >>> elsewhere, the uk has decided it will be able to mitigate risks in the country's 5 g net works. that's according to an ft report that cites officials linked to britain's national cyber security center, the decision would also quote carry great weight with other eu leaders u.s. officials have repeatedly said the chinese government uses the network equipment maker as a proxy for spying operations and has warned allies against a reliance on huawei technology. the australian prime minister has said a state actor was most likely behind a cyber attack on its country's political institutions the hack compromised parliamentary i.t. systems morrison said there was no evidence of election interference and did not specifically name the suspected culprit. a ge

want to recap the breaking lines that just came through, the commerce department in the u.s. t report to president trump on auto imports and this is a statement that we got from the commerce department , wilbur ross formally submitted the results of the department of investigation on the effects of imports of automobiles on the national security of the united states. we are not getting any further details at this point on what was in the report or any recommendations, but this stems from the probe that we have been that really could affect the imports of vehicles including suvs, trucks, and whatnot. they are going through the same which basically led to aluminum tariffs. is main threat and concern that this could mean auto tariffs are on the way depending on what the report says. >> it gets passed on to consumers. how does that feed into inflation? back to the story, we are also getting numbers out of china when it comes to autos. one of the industry associations we were waiting for is down 18% year on year, and we are looking at 2 million units, passenger overall welesale, ar

u.s. commerce department came out with in terms of sales figures for december.ere the worst in the past 10 years, falling 1.2%. we can see that while it is a tale of negativity for the sector, walmart is bucking the trend. moody's saying this is a blockbuster quarter for walmart. i want to show you all of the numbers you do need to know. eps and revenue both beat $1.41. just a tad higher than the estimate. e-commerce sales, you can see it was stagnant. 42% growth. but, the whole entire division is not profitable. that is a concern. sam's club, the wholesale company, beating estimates. walmart reiterating its fiscal 2020 forecasts. growth from october through the rest of the year. i mentioned the toys and the food. toys "r" us, the death of that come a lot of the folks in the u.s. grew up buying toys for themselves and family movers. now, walmart taking advantage of this. increasing their own toy offering. up by about 40%. looking at the share price, for example, walmart and its competitors, it is interesting. you take a look at that chart, you can see the compan

u.s. department of commerce thank you very much. well syria was just one of the topics donald trump discussed in his state of the union address on tuesday the overall message was a call for unity in a divided u.s. congress but some democrats denounce the speech as one filled with fear and falsehoods as congress continues to refuse to fund a border war with mexico trump insists he will get it built while trump spoke of a dangerous southern border and called illegal immigration an urgent national crisis rob reynolds sent us this report from the us mexico border in california. this is calexico it's a small town of about forty thousand people it's not very much different from the other towns in imperial county which has a stubbornly high unemployment rate of sixteen percent but what sets this town apart is this a four point five meter tall metal wall that runs parallel to the main shopping street right on the other side that is mexico cali a city of one million people now people in calexico civic leaders and merchants will tell you that

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u.s. could tax european car imports if it fails to procure a fair trade deal with the e.u. gave the warning after a meeting with austrian chancellor sebastian curs this was at the white house commerce department has been investigating whether imported cars and parts are a threat to u.s. national security as trump has alleged import duty on european cars could go up to twenty five percent. as are the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera much more news to come inside story as that next. he was sent to jail with one to two different prime minister is. now he is set to become the next prime minister of malaysia. and why abraham and discuss is what direction his country will take. to al-jazeera. the race to be u.s. president in twenty twenty is under way bernie sanders is running again looking to replace the man he describes as the most dangerous president in modern american history but his son and the other democratic candidates. i'll turn a tip to donald trump this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. three years ago bernie sanders started what he called revolution had run for u.s. president on a platform of progressive ideas such as free health care for.

u.s. secretary of commerce, as part of the commerce department's mission to create the conditions necessarynomic growth and tuch opportunity, secretary ross is the administration's leading advocate for business investment in the u.s. he will host the upcoming select usa investment summit in june. as many of you know, this is the commerce department's signature investment event. and it's the cornerstone of the select usa program's year round to facilitate and promote business investments in partnership with state and local governments. we're very pleased to have a leader like secretary ross serve as the administration's champion for business. he brings to the role, as you all know, a long and successful career in investment banking and private equity. his experience includes serving as chairman or director of more than 100 companies operating in 20 different countries. that made me tired when i read it this morning. simply put, he has been a great friend to american business, an important partner to the u.s. chamber. we're looking forward to hearing his remarks today, and more importantly, t