u.s. ramps up pressure over iran senator bernie sanders accuses donald trumps national security adviser of trying to lead america into a war with iran just as they did with iraq. meanwhile the u.s. department of commerce puts the chinese tech giant weiwei on the trade blacklist after president trump signs an executive order banning the use of its equipment citing an alleged security risk plus also to come. at this point we are definitely not seeing any benefit it's just pain american farmers lament the impact to be escalating u.s. china trade war saying done from as promised benefits to the u.s. agriculture failing to materialize and a russian games to faces up to 10 years in the u.s. jail for allegedly smuggling f. 16 fighter jet manuals to country he claims though he wanted to make his flight simulator game more realistic for prosecutors accuse him of conspiring against the u.s. . good morning just gone 9 o'clock here in moscow you're watching international now the 2020 presidential hopeful bernie sanders accused u.s. national security adviser john bolton of trying to push america into a war with iran in a way that is reminiscent of another american campaign. it is almost impossible to imagine that

u.s. department of commerce puts the chinese tech giant wild way on a trade blacklist after president trump signs an executive order banning the use of equipment that poses an alleged security risk. and the u.s. attorney general investigates the legality of evidence used in the russia trump collusion probe. a very warm welcome you're watching r.t. international with me and. the u.s. government has ordered all non-emergency staff to leave iraq after an alleged threats coming from forces controlled by iran earlier we discussed the alleged iranian threat with artie's danny hawkins. seems now though that he's have reached new heights the u.s. has issued a security alert all its non-emergency personnel in iraq asking them to immediately depart from the u.s. embassy in baghdad and from the consulate bill that's an order that relates to all non-emergency personnel now why the sudden panic well this security alert mentions no specific threats or reasons u.s. officials have of course previously referred to what they described as substantial threats to personnel relating to rein activity in the regio

u.s. tech companies but also for all the cheap makers providers is the case of being fenian technologies especially consumers that worldwide as the u.s. department of commerce reviews the entities least at risk to choose a new or way most a company's and not only cheap manufacturers are feeling to heed. so does it have probability of rich and google's and all the recent decision good heat hard on who always is smartphone business so does the not having 2 regular providers something that could delay development of 5 g. networks but it does seem to asian escalates all the companies such as uppal who'd have a very hard time in the chinese market. it has they have to ask you about shares in the german lender hitting an all time low on monday after an analyst for u.b.s. downgraded profit projections meanwhile the new york times reported that the bank ignored employee alerts on past transactions connected to entities controlled by donald trump and his son in law are raising more concerns about the bank's safeguards against money laundering the lender denies the reports. back to jose does this mean. i should ask is running out of time to turn things around basical

u.s. department of commerce has the chinese tech giant huawei on the trade block list after president trump signs an executive order by the use of equipment that poses and alleged security risks. to the u.s. attorney general investigates they did legality of evidence used in the russia trump collusion price. back in and now up with the latest headlines.

u.s. department of commerce place while way on a trade blacklist decision comes hard on the heels of donald trump declaring a national emergency to protect america's computer networks from what he described as foreign at the series. foreign adversaries are increasingly creating an explosive vulnerabilities in information and communications technology and services which store and communicate vast amounts of sensitive information over the past few months washington has been trying to persuade allies to shun war way equipment threatening to limit intelligence sharing with those who failed to comply though britain one of america's key allies in europe is refusing to ban the chinese company out of hand saying it still hasn't made a decision a similar response came earlier remarks from germany china economy expert professor benjamin charter says that while we might actually benefit from america's stance polly actually has an unblemished record of over 30 years in 170 countries punishing one corporation with those solid evidence branes waves of fear to other corporations the us my lag behind with

u.s. department of commerce placed weiwei on a trade blacklist the decision comes hard on the heels of donald trump declaring a national emergency to protect national computer networks from what he described as foreign sarees. foreign of the series are increasingly creating on exposing vulnerabilities in information and communications technology and services which store and communicate vast amounts of sensitive information the executive order says that these foreign adversaries are a major national security threat of course china has said that there has been no evidence that that huawei worked through actually with the chinese government which is what the u.s. is a very much concerned about this comes days after the u.s. and china failed to meet a trade deal now the u.s. has threatened time and time again countries who continue to use while way products and have said that they will row back on sharing intelligence with these countries australia and japan so far have been to countries who have it here to the u.s. and not using a wall way however just recently the u.k. and germany said that the

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u.s. department of commerce place huawei on a trade blacklist the decision comes hard on the heels of dell and trump declaring a national emergency to protect america's computer networks from what he describes as foreign adversaries. foreign adversaries are increasingly creating an explosive vulnerabilities in information and communications technology and services which store and communicate vast amounts of sensitive information over the past few months washington has been trying to persuade its allies to shun a war way equipment threatening it will limit intelligence sharing with those failing to comply britain america's key ally in europe is refusing to ban the chinese company out of hand saying it still hasn't made a decision a slow response came earlier in march from germany let's now go live to china's economy expert professor benjamin chao what's all this going to do for america's image as a champion of the free market. well that punishing one corporation with those solid africans brings waves of fear to article creations the preludes of the free market is a clear set of rules you kn

of a u.s. trade ban on the firm will harm americans leaving them lagging behind in 5 g. technology this comes after the u.s. department of commerce placed huawei on a trade blacklist over alleged security concerns are too strong to been ski reports from a technology conference in paris on the shockwave the dispute is causing. 5 g. is seen as being critical to the development of the digital economy in the next decade one of the major players is china's huawei but its presence in the field is a contentious issue and something that could cause fed the tensions between the e.u. and the u.s. a warning well don't trump has just signed an executive order declaring a national economic emergency the us president has empowered the government to ban the technology and services of foreign ad for a series deemed to pose an acceptable risks to national security including from cyber espinosa and sabotage it may no mention of whoa wait by name but it's clear who ate a dad's mean more in europe they seems to be a more open approach to the company the e.u. has demanded strict to security ahead of the road out of 5 g. in a bid to protect privacy an

u.s. department of commerce placed wall way on a trade blacklist over alleged to security concerns or to show dubinsky reports from a technology conference in paris on the shock waves that the dispute is causing. 5 g. is seen as being critical to the development of the digital economy in the next decade one of the major players is china's huawei but its presence in the field is a contentious issue and something that could force fed the tensions between the e.u. and the u.s. a warning well donald trump has just signed an executive order declaring a national economic emergency the u.s. president has empowered the government to ban the technology and services of foreign adversaries deemed to pose unacceptable risks to national security including from cyber espinosa and sabotage it may not mention huawei by name but it's clear who it's a dad's meanwhile in europe they seems to be a more open approach to the company the e.u. has demanded strict to security ahead of the road out of 5 g. in a bid to protect privacy and business secrets but it seems that that may not be enough to satisfy the u.s. so

u.s. ramps up the pressure over iran senator bernie sanders accuses donald trump's national security adviser of trying to lead america into a war with iran just as they did with iraq. meanwhile the u.s. department of commerce puts the chinese tech giant huawei on a trade blacklist after the president signs an executive order banning the use of its equipment citing an alleged security risk plus also to come. at this point we are definitely not seeing any benefits it's just pain american farmers lament the impact to be escalating u.s. china trade war saying don't wait for.

u.s. department of commerce because the chinese take giant huawei on the trade block list off to president trump signs an executive order banning the use of equipment that poses and then lead security when. the u.s. attorney general investigates legality of evidence used in the brush or trunk clues and. more on the latest stories you can head to our website dot com stay with us now for cross talk. hello and welcome to cross talk we're all things are considered i'm peter lavelle if we ever needed an anti-war movement it's obviously now trumps hyper aggressive foreign policy faces little resistance in the mainstream media and in fact numerous liberal news outlets function as a cheering section for the president where is the moral outrage. across talking the anti-war resistance i'm joined by my guest media benjamin in washington she is an author as well as co-founder of code pink also an. washington we order he's an answer coalition organizer and in romania we crossed a brand jacobson he is the director of the department of peace operations of the remaining peace institute or a cross-like rul

u.s. department of commerce with the chinese tech giant pile way on the trade block list after president trump signs an executive order banning the use of equipment that poses an alleged security risk. and the u.s. attorney general investigates the legality of evidence used in the russia trying to loosen bird.

u.s. department of commerce actually added weiwei and 70 of its affiliates chinese affiliates to some entity list as what they're called that basically this means that the u.s. cannot sell or transfer technology from wall way without a license and this makes it especially hard for wall way to do business in the u.s. now i do want to note that while we've competitors e.t.e. a chinese telecom giant had previously been added to that list in 2016 and was later allowed to temporarily continue to have access to the u.s. market that is until president trump signed a law that will banned the t.e.'s so this is another chinese company. basically like wall way that's their main competitor but china has fired back and that chinese a spokesperson for the ministry of foreign affairs had this to say earlier today. we've also been asking chinese companies to comply with laws and read. of the countries where they do business overseas however china resolutely opposed any country's unilateral sanctions against chinese entities under its own domestic laws in other words the us to halt their approach and to crea

u.s. department of commerce puts the chinese tech giant huawei on the trade block list after president trump signs an executive order banning the use of equipment of poses and the alleged security risks. and the u.s. attorney general investigates the legality of evidence used in the russia trump clues and. are back in an hour with the latest headlines. you know i'm max kaiser yeah we're at the magic of the conference in new york city incredibly exciting here as the bull market has returned krypto winter apparently over new all time highs for big going now inside my interim target of 28000 looks still in play and are a long term target from 2011 of 100000 still good now stacy when we flew here it was dramatic and it was unbelievable experience because it was covered by the international press the new york post the daily mail outlets all over new york and even around the world we were witness to an unbelievably chilling. event in that the woman young woman sitting right behind us on the flight got up and went to the forward part of the cabin attempted to open the door and commit suicide scream

much the in then to ban huawei u.s., these companies do not sell a lot of equipment right now in the u.s., it's very small , but the decision by the u.s. department of commerce to potentially put them on enemy list and stop american companies and component suppliers from supplying to huawei could have quite a strong impact on their ability to sell equipment across the world. if that were to go ahead, many operators may think of something elsewhere ericsson and nokia would be looking at older relatives. this might sound like a strange question, but do they have the capacity to fill the gap? >> i don't think they can do it all together at one go. it would have to be done if at all it came to that, it would have to be done in quite a moved manner where they at different speeds. it's not so much, keep in mind, them thinking of existing equipment, but more in terms of what is the new kind of deployment that is coming, which in most cases is likely to be 5g to ploy meant. much more will be keeping in mind the big deal of the nokia or the ericsson. you are right, they don't have the capacity to do a lot of it. to that extent i would think it would be the overall de

u.s. department of commerce. as the trade war between the two countries shows no sign of letting up. soybean prices have hit a 10-year low, and farmers anticipate even more fallout. some lawmakers say e china should not be underestimated. >> it has certainly gone beyond trade and economics at this point. part of what's at stake is which nation is going to set the standard for the rest of the world, which nation's values are going to predominate. we see china using not just their military, but their economic and trade leverage and investment all over the world. jon: david spunt has more from washington. >> this trade war does not appear to be ending anytime in the near future. we do know conversations continue even if behind the scenes. president trump and his team not backing down from their demands, and chinese officials not giving in to those demands. soybean farmers are getting hit hard by this. they continue to see prices drop. many are just waiting out in the trade war, many trying to run a business. >> farm

u.s. department of commerce. she w an international program specialist in sri lanka on assignment. away on sat her injuries. the bombings killed 258 people and wounded hundreds of others. >>> two w peoplere arrested during a demonstration that turned violent at the venezuelan embassy in georgetown. d.c. police had tohut down 30th and m streets as they tried to get the crowd under contril. t now antiwar groups supporting the embattled socialist president nicolas maduro are occupyinghe building. the protesters outside support u.s.-recognized president juan guaido. >>> montmery county police are investigating a homicide in silver spring. a man was found just before gh 11:00 last on piney branch road directly across from the flower branch apartments. officers say the body showed signs of trauma. the victim's name has not been released. >>> 5:36. you may remember this deadly plosion at the flower branch ngpartments in silver spri seven people were killed there back in 2016. angry residents say three years later, gas leaks at the apartment complex are still a problem. last night they gat

u.s. department of commerce put huawei on the trade black list. wei to get a trade deal with china? >> it shouldn't be part of a quid pro quo. china and its security threats and its cyber threats to the united states are very real. it is an existential threat to the united states security for a whole variety of reasons. that takes a broad-ranging, systematic approach to address the chinese assault. using it as a bargaining chip without getting to the core of the matter, the broad-ranging issues that we must address when it comes to telecommunication and even rail cars belittles it. this is something we need to focus on and not throw off as a one-time offer. >> okay, congressman mike quigley, i appreciate having you on, on all of this. thank you very much. >> happy holidays. >> you, too. all right. >>> ahead for us, british prime minister theresa may says she is stepping down. the impact it will have on the u.s. and the uk relationship as the president heads there, next. we call it the mother standard of care. it's the idea that if our mothers were

u.s. department of commerce in 2004 did a study that said if countries essentially were paying what they should for pharmaceutical products, there would be enough research and development money available to bring dozens of new products to market every year. >> i'm so glad to hear you say that. a recent report from the brookings institute estimates that americans pay 78% of the monopoly profit for these drugs but other consumers in europe and in canada benefit from it by paying 200 to 500% less than american consumers are paying. don't you agree that is a problem and we should do something about that? >> we should. we have existing trade agreements we can use to prevent some of the practices that are going on in these other countries. >> if the trade agreements are existing, why haven't they prevented this pattern that has been going on for years now? >> because the authority needs to use it. >> we have encouraged u.s. trade representative appoint a special ambassador that would address drug pricing abroad and address situations where compulsory licensing and other things are being used. what ha

u.s. department of commerce issued what they call a notice of a proposed rule making. , they want to create a set of penalties to allow the u.s. government to go after countries that manipulate their currency for export advantage what do you think of that? >> well, it's kind of intriguing to me, rick, because i thought the u.s. treasury was the one to decide who, in fact, was manipulating their u.s. currency now, basically what the commerce department appears to be doing is setting out specific penalties so that nations will know that if they're in violation, this is what will happen that creates a certain level of certainty, i think, for other nations and says upfront if you mess around with the currency, here are the penalties be aware of that, and i think it's actually more transparent in terms of information and actually will discourage countries from manipulating their currencies >> excellent, i'm glad to hear your thoughts on that, john. i'm sure we'll hear more about that in the future maybe from wilbur ross. thank you for joining me, have a great holiday weekend

u.s. department of commerce as well saying they will impose duties on countries that moved to undervalue theirurrency versus the dollar. is that the intention? that is correct. there is no direct mention of china in that statement, but it did say that u.s. is beginning the initiation of a rulemaking imposing whatrt are called countervailing duties against countries that to undervalue the currency relative to the u.s. dollar. wilbur ross in that statement warning foreign exporters that using their currencies against theses. would incur penalties and hinting that president trump's big campaign promise to take on currency undervalue words, this is the first step in a process of holding them to account. one could infer that china would be a potential target of this. taking on what trump perceives as misaligned trading relationships is a big part of his administration. yet again, this is a lesson in his administration's arsenal. paul: thanks for joining us. meanwhile, chinese experts are now conceding that this might be just the beginning of a protracted trade standoff with the united states that c

of legal concerns and violates their rights an they're also warning that the u.s. will be left behind without them but they're also issuing fresh reaction in response to the u.s. department of commerce adding them to the entity list saying in a statement, quote, this decision is in no one's interests. it will do significant economic harm to the american companies with which huawei does business, affect tens of thousands of american jobs and disrupt the current collaboration and mutual trust that exist on the global supply chain but the house intelligence committee today hearing from a panel of chinese experts that are echoing the same concerns that we're hearing from the white house and the department of commerce. >> the ability to divorce the ostensibly commercial aspects of china's engagement including in the tech sector, perhaps especially in the tech sector from the political designs and directives from beijing is impossible. reporter: but huawei executives yesterday evening brushing off being blown off from doing business. saying they don't think it will impact on their business globally. neil. neil: thank you, hillary. the we've investment officer says if tariffs come to pass

. >> ernight weearned of another local victimilled in the bombings in sri lan on easter. chelsea decamanato worked for the u.s. department commerce. she was an international program specialist in sri lanka on assignment. the secretary of commerce wilbur ross says she ssed away on saturday from her injuries. the bombings killed 258 people and wounded hundreds more. >>> two people were arrested during a demonstration that turned violent at the venezuelas embsy in georgetown. d.c. police briefly shut down 30th and m streets a t theyied to get the angry crowd under control. antiwar groups supporting the embattled socialist president nicolas maduro areccupying the building. the protesters outside support z u.s.-reco president juan guaido. >>> also overnight montgomery county police are investigating a homicide in silver spring. a man was found b justefore 11:00 last night on piney branch road. officers s the body showed signs of trauma. this morning we're still working to learn his name and whether police have any supects. >>> the house judiciary committee voted along party lines to recommend the house find attorney general william ba

u.s. ambassadors to include commercial and economic issues in their portfolios and strengthens coordination between the state department and the commerce department by consolidating data on overseas marks. these efforts fortify the key role of our state department, provide critical confirmation to u.s. exporters and makes more efficient use of public funds. h.r. 1704 is a critical bill that will not only spur exports and job growth, but ultimately improve the lives of the american people. our sponsors and i would also like to clarify the requirements nder section 9 of h.l. 1704. to initiate and pursue negotiations with countries to establish international extenders for government supported infrastructure projects overseas. it is intended to fulfill within the organization of economic cooperation development. this bill does not direct or authorize the secretary of state to initiate oar pursue negotiations in world trade organization or amend any ltilateral or other w.t.o. agreements. with that i strongly support this measure and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey reserves his time. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. mccaul: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself

of things. what is the state department doing to ensure that international standard-settings are politically neutral? >> through the u.s. government, the commerce department is a member of the third generation partnership project. the body that is helping to define standards. we need to remain vigilant to ensure we are having the process determined by what is the best ideas in the best technology solutions rather than the political decisions that the top-down framework that the chinese would rather have. there is an organization at the u.n. calls the national telecom union. the state department leads in our engagement there with a range of private sector. we go to those meetings putting forward the best ideas and ensuring we will not have a process governed by politics based on science. sen. klobuchar: are we working with allies? given some of these issues that have been raised here. >> absolutely. we have a broad engagement with our allies. as we go into all of these. we are working in regional settings most closely with the western hemisphere states at the u.n. body. as our partners in europe. sen. klobuchar: what can governments do to preven

of things. what is the state department doing to ensure that the international standard-settings are politically neutral? >> through the u.s. government, the commerce department, the national institute of standards of technology is a member of the third-generation partnership project. we need to remain vigilant to ensure we are having the process determined by what is the best ideas and the best technology solutions rather than the political decisions that the top-down framework that the chinese would rather have. there is an organization at the u.n. called the international telecom union. the state department leads in our engagement there with a the private sector. we go to those meetings putting forward the best ideas and ensuring we will not have a process governed by politics , based on science. klobuchar: and are we working with allies on this, given some of the issues raised here? >> absolutely. we have a broad engagement with our allies. we work in regional settings most closely with the western hemisphere states at the u.n. body. sen. klobuchar: what can other governments and foreign companies to to prevent foreign companies like china from