the e.u. would leads but this to a reduction of access to the market and this would mean that some regulatory checks at the border that would damage the regulatory supply chain that our borders depend on amd -- and would be inconsistent with the withitments the e.u. made northern ireland. successive governments have worked tirelessly with the irish government to bring about the historic achievement of peace. this is an achievement we should be proud of and should protect. that is why i consistently put the belfast agreement at the heart of the u.k. approach. eu together 45 years ago and is not surprising that our decision to leave great anxiety. we have been clear that we do not want to go back to a hard order in ireland. we do not want any related checks or controls. it is not good enough to say we will not introduce a hard order forceshe e.u. ireland to do it, that is up to them. we cannot do it on our own because for all of us, we must work together. that our when we met sho iand the commis

at an e.u. summit in brussels last week all twenty eight member states come damped the attack the expulsion of russian diplomats by many e.u. countries is a coordinated action they say all the evidence points to russia. back in london the british prime minister welcome the joint move and this is the largest collective expulsion of russian intelligence offices in history. i have found great solidarity from our friends and partners in the e.u. north america and nato and beyond over the past three weeks as we have confronted the aftermath of the soulsby incident but moscow continues to insist it's in a sense it has to respond in kind and warned western governments that the expulsion of russian diplomats was a mistake. all right there's a watch one pack and tonight in this story to do that so i'm joined by our political analyst simon young he is here in berlin and our correspondent claire richards and she is on the story for us tonight in washington good evening to both of you simon let me start wit

in the e.u. all agreed to a new chile to collectively tackle the problem of chinese over production and transaction has now put this alliance at least in doubt all right to get matches there from brussels thank you so much for this. and of course we wanted to know how the stock markets react because shares certainly have headed south in the united states in asia and also here in europe and my colleague daniel is standing by for us at the front food stock exchange daniel as the german steel industry taking the news well not positive at all monica the big two still companies to sin and good to have released statements so that they will have to wait for more details in order to really know how all of this is going to affect them but yeah many experts fear that steel exports to the united states could go down by more than fifty percent and many are fearing we just heard this from garrick as well then a possible trade war could happen investors don't like this at all because of this the reaction here

plus i'll be working with my shadow e.u. leaders today on is to see how we can secure a permanent exemption for the e.u. for there is still time stick with usually about what the next steps might be a bunch will see well the good thing is that this issue has a reinforced our unity the european commission has spoken with one voice and very rapidly. in this so the hebrew when it comes to raising tyrants against the european union will respond with countermeasures that was our collective reaction we want good transatlantic relations but we may also respond if we believe that international trade rules have been violated. there's not going to be a corresponding of mothers in brussels gil gutknecht there has warned that if taleb side goes and the e.u. the block is prepared to retaliate and this is a pretty strong message coming from the e.u. . reacher the use being careful here they know of course very well that a temporary exemption is only a partial success here and concerned but rather the message really for donald trump here i

but isn't that a little bit strange is the e.u. an institution where you have to punish those who want to exit well that is it a union where you voluntarily participate because everyone has an advantage just like with every club you join voluntarily but you appear to certain rules and britain doesn't seem to want to adhere to all the rules that the others it's here too you know but still you don't have to punish the exeter if you don't go to the to the club anymore tennis club and so on then you might well go to the restaurant and meet your friends there one would not say no you cannot touch us anymore then i guess the meal for free and you will have to pay then. is is is there an upside to break safe because right now i get the impression that if you say that the e.u. wants to punish and hurt britain because of that decision britain seems to hurt itself quite a lot it is no longer the european second largest economy it's behind france now and said place it is now seven the seventh largest economy in the world behind india right no

e.u. regulations become a thing of the past. and complex those drawn entirely from memory will marvel at a london artist's extraordinary time. hello i'm terry march and good to have you with us. a summit between south korean president moon j n and north korean leader kim jong un will take place on april twenty seventh the announcement comes after senior negotiators from both sides held talks in the border village of. the officials also discussed the agenda for the summit which was agreed to earlier this month it's the latest development in a recent escalation of tensions between the rival nations. well for more now let's cross over to reuters correspondent john smith he's standing by for us in seoul hi josh show what are the envoys of north and south korea actually discussing at their meetings is it just protocol and logistics or all those substantive issues on their agenda. well as you mentioned the big news out of it is the exact date of when kim jong un and south korea's president moon

and the e.u. as brigs it to gather momentum the plans agreed at the summit in brussels and formed the basis for the next stage of withdrawal negotiations talks for now focus on trade and security you need is also agreed to a twenty one month transition period to britain's departure from the block british prime minister to resign may praise the spirit of cooperation during today's talks like that what can you tell us about that if you break the transition off. the transition phase a sense. only delays the brakes at the final departure of the u.k. from the european union by twenty one months and that is good news for business because they have more time until a potentially if there's no deal scenario. the relationship reach a cliff actually if you want in the transitional phase itself there's good news and bad news for the u.k. the good news is they can start negotiating trade deals although they can come only into effect at the end of the transition period the bad news is they remain basically they

everybody oh you and the e.u. used to hold so dear they've trashed ok there's no red line our air is our with you there's no difference the difference between your vision and my vision is that you look only to the human rights and according to human rights we should have or have not relations with the other you know why i think you know why do. you know because you make such a fuss about them it's in all your literature it's in the u.s. statements my own and you know me use see you soon yes. so you want does not i mean no no you're telling me that no no no you're admitting that it's not so i mean it does not mean it does it does not mean that the world revolves around all or only about one action or one. and then you know we have to give up everything else because that leader is not a democrat party but it's worse than that isn't it mr pascual because if we take the case of libya the charge by amnesty international is this that you're actually in the e.u. part of the problem you're not even attempting to be part o

you don't speak for britain you speak for the e.u. that's why i'm asking you about the e.u. and yes failure to uphold these rights during have sanctions we do have sanctions and this has been a great surprise to mr putin one of the reasons he is so upset is because he never expected that the u. and especially germany would react imposing sanctions after crimea and we did that and we uphold every six months the sanctions so let's let's take another example let's take the philippines for instance even partnership and cooperation agreement which was signed less than two months ago with the philippines a major abuse of human rights now your. friends justin beside himself with joy saying the deal would allow better collaboration between the e.u. including on political economic and develop an issues political issues you did this deal despite the rapidly deteriorating human rights situation in the philippines according to this you know would we need a deal with north korea on nuclear weapons because north korea is certainly not a democracy we're not talking about a nuclear weapon o

collective response from the e.u. donald tusk the president of the european council he announced these collective measures saying that the e.u. agrees with the u.k.'s assessment that it was quote highly likely that the kremlin was behind the poisoning of sergei and script how so well over a dozen e.u. states have pledged their support to the british prime minister and they are expelling scores of russian diplomats from capitals across the e.u. to resume a spoke in parliament earlier and she was clearly rather pleased with the support from brussels and from the u.s. canada and the ukraine for that matter take a listen to what she had to say i have found great solidarity from our friends and partners in the e.u. north america and nato and beyond over the past three weeks and today eighteen countries have announced their intention to expel more than one hundred russian intelligence officers from. this includes fifteen e.u. member states as well as the united states canada and the ukraine. and even though morse code denie

the e.u. is seeking to deescalate the crisis the last thing it wants is a trade war a lot is at stake especially for germany with its huge trade surpluses for example it sells a lot of cars in the united states. the european union says the deadline of may the first for a deal is unrealistic that's when the suspended tariffs are set to go into force the fight with trump is not over yet. and that is a fight against protectionism which actually means putting high tariffs on imports to make foreign products like chinese steel or german cars more expensive in the u.s. even produces at home a better chance to compete in the end they are the ones who create jobs and pay taxes there so what's so bad when politicians are trying to protect their country's businesses what is protectionism. protectionists want to shield their own country from foreign competition. so they establish barriers the domestic economy receives preferential treatment it's being protected. protectionists often subsidized domestic i

the e.u. is seeking to deescalate the crisis the last thing it wants is a trade war a lot is at stake especially for germany with its huge trade surpluses for example it sells a lot of cars in the united states. the european union says the deadline of may the first for a deal is unrealistic that's when the suspended tariffs are set to go into force the fight with trump is not over yet and that is a fight against protectionism. which actually means putting high tariffs on imports to make foreign products like chinese steel or german cars more expensive in the us even produces at home a better chance to compete in the end they're the ones who create jobs and pay taxes there so what's so bad when politicians are trying to protect their country's businesses what is protectionism. protectionists want to shield their own country from foreign competition. so they establish barriers the domestic economy receives preferential treatment it's being protected. protectionists often subsidize domestic indus

the e.u. is seeking to deescalate the crisis the last thing it wants is a trade war a lot is at stake especially for germany with its huge trade surpluses for example it sells a lot of cars in the united states. the european union says the deadline of may the first for a deal is unrealistic that's when the suspended tariffs are set to go into force the fight with trump is not over yet. and there was a fight against protectionism which actually means putting high tariffs on imports to make foreign products like chinese steel or german cars more expensive in the u.s. even produces at home a better chance to compete in the end they're the ones who create jobs and pay taxes there so what's so bad when politicians are trying to protect their country's businesses what is protectionism. protectionists want to shield their own country from foreign competition. so they establish barriers the domestic economy receives preferential treatment it's being protected. protectionists often subsidize domestic i

but isn't that a little bit strange is the e.u. an institution where you have to punish those who want to exit. that was economist hans van as in speaking to de w's monica jones and conditions for free global trade seem to only get harder now the u.s. government is seeking to impose tariffs on up to sixty billion dollars of imports from china that's according to the news agency reuters according to a source the terrorists will target the technology and telecommunications sectors a government official said the move could cover more than one hundred products. now to a one hundred twenty billion dollars deal that suddenly off the table after imposing terrorist steel and aluminum u.s. president donald trump has stopped the proposed mega acquisition of u.s. chip maker qualcomm by singapore based broadcom again citing national security concerns trumps order came despite broad comes assurances that it would move to the united states by april worries about china's potential influence and rising u.s. protectionist sentiment hung over the ta

and the e.u. to how can these shockers surprise you to other in these negotiations aren't they talking all the time. the talks go on between officials but one thing that's really annoying the brussel side and michelle obama has referred to it in recent days is that david davis the lead minister for britain has not been spending that much time in brussels this year as barbara lead to do in the ninety's going round different e.u. capitals giving speeches and meeting his fellow ministers to try and really drum up support from other countries for the british positions having said that the british positions are not that clear we as barbara alluded to again we only achieved some principles in december that allowed the impression of momentum to get try and get to the next phase but britain then handed over responsibility to the european union to write down the legally of of of what december meant and that has sprung some surprises and it has also left out something the british thought they'd agreed to wh

or the e.u. i want the broadest and deepest possible partnership covering more sectors and cooperating more fully than any free trade agreement anywhere in the world today so she's quite clear that but the european commission says that the only trade relationship available to the u.k. is a variation of norway or canada just explain to us why. ok know why she doesn't want so that's off the table because norway is in the single market so that leaves kind of that because the problem what recently here wants to do is she wants to reinvent the wheel off international contracts because what there is internationally globally to use the word that she likes so much is are just trade deals variations on trail deals and the other version is the customs union of she doesn't want that either so we're going to have some sort of trade deal and now she wants one like it has never been before totally new variation on a completely new model as she said so a trade deal that doesn't just regulate trade between two o

the e.u. acts in november two thousand and seventeen that new agencies based in london are relocated to the continent to today's voting. we selected. to be the new seat of the european mid seems agency and paris to be the new seat of the european banking agents october two thousand and seventeen and there is still not been sufficient progress the european parliament votes against proceeding to the second phase the breakthrough comes only in december went to reason maybe a greece to a backstop solution for northern ireland the e.u. paves the way for phase two sufficient progress has not been made on the street terms of the people march two thousand and eighteen the u.k. has granted the transition face but on europe's thom's the final goodbye is pushed back by almost two years the deal was struck today should give us confidence that a good deal for the united kingdom and the european union is closer than ever before. but the clock is ticking and key issues are yet to be agreed. as the annual rep

as the e.u. summit got underway few leaders had expected this but now they feel exonerated and see that european unity pays dividends. jim most of this will go to we have made it clear in the commission that we don't want to trade war which wouldn't help anyone and we made it clear that we are ready and able to undertake adequate countermeasures of the front if you can muster that i for them. to go first of all the e.u. presented a united front. that's good and also a commitment to free trade and against protectionism. imported soon as was since the beginning of the month u.s. president trump threatened to levy a ten percent tariff on aluminum and steel however after intensive negotiations with the european union washington will accept the e.u. as well as six other nations from the tariffs for the time being at least. that's why these countries and their leaders are wary and are asking the us to reconsider for the long term and not create any trade barriers. my wish at least is that we continue w

but isn't that a little bit strange is the e.u. an institution where you have to punish those who want to exit. that was economist hans van as in speaking to de w's monica jones and conditions for free global trade seem to only get harder now the u.s. government is seeking to impose tariffs on up to sixty billion dollars of imports from china that's according to the news agency reuters according to a source the terrorists will target the technology and telecommunications sectors and government officials said the move could cover more than one hundred products. now to a one hundred twenty billion dollars deal that suddenly off the table after imposing terrorist of steel and aluminum u.s. president donald trump has stopped the proposed mega acquisition of u.s. chip maker qualcomm by singapore based broadcom again citing national security concerns trumps order came despite broad assurances that it would move to the united states by april worries about china's potential influence and rising u.s. protectionist sentiment hung over the ta

everybody oh you in the e.u. used to hold so dear they've trashed ok there's no red line where is our with you there's no difference the difference between your vision and my vision is that you look only to the human rights and according to human rights we should have or have not the elations with the other you know why i think you know what i do. you know because you make such a fuss about them it's in all your literature it's in the u.s. statements no money use. yes. so you want does not i mean no no you're telling me that no no no you're admitting that i'm not so i mean it means it does not mean that the world revolves around all or only about one action or one leader and then you know we have to give up everything else because that leader is not a democrat party but it's worse than that isn't it mr pascual because if we take the case of libya the charge by amnesty international is this that you're actually in the e.u. part of the problem you're not even attempting to be part of the solution european governmen

so not all e.u. states on the same page and not all figureheads agreed to the extent to which to punish moscow or to cooperate with it perhaps instead nevertheless what's happened today is being billed as the biggest collective expulsion of russian diplomats in history all this while the investigations about police investigation and also the independent o.p.c. w one they are still ongoing it seems that the old complete unity of voices in europe was spurred from across the atlantic. the president spoke with many foreign leaders. our european allies and others and encouraged them to join the united states in this. in this announcement as you've just heard the u.s. was the driving force behind these expulsions with trump encouraging others to take similar measures now the u.s. will be expelling the most number of russian diplomats out of all the countries that have decided to do so the white house will be sixty diplomats twelve of which are u.n. staff members and they'll have approximately seven days to

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the e.u. is seeking to deescalate the crisis the last thing it wants is a trade war a lot is at stake especially for germany with its huge trade surpluses for example it sells a lot of cars in the united states. the european union says the deadline of may the first for a deal is unrealistic that's when a suspended tariffs are set to go into force the fight with trump is not over yet and there is a fight against taxes. which actually means putting high tariffs on imports to make foreign products like chinese steel or german cars more expensive in the us even produces at home a better chance to compete in the end they are the ones who created jobs and paid taxes there and so what's so bad when politicians are trying to protect their country's businesses what is protectionism. protectionists want to shield their own country from foreign competition. so they establish barriers the domestic economy receives preferential treatment it's being protected . protectionists often subsidized domestic indus

or the e.u. i want the broadest and deepest possible partnership covering more sectors and cooperating more fully than any free trade agreement anywhere in the world today so she's quite clear that but the european commission says that the only trade relationship available to the u.k. is a variation of norway or canada explains why. ok know why she doesn't want so that's off the table because norway is in the single market so that leaves canada because the problem what recently here wants to do is she wants to reinvent the wheel of international contracts because what there is internationally globally to use the word that she likes so much is are just trade deals variations on trail deals and the other version is the customs union of she doesn't want that either so we're going to have some sort of trade deal and now she wants one like it has never been before or totally new variation on a completely new model as she said so a trade deal that doesn't just regulate trade between two or three or gro

e.u. says it should be exempt. also coming up the u.s. may have pulled out of the transpacific partnership other countries have gone ahead and signed it anyway creating a massive new free trade zone. this is the w business line from berlin i'm good how tough is welcome. u.s. president has signed off on tires between ten and twenty five percent on steel and many imports he says they are necessary to address unfair trade conditions boost the u.s. economy and create jobs that still only accounts for two percent of world trade and yet the sit for top of tariffs and penalties is dangerous the ripple effects can escalate into a full on trade or u.s. business leaders and prominent members of his own republican party have warned strums administration it is courting economic disaster with the stroke of a pen donald trump shook up international trade the president signed the healthy new tariffs into law flanked by metal workers he said he was stopping what he called an assault on the us. today i'm d

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and the e.u. to how can these shocker surprise huge other in these negotiations are they talking all the time. the talks go on between officials but one thing that's really annoying the brussel side and michelle bono has referred to it in recent days is that david davis the lead minister for britain has not been spending that much time in brussels this year as barbara alluded to in ninety's going round different e.u. capitals giving speeches and meeting his fellow ministers to try and really drum up support from other countries for the british positions having said that the british positions are not that clear we as barbara alluded to again we only achieved some principles in december that allowed the impression of momentum to get time get to the next phase but britain then handed over responsibility to the european union to write down the legally of of of what december meant and that has sprung some surprises and it has also left out something the british thought they'd agreed which was there wou

everybody oh you in the e.u. used to hold so dear they trashed ok there's no red line our air is our with you there's no difference the difference between your vision and my vision is that you look only to the human rights and according to human rights we should have or have not relations with the other so you know why you know why do. you know because you make such a fuss about them it's in all your literature it's in all your statements my own and no money use. yet. so you want does not i mean no no you're telling me that no no no you're admitting that. means it does not mean that the world revolves around all or only about one action or one leader and then you know we have to give up everything else because that leader is not a democrat but it but it's worse than that isn't it mr pascual because if we take the case of libya the charge by amnesty international is this that you're actually in the e.u. part of the problem you're not even attempting to be part of the solution european governments are actively supp

and the e.u. i have explained the specific european commission proposals for that backstop were unacceptable because they were not in line with the belfast agreement and thresh and the breakup of the u.k.'s internal market and as such they were not a fair reflection of the joint report but there are many issues on which we can agree with the commission and we are committed to working intensively to resolve those which remain outstanding so i welcome that we are beginning a dedicated set of talks today with the european commission and where appropriate the irish government so that we can work together to agree the best way to fulfill the commitments we have made we have also been working closely with the government of gibraltar to ensure that broader is covered by our e.u. negotiations on withdraw the implementation period and future relationship i'm pleased that the draft agreement published joint in the last week correctly applies to gibraltar but we will continue to engage closely with the gover

if you want a way he said look the e.u. does not seek a trade war but if the e.u. would be dragged into a trade war it would respond without weakness and the reason you hear such strong words coming from e.u. leaders is that there is a serious concern that the tariffs are only a first wave in what could be. a bigger or a much bigger and much more intense assault on the architecture of global trade and the u.s. has also i mean for talking about a new deal here they've set a deadline of may first to get a more permanent solution on the table in terms of you know these these tariffs on steel and aluminum imports what does brussels make of that deadline. the head of the european council head of the european commission which got very clear words in that case to india and he said the deadline to find a deal is just unrealistic it's not enough time to meet and ends here and basically whether we see a permanent exemption here whether permanent exemption in these talks can be achieved depends on what donald trump intense with these terrorists. if he uses them as a bargainin

and the e.u. seem to have bought that line so that is good news for britain what actually happens from here well the recalling of the e.u. ambassador from moscow it's symbolic but in diplomacy symbolism matters of course we think he's been recalled for a month it will be interesting to see that there have been reports on the sidelines of possibly baltic republics maybe poland maybe even france may look at expelling russian intelligence operatives from their countries as the british did from london this week and barnaby kelley u.k. expect any more good news there in brussels what's on the agenda today. well they will be talking about bricks it later today jane and for once it doesn't seem terribly contentious we expect that will be a rubber stamping all of the transitional arrangements agreement that had been hammered out earlier between michel barnier on behalf of the e.u. and his his british counterparts that will cover a period of almost two years after britain formally leaves the e.u. in march

the e.u. is seeking to deescalate the crisis the last thing it wants is a trade war a lot is at stake especially for germany with its huge trade surpluses for example it sells a lot of cars in the united states. the european union says the deadline of may the first for a deal is unrealistic that's when a suspended tariffs are set to go into force the fight with trump is not over yet and that is a fight against protectionism. which actually means putting high tariffs on imports to make foreign products like chinese steel or german cars more expensive in the us given producers at home a better chance to compete in the end they are the ones who create jobs and pay taxes there so what's so bad when politicians are trying to protect their country's businesses what is protectionism. protectionists want to shield their own country from foreign competition. so they establish barriers the domestic economy receives preferential treatment it's being protected. protectionists often subsidize domestic indu

the e.u. is seeking to deescalate the crisis the last thing it wants is a trade war a lot is at stake especially for germany with its huge trade surpluses for example it sells a lot of cars in the united states. the european union says the deadline of may the first for a deal is unrealistic that's when the suspended tariffs are set to go into force the fight with trump is not over yet and that is a fight against protectionism. which actually means putting high tariffs on imports to make foreign products like chinese steel or german cars more expensive in the us even produces at home a better chance to compete in the end they are the ones who create jobs and pay taxes there and that so what's so bad when politicians are trying to protect their country's businesses what is protectionism. protectionists want to shield their own country from foreign competition. so they establish barriers the domestic economy receives preferential treatment it's being protected . protectionists often subsidized do

followed by the e.u. and brazil and china finds itself way down on this list only a position eleven and the impact on allies will be big europe still association euro first says that it could slash american imports of european steel which was valued at five billion dollars last year and by the way when george w. bush posed tariffs on steel in march two thousand and two they backfired spectacularly according to a report by the us manufacturing industry new jobs in u.s. steel factories created by the tariffs back then were heavily outweighed by job losses in other industries overall two hundred thousand jobs were lost in the u.s. manufacturing industry pushed back down and pulled the tariffs a year and a half after introducing them. now the european trade commission is the syria monstre most also reacted to the u.s. tariffs taking to twitter she said on tonight's announcement the e.u. is a close ally of the us and we continue to be of the view that the e.u. should be excluded from these measures it will see

market unfairly were today the e.u. responded european council president donald tusk took trump's own words and turned them around saying trade words are not easy and that there are no winners or this comes amid yet another stunning resignation from within the trump white house the top economic adviser to the president gary coleman announced late yesterday that he is quitting cohn is known for his adamant opposition to terrorists his departure stoking fears that the u.s. president will make good on his tirades and start a trade war. motorcycles jeans and whiskey could all be about to experience higher charges in europe the e.u. announced today that they will slap tariffs on stashing u.s. products if president donald trump moves ahead with his proposed import taxes trump has repeatedly said he will levy penalties of twenty five percent on imported steel and ten percent on allen minium imports putting thousands of e.u. jobs in jeopardy the president argues that the tariffs are a matter of national security but today europ

will stand with the e.u. and nato to face down the russian threat together and she was clearly rather pleased with the support she's received from brussels and the u.s. and canada and ukraine for that matter take a listen to what to resume a had to say about it. grates on the geraghty from our friends and partners in the e.u. north america nato and beyond over the past three weeks and today eighteen countries have announced their intention to expel more than one hundred russian intelligence officers from. this includes fifteen e.u. member states as well as the united states canada and the ukraine or moscow denies the allegation that it was behind the poisoning that hasn't stopped the expulsions though russian diplomats are going to be departing from france germany poland the netherlands italy estonia so plenty of e.u. countries though but not all of them have signed up to expelling russian diplomats austria has announced that it is not expelling anyone so has ball garia and also at that e.u. summit last week

and the e.u. as brigs it to gather momentum the plans agreed at the summit in brussels and formed the basis for the next stage of withdrawal negotiations talks will now focus on trade and security in leaders also agreed to a twenty one month transition period to britain's departure from the bloc british prime minister is a man praised the spirit of cooperation during today's talks like that what can you tell us about that you break the transition off. the transition phase of sensually de lay's breaks at the final goodbye of the u.k. from the european union by twenty one months and that is good news for business because they have more time until a potentially if there's a no deal scenario. the relationship reach a cliff actually if you want in the transitional phase itself there's good news and bad news for the u.k. the good news is they can start negotiating trade deals although they can come only into effect at the end of the transition period the bad news is they remain basically they're treated

the e.u. institution the kind of proud that it was a that they were able to put together this concert action also together with the united states and this is also very strong as the transatlantic symbol that the u.s. and canada are involved and even also ukraine which is not that you member but is of course is affected by russian actions so all in all in brussels this is being seen as a huge success absolutely and also adding to that list australia and canada as well i mean just you know another sign that russia is more and more isolated internationally mia where you are in. russia how is that likely to play domestically should putin be worried. no i don't think putin is today trail i was trying to carry my road today as you know there was a tragedy in a shopping mall yesterday we still don't know how many people died there is their numbers like one hundred forty eight people who died in the fire many children among them this is a time of mourning here in russia to expel russian diplomats and

e.u. leaders have approved guidelines on future relations with britain and on post rights a transition period it's just the latest milestone on a long and winding road. for. forty four years off the joining the european union britain's ambassador to the e.u. deliver us the breck that notification left in brussels the u.k. has formally triggers an optical fifty to leave the european club. so it is. six pages. there notification from fragments that there is some triggering article fifty. britain sex it is now officially set for march twenty ninth two thousand and nineteen or. we. think by. june two thousand and seventeen a snap election backfires for theresa may new government is fresh on. this government will guide the country through the crucial brecht steps towards let's begin in just ten a day progress has been made on the bill citizen rights and the irish border we want to find a solution without rebuilding any kind of border but the u.k. offers no solutions and only draws red lines dav

and e.u. have been very successful as long as they were called bringing so we need co-operative signals from both sides also from the e.u. all right ed and professor of international economics at the constantine of a city thanks for your insights thank you. well perhaps the new tariff shouldn't come as much of a surprise judging by one of donald trump's first actions in office he pulled the united states out of negotiations on the trans-pacific partnership or t.p. pay but the other countries decided to go it alone and have now gone ahead and signed it anyway creating a massive new free trade saying it was a deal that many thought dead in the water after donald trump withdrew the in ited states but now that agreement is reality and the chilean host called it a bowl or against protectionism. this is ambitious modern treaty with a vision towards the future creatively incorporates new themes of international trade said that the benefits of globalization can reach everyone japan initially said t p

the e.u. five to save its migration deal with president obama greets tank refugees which set out for a new countries from seventy but now he says the e.u. is not sticking to its side of the pocket. also on the program voting begins in egypt's presidential elections president sees open sunday when they see the posters to shop so the size of the sun the intense dispute. accelerations in sierra leone the high court of the last the second round presidential election to go ahead to the capital freetown. i'm felger welcome to the program. prince prime minister says this is the largest expulsion of russian intelligence officers in history united states canada ukraine and fourteen e.u. countries are expanding more than one hundred russian intelligence officers over the poisoning of a former spy in britain so basically pilar and whose daughter remained in critical condition in hospital after being exposed to a nerve agent in the english city of soulsby earlier this month britain blames moscow for the a

and e.u. also can't agree on what's going to happen immediately after breaks it during the two year transition period the e.u. wants its courts to have the final say in any disputes of. that time to have the same rights as those arriving before brick set to resume a switch to the planned. these and other issues need to be resolved before the e.u. summit on march the twenty second without any progress trade remains off the table negotiations. al-jazeera london. now it's the final day for italian politicians to win over voters ahead of this weekend's parliamentary election expected to be one of the most polarizing in years before polls were blacked out two weeks ago pollsters predicted a hung parliament with former prime minister silvio berlusconi's alliance of center right groups expected to emerge as the largest bloc but with not enough seats to govern alone while the anti establishment five star movement led by louis chidi myo looks certain to gain the largest single party vote these are live

market unfairly or today the e.u. responded european council president donald tusk took trump's own words and turned them around saying trade words are not easy and that there are no winners or this comes amid yet another stunning resignation from within the trump white house the top economic adviser to the president gary coleman announced late yesterday that he is quitting cohen is known for his adamant opposition to terrorists his departure stoking fears that the u.s. president will make good on his tirades and start a trade war. motorcycles jeans and whiskey could all be about to experience high a charges in europe the e.u. announced today that they will slap terrorists on stashing u.s. products if president donald trump moves ahead with his proposed import taxes trump has repeatedly said he will levy penalties of twenty five percent on imported steel and ten percent on alan minium imports putting fallon's of e.u. jobs in jeopardy the president argues that the terrorists are a matter of national security but today

and the e.u. to how can the shocker surprise huge other in these negotiations are they talking all the time. the talks go on between officials but one thing that's really annoying the brussel side and michel barnier has referred to it in recent days is that david davis the lead minister for britain has not been spending that much time in brussels this year as barbara alluded to in the ninety's going round different e.u. capitals giving speeches and meeting his fellow ministers to try and really drum up support from other countries for the british positions having said that the british positions are not that clear we as barbara alluded to again we knew we only achieved some principles in december that allowed the impression of momentum to get time to get to the next phase but britain then handed over responsibility to the european union to write down the legal ease of of of what december meant and that has sprung some surprises and it has also left out something the bush just thought they'd agreed

meanwhile e.u. foreign ministers condemned the attempted murder of a former russian spy and his daughter they say they take extremely seriously london's assessment that moscow is to blame that's a skeptical weapons experts are in the u.k. to test the samples of the talks and used in the attack. i'm simply so misconduct good to have you with us let me put has been reelected to a fourth term as russia's president final results given more than three quarters of the vote his biggest victory yet many say putin's win was a foregone conclusion that's after his most serious rival opposition leader alexina volley was banned from the race. for the to. retake like a pop star the man who's dominated russia's political stage for years and she now has the mandate to stay here for more. special room i should thank you for your support. this victory demonstrates how much we've achieved in the last years under very difficult circumstances. to a rather subdued. once the head of the russian election commission confirm

as the e.u. summit got underway few leaders had expected this but now they feel exonerated and see that european unity pays dividends. we have made it clear in the commission that we don't want to trade war which wouldn't help anyone and we made it clear that we are ready and able to undertake adequate countermeasures of the muscles and. first of all the e.u. presented a united front that's good and also a commitment to free trade and against protectionism. import them is worth since the beginning of the month u.s. president trump threatened to levy a ten percent tariff on aluminum and steel however after intensive negotiations with the european union washington will accept the e.u. as well as six other nations from the tariffs for the time being at least that's why these countries and their leaders are wary and are asking the u.s. to reconsider for the long term and not create any trade barriers. my wish at least is that we continue with the rules of international trade which are good for us all

accepting fishing quotas from the e.u. joining that period accepting each citizen's rights so it all not to be acrimonious and in theory the leaders today will then authorize michel barnier to start looking talking with britain about the so-called future relationship when britain is eventually and finally out how a trade deal might look only talking in broad parameters but it's the point where britain has been waiting for a long long time for the talks to reach this stage all right barnaby phillips thank you. tens of thousands of students in the u.s. will converge on major cities on saturday to demand gun reform organizers say the march for our lives demonstration could be one of the largest of its kind in this and it gallagher reports it will be led by students from a florida school where seventeen people were shot dead last month. i don't think you're not anybody else here in the weeks since this community lost seventeen lives to one of the worst school shootings in u.s. history the push for change has been relentless th

or the e.u. i want the broadest and deepest possible partnership covering more sectors and cooperating more fully than any free trade agreement anywhere in the world today so she's quite clear that but the european commission says that the only straight relationship available to the u.k. is a variation of norway or canada explain to us why. ok know why she doesn't want so that's off the table because norway is in the single market so that leaves kind of that because the problem what recently here wants to do is she wants to reinvent the wheel of international contracts because what there is internationally globally to use the work that she likes so much is are just trade deals variations on trail deals and the other version is the customs union of she doesn't want that either so we're going to have some sort of trade deal and now she wants one like it has never been before or totally new variation on a completely new model as she said so a trade deal that doesn't just regulate trade between two o

but isn't that a little bit strange is the e.u. an institution where you have to punish those who want to exit. that was economist hans van as in speaking to de w's monica jones and conditions for free global trade seem to only get harder now the u.s. government is seeking to impose tariffs on up to sixty billion dollars of imports from china that's according to the news agency reuters according to a source the terrorists will target the technology and telecommunications sectors and government officials said the move could cover more than one hundred products. now to a one hundred twenty billion dollars deal that suddenly off the table after imposing terrorist steel and aluminum u.s. president donald trump has stopped the proposed mega acquisition of u.s. chip maker qualcomm by singapore based broadcom again citing national security concerns trumps order came despite broadcom assurances that it would move to the united states by april worries about china's potential influence and rising u.s. protectionist sentiment hung over the ta