u.s. a sense of risk off but smaller declines relative to what we saw before. map, at this point, for sectors trading higher -- four sectors trading higher. just seven sectors lower now. industrial on bottom with companies, investors selling on the possibility of a trade war with energy and materials up top. even though the declines are relatively small, investors are going to be more defensively natured sectors. tech had been the worst sector earlier but one reason it is no longer the case, now apple is trading higher, 20% of their revenue does come from china. investors think this company will not be impacted at anytime soon. u.s. centric companies trading higher, including cbs that cvs, walgreens, kroger, most of the revenue comes from the u.s., most of the products sold not affected by a possible trade war. the technicals are still weak for the s&p 500. 4399, whicht g #btv you can access on gtv, a one-year chart of the s&p 500. uptrend last year where the buyers had the index above the

the u.s. tariffs on china are still proposals, not in place yet. he underscores the door is open. i thought about the art of the deal -- is that what donald trump is up to? these trumpet tariffs, are they the art of the deal, or just bad deals? [laughter] could it be when you were talking about the economy? everyone is saying, it will not do much to the economy now, it is still small, but the dallas fed came out with a study on tariffs and what they will mean. let's see what they came up with, publishing it today. it will cut long-run gdp by 25 basis point. not much, but a full-blown trade war to cut u.s. gdp by 3.5%. they also conclude there is good in a full-blown trade war. they said the u.s. trade deficit would fall to zero. wow. i don't know if anyone would want to go through that to get there. in some extreme ways there may be some logic here. it sheds away from conventional wisdom that perhaps it will not dent the economy, it will impact confidence, if anything. good perspective, thank

♪ >> u.s. stocks rise as geopolitical tensions ease, the s&p 500 returns to gains for the year so far. betty: the dollar near an april low as president trump brands russia and china as currency manipulators. gettingank of america costs under control as earnings rise to a record. betty: netflix jumping after beating forecasts for new users. hello from sydney. i am haidi lun. this is "bloomberg daybreak: australia." of hours from the open asia's first major markets. betty: i am betty liu. action look at how the on wall street will play into the trading day. different session today than what we have seen with the stomach churning volatility over the last several weeks. disputescs and trade on the back corner as you mentioned. earnings in focus. better than expected retail sales numbers. let's see where we closed and trade today. it was a green day. , the dow adding 200 points, the nasdaq also rising by .7%. long is thisis how going to last? haidi: volatility is here to stay. a bright spot before w

the u.s. has also had a twelve companies to it sanctions list one of the targeted businesses the group which makes commercial vehicles it is partly owned by the top oligarch all the pasta who also faces personal sanctions. the west's firm stance off of the poisoning of a former russian spy in england is likely to have triggered to new sanctions. however the u.s. government has been under pressure to react following russia's the last interference in the last us presidential election it's the warfare and its military activity in ukraine and syria. we stay in the us where the latest job figures show that the economy only added one hundred three thousand jobs in march that's down sharply from the previous month the numbers are important as they show us just how strong the u.s. economy is despite the weaker jobs growth companies are eager to hire new employees the problem is they're struggling to find qualified workers. at all was say last month's modest draw games may indicate that some u.s. emplo

the u.s. set to announce fresh action against russian leader, -- nikki haley says washington is sending a strong message. manus: delay in the doj. donald trump lawyer asked a judge to block prosecutors from reviewing evidence in the fbi's raid on the president personal attorney. matt: fall from grace. after three decades, martin sorrell quits amid allegations of misconduct. all right. welcome to the program here. let's take a look at some of the assets that will show us directions in this morning's markets. oil in the middle east, you would expect the oil price to rise. very strong into the action. right now, nymex crude actually down under 67 of $.55 a barrel. that is a drop of almost 1%. nymex crude, as the u.s. production numbers grow. you're going to want to continue to pay attention to the data sets coming out of the u.s., because we continue to see more rise.re rigs a three-year high in the rate rates. jp wide. the u.s. a little bit of strength on the yen against the dollar. not a huge j

now the u.s. might be seeking a trade war but international cooperation is still up and running take the german american skills initiative for example the program is trying to introduce germany's well established system of dual education to the united states the concept combines classroom learning with hands on vocational training the german american chambres of commerce started the cooperation with the u.s. and german governments three years ago and as our correspondent reports from the southern us state of georgia the initiative is becoming increasingly popular. it's seven in the morning and colin mckeon is already at work the seventeen year old is training as an industrial mechanic at each e o it's an american tech from in union you had lent producing components for household appliances coats three year apprenticeship is based on the german educational model and he even gets paid enough in the us where apprenticeships are often unpaid provide only basic training and have a bad reputation but co

on chinese goods coming to the u.s.. these u.s. imports to china include automobiles, soybeans, chemicals, and aircraft. trading underway in jakarta. at theis having a look general flavor. it is quiet, but at least positive. mind, we haven almost half of asia's markets caps off with china, hong kong, and taiwan on holiday. have it joining the fray, adding .9%. the move across the region is seeing the yen lose ground, eyeing the 1.07 handle against the dollar. japanese shares are 1.5% with health care and real estate leading gains in tokyo. in singapore, we're seeing sti rise nearly 2% to lead the region higher. could be a hint of what to expect when hong kong returns friday. as we count down to the policy decision next week, we are seeing banks gain ground in singapore. in malaysia, stocks are rising over 1% ahead of trade data do this afternoon. the trade surplus is forecast to have narrowed in january. we have cost up 1.3 percent, focusing on the auto space -- a mixed bag there after the march auto data came out. we do have expor

the u.s. says it's locked and loaded for another military strike if the syrian government uses chemical weapons again well that warning fall is the most significant western allied attack against president assad's government since the seven year war began the u.s. the u.k. and france launch more than one hundred missiles on sites they say were linked to syria's chemical weapons program it was in retaliation for last saturday suspected chemical attack on the town of duma well the smoke is still rising from those sites as reaction came in from leaders across the region turkey express its support for the strikes the syrian government and iran called them criminal while russia drafted the u.n. security council resolution to condemn what it called the aggression it was voted down. right now we can speak to has has been us who is the u.s. state department spokeswoman she's joining us on the line from washington d.c. thank you very much indeed for talking to us now many people are commenting on the fa

u.s. president fires off a warning to russia over syria in a tweet he wrote get ready russia missiles will be coming and alleged poison gas attack last weekend prompted to balance a strike syrian military targets also facebook's boss completes a two day grilling in congress mark zuckerberg tells all makers that he thinks it's inevitable that social media will be regulated in the united states. it's good to have you with us u.s. president donald trump has blasted off a warning to russia over syria and he's done it via twitter in a tweet the u.s. president threatened military action in retaliation for an alleged poison gas attack last weekend syria's army has sought to hide its military aircraft because of fears that they might be targeted several western nations believe the poison gas attack was carried out by syrian government forces using bombs that were filled with toxic chemicals. these images shocked the world the young survivors of an alleged chemical weapons attack in duma eastern gh

the u.s. president raises the stakes in his trade dispute with china and he's also threatening to take aim at europe it may be just a negotiating position but it also raises the question is the global consensus around free trade coming to an end this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm daddy and for decades there has been a broad international consensus free trade as goods protectionism is bad well close markets make nations poorer and the free flow of goods across borders alternately benefits everyone but now that idea is being challenged from an unexpected corner the u.s. has always been the world's biggest champion of free trade but donald trump is threatening allies and rivals alike with duties and tariffs his main target so far has been china but on thursday he made it clear he doesn't see china as the only problem in many respects i think we're going to have a fantastic relationship long term with china but we have to get this straight now we have to have some balance a

in 1835, a u.s. army captain on a secret spy mission to mexico reported back that the indian race of mexico must recede before us is quite as certain as that is the destiny of our own. -- of our own indians. in the following year, 1836, a u.s. merchant on a trip into mexico wrote, "these mexicans are the meanest looking race of people i have ever seen. they don't appear more civilized than our indians, generally. dirty, filthy looking creatures." and, the most revered u.s. poet, walt whitman, was an enthusiastic supporter of the u.s. war against mexico. in 1846, whitman proposed the stationing of 60,000 u.s. troops in mexico in order to establish regime change their, "whose efficiency and permanency should be guaranteed by the united states." he goes on, "this will bring on enterprise, open the way for manufacturers and commerce into which the immense capital of mexico will find its way. we can't see our country and its rule far-reaching. what has miserable, inefficient mexico to do with the great mi

the japan-u.s. alliance is not just limited to the sphere of security, but it also contributes to the peace and prosperity of the world, as well as the region. on the economic front, japan and the u.s. will take a lead and develop a free and fair market in the indo-pacific region. i spent some time with president trump to discuss ways to make that happen in a candid manner. first of all, we must further strengthen the economic ties between the two countries. under president trump, exports from the u.s. -- including energy, aircraft, amongst others -- have already been increasing significantly. further, following the bold tax reform by president trump, japanese companies' investments in the u.s. have been gaining momentum, which is creating a large number of jobs in the u.s. and contributing to the expansion of the exports from the u.s. in order to benefit both japan and the u.s., we'll further expand trade and investment between the two countries. building upon that foundation, we'll aim to realize

the u.s., uk and france strike syria. i'm cyril vanier. >> i'm bianca nobilo. >> the u.s., uk and france launched military strikes against the syrian government and its chemical weapons program. >> these images show weapons of some kind streaking across the sky. missiles have been used in the strikes. >> media reports some of the missiles were intercepted. this here is video that syrian military media posted online. here's how u.s. president donald trump announced the attacks. >> a short time ago, i ordered the united states armed forces to launch precision strikes on targets associated with the chemical weapons capabilities of syrian kick tater bashar al assad. a combined operation with the armed forces of france, and the united kingdom is now under way. >> the u.s. says the operation has targeted at least three sites. they include a research center fleer da pass cuss, a chemical weapons storage facility west of homs and a nearby command post and storage facility. the strikes following distur

well we heard the announcement from u.s. president donald trump he spoke to the u.s. public and to the world announcing that he was taking action against the syrian arab republic in the al in response to allegations that there was a chemical attack in duma he was going to attack syria and he would do it to be a quote strong deterrent against them using chemical weapons in the future in his speech he also specifically called out iran and russia for being in alliance with the syrian government he said what kind of nation wants to be aligned with mass murder this is some of what donald trump said in his announcement of u.s. military action. short time ago i ordered the united states armed forces to launch precision strikes on targets associated with the chemical weapons capabilities of syrian dictator. a combined operation with the armed forces of france and the united kingdom. is now underway. now in the aftermath of trump's decision there has been some criticism of donald trump from across the aisle nancy pelosi her response was she said these strikes don't substitute

u.s. from leaving their cool. hello i'm down in jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a setback for president trump as a judge orders the white house to restart the program protecting young undocumented immigrants. are members mass killings of its people over one hundred years ago with this year's commemorations taking on a new significance and ahead of a rare meeting between the leaders of north and south korea we report from both sides of the demilitarized. from such a pose negotiating a new deal with iran that builds on the twenty fifteen agreement to curb its nuclear program president emanuel macrame the pitch to u.s. president donald trump who's threatening to pull out of the deal can be held at has more now from washington where macro is on a three day state visit. u.s. president donald trump welcomed french president emanuel macron to the white house with this state. dinner to celebrate the bond between the two nations. what appears to be a warm friendship was on f

it is what happens in the u.s. and we think that the economy could go into a recession in late 2019 or early 2020. under the circumstances, i see the ecb being very cautious. in its monetary policy stance. lisa: jack, do think that the ecb will ever hike rates? jack: yes i do. lisa: when do you think they will? jack: not for a while. i think that ian described this correctly. people got too excited too much. the expectations group more than they should have. i don't think the growth has peaked, i think peoples expectations have peaked for the short term. you have to realize there is a trend and volatility around the trend. i think the trend is still in tech. lisa: is time for the final round. which would you rather by -- buy? hold high-yield or , investment grade? jack: high-yield. subadra: high-yield. ian: high-yield. lisa: which would you rather on? -- own, two-year or 30 year treasuries? ian: 30 year. subadra: two-year. jack: 30 year. lisa: final question, when does the u.s. yield curve invert? jack: soon. subad

citizens and u.s. lawful permanent residents who have a right to be be you know with their families. one of the couples we met in djibouti has been trying to start a life in the u.s. for nearly three years i. hear yeah sure thanks for saying us and make some home i'm concerned them a man has three. muhammad first moved to new york in his early twenty's when he went back to yemen a few years later he analyses or got married and they had their daughter. the war broke out when she was still a toddler. a clue i would be the one to be the we're going to what do you know what i'm going to get it to hannah. fit us well that's a tough but i can feel out of a listener that has that has a. little bit of that has to feel that he has definitely a lot of help as a little girl as well so the play out of that if i don't. play out i don't know if i had a lot of. mohammed became a citizen when he went back to the u.s. where he was working and most of his family lives and started planning for a seasonal nao to join him.

to fish really the u.s. mission in syria is to provide advice and support for forces battling against isis the president's latest statement marks a shift from a comment he made just last week at a political rally in ohio and we're not going the hell out of isis will be coming out of syria like very soon let the other people take care of it now kerry said that caught many in the administration by surprise given senior figures had been talking about an extended syria mission as unfinished business as he was speaking across town a senior state department official seem to back up that idea we are in syria fight isis that is our mission and the mission isn't over and we're going to complete that mission but the u.s. presence costs hundreds of millions of dollars and during the news conference the president turned up the heat a result of single have to share the financial burden saudi arabia. is very interested in our decision and i said well you want to say maybe they'll have to pay. oh the idea of the situation

french president emanuel macron has urged the u.s. to move away from nationalism and engage with the world in a speech to american lawmakers in received a three minute standing ovation as he arrived to address a joint meeting of congress and despite his two day love in with donald trump mark kong took aim at the u.s. president's agenda in his speech seen as every buke of trump marken said the two countries share a very special relationship but he raised their differences on the environment and warned the us against shutting out the world. let me say we have two possible ways head we can choose isolationism withdrawal and nationalism this is an option it can be tempting to us as a temporary remember if to all fields but closing the door to the word will not stop the evolution of the word it will not dolls but inflame the fruits of our citizens we have to keep our eyes wide open to the new risks right in front of us he also addressed the iran nuclear dail warning against scrapping the existing agreement a strong person. we signed it bot

u.s. only to be turned away. and thousands rally in russia in protest against the blocking of the messaging app telegram. welcome to the program our top story israel's prime minister saying iran is pursued a secret nuclear weapons program and lied to international observers about it in breach of the two thousand and fifty new deal benjamin netanyahu gave an order of visual display claiming to have conclusive proof of the program from documents obtained from to iran iranian state t.v. is dismissed as propaganda and iran's foreign minister says it's all a ploy to nix the nuclear deal calling us the latest. it wasn't you know suspicious start a technical glitch with the audio meant a brief delay describing a highly sophisticated intelligence operation this was an innocent looking compound it looks like at the love pitted where holes. but from the inside israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu says his intelligence agents tracked the paperwork from an iranian nuclear weapons program to this

what we need here is for the powerful u.s. government to back up u.s. companies and to say you don't have to do that and to put pressure on china to end that practice. i would agree with you. the technology transfer is a major concern. host: this idea of china when it steals intellectual-property, how rampant is that and how much of a concern is that to the united states? guest: it's a huge problem and is absolutely rampant and has been for a long time. we were talking earlier about maybe covert chinese influence operations in the u.s. one of their main targets is our science and technology. china really wants what the u.s. has and they have been extremely successful in the past 10 to 15 years. let's use the word stealing billions and billions of dollars technology or intellectual property that u.s. taxpayers have developed with their own tax dollars. that's a huge concern. it's difficult to know exactly how to stop it because here's an example. you have a chinese graduate student who comes to the u.s. and has actually been cents by the cla and he steal

u.s. britain and france for launching air strikes in syria moscow called an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council after the strikes targeted allegedly chemical weapons facilities overnight syrian state t.v. released these images purportedly showing the destruction the western allies say of the strikes are in response to the suspected poison gas attack by president assad's forces last week and the u.s. says it's ready to strike again if brother chemical attacks take place these are not the actions of a man. they are crimes of a monster instead. president trump shown here denouncing assad and praising the u.s. military for what he calls a quote perfectly executed that tactic pleading mission accomplished. welcome to the program the u.n. security council has rejected a bid from russia to condemn the air strikes on syria carried out by the u.s. the u.k. and france russia called an emergency meeting of the council over the attack spots representatives voted against the resolution u.s.

says that the u.s. is going to quit this iran nuclear deal if it's not fixed what exact problems does he have with this deal you know well there are a few issues here at stake one issue that both the israelis and americans have been talking about a lot is the a ring and missile program and they're talking about only long range missiles but also medium air range missiles they say that these kinds of missiles they can they can strike israel and they can carry. their weapons of mass destruction and that the deal is fraud because these missile program is not inside the nuclear deal so that is one issue the other issue is a concerning tiger supervision they're asking for a paper a system a type a regime that would give the inspectors a completed to go into military bases and other suspected areas in short notice and another issue at stake is it what they like to talk about is the sunset provision they're saying that this is the deal and it will end in two thousand and twenty five and we want to have somethin

the u.s. is very concerned and urges them to demonstrate their commitment to the peace process. today, the discovery of 80 billion barrels of shale oil,, its largest find ever. in an offshore basin also contained an estimated 4 trillion cubic feet of gas. confident on the ability to produce gas prices and a very large consumer of gas, we depend on it for industrials and for power in the nations. it is very exciting to add a new resource. mark: not a major oil producer but experts say the fines have the potential to submit me raise the company's's profile and boost the economy. a spacex capital carrying experiments and other items for has arrived at the international space station after a two-day journey. it's 6000 pound shipment was captured the robot arm today and will remain attached to the space station for about one month, returning to earth in may. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomber

the u.s. was worst hit but the data of millions of others around the world might also have been improperly shared. after the u.s. uses data in the philippines indonesia the u.k. and mexico was also compromised we didn't focus enough on preventing abuse and thinking through how people could use these tools to do harm as well and that goes for fake news for interference in elections hate speech in addition to developers and data privacy. you know what our responsibility and i was. there with my our next founder mark zuckerberg finally decided to face the music his company will impose stricter controls of which extant of companies will have access to which subscriber data and as of monday users will be able to verify if their data was stolen by cambridge analytic or will that be enough the answer may come next tuesday and wednesday when testifies in front of the joint hearing of the senate commerce and judiciary committees. french railways descended into chaos on tuesday hundreds of thousands of

u.s., volkswagen does not sell many. last i checked, subaru was outselling volkswagen. they do sell a lot of audis and but it would be great to expand this brand to bring the kind of european golf coldness -- coolness to the west. vonnie: matthew miller, thank you for reporting in berlin. china strikes a conciliatory tone on train -- trade. on a quote, new phase of opening up china's economy. is mark kiesel, pimco's chief investment officer. because is interesting we have not seen this same volatility in the treasuries market. you would think treasuries would be more affected. mark: i think we have seen a backup in treasury rates. investors are looking at the u.s. market and seeing more value. in the last seven months, we have seen a 1% move in five-year rates. i think at these yield levels, investors are sensing more stability. we will get an auction this week which could be met with decent demand. the u.s. bond market has definitely become more attractive. vonnie: what about internationa

one day after u.s. president donald trump declare the united states will pull out of syria i want to get out i want to bring our troops back home the white house was on wednesday attempting to make sense of the president's statements arguing the u.s. would withdraw but not just yet as this environment has changed because of the success under the president's leadership we're evaluating it as we go the softening of the president's position as the result of a national security meeting trump had with top advisers he was informed there was still work to be done withdrawal of the two thousand military advisors and special forces could allow eisel to regain a foothold in the region we shouldn't go into iraq on the campaign trail trump pushed an america first agenda arguing foreign conflicts have cost taxpayers too much it's a point he reiterated on tuesday well meeting with baltic leaders seven trillion dollars over a seventeen year period we have nothing. it's perhaps one reason trump is excel orating withdra

the key will be the u.s. dollar. if the u.s. dollar is only about two points above breaking to a fresh, new low, it may be looking to the low $80's. if it breaks that, it will be very inflationary. it will affect the valuation of not only bond yields but also have you can pay for stocks. if they break, it could bring a lot more pressure on both the stock and bond markets. any, dohat role, if those factors play? with a subdued reaction in the marketplace to positive earnings reports? jim: that is right -- the key thing -- people are putting a lot of hope that earnings will return mojo to the stock market this year. we know earnings will be good. they will be good based both on the tax cut as well as synchronized global recovery. the question for the equity market is not whether they are good or not -- it is whether the market will respond favorably to that. in part, over the last two years, the stock market went up about 45%, while earnings rose or teen percent. it may be the market already paid itself last year for the earnings

lot of u.s. companies are dependent on importing these metals to make their products that means in the end u.s. consumers will wind up paying the increased import tariffs but that prospect still doesn't tell a fee is that the dispute could still escalate and for more on the subject i'm now joined by frank sport to lauri the newly appointed president of the american chamber of commerce here in germany joining us from cologne mr sports larry if i understand correctly you just got a point of this weekend so i assume i can say congratulations first of all and thank you very much for joining us for being with us today yes that's correct i got elected on friday at a gala dinner friday evening and saturday the work started because there's obviously been a lot of interest in what's going on right now with trade between the u.s. and germany and i'm sure everyone is asking you the same questions now it's our turn what are you telling companies that representatives do you expect this service to take place d

is still thee u.s. reserve currency, but there are global forces looking at the internationalization of the renminbi. the renminbi is not there yet, but over time other currencies will step up. we are still more in a single currency reserve environment, but we believe we could move towards a multipolar reserve. rishaad: that will depend on the renminbi and where it goes. i was talking about this last night with somebody. they were saying it is maybe 10 years away before the gates open up and the currency being internationalized and free-floating. >> i think what is interesting is if you look at the rhetoric from authorities and the new central bank governor is that they intend to open up. that is very important. they have the new leadership in place for the next five years, or even longer than that, but as long as they maintain that aspiration, china growth continues to do well and we don't see anything fall off a cliff, i think they will do it. rishaad: gradually we see hong kong getting more chinized.

the u.s. economy and growth look different in atlanta than new york? areawould say the atlanta and the southeast is booming. you have a tight labor market. you go to shops around the city and you will see wanted signs. you may find that in new york as well, but it is definitely common around here. david: you have so many headquarters for so many huge companies here and atlantic. do you have a read on ceo confidence. >> ceos are quite confident. about trade,rry but the tax bill was very positively received. you will see some good profit numbers when they start coming out this week. if nothing else, profits will be boosted by lower corporate taxes. we will be speaking to many of those ceos today. thank you. good to see you. homeg up, the ceo of depot, the largest georgia-based company by sales. we are live in atlanta all day. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ >> this is "bloomberg daybreak" and your bloomberg is this flash. avartis is expanding, buying company for $8.7 billion, an 88% premium to the cl

over the weekend, the u.s. state department called on all those involved to take steps to lower tensions. however, european leaders criticized israel's reaction to the protests while the united nations called for an independent investigation. palestinian leaders in gaza plan on holding regular demonstrations at the border fence while israel celebrates its 70th anniversary of its founding. fears of a new round of violence here are growing. bret? >> bret: conor powell in jerusalem. thank you. senior pentagon officials tell fox the u.s. special operations soldier killed by a roadside bomb in syria friday was on a kill or capture admission against a known ices member. master sergeant jonathan dunbar of austin, texas, was killed along with a special british forces soldier. five others were wounded in that operation. we reported last week president trump says u.s. troops will be leaving syria very soon. march madness ends tonight but there are increasing numbers of people in the u.s. who say not paying the players is

u.s. and russia trade threats at the un never a suspected chemical attack in duma donald trump puts military options on the table . hello i'm down in jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up china's president promises a more even playing field for foreign firms as a trade war looms with the u.s. . a peace accord in perilous a former colombian rebel leader is arrested for alleged drug trafficking. malaysia's prime minister faces the strongest challenge yet to his grip on power as an election date is set. the u.s. president says he'll make a decision shortly on how to respond to a suspected chemical attack in syria donald trump says all options are on the table including military action a white house correspondent kimberly hellcat has more. u.s. president donald trump says he wants someone to pay for the suspected chemical attack in duma on monday he convened his cabinet to discuss it it was an atrocious attack it was horrible when you are studying that situation extremely clo

it increases the u.s. companies adopting that dual education system what do you what do you hearing from them. indeed these clusters or apprenticeship programs started on the initiative of the german companies but bit by bit now three years down the road more and more american companies japanese companies and other european companies are joining and sold by now in these programs that are certified by the german american chambers of commerce german companies are only fifty percent of the participating companies and as we also have seen in the sport we have seen before. it's the german companies who start the process and then it's actually the peers american companies japanese companies in the region who see what's happening who go there talk to the c.e.o.'s talk to the apprentice a little apprentice what they are actually learning and why it's a good idea and then they say ok this is actually a convincing model so they then join the program later on this is something we have seen not only in georgia but all

as underlying fundamentals you pointed out, there is a softening outside the u.s. the u.s. is doing relatively well. if you take that as your basic playbook and what that does to drive markets, that means that short dollar trade comes under more pressure and thereby, things like your carry trade do see something of a washout. any washout you see, are countries that you believe, there are still fundamentals, such as indonesia, a popular -- if you get enough of a backup, this is a great buying opportunity because they are doing the right things. although you may see short-term noise, i wouldn't get too carried away thinking this is a real market shift. i think this is a washout of positioning. where it gets more interesting perhaps is the really stronger dollar starts to challenge the asset classes and you get a cascade effect on various asset classes. that's where it potentially becomes a bigger market event. matt: one thing we haven't saying, you brought another chart, 8449, and it's interesting to see the u.s. momentum portfolio come down. don't see, after a recovery in va

and france to bomb targets in syria after u.s. president trump order strikes against assad forces in response to an alleged chemical attack. the strikes take place before investigators from the international chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. w start their probe into the alleged poison gas attack in dumont last week that experts are due to arrive at the scene on saturday. russia says it's confidence the assad government was behind the chemical attack in duma and the evidence comes from the various media outlets and n.g.o.s we take a closer look at those sort of. very warm welcome you're watching r.t. international with me nicky aaron and jacqueline food bringing you continuing coverage of our breaking news the syrian capital damascus has been hit by missiles fired in a u.s. led operation against the assad government the pentagon said it also targeted two locations near the city of homs. president trump announced the military action and a friday evening t.v. address it comes in response to an alleged chemical attack in the syrian

u.s. president donald trump promise a rapid u.s. response to the suspected chemical attack in syria. he is vowing to find out who is responsible for the attack. 15 people died. after a short break, i will be back to take you through the day. stick around for that. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ú [theme music playing] reyes: wildlife trafficking is growing with a booming illegal market. it's become a big concern in peru, and people are fighting back. i'm elaine reyes here in washington, d.c., and this is "americas now." first up, animals in the amazon rainforest are being captured and sold at an alarming rate. police conduct raids to stop the trade, but bribery is widespread. woman: some people have in their house a monkey. this is common. selling hundreds of animals a year, and you're saying... collecting sometimes hundreds of animals, and people from outside are coming and picking them up, this is not common. reyes: correspo

the u.s. won't harm its economic development after gdp growth beats forecasts. >>> and content is king for netflix. new programs help the streaming service win a record number of new users in the first quarter sending shares sharply higher after hours. >>> and 11 billion euros will be offloaded by intesa in bad loans. >>> pretty positive start for the morning for europe the stoxx 600 very much predominantly green. you can see it's up around a quarter of a percent across the continent so far this morning. if we look at the individual markets driving that, just the ftse 100 dipping down very slightly the xetra dax in germany up 0.2% the cac 40 in paris up 0.3%. in italy, the ftse mib up more than a half percent. the sectors behind those numbers, you can see real estate there up three quarters of a percent. chemicals up 0.2%. chemicals up a half percent across europe. household goods and utilities are the laggards, down into the red. let's talk about currencies as well some big news both for the

news still to come the u.s. is marking the fiftieth anniversary of the assassination of civil rights leader martin luther king half a century after his life was cut short we take a look at his legacy and the state of race relations in the u.s. today. but first the trade dispute between the u.s. and china continues to escalate kristoff that's right sumi only a couple of hours ago beijing announced additional terrorist one hundred six u.s. products including soybeans and cars worth around fifty billion dollars now the chinese government is sending a clear signal to washington by including soybean more than half of u.s. soybean exports go to china that means that farmers most of whom voted for u.s. president don't trouble mostly likely to be affected negatively beijing is yet to announce when the terrorists take effect. now before the administration had rolled its own list of proposed chinese high tech imports to be hit with new terrorist the list of names thirteen hundred separate products with a total value of ro

the u.s. says it's locked and loaded for another military strike if the syrian government uses chemical weapons again now that warning follows the most significant western allies attack against president bashar al assad's government in the seven year war the u.s. u.k. and france launched more than one hundred missiles on sites they say were linked to syria's chemical weapons program it was in retaliation for last days to suspected chemical attack on the town of duma and the smoke was still rising from those sites as the reaction came in from across the region to hear expressed support for the strikes the syrian government and iran called the criminal russia drafted a u.n. security council resolution to condemn what it called the aggression that was voted down as mike hanna reports from the united nations. this is the first time the council has met on syria this week a series of meetings that have served only to illustrate the massive divide on the issue because the secretary general's repeated

u.s.-led air strikes targeting syria. russia condemning the attacks, calling it u.s. aggression. the u.s., great britain and france striking syria's chemical weapons facilities overnight and sending a clear warning to syria, do not repeat the horrific attacks like the ones seen in douma a week ago. >> if the syrian regime uses this poisonous gas again, the united states is locked and loaded. when our president draws a red line, our president enforces the red line. >> the pentagon saying last night's joint strikes successfully hit each target, crippling syria's chemical weapons capabilities. cnn is covering every angle of the situation in syria. we begin with president trump, who has been praising the joint military operation. in fact, saying mission accomplished. earlier we heard from a u.s. state department spokeswoman who explained what the president meant. >> i think the president means mission accomplished in terms of we took out and significantly degraded three chemical weapons sites

michael moore, u.s. finance team leader, it is the most painful period for deutsche bank and the speculation wildly ruling about what is next for this bank. what do we know about this guy and his prospects of leading deutsche bank forward? deutschea lifetime guy. that would indicate more of a focus on germany and the retail side rather than the investment bank that is largely out of new york and london. we see, it has been supportive of cryan's strategy in the past and how he will deviate from that. scarlet:of the day go through te motions of going outside of the company or did they want to get cryan out immediately? on reporting, they did reach out to people outside of the bank. heard names from bank of america and jpmorgan, so there was a search outside. presumably it wanted someone who speaks german and those both sides of the bank and could deal with the regulatory environment. scarlet: is this a job that those guys found appealing more attractive? michael: hard to say. the obstacles there are pretty

the organized processions have never reached the u.s. border but u.s. president donald trump said that security would be tight nonetheless as he once again talked of his plans for a wall on the border with mexico. we have very bad laws for our border. and we are going to be doing some things i think it was general matters we're going to be doing things military although they are till we can have a wall of proper security we're going to be guarding our border with the military that's a big step. the mexican government says it has already said three hundred not just for the first time offered refugee status to those who qualify but it suggestion that it is not up to mexico to stand in the way of refugees but for the u.s. is likely only to inflate trump's anger. at the former carillon separatist leader carlos bridge tomorrow is today facing an uncertain fate and a setback for these a session as leader a german prosecutor has asked for him to be extradited to spain where he faces charges of rebellion treason a crime that carries a maximum sentence of thirty

and the u.s. credit markets in particular. so the ecb does not necessarily have to raise rates all that quickly. iain, do you see any likelihood that german bund yields will rise materially here, just because of the gravity of what is happening in the u.s.? iain: the way i would think about it is what happens when the ecb stop spying -- stops buying bunds? there is one of the big driving factors. the lack of supply of german government bonds. now more than ever, when you see a yield curve that has gone to the two-year government bond in the -50, that has to normalize. i would not be surprised when we get through the end of this year, if we stop having the ecb buying. that is when we might start to see the normalization in the yield curve to get into a normal standing. but i still do not see bund yields rising dramatically until the ecb is in place, looking to raise rates. from what i have just looks, we are talking about four basis points priced into the market hike by this time next year. that is not happening anytime soon. l

u.s.. s&p futures now down by over 1.5%, 44 points. it is a similar story in the currency market. the yen moves higher as there is a safe haven bid there. what is interesting to me is the lack of bid in the treasury market. twods moving lower i basis points, but when you expect an even stronger treasury market? we will get to that in a minute. we really only have one story for our quick take this morning, and that is what is going on with china. over night we had an exchange of trade sanctions with the u.s. , on $50 billion of chinese imports on things like semiconductors, lithium has put $50nd china billion in tariffs on things like soybeans, aircraft, automobiles, and chemicals. we will bring in our colleague in beijing, hello brian. she has -- emma o'brien. she has been covering this throughout the night. you were listening in on the news conference that ended a short time ago. what did we learn from that? it certainly did seem that china was coming out all guns blazing. that did take a

u.s. troops are in syria to prevent an eyesore resurgence and maintain stability or some first hinted the u.s. would soon be leaving at a rally in ohio last week catching many allies and even white house officials off guard is remarks come a day after speaking with king salmen of saudi arabia where they discussed syria along with the saudi led blockade against qatar alan fischer reports from washington. the president insists he's never been keen on america's foreign military adventures seeing the cost too much money thank you at a news conference at the white house with leaders of three baltic countries donald trump insisted as a sit in on withdrawing from syria is coming quickly i want to get out i want to bring our troops back home i want to start rebuilding our nation think of it seven trillion dollars over a seventeen year period we have nothing nothing except death and destruction. it's a horrible thing so it's time it's time. to fish really the u.s. mission in syria is to provide adv

u.s.-backed saudi-led coalition airstrike tore through a wedding party late sunday, killing at least 20 people. most of the dead were reportedly women and children who were gathered in one of the wedding party tents. the bride was also among those killed. medics and residents said more than 30 others were also injured in the attack in the bani qaisis district in northern yemen. at the scene of the attack, one man lashed out at saudi arabia. >> they always target weddings. they kill children and innocent people, so we can only complain to god, not in huhuman rights or any country in the world. amy: more than 15,0000people have been killed since the u.s. like saudi led coalition intervened in yemen in march 2015, backed with u.s. intelligence throw weapons, and munitions. saudi-led airstrikes have devastated yemen's health, water and sanitation systems, sparking a massive cholera outbreak and it is believed one million people have color in yemen. and pushing millions of yemenis to the brink

u.s. growth story. concerns about the flattening yield curve and the potential for an inversion of the yield curve still alive. now we have breaking news to get to. anne-marie is at the key opec meeting. while we watch commodities broadly going higher, let's get to that breaking news. manus: i'll: set the pace in news, action on out con is not likely before the first half of 2019. something the market has been preoccupied by. core earnings-per-share comes in this morning. 12.43.beating earnings-per-share, above the estimate of 1.29. a nice move higher there. outlook confirmed. they have delivered a strong first quarter. the deal, $8.7 billion takeover. we are ranking the amount of money they spent on analytics. they come in at number nine. shifting the focus is the objective there. alcoa, and there's a lovely correlation i found. is ok beating the russell 3000 materials index. an explosive movement, they lifted their ebitda focus. chaos just beginning as alcoa lifts its forecast. higher an

you said that as a pretext for the strike the u.s. and its allies are used and its allies used a fake used. chemical attack he said that in a statement he said that he did not believe that the chemical attack took place that in fact the russian military that entered the city of doom or the site of the chemical incident could not find any traces of the of any toxic agents or anything of the sort not even any eyewitnesses of the attack could be found apparently so here's what how vladimir putin described the situation right now. the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons has deployed its specialist on a fact finding mission but a group of western countries cynically ignored this launching a military attack without waiting for the results of the investigation russia emphatically condemns this attack on syria well russian servicemen are helping the legitimate government fight terrorists with its actions the united states only exacerbates the monetary and disaster in syria bringing suffering to civilians essentially abetting

back then the u.s. president gave the russians an early warning so that its troops could leave the area hawks in washington ripped trump for it saying this is exactly why the air strike turned out to be a waste of time another potential option for trump this time is to go full on forget the warnings forget all caution and just unleash an enormous military campaign where that could go wrong world where shall we start really it would force russia to consider its own military options raising or if it fears zero and memories of the one nine hundred sixty two cuban missile crisis when washington and moscow almost started a nuclear war and finally trump could backtrack on the threat and take more of a corporative stance like the one indicated by his second tweet but some say this would be as good as committing reputational so aside for trump this would be not simply reversing on a promise but also getting softer on russia as the critics would put it after all trump's already being called out over numerous maj