it provides forces to the rok -u.s. command. u.s. forces-korea has no command over rok forces and it is an administrative order. on the korean side, you have the rok case of staff which controls the entire rok military. when decisions are made in conjunction with the minister and secretary of defense, they will provide forces, korean forces and u.s. forces to the u.s. forces combined forces command in order to raise the readiness level to be prepared to meet a threat. u.s. forces-korea provides forces. of u.s.ander forces-korea wears a fourth cap as a member of the military committee and he has a complex job. it is very confusing to all of us. those of you in korea know that the press talks about u.s. forces-korea. that has no role over rok military forces. it is the combined forces command and general brooks answers to the military committee. the military committee is made up of representatives of the national command and military authorities from both countries, -bothchairman chairman's, the secretary of defense and general brooks.

the u.s. says it will impose a twenty five percent tariff on fifty billion dollars worth of imports from china but also restrict investment by chinese companies in the u.s. and limit exports of high tech goods to china earlier this month the two countries agreed to look at measures to cut china's trade surplus and a move that appeared to reduce the risk of a trade war between the world's two largest economies and the u.s. state department is planning changes to the visa system for chinese students and spot a president trying to tempt a crackdown on what he calls the theft of u.s. internet troll property official. expected to limit student visas to one year for chinese who plan to do graduate work in science or technology in florence louis has more from gen jang and easton junge soon province. china says it surprised at the latest announcement coming out from the trump administration and called on the us to implement this period of their most recent joint statement on china's commercial ministr

meanwhile u.s. security adviser john bolton has labeled iran the central banker of international terrorism this just days after the u.s. announced that it was pulling out of the nuclear deal and that it was reinstating sanctions on iran in any country's doing business with the country and iran has given the e.u. sixty days to reaffirm their commitment to that deal european governments are now scrambling to come up with a response. european firms operating in iran are feeling anxious about their future comments from u.s. national security adviser john bolton have so far struck an ominous tone is the united states going to sanction european companies that do business with iran i think the issue here is what the europeans are going to do if they're going to see that it's not in their interest to stay in the deal we're going to have to watch what the iranians do is the u.s. going to impose sanctions on european companies that continue to do business with iran i think it did give the answer you gave the

the u.s. says that it cannot accept asylum seekers at its border with mexico because it has no place to put the. united states says that it believes israel's accusations that iran lied to international observers about its nuclear program at a press conference in tel aviv benjamin netanyahu displayed what he called conclusive proof that the weapons program existed before twenty fifteen iran has rejected the accusations serious particle had reports. it was an inauspicious 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 a dilapidated warehouse but from the inside israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu says his intelligence agents tracked the paperwork from an iranian nuclear weapons program to this building and that they were able to take this. proudly displaying paperwork and disks he says were from iran according to his own visuals the program ended in two thousand and thr

think the u.s. dollar has further upside, ultimately because markets are underpricing the risk of federal reserve rate hikes. we think three more this year, market pricing, inflation -- that is right. we think despite a better inflation rate, the overall inflation is turning to pick up in a very fast way, especially if you look at inflation on a three-month annualized type of basis which gives you a better rated trend. wages is something investors it to keep an eye out for as well. with these things coming up and high commodity prices, we think the u.s. dollar is heading higher, and the u.s. treasury yields are heading higher as well. betty: speaking of treasury yields, i want to pull up this chart that shows you how much spreads are tightening in the treasury market between the five and the 30 as you continue to look here. the spread rapidly, over the last 12 months continues to tighten. at this rate it is likely to turn negative, invert by august or september, so does that signal a recession? spea

the u.s. supreme court has overturned a ban on sports betting up until now it is being illegal everywhere in the united states except for novato it is now up to each state to decide on the issue the ruling paves the way for a business worth tens of billions of dollars annually it comes after a major sports league sued the state of new jersey for its attempt to legalize sports betting that horse race tracks and casinos. and film has called for male actors to take a pay cut as a way to reduce the gender gap she made the call during an interview with the confidante festival becomes a day off the dozens of female movie makers staged a protest on the red carpet calling for equal pay and opportunities. and a reminder of our top stories the u.s. president wants to rescue the chinese tech giant that he set out to destroy. republicans a baffled about the pledge while the u.s. falls out of the deal russia china and europe will want to fill the business void and the french. continues. will the french gov

the u.s. has officially opened its new embassy in jerusalem the move celebrated by israelis and condemned by palestinians protests on the gaza border have turned violent with fifty two people killed by israeli troops there president trumps decision last year to recognize the city as israel's capital broke with decades of u.s. neutrality on the issue and put it at odds with most of the international community . donald trump didn't come to the opening ceremony himself instead he sent his daughter ivanka and her husband jared kushner both advisors to the president who decided to move the embassy and recognize jerusalem as israel's capital chomps and to video message to the gathering israel is a sovereign nation with the right like every other sovereign nation to determine its own capital prime minister binyamin netanyahu called this a historic day and said the move didn't stand in the way of peace talks with the palestinians made the opening of this embassy in this city spread the truth far and w

u.s. imperialist aggression more than six decades since one thousand nine hundred fifty three armistice the historic into korean summit held last month. resulted in yet another pledge between north and south korean leaders to officially end the korean war by the close of this year so today we want to look at the backdrop for tensions on the korean. and current prospects for ending the war with us on sight is mintaro obama he is a former u.s. diplomat and speech writer focusing on u.s. foreign policy in asia and santa cruz california christine hong she's a professor at the university of california santa cruz and a member of the korea policy institute and in honolulu christina on she is the founder and international cord mater of women across d.m.z. that's a global movement of women mobilizing to in the korean war reunite families and ensure women's leadership in peace building welcome to all of our guests this spring and it's really good to see you let's start with a little bit of unusual f

where for those in the u.s. . trade war could harm investors so there shouldn't be one china and the u.s. should work together from the same foundations it's user account but do i think i can buy luxury goods such as cars or watches at lower prices. joins us now so is this a victory for trump some are saying china has won the trade war. well at least here on wall street there was certainly quite some relieve there in agreement could be on the table of the dow jones industrial average for the first time in two months trading a buffer twenty five thousand points but we are still short of any details if we have just heard past week or there was this number out in the media that the u.s. is looking to cut the deficit with china by two hundred billion dollars that certainly will not be achieved even close so it really depends on the details so we have wilbur ross going to china this week and we have to wait and see of the holds that we got here at the beginning of the week will also materialize so positive reaction but

it's to give to move the u.s. embassy whatever they do post and there remain are a few who defend this man for president it's our greatest right to live in this day and the next behavior of the embassy to jerusalem the only want things that shows you that americans are on this side of the saudis they don't want. rights for many palestinians to us has long lost its role as an on the spoken and peace initiative and why the palestinian stream of statehood fades israel is hoping that more countries who follow the u.s. lead and move to embassies to jerusalem. officials and friends say a friend of the man responsible for saturday night's deadly stamping rampage in paris has been arrested in the city of stross berg the attacker was shot dead at the scene by police after he killed one person and wounded several others the man was said to be in his early twenty's and born in chechnya and had reportedly been listed in a police database of suspected extremists investigators have already taken his parents for questioning. and

borrow a movie for me we believe that the chinese and u.s. governments have reached a good agreement i think with an outcome acceptable to both sides of course both governments should on such agreement. economists believe that the chinese government will now instruct companies to focus more on u.s. products but the agreement could be bad news figure paean fans especially german automotive and mechanical engineering companies who rely on the chinese market. and while asian markets greeted the news with understandable relief the opinions vary on the streets of beijing. we should try to be the first in as many fields as possible so china can account for the u.s. is also about where for those illegal. trade war could harm investors so there shouldn't be one china and the u.s. should work together from the same foundations user account but do i think i can buy luxury goods such as cars or watches at lower prices. joins us now so is this a victory for trump some are saying china has won the trade war. well at least here on wall street there was cer

we had a u.s. visit delegation to china last week, did not seem conclusive we have china's top economic official traveling to china this week should the u.s. be watching these meetings thinking why is there no conclusion or is trade an issue that takes some time to resolve? >> that's a good point and they're both right it will take time for this to resolve. it's highly political, especially between the u.s. and china. the u.s. is asking china to cut 2$200 billion of the trade surplus. it's more than half of the overall surplus they have with the u.s. this is very much into the domestic electorate and the midterm elections coming for that reason, the 200 billion is the beginning of a negotiating tactic, though a harsh one. but i don't expect that's the central case scenario from the u.s. administration. >> let's talk about europe president macron has been in power a year angela merkel limped into their latest term as chancellor. do you think their relative strengths and weaknesses within the domesti

what you see in the russian sanctions were the traditional u.s. sanctions were u.s. people are prohibited from doing business. that was one prong of the sanctions. we also recognized that it was important to put pressure on the russian economy as a whole. a broad financial pressure campaign of the type that we carried out against iran. certainly not as intense because -- it was much higher than it was with iran. you saw a set of sanctions that we refer to as sectorial sanctions, will we prohibited equity investments and trading of some russian entities. and we started with financial services and moving outward. so the idea was to take a very precise bite out of the russian economy while minimizing the risks for allies and minimizing the risks to ourselves as well. since then the scope of our program has grown significantly. now our program also is meant to attack cyber intrusions into the u.s. and russian active measures targeting the u.s. as a result it has not grown in intensity. so the situation we have today is really a persistent and growing gap between the u.s.

is making it illegal for european companies to comply with u.s. sanctions on iran it's only the second time that the european union has threatened to use the so-called blocking statute the first was back in one thousand nine hundred ninety six as a response to u.s. sanctions in cuba but it was never introduced now as a slew of global firms announce they're putting out over on e.u. leaders are scrambling to stop european firms from doing the same. the blocking statute is aimed at protecting the small and medium sized companies operating in the country it would also provide compensation for sanctions related losses although german politicians have said that can't be applied across the board the picture is much more complex for a bigger european corporations with close financial and corporate ties to the u.s. the prospect of severe penalties over sanctions violations as well as the loss of financing from u.s. banks and other potential consequences already has some european businesses looking to exit iran the world's biggest container ship or a mall o

prisoners arrived back in the u.s. to both of you welcome mr foster her let me start with you what do you make of the date in the location of the truck kim summit june twelfth in singapore. well the date is a little bit longer the average leader not subscribed to be the out by the end of may no surprise that preparing something as a labyrinth as this trip he has to go right now has to be a lot of to play the same act into a very short period of time no surprise that it is moved to mid june singapore i guess was the favorite of various locations that were big scout it it's a pretty long journey for both of them but it combines safety security neutrality to a degree evidence reliable arrival western allies but north korea has also sort of see it as a model they have in them to see that yeah it's it's a good choice i think clear which i think listen to what the us president said about two weeks ago when he was asked about where he would like to hold the some we're looking at various countries including singapore and we ar

the u.s. secretary of state, mike pompeo, adding that the u.s. will impose its toughest sanctions on iran. italy's populist coalition nominates the prime minister. the country could finally see a new government sort in -- sworn in. russia faces a new doping scandal with lesson four weeks into the soccer world cup. suspicious test results of russian soccer squad members. ♪ >> i'm brent goff, it is good to have you with us. two weeks from withdrawing from the iran nuclear deal, the u.s. has promised to impose the strictest restraints. the 12 point plan was laid out today in washington while other foreign ministers were meeting in one us artists. france in the u.k. are working together. the progress will be difficult with russia and the european union also active in playoffs i just -- buenos aires. >> we will apply unprecedented pressure on the iraninan regime. the iranian regime should know that this is just the beginning. the sanctions will be painful if they do not change the course from the unacceptable that they had chosen to one that has rej

so the u.s. companies are going to have to cover it all, which sounds like a good thing, but these companies have not been able to work efficiently for lower prices, that is why the imports were flooding the market in the first place. so a lot of potential losers here. helena: as we heard, a trade war will only hurt both sides. does donald trump think he can keep things from spiraling out of control, at the same time getting what he wants? sophie: i think he is making a calculation, and calculates the cost of tariffs through higher prices is less harmful than the competition with the eu, canada, china, and mexico. he is also trying to live up to campaign promises he made, especially to the voters in the rust belt and industrial companies. it may not make sense economically, especially as the trade deficit i is not necessary going to strength -- shrink with retaliation from so many different size. we heard mexico and canada, the u.s. one of able to export more. and literally everybody else has bee

the u.s. hasn't learned a lesson that cup orating with forces that are targeting detainees and ruling families apart is not an effective way to fight extremist groups united arab emirates denies being involved in running secret prisons in yemen and refutes claims of being linked to torturing suspects political analyst more osman so that there should be an independent investigation you cannot be an executioner and then be the investigator you cannot be the judge and investigate and then execute but this is what the u.s. is doing basically the u.n. should be doing this should be the job of the u.n. the u.n. should be doing this investigation widely and with the support of the so-called civilized western world which is obviously not so civilized as we have seen with the tortures and as we have seen also with the cover ups this is what the u.s. has been doing all over the world in every base that it has every time they catch someone allegedly someone who is linked to terrorism or at least someone

the u.s. along with russia and jordan are guarantors of a cease fire in those southern provinces now moscow says they will meet soon a day after jordan said the three countries see eye to eye on the need to preserve the truce. but there are many questions about what they agree on we don't know the answers what kind of an agreement will they reach how long will the ceasefire last would it be a permanent cease fire what about the force that would control this area will government rule return to south in syria. which is what the syrian government wants state t.v. has been beating the drums of war it says the army is sending reinforcements to the area in preparation for an offensive the opposition enclaves are along the borders of israel and jordan both countries want russia to make sure iran and its allied militias stay away from the area it seems moscow supports their position. from the very beginning of the agreement on forming a deescalation area in southwestern syria for the eventual withdraw

that is u.s. process against u.s. companies inning u.s. account holders that should about be an issue even that would come up in that situation and so having a conflict of law analysis apply doesn't make any sense. other than that i think that's the only one i can think of in this context. >> and i now let's only been a few days since the act has passed. just as you thinking through the practical kt implications, to what degree will these kind of factor you have been talking about sort of shape when you will use the process under the cloud act versus try to negotiate with the provider versus asking them to litigate? how are the factors going to figure in? >> we would serve process in the way we always have and that traditionally have always done with respect to crimes that we are investigating under violations of u.s. law. where things get interesting and this is the second half of the statute is the bilateral agreement we can negotiate. what we were hearing is was that there is this potential for a conflict of law where if they were to be

mark: the u.s. is worried about deutsche bank's u.s. business according to a source familiar with the fdic. they put them on a list of banks was serious weaknesses. shares tumbling today hitting an all-time low. --oomberg's yen a yummy a finance manager. -- there were concerns about capital strength, the potential burden of u.s. fines. the news goes from bad to worse. >> it does seem to be a similar pattern to what we saw in september of 2016. they are on track for a closing record low. not an all-time record low. today's news reminds investors of the difficulty of expanding in the u.s.. that is a market they are retreating from. clearly being on those lists, which means special attention from u.s. regulators, does not make your business dealings in that country easier. controls, monitoring, capabilities, are the real concerns about control, risk, process? >> yes that has been an ongoing feature. we reported a couple months ago about a very large transfer that had happened. seemingly missing all these controls that should be in place to

really believed that the chinese and u.s. governments reached a good agreement an outcome acceptable for both sides of course both governments should honor such agreement which you know of. economists think the chinese government will now instruct companies to focus more on u.s. products but the agreement could be bad news for european firms especially german mechanical engineering and automotive companies who rely a great deal on the chinese market. but while it's a chinese u.s. trade truce relations with the e.u. are not as core deal german cars popularity in the u.s. is a thorn in trump side he maintains it erodes america's car industry so he has asked the commerce department to consider whether auto and auto part imports threaten u.s. national security and should face import duties of twenty five percent right now the rate is two point five percent. carmakers like mercedes b.m.w. and fox are going which manufacturer in the u.s. would be less badly hit than companies like our d. in porsche. last year almost half a million

u.s. and european trade officials prepare to meet in paris happy anniversary dinner, darlin'. can this much love be cleaned by a little bit of dawn ultra? oh yeah one bottle has the grease cleaning power of three bottles of this other liquid. a drop of dawn and grease is gone. the first survivor of ais out there.sease and the alzheimer's association is going to make it happen. but we won't get there without you. visit alz.org to join the fight. >>> welcome back to "street signs. it's not a pretty picture across europe looking at the stoxx 600, it's down a sea of red for the majority of those stocks looking at individual indices, all four in the red. the ftse 100 down almost 1%. the xetra dax down 1.5%. the cac 40 down 1.63%. the ftse mib is down nearly 3% at this stage. that has hit a new ten month low as bank stocks in particular bring that index down. in terms of the individual sectors across europe, let's look at those banks. you can see it, they are not looking pretty down more than 3%

the trade truce between the u.s. and china seems to be driving u.s. futures higher on both sides of the pacific. the dow is trading up quite strongly this morning. you wonder if that has to do with the fact that it has a lot of industrials. remember, we do have a bunch of markets closed today. journey is closed, switzerland is closed. -- germany is closed. gold is trading a little softer this morning. it is a huge week for supply this week. pay attention to that because it is going to be interesting to see how the market digests all of this. stoppedilian market friday as well. down .5%.se yen is the british pound is down .3%. the euro is under a little bit of pressure as well. a quick look at commodities because i want to highlight this. gold is trading a little softer. copper is trading up. the commodity story does seem to be benefiting this trade truce story as well. i think there is a venezuela element into the mix as well. mozilla,tions, the sanctions -- venezuela, sanctions. let's go to bloomberg first word update. stock futures have risen after

u.s. breakevens. what does this mean for inflation expectations? attty elevated right now 224, betty. betty: plenty ahead on bloomberg television today. we will be at the global china summit in beijing. you don't want to miss our exclusive chat with jamie dimon. we will be asking him about a trend in the markets these days. the geopolitical risks as well. later this hour in daybreak asia, we will hear from the on a majoraff political issues facing the world, including this iran deal and what the president will do. plus, we will talk property with the ceo. a crowded in jampacked next few hours on bloomberg. first word news with jessica summers. jessica. australian treasurer scott morrison delivers his budget later on tuesday with company and individual tax cuts on offer. national one of a do with any year. households are pressed between high debt and weak wage growth. he reportedly set to announce a return to a budget surplus in the 2020 financial year. said they can accommodate and oversho

oranges from the u.s. could soon be a regular fixture in some chinese supermarkets the asian country has agreed to import more goods that inmate in the usa for a u.s. president donald trump it's a cool is a celebration china has agreed to buy massive amounts of additional farm agricultural products would be one of the best things to happen to off on the in many years. on china barry isn't tyrus to come down for the first time. president trump has previously criticised china for exporting more goods to the u.s. than vice versa but now the agreement could begin to reduce america's three hundred seventy five billion trade deficit with the nation yet concrete numbers remain unclear with any substantial amount being mentioned how substantial it began there was a reason why we didn't put a specific number and i would also say what the specifics of that is because there's a specific number again whatever we agree to that you're not government to government purchases we have very specific targets industry by indus

he talk about the u.s.-japan alliance, international trade, north korea's nuclear program, and the proposed meeting between president trump and north korean lead are, kim jong-un. this is half an hour. >> good morning, everyone. how are you doing? i wanted to -- i'm jim, the ceo of the peace foundation u.s.a. and we're delighted to have you come to the fifth annual conference that we host every year in the united states on u.s.-japan security relations. today our theme is deepening ties while confronting new challenges and we very much hope that today will be a wonderful opportunity to assess the state of the u.s.-japan security alliance and also to look at the challenges we face in the future and to assess how we might continue to strengthen our security alliance. before we start, and before i introduce our keynote speaker i want to recognize three special guests. we have coming from tokyo, the peace foundation chairman, nobio tanaka -- >> applause -- and also from tokyo, the u.s.a. president and sasakawa

canada-u.s. relationship is very much a partnership, very integrated supply lines, common goals and objectives, shared ideals, shared thoughts and processes to how we do business together. the chinese relationship in these upcoming meetings will be very important. itself, i in and of think the white house has dropped the ball on this one. amanda: janet pick it up in time? there is a deadline. >> there is always time because we can always work on things. but the problem is now they have kicked the can down the road and mexicanthe next -- the election in the u.s.. midterms that will be problematic now. -- u.s. midterms. that will be problematic now. amanda: the ministers left the table and went home. what does that tell you? fromom everyone body -- everybody i have spoken to, the deal they were talking about was an agreement to agree that a future deal would come together. i have been on wall street are to being u.s. ambassador for 34 years. we would not celebrate an agreement. we would celebrate a

u.s. take this vote personally he will be watching this vote carefully and has requested our report back on those who voted against us thank you for your consideration and more more questions are being asked if the common file and said we witnessing is a response to the embassy me just how exactly does the american president try to think that he is going to cut as he has said the deal of the century between israelis and palestinians the israeli military has defended its use of live fire on the border and a spokesman for the i.d.f. blamed hamas which controls gaza. our message to the hamas is clear we will not tolerate this violence we will continue to defend all seventy our civilians on our border we will do so while trying to minimize the amount of casualties but we will not let the rioters through and to harm israeli civilians that are a running distance away white house spokesman echoed the view of the israeli government saying only one party is to blame in the deadly unrest but the dea

u.s. insists it must get rid of its nuclear weapons is this a bump in the road at all is the end of a diplomatic fall in the coming also on the show. i'm going to make a difference the iran nuclear deal saying it's the best way to support peace and stability in the region the german chancellor made the comments on iran and the host of on the controversial issues in a speech to parliament. and these people volunteer to fix it from their homes in the nigerian city of lagos to make where the luxury to property development the move was illegal but the city went ahead anyway it's now seeking justice. in the next half hour to the best clubs in europe squared off tonight in the finale of the europa league both musri and atletico madrid on good spirits the boches of steak we'll give you a preview. hello and welcome i'm on with the cima. north korea has thrown into doubt plans for an historic summit with the united states young young says it will not take part in the meeting if it's going to be quo

a change in the u.s. position from an open approach to let see how much denuclearization we can get, to this, it is libya, get rid of the lot or we are not coming. libya phase two, all market off the got taken out -- more market like with the run, it happens -- iran, it happens in stages. the north korean response is rational. at least it would match you rationality -- the rationality from most in washington who think this would happen in stages. it is not verified, the deal is over. you hit the nail on the head. yesterday, when we heard president trump in his statement, i called my family and said "because tensions will escalate on the korean peninsula. i was surprised to see the reaction from north korea. what struck me as interesting was when he talked about the donald trump formula. that that would work in setting things right. it seems that north korea is getting a page out of the playbook of every other world leader. you want to praise and give credit to president trump to get negotiations going and

staying with the u.s. on the pentagon, they have banned u.s. military exchanges from selling products. officials say smartphones and related devices pose as a security risk. chinaomes as the u.s. and to talk about trade. this is being turned on these two companies. it does. going back to your conversation with tim around xiaomi, you will have to expect that company will be what -- will be looking closely at the nasa missions going on in washington around the telecom space and their concerns about the chinese players. we are looking at a marked concerted effort from the u.s. concerted effort from the u.s. we have heard from the likes of the fbi saying they are concerned about the likes of wall way and fed te as well and how they may be influenced by the chinese government. of course, the te band from buying u.s. technology for seven some ironic north korea dealings. as you touched on with tim, quality as well expected to be under investigation along similar lines. the company set up by a former member of the chinese military. member of the chine

u.s. officials say they plan on winding down the efforts on theto rico and will return remainder over to local officials who struggled even before the storm to provide reliable electricity. but the army corps of engineers and others say they will wrap up restoration efforts by next week. , final preparations underway ahead of the country's general election tomorrow. voters must choose whether to resurrect the 92-year-old former authoritarian at leader or give a third term to the current prime minister who is accused in a corruption scandal could most believe the ruling party which has been in control for six decades is likely to remain in power. the u.s. navy's most expensive warship ever has suffered a new failure at sea. had tocraft carrier return to port during a cruise to test the ship's performance. a problem with the propulsion system was detected. it is the second failure in a year. it is building carriers and wants money to build more. global news 24 hours a day, online and at tict

u.s. futures rising after the u.s. said it's spat with china is on hold for now. >> we are putting the trade war on hold. right now, we have agreed to put the tariffs on hold while we try to execute the framework. the president has been very clear since the first meeting with president xi in maryland oh that we are going to reduce the trade deficit. we have an agreement with china that they will substantially agree to. francine: that was the treasury secretary speaking to the press over the weekend. president trump over the years chinese critical of policy. >> i have been saying what they are doing and china is a bubble waiting to explode. just a member something. when it is a bubble, we cannot be brought down by that bubble. they have done things that cause it. we cannot be brought down by that bubble. the nation of china is responsible for almost half of america's trade deficit. china is not a market economy. that is why we designate them as being a non-market economy. big thing. we have to do better because our defi

the u.s. decision to withdraw from the iran nuclear deal and said that decision, among with other foreign-policy decisions by president trump, have strained transatlantic relations, following the ambassador's remark at this atlantic council event that debated iran sanctions and what happens with the agreement. >> thank you. i'm delighted we are bringing together all of our iran work now. atuggest all of you look &iransource. we have some new barbara: thank you, rachel. i'm delighted we are bringing together all of our iran work now. i suggest all of you look at &iransource. we have some new events this week. certainly, president trump has given us a lot to chew over. mean for the u.s., for our asian partners. we are lucky we have a last-minute addition to our experts. that is the ambassador and head of the european delegation to the united states, david o'sullivan will make some keynote remarks. then we will turn to our panel of true leopards -- our true experts. let me briefly introduce them.

as a u.s. leaves the iran deal china prepares to swoop in filling an empty space china is one of the signatories to the two thousand and fifteen iranian nuclear agreement and with the u.s. out the asian nation now is in and playing a bigger role in middle east diplomacy artie's alex the highly bitch joins us from toronto with more alex although the u.s. may be gone key european players russia and china have remained a part of the deal so far iran's seems to be keen on continuing to play ball at least a little bit moving forward what can we expect to see from china in particular. china is an interesting one you know we've been calling china the sleeping dragon forever but it looks like it's been sleeping with one eye open especially when it comes to the middle east a glass you mentioned is a signatory of this deal and when it comes to iran now while china says you know we were grette the fact that the u.s. has left this deal but we are going to safeguard it we are going to back this deal as long

the u.s. is considering whether to halt funding for a controversial syrian rescue group called the white helmets the organization's leader leaders claimed that the move would impact their ability to save lives and the u.s. state department told r.t. that is actively reviewing assistance programs its spokes person added that washington expects the white helmets to continue their work with the help of multilateral donations the u.s. has so far provided the white helmets with more than thirty two million dollars but the group says it is also being bankrolled by several other nations the state department recently praised the first responders efforts in syria we recognize and appreciate are very grateful for all the work that the white house let's continue still on behalf of the people of their country and on behalf of the u.s. government and all the coalition coalition forces there doing incredible work. well the u.k. though has reaffirmed its commitment to the white helmet and the work that they

we make in the states, the companies, u.s. made by utilizing u.s. workers, by utilizing u.s. parts, the amount is slightly above 40 million. while the export number from japan as a car complete is just down 2 million. 1.74 million. so, the number shows that when i was here late 1980's, the number was 1.8. and now the number is the other way around. 1-2-2. and yes, indeed, that does exist rather not small number, like something less than 70 billi billion, but as i told you at the time. ap i was here. the percentage ratio was something more than 50 and now the percentage ratio is something like 8.6 or so. so, i know jim is just waiting to tell me that it's time for me to wrap things up. ladies and gentlemen, i have have my first 40 days in a short speech that is harder than packing my wife up and my life up to the united states the america. i have much more to talk to you, but because of jim's here to tell me i have to finish, you can say i'm finishing for this morning. just let me thank you for inviting me to this podium. i don't think i am the person who-- my prime minister w

i could not continue the war now u.s. weapons without u.s. intelligence targeting and refueling and u.s. diplomatic support nations so they're alone no one when they say they want to and they are the united states government is participating directly crucially in keeping the oracle under international law the u.s. is directly parts payton and the u.s. is legally liable for every saudi work or. cultural appropriation has become a popular go to when people aren't happy online one young girl found that out when she posted up a picture of her wearing a chinese dress on twitter and faced a storm of criticism for ignoring the cultural heritage party's online project in case you missed it looks at how offensive it really is to appropriate someone's culture. oh oh oh. oh oh oh young girl just enjoying high school prom no thank goodness you missed this picture is the moment that civilization went just too far. cultural appropriation or appreciating stuff from other cultures may seem like a completely made up full bloom the kind of thing it's not worth

the u.s. treasury market with this 10 year yield. .et's pull up this chart on friday, we closed above the 3% level at 3.06%. 3.2% is veryng close on friday. it looks like this 3% level that we have been talking about for so long has finally been breached. we will certainly test this level in the coming weeks, but we have more bond auction. more fed speakers, will this rate continue to hold? least i am counting at eight or 10 speakers this week. it will be very busy as far as rhetoric is concerned. the demand for a lot of these onions will be predicated what the fed stance would be -- the tolerance would be for inflation. down or ishat back this the new range? depend on the fed minutes coming out. betty: it will be interesting to see where we close this coming week. let's take a quick look at how we finished the day of trade on friday. unchanged.ty much a lot of concern about the u.s. china trade war. ,hat is hanging over the market particularly the dow and s&p. some decline for the nasdaq down

u.s. president donald trump says he wants american troops to leave syria the foreign policy blob surrounding him says differently so what exactly washington's goals in syria. war for war sake or a means to sticking it to iran and russia. are poorly thought out. cross talking syria i'm joined by my guess and washington he's an independent investigative journalist and historian as well as author of manufactured crisis the untold story of the nucular scare and. london we have danny makki he is a syria commentator and co-founder of syrian digital media group and in doha we cross the mohammed kawi he is a professor of conflict resolution at george mason university and author of what is an lightman continuity a rupture in the wake of the arab uprisings all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate dan dan let me go to you because i know you just came back from syria so you have a good feel for the lay of the land here you know i

has betrayed them because the u.s. just left them they love turkey to literally eats up all of this kurdish territory in the north of syria now what we're seeing in the whole country which is very different to how the previous situation was is it's a war of periphery is now if you look at it the only areas where there's conflict and there's tension is border areas you know between syria and syria and iraq syria and lebanon syria and jordan the sense in the center of the country has been retaken because of the russian intervention in two thousand and fifteen and now we go back to the huge intervention without russia intervening we wouldn't have the situation of the other eight and the us only acting out of envy because they want to be in russia's position you know russia today russia so over the over the previous weeks has brokered a number of agreements for rebels to leave areas around damascus and call a moment while the u.s. is looking on words striking one of two military targets in a very vague attack which which u

on tuesday u.s. president donald trump signed a memorandum to reinstate harsh economic sanctions on iran most notably in the oil and energy sectors. all efforts by european allies to dissuade him had been in vain the european union's foreign policy chief federica moe greeny couldn't hide her regret as she urged unity. the european union will remain committed to the continued full and effective implementation of the nuclear deal. we fully trust the war the competence and the autonomy of the international atomic energy agency that has published ten reports certify that iran has fully complied with its commitments . even if europe remains firm many fear that trump's move will prompt a backlash in iran president hassan rouhani said his country might resume nuclear activities if a deal without the u.s. will not guarantee its interests. try to reach out tonight we've witnessed an important historical experience cish thirty how what we've been saying and repeating for the past forty years has now happened o

the proposals given by the u.s. . comments by the new u.s. national security advisor john bolton i mean his comments of anger the north koreans i mean what did he say that brought about this dramatic turn of events i mean you see the real reason we're seeing this yeah they were very clear about that they have very annoyed by john bolton because they have the experience but in particular because he mentioned the libya model with gadhafi and we know all how the story went gadhafi voluntarily gave up his nukes and all the other weapons of mass destruction and then a couple of years afterwards he got shot by the rebel forces which were supported by the night oh that's right the worst case scenario it's the red rag for for for the north koreans of course i mean with kim jong un he's aware of what happened to libya he has seen what has happened with iran's nuclear deal and so he's looking at all of this is he actually in a better position. to have. go in to negotiate the don't want to up is that possible yes i really do think so because now the tim

with the u.s. president next month and getting rid of that nuclear program don't be so sure tonight the return of rocket man and a lesson for the white house that trump style diplomacy it works both ways i'm burgo from berlin this is the day. number one is military exercise which is being carried out across south korea is a flagrant challenge to our agreements there is not a cookie cutter model on how this would work or this is that the president trump model he's going to run this the way he sees fit and i were one hundred percent confident eagle dolphy not just states but also have to think carefully about the fate of a plan to north korea u.s. summits in lots of extra buckets of military action until it is we know that this is kind of a i guess a standard function that can often happen and you know we're not surprised but we're still hopeful that it takes place we think the same thing we thought yesterday. also coming up on the day transatlantic friends turned frenemies as the german chancellor b

enemies in the u.s. and in the world don't want to see him succeed that's the imbalance they show when reporting all this particularly in the media but all the other players seem to be quite serious on how to move forward yeah he made his second trip to china and the last year and i'm sure that the these peace talks were the biggest and again we said this weeks ago already north korea and south korea whatever happens with the u.s. and the mixed signals that is sending it's it's clear that they don't have a clear policy at this point and i don't i don't think this is any type of strategic ambiguity that they literally don't know what they're doing. and north korea and south korea need to sit down with each other and continue the process no matter if they are to actually ignore the u.s. and then again maybe try to buy it in at a later date but i think it's important again this libya scenario you mentioned that you know bolton statements while provocative were largely ignored by north korea north korea was