as the billionaire pop star s eras tour gets underway in scotland. welcome to business today. i m sally bundock. more now on the results in europe as the bloc s parliamentary elections come to a close. as you ve been hearing, we ve seen a surge on the right across the region. we ve seen a surge to the right across the region. in france, the strong showing for marine le pen s national rally triggering a snap election in france called late yesterday by president emmanuel macron. the outcome of these elections are of significance because the politicians in the european parliament will be agreeing on the bloc s budget and economic policies and its position on trade. the european union is the world s largest trading bloc the top trading partner for 80 countries worldwide. with 27 member countries and an integrated economy, it has a combined population of around 440 million people. that s a vast consumer base for its own producers and exporters around the world. let s hear now
congressman using violence to get their way in congress. what we are seeing now is people especially appealing to the public in a variety of different forms of technology, media, faster and more dangerous on any kind of social media platform. they are appealing to the public without language and kind of making it like it is a joke. but it is not a joke. it is normalizing an almost, in the cases of some people probably somewhat unstable, asking for that kind of behavior. it is endorsing vigilantism and democracy is a pact we make to abide by rules and constitutional standards. this is an interesting point. sometimes it is set as a joke or thought of as a joke, or donald trump will tell you they are making a big thing out of the fact i said there would be a bloodbath when i was talking about automobile tariffs. but
doug jones, not a fan of the tariffs it is safe to say. senator, thanks for being here. explain why you are so opposed to his tariff threat. well, because they are a tax. i mean, this could be the largest tax increase that americans have seen in two or three generations. it is purely a tax on the american people. mexico is not paying for it any more than china is paying for it. alabama in particular will be hurt a lot by mexican tariffs. we ve already been hurt by the chinese retaliatory tariffs, our farmers are hurting, people are scared to death in the automobile industry with threatened automobile tariffs. mexico is the third largest trading partner with alabama. after nafta we have adapted so well with our manufacturing it will be a huge burden on the alabama taxpayer, the american taxpayer. mexico is not going to pay for these tariffs. this he don t do that. the american taxpayer pays for these. i think it s for a real fragile economy right now this could have devastating effect
over the last two years with one-on-one diplomacy, with the north korean dictator, with the chinese leader xi jingping, those diplomatic initiatives have hit the rocks with a trade war with china, without a deal with north korea. meanwhile the u.s. closest ally in asia has proven steadfast. so shinzo abe has proved that. when it comes to the trade disputes that the u.s. has with japan, real criticism that president trump has been voicing ever since he was a private citizen and businessman and tabloid star in the 1980s, shinzo abe has perhaps dulled some of that criticism, managed to avoid a new round of threatened automobile tariffs slapped against japan and managed to perhaps postpone trade negotiations that could force some concessions on the japanese economy at least for a
is how both parties will ensure compliance so there is a still a lot to be done and what seems sure is not going to be solved in over a week so maybe more questions than answers with us china trade talks was a luisa haro there for us in new york thanks was a. us president donald trump has confirmed that additional tariffs for european auto imports are still in the cards earlier this week european commission president john clarke said he believed trump would honor a commitments made last year not to impose more tariffs trump told reporters at the white house that the ultimate fate of the automobile tariffs depends on whether the u.s. can reach a wider ranging trade deal with the european union to downplay the recent commerce department report calling imports of european cars and auto parts a security threat. samsung is launching its highly anticipated foldable smartphone the galaxy fold is set to hit stores in april where it will