Worth of chinese goods those tariffs in theory would take effect on december 15th and yes they would hit video game consoles computer monitors Christmas Decorations all the stuff you care about plus thousands of other items so lets talk about this for a 2nd because kristie if december 15th ok is when these tariffs take effect and when the big question for a lot of people is isnt that too late to really affect christmas were talking about black friday has already passed by then cyber monday is already passed by then. With this kind of squeeze in everything for christmas or we still get hit by this you actually start to hit by because while got a lot of shopping does take place during black friday and cyber monday now increasingly more as more sales go online 30 percent of annual sales actually take place between black friday and christmas and almost over half of the shoppers dont even finish their Christmas Shopping until late in december so this will actually be a huge chunk out of the
Very well welcome to you youre watching r. T. International with me. Our top story this hour following months of protests fallout from the unrest in hong kong is now being felt much further afield for the 1st time since antigovernment demonstrations began on the chinese territory activists of a top the hong kong official who was visiting london. It. Was. Well the video that we just saw shows Hong Kongs Justice secretary to resign chang who was actually at the time in the u. K. Giving a speech about successful dispute resolution how she was targeted by dozens of protesters who pretty much mobbed her as she left the car now the activists were yelling murderer and as they also chase her down the street to put it show of the incidents the one that we just saw shows a chain being swamped and screamed ad and at some point she was even pushed to the ground and she injured her arm and she was taken to hospital by ambulance for treatment now an interesting detail is that Hong Kongs Justice secr
As an anti austerity process deepen ecuadors government signals its open to International Mediation for a zone of the crisis. And a cash crisis at the u. N. Which warns it might not be able to keep up its global commitments including paying staff at the end of the month. Kurdish forces of want any military escalation in northeast syria could lead to a return of i saw and cause a mass displacement of people turkish troops are gathering near the Syrian Border in preparation for an offensive against the kurdish s. D. Eth if there is a preemptive strike by ankara targeting the syrian iraqi border in an attempt to cut kurdish supply lines the us president denies hes abandoned kurdish fighters after announcing he would withdraw american troops from the region hes also. Down his language towards ankara praising turkey is a trade partner. The rhetoric the un france and germany have all found at the. Could have a significant humanitarian impacts in the region. And reports from the turkish Syria
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