dollar because of course if you criticize the fed as the u.s. president which you re not supposed to do then it undermines the confidence and the credibility of the fed and it basically has to assert itself now even if the president just intervenes verbal ie the dollar went down or the euro yesterday was still under a dollar sixteen and now it s over a dollar seventeen trump suggesting that higher interest rates in the united states hurt the competitiveness of visa be the chinese for example when the boston fans would thank you. now the u.s. . star industry is not the only sector being hit by president trump s trade policies would tell you it s our tariffs the you put on american products came into effect at the start of this month for jack daniels the united states biggest whiskey exporter may mean hiking prices in europe and bracing for the worst washington correspondent claire richardson went to lynchburg tennessee to get a taste of the problem. american whiskey in the firing line n
correspondent claire richardson welcome claire business. is here as well welcome daniel daniel let s let s start with the president in an interview with c.n.n. b c in america i raised fifty and they matched us as you know match yes you can have just because otherwise we re always going to be five hundred. to go to five hundred we ve got with the midterms on the horizon i think market where i actually think that s well does or does. don t you tell us about the full five hundred and the effect that those colors from the president had today involves trees as well with a full five hundred he s talking about phil is the five hundred billion dollars of imports from china now if he slaps tariffs on that is going to be serious for u.s. businesses who rely on cheap parts for many products that they bring in from from china he believes that china is ripping off america because it s flooding the u.s.
lift off rule should you approach u.s. president trump. has nominated a consistently conservative judge brett kavanaugh to fill the vacancy on the supreme court in a move that will likely shape the top judicial body for years to come cavanagh is seen as a washington insider he noted his catholic faith and commitment to his religious community and he laid out his legal worldview saying quote a judge must be independent and must interpret the law not make the law. washington correspondent claire richardson has more on the announcement donald trump made his announcement on primetime t.v. in what has been an extraordinary opportunity for this president to choose a second nominee to sit on the supreme court records and a is going to have an enormous impact that will long outlast the trumpet ministration potentially ensuring a conservative majority on the united states top court for decades to come he s likely going to be the decisive vote on rulings that could under ravel progressive s big
orphaned by the u.s. government. report by due to use washington correspondent claire richardson now moving on to other news malta has said it will allow a rescue ship carrying hundreds of migrants to dock having previously joined italy and turning it away the change of heart comes after several european countries agreed to take a share of the two hundred asylum seekers on board the german ship called the lifeline has been waiting for permission to dock for days. these migrant odyssey might soon be over france and italy have negotiated with multi to let the rescue ship lifeline. but the crew hasn t received official confirmation yet the ship has been stuck at season s last day with two hundred thirty three migrants on board institution going through the door through and we have a tough course it s terrible to be on a ship for days. well you can get ways of knowing when the way it s a high you can get seasick when all you want to do is reach safety.
epic conte has openly expressed support for president trump. with tensions rising and a possible trade war looming amongst close allies the future of the g. seven is hard to gauge many observers have said it s likely this summit will and without a joint communique signed off on by all its members. joining me now is our correspondent claire richardson and come back thirty clare good to see you trumpets calling for russia to rejoin the g. seven how big a shadow has been cast over the entire meeting high of a well these g seven meetings are not meant to be surprising generally the countries who are meeting together have hashed out some kind of understanding of what s going to come out of them before they even sit down together so it certainly came as a major surprise when we heard it from calling for russia to be readmitted after it was suspended in two thousand and fourteen perhaps even more surprising the fact that the italian prime minister seemed to support this idea we heard chancell